From NPR: Raising Graduation Rates with Questionable Quick Fixes

11 years ago

Photo credit Chris Moncus by Cory Turner What’s in a number? To many, 81 percent is a success story. It’s…

Post: What is making one first-year teacher reconsider her future? Lots of testing.

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Photo credit Lesley Show by T. Rees Shapiro Kimberley Asselin sits in a rocking chair in front of her 22…

Reflecting on Teaching

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Authors of the best-selling ASCD book Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success talk to Dr. Berger about why your effectiveness in…

NYT: Sweet Briar College’s Closing Temporarily Blocked by Virginia Supreme Court

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by the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia has temporarily blocked the planned closing of Sweet…

The State of Education: A Conversation with Educator/Author David Greene

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Author and educator David Greene talks about the state of education in the U.S.  Greene discusses several topics, including standardized…

Education Week: ‘Nation’s Report Card’ to Gather Data on Grit, Mindset

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by Sarah D. Sparks The nation’s premiere federal testing program is poised to provide a critical window into how students’…

From CNN: China’s university entrance exams: Would you pass the test?

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by Shen Lu and Hilary Whiteman Beijing (CNN)- Now breathe. Almost 9.5 million high school students in China have just finished…

From CBS News: AltSchool: The next generation of education?

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Friday is graduation day at an unusual K-8 school in California — and there is only one graduate. He’s part…

RT: Moscow protesters rally against budget cuts in science, education

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Over 3,000 protesters have gathered in Moscow to call for science and education reforms in Russia, amid budget cuts and…

From Education Week: Graduation Rate Hits High, But Some Groups Lag

11 years ago

Photo credit:  Sakeeb Sabakka New data show that 81 percent of class of 2013 graduated in four years by Holly…