Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Wed Feb 08 10:59:34 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Boston city and public school officials are set to gather for a meeting on how bad health affects student performance. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13989.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13989.html Mathetude eduK8 10/12/2011 A free program called Let’s Get Ready gives low-income teenagers help filling out college applications, writing essays, practicing interviews and preparing for the SAT. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13831.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13831.html Mathetude nitajo 21/11/2011 Two years after a study showed that most Boston public school graduates who go on to college fail to earn diplomas, Massachusetts colleges and universities are mobilizing to try to keep students from dropping out. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13136.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13136.html Mathetude nitajo 28/08/2011 The National Council on Teacher Quality released a report this week lauding Wheelock's program for requiring that mentor teachers are fully qualified and because the college actively participates in the selection of mentor teachers. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12953.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12953.html Mathetude nitajo 31/07/2011 The academy is an offshoot of Steppingstone Academy, a 14-month program that prepares students to pass private school entrance tests as well as exams for certain Boston public schools. But the goal of the new initiative is to help students in the district earn college degrees by working with them from fifth grade until they graduate. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12781.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12781.html Mathetude nitajo 09/07/2011 Chinese is becoming increasingly popular in the nation’s urban schools, where educators hope the language will instill a global perspective in children whose life experiences often don’t extend beyond their city’s borders. And in many urban schools, students already speak languages at home that are traditionally the content of foreign-language programs. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12742.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12742.html Mathetude nitajo 05/07/2011 Like an army of yellow ants, they march across the city: 691 school buses carrying 32,221 students.They will cost the Boston public schools a staggering $80 million next year, approaching 10 percent of the total school budget. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12627.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12627.html Mathetude nitajo 12/06/2011 Every morning, children in Boston disperse to schools all over. Childhood chums, and neighborhood feeling, can be left behind. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12626.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12626.html Mathetude nitajo 12/06/2011 Two of every five children in Boston’s public schools weigh more than they should. But 30 percent of the district’s schools offer no physical education classes. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12607.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12607.html Mathetude nitajo 09/06/2011 A program aimed at keeping students from falling behind during the hot, leisurely months of summer is expanding this year to include 1,500 fourth- to 12th-graders in some of Boston’s poorest neighborhoods. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12378.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/12378.html Mathetude Newman 29/04/2011