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 10:23:46 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ A Plano ISD task force spent months conceiving a school meant to redefine public education. But the group met with more confusion than comprehension last week as members showcased their plans to the public for the first time and solicited advice. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/11198.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/11198.html Mathetude nitajo 08/11/2010 Homeowners in the Plano school district will pay a higher property-tax rate this school year to help bring down debt from school construction and repairs. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10880.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10880.html Mathetude nitajo 10/09/2010 Two Plano school principals violated students' constitutional rights if they confiscated Christian-themed materials, including candy cane pens, that students planned to hand out at school, an appeals court has said. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10455.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10455.html Mathetude nitajo 02/07/2010 Plano school officials plan to soon explore how to reshape the district's philosophy and vision on its schools, how students there learn and the role of teachers. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10108.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10108.html Mathetude nitajo 01/05/2010 On Tuesday, the district unveiled its $300,000 mobile computer lab, an outreach effort to connect needy families with social services and better engage parents in their children's learning. Few, if any, other school districts have created a moving classroom that specifically targets parents. The project is especially distinctive because it's funded with federal stimulus dollars set aside for low-income students. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10029.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10029.html Mathetude nitajo 21/04/2010 A Plano high school principal has resigned and two other officials at the school have been placed on paid leave, and the school district won't say why. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9907.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9907.html Mathetude nitajo 06/04/2010 A 15-year-old sophomore at Plano's Williams High School, Amy has just returned from Poland, where she spent two weeks working with leading scientists and taking her "First Steps to the Nobel Prize in Physics." http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9062.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/9062.html Mathetude nitajo 25/12/2009 On Tuesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that the Plano school district's policy regulating when students can distribute religious materials – such as the now-infamous candy canes – is constitutional. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/8870.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/8870.html Mathetude nitajo 04/12/2009 A Distance Learning Program for Home-Schoolers http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7916.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7916.html Mathetude nitajo 02/08/2009 Trustees voted unanimously to privatize student telephone numbers, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses – all things parents could choose not to disclose. Contact information in the district's student directory would no longer be accessible to the public, except in special cases, such as to military recruiters. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7412.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7412.html Mathetude nitajo 03/06/2009