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 Sat May 19 18:44:16 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Nancy Flanagan -- So robo-readers can grade student essays faster and more "accurately" than actual humans--if you're willing to overlook a few minor details, such as logic and coherence? I have to admit, being able to grade 16,000 essays in twenty seconds is pretty impressive. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15442.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15442.html Mathetude eduK8 12/05/2012 NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, and Carnegie Learning, Inc., a leader in research-based math programs for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students, today announced they are teaming up to produce "Decision 2012: Election Math" – a collection of free online math education resources related to the 2012 election season and developed especially for middle and high school teachers and students. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15343.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15343.html Mathetude eduK8 02/05/2012 Recently, Oklahoma State Department of Education recognized more than 100 Reward Schools from throughout the state. Representatives from schools all over the state who received these awards – as well as those who did not receive them – found the criteria for them to be quite vague. What these criteria do not explain is how different performance levels were weighted in determining the rank order lists. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15316.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15316.html Mathetude eduK8 29/04/2012 The Shell Centre is known around the world for its innovative work on mathematics education. The Shell Centre team has a wide range of ongoing activities including design, development and research. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15192.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15192.html Mathetude eduK8 15/04/2012 Mark Edmundson -- Is college always worthwhile? It is for those yearning to learn. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15075.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15075.html Mathetude eduK8 01/04/2012 To assist states in gauging the strength of their implementation plans and to illustrate how to improve them, Education First and Achieve have partnered on the development of a new “Common Core State Standards Implementation Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool.” http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15018.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15018.html Mathetude eduK8 25/03/2012 Grade-school students in a northeastern Brazilian city are using uniforms embedded with computer chips that alert parents if they are cutting classes, the city’s education secretary said. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14997.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14997.html Mathetude eduK8 23/03/2012 David Brooks -- The New American Academy in Brooklyn is an exciting experiment in education reform that centers everything around the teacher-student relationship. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14996.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14996.html Mathetude eduK8 23/03/2012 The increase in graduation rates was primarily because of growth in 12 states, with New York and Tennessee showing double digit gains since 2002, according to the research. At the other end, 10 states had declines: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Rhode Island and Utah. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14949.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14949.html Mathetude eduK8 19/03/2012 WE’RE AFRAID PUBLIC OPINION is drastically unfair to long-time, former Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett, relative to the so-called “secret slush funds” at the State Department of Education. Sandy, who served several terms in that office, took innovative, enterprising action that was helpful to the Department, without causing one red cent of cost of taxpayers money, and now is getting some rough treatment from the State Auditor’s office. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14935.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/14935.html Mathetude eduK8 18/03/2012