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 18:49:07 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Erik W. Robelen -- Explora, with a stated mission of “creating opportunities for inspirational discovery and the joy of lifelong learning through interactive experiences in science, technology, and art,” was born in 1995 as a result of the merger of a small science center and a children’s museum. Financial support comes from several sources, including earned income, public dollars from the city and the state, and corporation and foundation grants. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15490.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15490.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 Erik W. Robelen -- Art fans visiting the nation's capital have some impressive options to get a little culture. The National Gallery of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, to name a few. For the next month or so, there's another competitor offering a dose of the visual arts, and it's an unlikely suspect: the U.S. Department of Education. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15489.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15489.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 An auditor reportedly found several serious violations with the administration of an SAT exam at a Brooklyn school, where the scores of 199 students were invalidated this week. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15488.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15488.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 About two dozen teachers and their students assembled Thursday after school near downtown to demonstrate academic prowess beyond a standardized test score. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15487.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15487.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers announced the names of the experts serving on the Common Core State Standards Development Work Group and Feedback Group and provided more detailed information on the college and career ready standards development process. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15486.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15486.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 Over the next two years, Michigan and 44 other states will be transitioning to the same grade-level curriculum standards for their K-12 schools. There's a huge debate over whether the common core curriculum is a good idea. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15485.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15485.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 Editorial -- Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard has been named 2012 Oklahoma Superintendent of the Year, which comes as no surprise to us. If anyone deserves and has earned such an accolade, it's Ballard. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15484.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15484.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 Catherine Gewertz -- One of the chief architects of the Common Core State Standards was named the next president of the College Board today and said one of his top priorities is to reshape the organization’s influential college-admissions test, the SAT, to better reflect the new standards. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15483.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15483.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 A Broken Arrow legislator unveiled a plan Thursday night to ease the impact of the state's controversial graduation testing requirement, which could deny thousands of high school seniors their diplomas this year if it isn't altered. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15482.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15482.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012 When Max Wolters was in fourth grade, he rarely talked and was faltering in school. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15481.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/15481.html Mathetude nitajo 19/05/2012