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Principal Virginia Grabbe, 84, still a hit with kids as she says goodbye

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 38, Clicks: 0)
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Grabbe will finish her last day at Isador Cohen Elementary School today, wrapping up a career in teaching that has spanned 64 years and two states. Grabbe retires as the oldest principal in California and with a certificate of recognition from state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

1 comments | Tags: sacramento california virginia grabbe isador cohen elementary school | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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California schools see distant digital future for textbooks

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 37, Clicks: 0)
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Teachers and textbook techies, take note. The state is reviewing digital versions of textbooks that could be used in high school math and science classes next year.

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Sacramento-area schools use race-based assemblies to push standardized tests

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 0)
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Schools are under increasing pressure to help students do well on "Standardized Testing and Reporting." It's actually a battery of tests that gauge how well schools are teaching their students collectively and in subsets that include race and special needs.

1 comments | Tags: california no child left behind act "heritage assemblies" | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Students post videos of schoolyard brawls online

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 85, Clicks: 16)
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In schoolyards across the country, all it takes to attract a crowd are the words "Fight! Fight! Fight!" But students are increasingly showing up with cameras to record the brawls, then posting the footage on the Internet. Some of the videos have been viewed more than a million times.

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California has statewide standard on teaching foreign languages

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 58, Clicks: 1)
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This month, the State Board of Education for the first time adopted draft world language content standards – putting the discipline on the same level as math, science, history and other core academic subjects.

0 comments | Tags: california foreign languages standards world languages standards-based education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Schwarzenegger seeks education cuts

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 61, Clicks: 0)
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California schools could eliminate a week of instruction and increase class sizes next year under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's new plan for solving the state's budget crisis.

1 comments | Tags: california gov. arnold schwarzenegger school year national certification science courses | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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In tough times, ranks of homeless students rising

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 64, Clicks: 1)
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As foreclosures and layoffs force families out of their homes, school districts across the nation are struggling to deal with a dramatic influx of homeless children.

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Middle-school girls learn joys of science at CSUS seminar - sacbee.com

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 58, Clicks: 0)
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American girls have fallen behind in science. Maybe they think science is for dorks. It can involve things such as dissecting frogs, and that can be pretty gross. Studies have suggested girls don't have enough scientist role models.

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Percentage of California students passing high school exit exam drops

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 62, Clicks: 0)
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The passing rate of 90.2 percent for 2008's graduating class was down from last year's 94 percent. However, this was the first year that students receiving special education services were required to pass the exam to receive a diploma, said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

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Peter Schrag: Another shot in math wars: A stink bomb

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 68, Clicks: 2)
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In theory, algebra is a California graduation requirement, but since students can pass the state's math exit exam without knowing any algebra, the new mandate is just another piece of evidence that state education policy is trapped in a dysfunctional governance scheme overlaid by a fog of political bluster.

0 comments | Tags: california algebra exit exams mandate eighth-grade math | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Editorial: An Olympic lesson about trash talking

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 95, Clicks: 14)
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He had his ears flicked by kids. He had his baseball cap thrown off the bus. He had a middle school teacher tell him he'd never be successful.

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Algebra 1 requirement highlights teacher shortage

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 108, Clicks: 8)
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Now that the state has mandated Algebra 1 for all eighth-graders within three years, a deeply entrenched problem has become even more urgent: California does not have enough qualified teachers of mathematics.

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Dan Walters: Algebra row symbolizes wider issue

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 73, Clicks: 0)
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This week's dust-up over whether all of California's eighth-graders should be taking algebra encapsulates one of the state's overarching educational dilemmas: Is it wise to set educational standards that apply to all students, even though they have an astonishing and ever-widening array of innate abilities and cultural, economic, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds?

1 comments | Tags: california eighth-graders algebra high school dropout rates | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Schwarzenegger wants mandatory algebra test for eighth-graders

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 714, Clicks: 7)
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An algebra war has broken out in the top levels of government that could cause shock waves in middle schools across the state. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday urged the California State Board of Education to require that all eighth-graders be tested in Algebra 1. If the board agrees during a meeting today, it would mark a huge shift for California middle schools.

1 comments | Tags: "algebra lite" two-track system california middle schools compliance in testing eighth-graders | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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North Sacramento welcomes a new era of education

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 70, Clicks: 1)
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A new district officially arises Tuesday out of four school districts in northern Sacramento County. The massive transition involves 26,000 students.

1 comments | Tags: central administration twin rivers unified sacramento county california teacher staff development instructional coach | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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