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Toddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in China

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.reuters.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 4)
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Several kindergartens in a province in northern China are charging parents 1,200 yuan ($190) for a palm-reading test that they claim can predict their toddlers' intelligence and potential, state news agency Xinhua said.

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Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher Development

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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Stephanie Hirsh -- While we are promoting radical change in creating a coherent national framework for what students should know and the way they learn, we have not yet committed to offering teachers the deep learning they will need to transform the way they work.

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CCSSM Vocabulary Cards

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.graniteschools.org (Views: 73, Clicks: 35)
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An extensive list of Common Core State Standards math vocabulary for grades kindergarten through seventh grade.

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Does Handwriting Matter in a Digital World?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 27, Clicks: 9)
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All of the research presented at the conference indicates that teaching handwriting is beneficial. That's not surprising, as the conference is being sponsored by a handwriting curriculum company, but the presenters come from a broad range of fields and present a convincing case.

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Summit to Make a Case for Teaching Handwriting

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 29, Clicks: 9)
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Handwriting still has a place in the digital age, its proponents say, and they hoped that what they billed as a "summit" on the subject this week would spotlight their case for the enduring value of handwriting in the learning process.

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New D.C. principal’s termination letter from Dallas

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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Valerie Strauss -- D.C. schools spokesman Melissa Salmanowitz said system officials are reviewing what happened in Dallas. She has not responded to questions about whether anyone in the D.C. system was aware of the accusations against Carter in Dallas when she was hired, or who actually hired her.

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Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 4)
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Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.

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D.C. charter school under scrutiny for lack of special-ed students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 5)
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Bill Turque -- Federal law requires that all public schools provide “a free and appropriate” education to students with disabilities. Charter schools, which are open to all families citywide on a first-come-first-served basis, are prohibited from inquiring about a prospective student’s special-education status.

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Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 17, Clicks: 4)
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While hand-held mobile learning is viewed in the United States as a recent trend, its roots go further back in the United Kingdom and Western Europe.

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Common Standards, Not Tests, for Charter Schools Network

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 17, Clicks: 4)
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Erik Robelen -- The situation Achievement First—a nationally-recognized charter schools network—finds itself in today exemplifies one conundrum of the push towards common standards and tests. And that is, the assessments will be a little less common.

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Ellen DeGeneres: Public education’s new funding stream

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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Valerie Strauss -- Yet there is something sad and scary when a check from an entertainer is seen, in history’s wealthiest country, as a godsend to a school principal who herself has spent her own money trying to help her students, or to a school where teachers are working for free because of budget cuts, bad management and other factors.

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How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 5)
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James Arnold -- Race to the Top is marketed as a “solution” for states and districts in search of reform. The catch — as with all federal money — is the cash comes with strings that will continue the emphasis on high-stakes testing and the top-down management theories that were the basis of No Child Left Behind. The U.S. Education Department wants teacher evaluations tied to student test scores regardless of how it is done, and they want it done quickly.

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STEM Coalition Blasts Plan to End Science Testing Mandate

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 19, Clicks: 6)
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A Republican proposal to end the federal mandate for science testing in public schools is coming under fire from a broad-based coalition that supports improved STEM education.

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California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday restored $248 million for home-to-school transportation that was particularly crucial for small and rural school districts that need to take students across long distances.

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State Dept. pulls visa sponsor's designation

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 4)
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A company will no longer be allowed to arrange special federal visas for foreign college students to work in the United States because the State Department -- acting on complaints about poor labor conditions -- has revoked the organization's certification.

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Toddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in China

Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher Development

CCSSM Vocabulary Cards

Does Handwriting Matter in a Digital World?

Summit to Make a Case for Teaching Handwriting

New D.C. principal’s termination letter from Dallas

Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls

D.C. charter school under scrutiny for lack of special-ed students

Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing

Common Standards, Not Tests, for Charter Schools Network

Ellen DeGeneres: Public education’s new funding stream

How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’

STEM Coalition Blasts Plan to End Science Testing Mandate

California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

State Dept. pulls visa sponsor's designation

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