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10 Dallas ISD high schools fail to make the grade time and again

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 4)
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Ten of more than 30 Dallas ISD high schools have missed the federal academic bar so many times that they are in the worst stage of the national No Child Left Behind school rating system. They represent a third of the schools from Texas that are in such dire shape.

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Students Promote Reading With Black Eyed Peas Song

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Ocoee Middle School students use "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas to promote reading.

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Class Dismissed

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 7)
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Why not eliminate the self-indulgent, debauched waste that is the senior year of high school?

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More high-schoolers reinvent or skip their senior year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.usatoday.com (Views: 21, Clicks: 2)
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By the fall of 2011, a small group of high schools in eight states will take part in a new initiative, announced last week, that will allow high school sophomores who pass a series of "board exams" to graduate two years early and move directly to a two- or four-year college.

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Graduates Fault Advice of Guidance Counselors

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 0)
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Most people who graduated from high school in the last dozen years believe that their guidance counselors provided little meaningful advice about college or careers, a new study has found. And many said the best advice on their futures came from teachers.

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In Middle School, Charting Their Course to College and Beyond

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 0)
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In New Jersey and elsewhere, middle schools and high schools are experimenting with individualized learning plans that were once used primarily to ensure that special education students received services. Along with differentiated instruction and specialized career academies, it is yet another way that public schools, under pressure to raise test scores and graduation rates, are trying to reach more students.

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Lawsuit filed over Seattle schools math curriculum

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.king5.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 0)
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A lawsuit challenging the Seattle School District's math curriculum went to court Monday in King County Superior Court. The plaintiffs say the "Discovery Math" series adopted last year does a poor job, especially with minority students who are seeing an achievement gap widen.

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Dunlap sixth-graders get chance to be criminal investigators

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.pjstar.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 2)
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Fourteen students in the Middle School Gifted Program became crime scene investigators for a day, learning tips of the trade from local experts.

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Should 9th graders take AP?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://voices.washingtonpost.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 4)
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Jay Mathews shares thoughts on the "flap" over Advanced Placement World History in ninth grade.

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Virginia acts to limit use of exam for special-ed students after criticism

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 2)
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Virginia officials are moving to sharply limit an alternative testing program that many schools in the Washington suburbs use to measure the abilities of special education students who traditionally have fared poorly on the state's Standards of Learning exams.

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UCO to limit printers in effort to save funds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 0)
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University of Central Oklahoma officials estimate they will save $478,000 a year by limiting the number of printers on campus and leasing more energy-efficient equipment.

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Watch How You Hold That Crayon

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 5)
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In Manhattan, the brutally competitive nursery and kindergarten admissions process is leading many parents to sign up their toddlers for therapy.

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Norman students learn from pros

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 1)
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Young artists and writers from across the state came together to learned from professionals in their crafts Saturday at the eighth annual "Get the Lead Out” conference at Longfellow Middle School.

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Bellevue, Issaquah school districts seek legal advice on texts after court decisions

nitajo sumitted ago via http://seattletimes.nwsource.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 11)
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Two recent state court decisions on high-school math textbooks have area school districts seeking legal advice as they try to settle on which books to choose.

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Diploma Plus approach specializes in educating dropouts

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.projo.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 0)
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Diploma Plus’ 29 schools and programs, dotted around the country, specialize in educating recent dropouts or those who are over-aged and under-credited, meaning they’re already 17 with maybe a couple of ninth-grade credits.

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