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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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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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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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Australia: Rift on year 12 figures

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 22, Clicks: 5)
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Only 64 per cent of Victorian students are completing a year 12 certificate or equivalent according to federal figures - far fewer than claimed by the state Education Department.

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Australia: Maths, physics fail to get the numbers at school

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 24, Clicks: 5)
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Data prepared for The Sunday Age by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, which oversees the VCE, show a significant decline in enrolments for the more difficult maths subjects - maths methods and specialist maths - over the past decade.

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Australia: Policies 'deter' overseas students

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 29, Clicks: 5)
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Private education providers are struggling, largely because of federal government policies that have made it harder for foreigners to study in Australia, said Shruti Nargundkar, chief executive of one provider.

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French language immersion program will debut at Norman's new elementary school

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 63, Clicks: 22)
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“From day one, the students will speak or hear no English at all for half a day,” said Janet Gorton, the school district's world languages director.

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Top Oklahoma education official criticizes Obama's plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 5)
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Oklahoma's top higher education official says he thinks the Obama administration's higher education agenda is the wrong approach to ensuring college affordability.

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Online pilot program will help guide students through Algebra I

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 44, Clicks: 12)
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An online pilot program to help eighth- through 10th-graders who are struggling with Algebra I is being launched at 16 high schools and 23 middle schools throughout the state.

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Asperger’s History of Over-Diagnosis

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 5)
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People with social disabilities are not necessarily autistic, and giving them diagnoses on the autism spectrum often does a real disservice.

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College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

nitajo sumitted ago via http://seattletimes.nwsource.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 5)
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President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

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Reading is not a race: The virtues of the ‘slow reading’ movement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 13)
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Tom Newkirk -- Go to just about any elementary school in this country and you will see teachers with stopwatches assessing “nonsense word fluency.” When I first heard the term, I though someone was pulling my leg. Fluency in reading, I had always thought, was about meaning, about understanding. It had nothing to do with nonsense.

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Canadian 2-year colleges show path to jobs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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Hugely popular for emphasizing practical skills that lead directly to careers, community colleges — most of which simply call themselves colleges, as opposed to universities — get much of the credit for making Canada second in the world in the percentage of young people ages 25 to 34 who hold some sort of postsecondary degree, according to a 2011 report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Australia: Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 36, Clicks: 4)
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One of Melbourne's bastions of male privilege - Scotch College - has educated more of Australia's most honoured and influential citizens than any other school in the nation. An analysis of the 435 people who have received the nation's top Order of Australia honours since they were first awarded in 1975, shows they disproportionately attended a handful of elite Victorian secondary schools.

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Toddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in China

Does Handwriting Matter in a Digital World?

Summit to Make a Case for Teaching Handwriting

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

Australia: Rift on year 12 figures

Australia: Maths, physics fail to get the numbers at school

Australia: Policies 'deter' overseas students

French language immersion program will debut at Norman's new elementary school

Top Oklahoma education official criticizes Obama's plan

Online pilot program will help guide students through Algebra I

Asperger’s History of Over-Diagnosis

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

Reading is not a race: The virtues of the ‘slow reading’ movement

Canadian 2-year colleges show path to jobs

Australia: Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards

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