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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: 16, 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

Buldog sumitted ago via http://www.youtube.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 1)
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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: 23, 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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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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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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Best Practices in the Middle Grades Identified

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 39, Clicks: 15)
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Linking students’ test scores with evaluations was one of the “best practices” that high-performing schools serving students in grades 6 to 8 have in common, the report found. The practices were true of high-performing schools regardless of whether they enrolled primarily students from low-income families or mostly from middle-income families.

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Failing Grade

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 0)
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New York Times Editorial -- To fully rebuild New York’s G.E.D. system, the State Legislature should put more money into the program and follow ideas outlined by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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High Schools to Offer Plan to Graduate 2 Years Early

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 11)
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Eight states are introducing new courses and a battery of tests for sophomores that will allow students who pass to enroll immediately in community college.

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Metro pushes to meet middle schoolers' needs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tennessean.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 0)
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Raising middle schoolers is hard, most parents will tell you, but educating them can be even more of a challenge, especially when schools don't adjust teaching methods during this difficult age. And because it's when future dropouts begin to disengage, Metro Nashville leaders and educators are making a renewed push to reform grades five through eight and provide after-school programs.

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Marshall High School Moves Closer to a Sweeping Overhaul

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 0)
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Marshall High School is a failure on several levels, and the Chicago Board of Education is now considering an extraordinary intervention to improve it.

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