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Best High Schools In America 2012: Newsweek Releases New Rankings

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 3)
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To determine the rankings, Newsweek factored in six criteria: the school's four-year gradation rate, college-acceptance rate, number of AP and other high-level exams given per student, average SAT/ACT scores, average AP/college-level test scores and the number of AP courses offered per student.

1 comments | Tags: newsweek best high schools advanced placement exams | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Newsweek: America's Best High Schools 2012

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.thedailybeast.com (Views: 6, Clicks: 3)
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Where are the best public high schools in America? Newsweek has a whole list of answers with its "1,000 Schools That Made the Grade," released Monday.

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Waiting for a bus? Math may help

Newman sumitted ago via http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 7)
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It turns out math can fix the problem. Georgia Tech professor John Bartholdi and University of Chicago professor Donald Eisenstein used complex algebra to develop a kind of anti-bus-bunching formula. They took what’s known as the Markov Chain through the wringer. It’s a math theory that shows predictable long-term behavior.

1 comments | Tags: georgia institute of technology bus schedule university of chicago algebra math theory | Topic: Higher Education BAD >_<

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Eyeballing (Virtual) Game

Newman sumitted ago via http://woodgears.ca (Views: 39, Clicks: 29)
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Some people are bothered by pictures on the wall hanging slightly crooked. Others may not even be aware that something may be amiss. If you are somebody who is into woodworking or construction, its good to be one of the people who notice when things are crooked.

0 comments | Tags: geometry academic vocabulary quadrilaterals right angles | Topic: Math Fun BAD >_<

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Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school

nitajo sumitted ago via http://lacrossetribune.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 6)
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The eastern state of Bihar has been so successful at keeping teenage girls in school, the bike giveaways have spread to neighboring states. Now the Indian government wants to expand it across the country in hopes it might help improve female literacy.

1 comments | Tags: rampur singhara india bicycles literacy poverty high school dropout rate | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 3)
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One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That’s a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.

1 comments | Tags: autistic young adults autism u.s. department of education virginia commonwealth university carol schall | Topic: Special Education BAD >_<

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Clark: The economic case for early education

nitajo sumitted ago via http://articles.boston.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 3)
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Katherine Clark -- Last week I cohosted a legislative briefing on the importance of early childhood education with Arthur Rolnick of the University of Minnesota’s Human Capital Research Collaborative, a former economist at the Federal Reserve. Professor Rolnick’s research makes the economic case for early childhood education through new data and a comprehensive 40-year study.

2 comments | Tags: massachusetts katherine clark arthur rolnick university of minnesota human capital research collaborative | Topic: Early Childhood BAD >_<

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L.A. Unified a rare haven for health teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 7, Clicks: 3)
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The school district still has dedicated health classes while many others have ended theirs, largely for fiscal reasons.

1 comments | Tags: los angeles unified school district health teachers college-prep classes high school graduation requirements | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Old Soul’s Hard Work Turns Into Big Opportunity

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 3)
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A boy who, for pocket money, sells eggs hatched in the yard of his rural South Carolina home gained admission to a free, selective boarding school in the state.

2 comments | Tags: easley south carolina louie alexander poverty governor’s school | Topic: Gifted Programs BAD >_<

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Faulty Data Leads to Mix-Up in High School Rankings

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 23, Clicks: 4)
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The mistake has now been traced back to erroneous data provided by the Nevada education department to the U.S. Department of Education. The error not only draws into question the validity of the rankings, but the validity of other research that relies on the federally maintained Common Core of Data, which tracks information about students and staff in every public school, district, and state education agency in the country. The Common Core of Data is used as part of the U.S. News ranking system.

0 comments | Tags: henderson nevada u.s. news and world report u.s. department of education national center for education statistics | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Who Is Writing the 'Next Generation' Science Standards?

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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Erik W. Robelen -- As the general public now gets a chance to weigh in on a first draft of common standards in science, the question arises: Who is writing these voluntary standards, anyway? The short answer? It's complicated.

1 comments | Tags: erik w. robelen science standards next generation science standards national research council peter mclaren | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Mike Wallace: His contribution to mental health

Buldog sumitted ago via http://communities.washingtontimes.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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When someone intelligent, forthright, aggressive, and respected lends their face to a subject slightly taboo, it makes a difference. Mike Wallace did the mental health community a favor in 1996 by going public with his diagnosis of depression. Although there is still stigma attached to having any mental illness, Wallace’s admission made it clear that depression does not descend only upon the faint of heart, and that it can be treated.

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Australia: Psychologists warn on term 'mentally ill'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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There is debate within the mental health field on whether depression should be labelled a mental illness.

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Australia: Graduates shun legal profession

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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Almost two-thirds of Australia's law graduates are not working as lawyers four months after they have completed their degrees, according to a study. The Graduate Careers Australia survey of 1313 recent graduates from all over the country found that 64 per cent were not practicing law between 2010 and 2011.

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Too much is riding on testing data that cannot be trusted

nitajo sumitted ago via http://articles.orlandosentinel.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 5)
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Andrew Spar -- If the test is flawed, there is no way to compare students' scores from one year to the next to determine how much they have learned. Unless we are able to know exactly what is happening with the test, there is no way we can or should trust the test data.

0 comments | Tags: florida pearson writing scores florida board of education teacher evaluations | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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