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Texas High School’s Yearbooks Pulled After Some Students Called ‘Mentally Retarded’ [VIDEO]

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://knue.com (Views: 5, Clicks: 3)
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All of the yearbooks at Mesquite High School have been confiscated by school administrators after it was discovered that some special-needs students at the school were identified as “mentally retarded.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Green Valley High School Ranking As 13th In U.S. Caused By State, Federal Errors

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Federal and Nevada state officials are taking responsibility for data errors that mistakenly launched a suburban Las Vegas high school nearly to the top of U.S. News and World Report's "Best High Schools" list.

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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.

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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.

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A Look at TEACHING 2030

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.youtube.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 4)
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A visual story of TEACHING 2030.

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Oklahoma’s middle-class children are falling behind

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://okpolicy.org (Views: 6, Clicks: 3)
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Because poverty is so high in Oklahoma and has such a large effect on school performance, reducing poverty remains the best thing we can do to improve our overall test scores. However, Oklahoma seems to be doing as well as the nation as a whole in teaching these kids.

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Colin Powell: Kindness Works

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.parade.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 5)
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Colin Powell -- I believe that if you develop a reputation for kindness, even the most unpleasant decisions will go down easier. People will realize that your decision must be necessary and is not arbitrary or made without empathy. As the old saying goes, “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”

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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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PARCC Procurement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.parcconline.org (Views: 37, Clicks: 11)
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In an effort to share the workload around procurement, other states will now release solicitations or procurements on behalf of PARCC. All procurements will be listed here, but the actual solicitation or procurement will be posted on the releasing state’s procurement website.

1 comments | Tags: common core state standards procurement parcc indiana indiana department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Time to ring the bell on FCAT

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tampabay.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 5)
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John Romano -- Children are crying, parents are obsessing, and educators are sweating. Forgive me if I'm reading too much into this, but is it possible we've let standardized testing get out of control?

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