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New Critiques Urge Changes in Common Standards

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 176, Clicks: 27)
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A draft of grade-by-grade common standards is undergoing significant revisions in response to feedback that the outline of what students should master is confusing and insufficiently user-friendly.

5 comments | Tags: common standards national standards math council of chief state school officers college readiness | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Secretary choice always helped kids

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 115, Clicks: 10)
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The Department of Education is a long way from Chicago’s South Side churches where Duncan, his sister and brother would study alongside neighborhood kids. But the job of education secretary is closely tied to the challenges many children still must face. Even as a baby, Duncan accompanied his mother, Sue, every day to the tutoring program she began and still runs.

1 comments | Tags: arne duncan barack obama chicago education secretary tutoring program | Topic: Other BAD >_<

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Obama Faces Fierce Fight to Keep Education Promises

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 130, Clicks: 16)
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As the new administration prepares to take over the Education Department, school experts say one of Obama's first -- and toughest -- jobs must be restoring the broad bipartisan support it took to pass the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, which aims to boost the achievement of poor children. That consensus has splintered, with people on both sides of the aisle souring on the law as it is overdue for reauthorization in Congress.

2 comments | Tags: no child left behind act president-elect barack obama student loan programs school reform | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Math Hand: from Sue Hellman's <b>Small Changes; BIG RETURNS</b> blog

SueH sumitted ago via http://bigreturns.posterous.com (Views: 294, Clicks: 49)
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A humorous reflection about an affliction shared by many math teachers; inspired by the video that won last year's Interactive Classroom makeover contest.

2 comments | Tags: blog math teachers interactive classroom contest sueh big returns | Topic: Blogs BAD >_<

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With Undertrained Elementary Teachers, More Schools Turn to Specialists

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 173, Clicks: 33)
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As pressure mounts to prepare elementary students for high-stakes tests and for algebra in middle school, the focus on instilling math's most basic skills is intensifying. Many elementary schools are turning to math specialists or coaches to add expertise to a teaching workforce dominated by generalists who, studies show, are vastly under-prepared in math.

2 comments | Tags: math coaches math resource teachers math specialists math requirements algebra for all | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

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Some professionals bail out of finance and into teaching - USATODAY.com

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.usatoday.com (Views: 153, Clicks: 2)
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Looking for a silver lining in the financial meltdown? How about this: Your child's next math teacher could be an absolute whiz.

1 comments | Tags: teaching jobs teach for america wall streat teacher recruitment financial meltdown | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Dallas schools to host job fair for employees cut in ongoing layoffs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 157, Clicks: 1)
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Dallas school officials announced today they will hold a job fair — billed as “Destination Safe Landing” — for teachers and other staff members who lose their jobs in the ongoing layoffs.

0 comments | Tags: job fair “destination safe landing” dallas texas $84 million budget deficit | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Test Industry Split Over 'Formative' Assessment

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 110, Clicks: 12)
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Formative assessments, also known as “classroom assessments,” are in some ways easier to define by what they are not. They’re not like the long, year-end, state-administered, standardized, No Child Left Behind Act-required exams that testing professionals call “summative.” Nor are they like the shorter, middle-of-the-year assessments referred to as “benchmark” or “interim” assessments

2 comments | Tags: formative assessments classroom assessments middle-of-the-year assessments "transformative assessment" | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Algebra: Changing the Equation

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.districtadministration.com (Views: 135, Clicks: 6)
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School districts that require all students to pass algebra are faced with a dilemma: how to make sure that their high mathematical standards aren't pushing some students out of school altogether. Asking more of students can actually help decrease dropouts - but it has to be done right with smart programming and student encouragement.

2 comments | Tags: algebra cathy seeley francis "skip" fennell dropout factor preparation programs | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Many South L.A. students frightened and depressed, survey finds

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 127, Clicks: 5)
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A survey of 6,008 South Los Angeles high school students shows that many are frightened by violence in school, deeply dissatisfied with their choices of college preparatory classes, and -- perhaps most striking -- exhibit symptoms of clinical depression.

0 comments | Tags: los angeles california los angeles unified school district dropouts pushouts algebra 2 | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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101 Ways K-12 Teachers Use Document Cameras

Bart sumitted ago via http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us (Views: 438, Clicks: 46)
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101 ways to use a document camera in a classroom. Many that you may have not thought about as a teacher.

4 comments | Tags: document camera teachers lesson plans | Topic: In the Class BAD >_<

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U.S. to Require States to Use a Single School Dropout Formula

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 130, Clicks: 19)
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Moving to sweep away the tangle of inaccurate state data that has obscured the severity of the nation’s high school dropout crisis, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will require all states to use one federal formula to calculate graduation and dropout rates, Bush administration officials said on Monday.

3 comments | Tags: dropout epidemic federal register america’s promise alliance colin l. powell | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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School Board to Study New Math Curriculum

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 194, Clicks: 8)
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School Board Chairman Milton C. Johns said the panel wants to learn more about the math curriculum, called "Investigations in Number, Data and Space." School Board members appear to be mixed about the program's effectiveness, and Johns said he would like to postpone any decisions about keeping, cutting or scaling back the program until results from the state Standards of Learning (SOL) exams are released later this year.

5 comments | Tags: prince william county virginia investigations math strategies flashcards and memorization | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

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Passing Eighth Grade Gets a Little Harder

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 143, Clicks: 5)
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New York City's stricter policy would require next year’s eighth graders to pass classes in core subject areas and to score at a basic level on standardized English and math exams.

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A Formula for Failure in L.A. Schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 304, Clicks: 5)
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Because they can't pass algebra, thousands of students are denied diplomas. Many try again and again -- but still get Fs.

2 comments | Tags: compulsory algebra college-prep agenda language of generalization | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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