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50 Brain Facts Every Educator Should Know

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.associatesdegree.com (Views: 42, Clicks: 4)  
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The brain is perhaps the most fascinating organ in the human body. It controls everything from breathing to emotions to learning. If you work with children, here are some facts that you might find helpful, from how the brain affects learning to facts about memory to interesting facts about the brain that you can share with your students

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The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://finance.yahoo.com (Views: 100, Clicks: 6)  
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How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life? Interesting article to spur conversation.

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Chicago Public Schools to fit 'financial literacy' into curriculum starting next fall

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.suntimes.com (Views: 104, Clicks: 5)  
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Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another. Chicago's 113,166 public high school students may soon get a steady diet of both.

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Middle-school Math Classes Are Key To Closing Racial Academic Achievement Gap

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.sciencedaily.com (Views: 99, Clicks: 9)  
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More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois study.

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Education Standards Likely to See Toughening

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 92, Clicks: 4)  
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President Obama and his team have alternated praise for the goals of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law with criticism of its weaknesses, all the while keeping their own plans for the law a bit of a mystery.

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NGA, CCSSO Launch Common Standards Drive

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 104, Clicks: 13)  
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After years of debating the idea of national content standards, representatives from 41 states convened in Chicago today in what organizers hope will be a first, concrete step toward common guidelines in mathematics and English-language arts.

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You Do the Math

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.sciencedaily.com (Views: 220, Clicks: 67)  
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Students learn more when taught general math theories that help them understand formulas and procedures or when allowed to compare ways of solving problems, according to Vanderbilt University research. "Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems -- "

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Navy helps Smithfield students build projects

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.dailypress.com (Views: 73, Clicks: 1)  
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Navy helps Smithfield students build min-submarines.

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GOP Bill Raises Academic Bar, Not Funding

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www2.tbo.com (Views: 82, Clicks: 1)  
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TALLAHASSEE - High-school students would have to pass the FCAT and higher-level math and science courses to receive diplomas under a plan Republicans are pushing in the state House and Senate.

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N.J. likely to subtract Algebra II requirement

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.philly.com (Views: 81, Clicks: 1)  
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As the New Jersey Department of Education continues to redesign its high school curriculum to add more rigor, officials have moved away from one of the proposed plan's most controversial elements: requiring all students to pass Algebra II.

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Mathnasium helps Tucson students 'get it'

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.azstarnet.com (Views: 71, Clicks: 1)  
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"Kids don't hate math. They hate embarrassment," says Gabe Harris, the owner of Mathnasium, 4777 E. Sunrise Drive, a math tutoring franchise located in a retail center at North Swan Road and East Sunrise Drive.

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The New Mexico Project

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.sfafs.org (Views: 103, Clicks: 4)  
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New Mexico Project 2012 is a plan for transformational change in K-12 math and science education in our State. Its goal is that within 5 years our students will be among the nation's leaders in math and science achievement. For this to occur we must: * Provide much better preparation in math and science content for newly-graduating teachers. * Increase significantly the number of math and science teachers in our high schools. and more....

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Miami-Dade schools chief Alberto Carvalho: Schools deserve bailout, too

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.miamiherald.com (Views: 81, Clicks: 0)  
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With dire budget crunches facing schools across the United States, Miami-Dade superintendent Alberto Carvalho thinks it's time Congress considered aiding its education system the same way it has the banking industry. "The question in my mind is this: At a time when we're continuing the bailout of key industries, at what point do we have a bailout of public education?" he said.

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Math teachers 1 chapter ahead of students

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://news.yahoo.com (Views: 92, Clicks: 1)  
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Math can be hard enough, but imagine the difficulty when a teacher is just one chapter ahead of the students. It happens, and it happens more often to poor and minority students. Those children are about twice as likely to have math teachers who don't know their subject, according to a report by the Education Trust, a children's advocacy group.

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Delighted -- or Deflated -- by Dollars: D.C. Students Get First Reward Checks, but Some Come Up Short

tandnshobert sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 85, Clicks: 0)  
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Some 3,300 Washington, D.C., middle-school students had their first payday Friday, collectively earning $137,813 for good grades, attendance and behavior, which averaged out to about $43 per student. Educators said fewer students have been tardy so far this year, but how the program will affect grades is yet to be determined.

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