A test-score milestone for Phila. schools as NCLB has working!
6.17.10 - NCLB worked! Philadelphia public schools reached a new milestone this year - the majority of city students met state standards in reading and math for the first time since 2002, when Pennsylvania began administering tests under the No Child Left Behind law.
New York State to set new degree of difficulty after determining graduation requirements need overhaul
6.17.10 - "Right now, we are graduating kids with Regents diplomas who need to take remedial courses," Tisch said. "This is a joke. It's a game, and the game needs to come to an end."...
Dispelling the Pew study Foster kids winners as grads
6.17.10 - Not too long ago Sandra Jones wanted to be anywhere but in the home of foster mother Mary Stewart. Now, they have just celebrated Sandra's graduation from high school and full academic scholarship to Ohio State University. ...
Pupils aged five should be taught all about sex: Watchdog's instruction to schools
6.17.10 - Children as young as five should be taught about sex, the Government's controversial health watchdog said last night. ...
'iCollege' at $199 a class? Idea may appeal, but Pawlenty knows e-learning is neither cheap nor easy
"There's another way to deliver the service other than a one-size-fits-all monopoly provider that says show up at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning for Econ 101," Pawlenty told Stewart.
Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students
In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students. ... |
