10.27.10 - The city could face even more legal trouble from teachers over the controversial effectiveness ratings, union officials told the Daily News. Generation with 'no hope' will turn to crime and gangs as jobs become scarce, warns police chief 10.27.10 - Top police officer Peter Fahy has warned that rising unemployment and lack of opportunity could lead to an increase in crime as thousands of police jobs face the axe. ... 80% Georgia grad rate disputed 10.27.10 - Georgia's high school graduation rate rose 2 percentage points this year, bringing it to a record 80. ... 7 Class size myths -- and the truth 10.27.10 - Leonie Haimson - Across the country, class sizes are increasing at unprecedented rates. Budget pressures are weighing on school districts, but there has also been a fierce attack on the value of class size reduction. Here are the most common myths about class size (No 1: It is an unproven, ineffective reform) along with the facts. ... Needing Students, Maine School Hunts in China 10.27.10 - MILLINOCKET, Me. - Faced with dropping enrollment and revenue, the high school in this remote Maine town has fixed on an unlikely source of salvation: Chinese teenagers. ... |
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10.27.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Some states require that tests are translated into other languages while other states, including Florida, provide tests only in English (as it is the language of instruction and therefore should be how students demonstrate they have learned our standards). Bullying -- an Agenda 10.27.10 - Donna Garner - For some time, many of us have been warning America about Kevin Jennings who was Obama and Arne Duncan's choice at the U. S. Department of Education for the position of Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Teachers Unions and Shifting Winds 10.27.10 - Bob Bowdon - Since the theatrical release of The Cartel, I've hosted countless director Q & A's about public education policy and become quite familiar with the establishment's talking points. ... An Interview with Renee Mosiman and Mike Mosiman: The Smarter Preschooler 10.27.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Researchers agree that play is critical for a child's development and learning. For example, pretend play not only fosters a child's creativity but also helps develop abstract thinking because a youngster must use his or her imagination to create a scene or an object that is not there. |