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Archive for November, 2006

School Officials In The Cobb County Area…

November 15, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

want school systems to return to districtwide class-size averaging.  The superintendent of schools in Cobb County is saying that cost to lower the class size is too much.

Bill Gates Again Says The says U.S. Education….

November 14, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

system needs work.  He would like to see students take three to four years of math and science to graduate from high school.

He is right and last year he even called high schools “obsolete”.

The Center for American Progress….

November 14, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

has a new report out on high schools that extend learning time. Early College High schools, a charter school, and a work study program are looked at.

They say that this idea is not a silver bullet though.

The History Of Standardized Testing….

November 14, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

is looked at in this Washington Post article.

The USA Today Reports…..

November 14, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on Margaret Spellings and her idea of getting more information on colleges to families and students so they can make a btter decision on what college someone might attend.

The US Department Of Education….

November 14, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

says no again to the state of Oregon on trying to get in a pilot program that rates each school on the performance that each student takes instead of how many students pass certain exams.