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Archive for December, 2006

San Francisco Chronicle Report….

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on inmates with poor reading skills is up.  The article says that around 2/3 of the inmates in jail have less than a ninth grade reading level with around 20% at below third grade reading level.

The 33 prisions in the state are operating around double capacity and costs are going up very quickly the article states.

The New York Times Reports…

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on students that are shielded from taking state exams.

Schools In The New Orleans Area….

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

still have a teacher shortage even as more students come back to school in that area.

21 Schools In Kentucky….

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

are going to take part in a program called the Kentucky Content Literacy Consortium.   The money to fund this program is part of the striving readers grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The program is aimed to helping literacy rates in the middle school and high school grade levels.

Independence School District Is Going To Focus….

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on middle school students that may fall through the cracks. One of the things they might wind up creating is an alternative school

Preschool Helps Out Kids That….

December 27, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

can go says this Des Moines Register article.  The article states that money is a problem in getting preschool classes started and one class needs 100,000 bucks.