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Archive for January, 2007

Twice-A-Quarter Tests In The Indianapolis Public Schools….

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

are being used to guage the progress of a teacher, but the school administrators are looking at the teachers that continue to do bad on the exams.

51,000 Students In The Detroit Area…

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

are either going to a charter or suburban school while the population in the Detroit Public Schools keeps going down.

They also have up a full list of local school district populations as well.  It is a good thing to look at.

Are Highly Educated Teachers…

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

worth some extra pay?  That is the Dallas Morning News looks at in a new article.  They say that stuies so no difference between a teacher with a masters degree and on that does not. Richard Kouri who is a Texas State Teachers Association spokesman thinks that some benifits of having a masters degree is missed in the studies.

Chigo Sun-Times Reports….

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on efforts by the school district to make sure the Hispanic population shows up for school for those final couple of weeks before and afyer the christmas break.

The Boston Globe Reports….

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on schools in the same district that got very different MCAS scores.

Teachers Want Some NCLB changes…..

January 15, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

for special education kids says a new Baltimore Sun report.  They want special education students to have some special standards put on them, not ones forced by the federal government.