Basic Science Classes In The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area…
have now been labeled as honors classes.
Archive for January, 2007
A six-person panel has been formed….
in order to give out suggestions on how to curb cheating on the TAKS exam. Random audits and a standardized protocol for investigations are some of the recommendations so far.
The 104 schools in question are still under investigation.
The Dallas Morning News also reports on this as well.
The Christian Science Monitor Reports….
on why educating girls will pay off in Africa. The article states that less than half of the gilrs finish primary school.
Brown University Has Recieved….
a 636,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health in order to train science teachers.
The Baltimore Sun Reports…
on high school students in a cooking program that are going to be releasing a cookbook.
NPR Radio Report On….
conservatives that are calling for national education curriculum. A person from the Thomas B. Fordam Foundation says allowing states to create exams only dumbs down exams so they can get federal money.
