to rally for school vouchers in Texas. The link includes a video to watch as well.

a major curriculum overhaul. A new required course id going to be called in “culture and belief” which will introduce them into religion.

are doing well with the graduation rate of students says data released last week. The data says that 80% of student gets a diploma in four years, but just over 62% of the at-risk student population gets one in four year.

reports on whole language hi jinks. The report showcases how you can spot ineffective reading programs that say they are whole-language, but are not. Programs using SBRR-Based reading programs are good in this report and they are crucial for English Language Learners.

Essential components of a SBRR-Based reading program are phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary development and finally reading comprehension. It gets into why this works which I can agree with.

Then the report looks at programs such as Four Block, Guided Reading, and balance literacy and why they are not so great.

This report is a great read.

for Career and Technical Education has released a new report. The whole report is on brining in more math skills into Career and Technical Education. At the end of the report it showcases a whole lot of lesson plan ideas.

on students that are using downloaded MP3 material to do homework.