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Archive for April, 2007

The House Has Approved A Bill….

April 25, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that is going to allow for over 600 million though 2012 in scholarships and in stipends in order to get more science and math teachers in the classroom. Scholarship money could be as much as ten grand a year.

Chicago Public School Officials Say….

April 25, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that the amount of students going to college is 48%. A couple years ago the amount going to college is 44%.

The Illinois State Board Of Education….

April 25, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

is going to spend four million this year to help create, expand and strengthen school arts and foreign language programs. They have been only spending a measly $500,000.

Gwinnett County High Schools Are…

April 25, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

going to start phasing out the lower-academic classes for tougher classes by 2009. They want more students to take college-prep classes.

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne….

April 25, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

at a meeting of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. comes out against the NCLB bill. He stated that federal policy makers are not giving states enough time to get English Language Learners to learn the English language.

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation…..

April 24, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

has a survey out on principals out. They interviewed 30 public school and 3 charter school principals for this report. Only three states got used for this report, but they do not state which ones they used.

For the public school principal the data shows that they would like more authority over things such as getting rid of bad teachers, hiring teachers, allocating time for instruction, and curriculum decisions.