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Archive for April, 2007

The New York Times…

April 11, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

reports on colleges around the globe that are teaching majors such as economics in the English Language. The link hits Europe and Korea.

Columbia College Is Going To Get…

April 11, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: College, Uncategorized

400 million bucks in order to help pay for tuition. The money is going to come from billionaire John Werner Klug who went to the college.

Atlanta Journal Constitution reports…

April 11, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that next school year that the Gwinnett County area is going to have almost 10% of all the school students in the state and is the largest school district in the state.

ACT Releases A New Study Stating…..

April 10, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that what high school students learn is not what they really need to learn in order to get into college. Over 35,000 surveys were sent in for this report.

The report showcases that high school teachers are way more confident than college level teachers in thinking that students are college ready based only on the state standards.

These things are what ACT is looking for in high school classes:

They did not really give an answer for writing classes. They said that college level people want a bigger focus on grammar and high school level teachers want a bigger focus on idea.

A bigger emphasis on a fundamental understanding of math concepts.

A bigger focus on reading strategies with complex text in reading class.

More inquiry-oriented instruction in science class.

The Education Sector Reports…

April 10, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that spending by Government and parents on newborns to toddlers is misguided and just does not work.

A New Study By Policy Analysis For California Education…

April 10, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

says that we are getting a further disparity in the state test scores vrs the NAEP scores. This is a massive problem that is going to have to be looked at and this is not the first time I have reported such differences in these scores.

If I find the report I will post the link to it.