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Archive for November, 2007

University Of Baltimore’s School Of Law….

November 29, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

is forming a partnership with the Tikrit School of Law. The partnership might one day allow US students to study in Iraq.

Progress In International Reading Literacy Study…

November 28, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

is out. This report is a whopping 400 plus pages in size and over 60 megabytes in size. The report looks at only 4th grade reading scores in the USA and a bunch of other countries from around the world mainly in Europe.

The report compares 2006 scores to the last time the test was given out in 2001.

USA scores remained flat over the time period and were around the same score as 12 other counties.

They did include questions from the exam, the answers to the exam, and how each country did on each question. I always love to see this.

USA Today Has A Report….

November 28, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

up on online education.

Aurora Public Schools….

November 28, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

are going to be going full day kindergarten.

Project U-Turn Article…..

November 28, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports this program has fielded over 1500 calls by high school dropouts that want to go back to school, but only around 10% so far have made it back into the classroom.

They also have a secondary article on student Joaquin Rosa who wants to be a role model for other students who might drop out of school.

College Applications Get…..

November 28, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

looked at by an article from the New York Times. The article is not getting college applications to look like a slick sales pitch.