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Archive for December, 2007

University Of Texas At Dallas Article….

December 05, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Dallas Morning News reports on this university on a new program they are going to announce that is going to help create more math and science teachers. The new program aims to create 20 extra teachers a year.

Boston College To Go Under…

December 05, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

a 1.6 billion expansion which includes hiring more teachers, creating more dorm rooms, and creating four new academic buildings.

Pendergast Elementary School District Students….

December 05, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

are soon going to be learning how to golf as part of physical education class.

OECD Report Out…..

December 04, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

looking at PISA scores in math and science for 15-year-old kids. This is another whopper of a report almost 400 pages in length.

30 Countries make up the OECD including the USA. When it came to science scores we finished in the middle of 30 countries. When It came to math scores over 20 OECD countries beat the USA.

Reading scores are also listed, but the USA did not take part in the proper exam.

Loads of exam questions with answers are apart of the report.

Montgomery County High Schools….

December 04, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

have passed a milestone that only the New York City schools have reached and this is to have over 1000 black students pass AP exams.

Micro-College Article…

December 04, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Tennessean reports on Free Will Baptist Bible College with only 350 students and few other places with very low enrollments.

YES! This is what I want see more of. Super sized campuses like Ohio State, University Of Oklahoma, and University Of Arizona are a no-no.