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Archive for July, 2008

LA Times Reports Trabuco Hills High students…

July 24, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

were allowed to talk, use study aids and send text messages while taking the SAT exam. That is why around 400 exam scores got junked.

Wayne State University Administrators….

July 24, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

have to come up with a new budget as the board of governors rejected a possible 6.6 percent tuition increase for undergraduates and 8.8 percent more for graduate students.

For A Second Year Texas Is….

July 24, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

not going to penalize schools and put them on the dreaded unacceptable list do to have too many dropouts.

The Chicago Tribune Reports….

July 24, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the local school district dipping into reserves to help fund the budget.

LeRoy Collins Institute Out With A Report….

July 23, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

looking at Florida and how it calculates the high school graduation rate.

The report looks at the Green Method used to calculate graduation rates and shows that Florida is one of the worst states when it comes to graduation rates.

The report says that they love that Longitudinal Method for calculating graduation rates, but they do not like that the state is so secretive on how they even calculate the graduation rate.

The Dallas Morning News Reports….

July 23, 2008 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on some high school students taking some college level classes at a community college for no credit only to take that same class again when they go back to high school looking to get an even better grade.

I would like to see those 0 credit classes put on college admission applications and I also feel that these students are cheating themselves out of having fun in the summer time.