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Archive for January, 2009

The Associated Press Reports…

January 08, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that the Mississippi House has given the okay for a bill that would take 17.2 million bucks in funding from the rainy day fund they have in order to help fund higher education.

Education Next Out With Quality Counts 2009…

January 07, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

reports.

Overall most states wound with grades in the C’s. No A’s, but three D+ grades.

A bulk of the report this year deals with ELL students and they even have some student profiles.

In A Study Out Looking….

January 07, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

at students from North Carolina, researchers have found that students who wound up getting access to the internet sometime in the fifth to eighth grade to experience a decline in math and reading scores.

One Chicago Public Schools Manager….

January 07, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

skirted rules in order to get around 70 grand worth of cappuccino/espresso machines for a high school program. 30 machines have been bought, but only two of them are being used and not in the culinary program they were intended for. 22 are still unopened.

The Chicago Sun-Times also reports on this as well.

The Associated Press Reports…

January 07, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on students being left on a school bus not being unique to New York City Schools.

The Washington Post Reports….

January 07, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the Loudon area schools and changes to the schools that are coming which includes larger classes.