Superintendent Nancy Sebring In Des Moines Iowa…
says the dropout rate in the local school district is only going to increase.
Archive for February, 2009
The Houston Chronicle Reports…
on an event aimed to create more scientists.
Cleveland Teachers Union Chief…
is questioning the turn-around plan by some schools.
How Would You Rename The NCLB Bill???
The New York Times has an article out saying that Education Secretary Arne Duncan would like a new name for the bill.
At the EDUWONK blog I named it:
“The Crappy Educational Standards Act”
The Chronicle Of Higher Education….
is out with another list of who makes the most money at private colleges.
The football coach at USC tops the list at 4.4 million bucks.
The USA Today and the New York Times both have articles on this.
Lemon Grove Middle School Article…
The Union-Tribune reports on this middle school that is allowing native Spanish-speaking students at the school to take the AP Spanish class. The school hopes by letting these students take this class now they would take more AP classes in high school.
I have to say that I like this idea, but this is something that needs a research study for sure to see if it successful.
