Palestinian students to earn American degrees on a West Bank at the al-Quds University.

on the state Board of Education in Maryland that would like to explore a partnership with neighboring states to create a regional data base that tracks the performance of teachers and students

out looking at depth vrs breadth in the high school classroom. The study says that students do better in college science classes if they spent time in a high school science class studying one topic in depth for at least a month.

is out with a new report just looking at Indiana colleges/Universities and reading instruction.

This is the first state in the USA to take up the NCTQ offer and 45 schools get looked at.

They say that most Indiana Schools are not teaching the science of reading. Around 5 schools got a 100% score. Around 12 schools scored 0%.

They say textbooks are inadequate along with a bunch of classes that have low expectations of the students as well.

I would like to applaud Indiana for being the first state to have the guts enough to put the colleges through this. I hope all the colleges in the state look this important report and improve the curriculum to really meet the needs of college students.

with some new data saying that college freshman spend more time drinking than they do studying.

out with a report on professional learning by teachers.

The reports says that a US teacher spends only 20% of his or her time planning lessons or improving skills. In foreign countries teacher training is apart of the current school week.