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Archive for October, 2009

Council Of The Great City Schools Releases…

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

a new research brief looking at ELL policies. They found that school districts that did poorly with these students did not have a coherent way to teach them and limited classes for them as well.

Children’s Institute Is Out…..

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

with a report looking at kids in Oregon and the Oregon’s kindergarten readiness survey the state does.

They say that the survey fails on four out of five standards. They say the survey is not well defined, does not meet basic statistical and psychometric standards, does not collect sufficient contextual information, and that the state does not provide adequate training and support for the teachers who
administer its kindergarten readiness survey. The survey does aligns with the state’s early learning guidelines though.

The Washington Post Reports…

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on students in the local D.C. school district that say sex education is antiquated.

The Baltimore Sun Reports…

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on Howard Community College allowing high school students in the area to come to the place for one day to talk about careers in the culinary arts.

The AP Reports….

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on lawsuits that have been field in order to stop teacher furloughs in Hawaii

The AP Reports On….

October 22, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

the secretary of education that wants to see a overhaul of teacher prep programs.

Well if you read the the http://www.nctq.org reports and their ratings on colleges you would know that a lot of colleges have bad curriculum for people that want to be teachers.