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Archive for April, 2010

The Chicago Sun-Times Reports….

April 16, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on a process the local school district created for parents to appeal their children’s rejections from the system’s most coveted schools.

The Hartford Courant Reports…

April 16, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the state that is going to wind up getting almost 26 million in order to fix low performing schools.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer Reports…

April 16, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on Cleveland schools that might lay off more than 650 teachers in the teachers union

To Me This is Just Pure Excess…

April 15, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

Yahoo.com has up an article on the new Allen Eagles Stadium that is set to open in 2012. This is for a high school football team and the stadium cost is almost 60 million bucks!!!

I know Texas just loves football, but that money could be better spent on teachers and classrooms.

The New York Times…

April 15, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

looks at new report out that showcases that future math teachers only got an average grade of C on a new test comparing their skills with their counterparts in 15 other countries.

The Innosight Institute, Inc. Is Out….

April 15, 2010 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

with a report looking at the Wichita Kansas area and the hybrid learning schools they have. The students use computer-based courses at dropout-recovery and creditrecovery centers under the direction of certified teachers to get a high school diploma.

The report showcased that the school district saw around 8 percentage point gain in the amount of high school graduates, but also found that around 40% of students in the dropout-recovery and creditrecovery centers did drop out of the program.