The Herald Leader Reports On More School Districts…
in Kentucky that are having shorter summer breaks this year.
Archive for August, 2010
The AP Reports On Indiana’s Outspoken State Schools Chief….
that plans to meet with teachers around the state to discuss new school policies, including changes that have drawn criticism from some educators.
The New York Times Looks At Schools That Had….
massive drops in performance due to changes in scoring standards for state exams.
They also report on people such as Scott G. McNealy who use to work at Sun Microsystems who is trying to get open sourced math text books to students in the classroom.
They even have an article up on the summer camp for the cool and career-conscious 13-year-old.
The Detroit News Reports On CMA High School….
that is getting a makeover through the NBC show “School Pride.”
The Pioneer Press Reports On Minnesota Being One Of The First States….
to actually saying no to the “Common Core” standards. They say education should be controlled locally and the time frame for switching to national standards is too short.
The article does state the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation report showing that Minnesota does have standards that are worse than the Common Core.
The Daily News Reports On Over 15,000 Students…..
in the last school year in Philadelphia that have changed schools.
