Like any other career path, diversity, or lack of, in the school workplace can have long-reaching effects on the stability and success of the institution. The obvious achievement gaps for ethnic minorities in schools across the nation have continued ...
Posted Thursday, September 9th 2010 at 11:32AM
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The time has come that most kids across the country have dreaded and parents have anticipated with baited breath. School will begin for the 2010-2011 school year across the US and that means that the backs to school rituals have begun.
Shopping for ...
Posted Wednesday, August 25th 2010 at 10:07PM
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Recent reports show that there is still a significant achievement gap between white and black males in Illinois. Throughout the state, there is a 36% differential between the graduation rates of white and black males. In Chicago alone, the difference ...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th 2010 at 5:36PM
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We all want our kids to have a well-rounded school experience, to reap the academic benefits, but also those experiences that build memories and character. However, after-school programs, music classes, uniforms and school sports require funds.
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Posted Friday, August 20th 2010 at 12:17PM
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According to Catalyst Chicago, “Chicago communities and social service agencies are making a pitch for part of $10 million in federal planning grants for Promise Neighborhoods, the Obama Administration’s initiative to replicate the Harlem Childre ...
Posted Friday, August 20th 2010 at 12:16PM
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Have students finally turned the corner and improved performance in key subjects like reading and math? It would have seemed so, at least according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, only last year. He boasted of 66 percent for students pass ...
Posted Friday, August 20th 2010 at 12:14PM
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The slow-moving economic downturn has affected nearly everyone, but a group hit especially hard is students from low- and moderate-income families. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance reported to Congress that enrollment and gradu ...
Posted Friday, August 20th 2010 at 12:12PM
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Should teachers assign books on the celebrity of the moment for summer reading? They may want to consider it! A study conducted at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville determined that two factors play a key role in reducing the “summer slide, ...
Posted Friday, August 20th 2010 at 12:11PM
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In 1997, General Colin Powell founded America’s Promise Alliance as a cross-sector partnership of corporations, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and advocacy groups that are passionate about improving the lives and education of children.
It ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 11:51PM
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As the second round of the Race to the Top education grant race continues, eighteen states that exhibited excellence in the Great Teachers and Leaders section of the contest by addressing teacher quality have been named finalists.
According to the ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 11:40PM
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A recent post in the Democratic and Chronicle website makes a great point. With all the banter and discussion between educators, administrators, parents and politicians happening over the topic of education reform, there has been one group of people ...
Posted Thursday, July 29th 2010 at 2:53PM
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uring a recent meeting of the National Education Association in New Orleans, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel stated, “In states like Louisiana, Colorado and Florida, policymakers disrespect educators and trample employee rights and call it educatio ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 11:36AM
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Although some cities, including Chicago, have found a way around the potential increased class sizes due to smaller teaching staffs, the problem is affecting enough public schools across the nation to have serious potential harm for our kids’ educa ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 11:34AM
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The “long-term effects” of low education standards are often discussed in the future tense, howver, the reality is that a combination of those poor standards has culminated into a potential decrease of 3.0 million college graduates over the next ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 11:33AM
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According to the National League of Cities, the recent Youth, Education and Families Council (YEF) was hosted in Saint Paul, Minnesota to discuss future goals of the NLC’s Institute for YEF and the expected results of federal education policy on lo ...
Posted Wednesday, July 14th 2010 at 12:23PM
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The Catalyst reports that Chicago schools are not outside the trend of “turnarounds” in US schools as countless districts scramble to take advantage of additional funds available to the bottom 5% of schools in the country.
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Posted Monday, July 12th 2010 at 4:33PM
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The statistics are out there showing the “real” state of education in the US, high dropout rates, declining graduation rates, a growing inability to compete globally under the recent education standards. So, what do all these statistics mean to t ...
Posted Friday, July 9th 2010 at 1:40PM
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According to University Word News, the discussion both for and against the for-profit college sector reform funding continues to heat up. The hub of the current argument stems around the latest regulation proposals intended to rain in abuse of the fe ...
Posted Wednesday, July 7th 2010 at 11:49AM
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In a recent review of the book, “Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us”, Literacynews.com discusses the compilation of essays that explore, discuss and debate the real value of education in today’s society. Per the site review, “UCLA ...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th 2010 at 12:07PM
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The basics of Math instruction in school have left a lot to be desired in recent years, and that includes primary school children using calculators for simple Math problems.
Schools have often argued the point that in the “real world”, calcul ...
Posted Monday, June 28th 2010 at 9:19PM
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Taking our goals of education reform to the next level, the Providence Effect would like to introduce our next initiative, Teach America’s Children.
We are excited to put into play a hands-on and interactive program to improve the education opt ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 11:56AM
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The results are in for the 2008-2009 school year new teacher evaluation system, and the responses are mixed.
According to Education Week, strict study of the teacher evaluation results has raised questions as to the real effectiveness of the plan ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 12:17PM
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School’s out, or soon will be, for our kids. Kids attention spans are waning as the last days of school are passing and summer lay before them with promise of friends and long, lazy days. Parents are gearing up for lots of family togetherness and l ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 2:25PM
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In the wake of our teaching crisis due to the sweeping education budget cuts across the US, teachers led by Coordinator Chris Janotta sosmtm2010@gmail.com along with Co-Coordinator Laurie Murphy murph9677@embarqmail.com and their supporters and cowo ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 12:46PM
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Catalyst reports that Illinois has joined the other 34 states competing in the Race to the Top for the $3.4 billion in government funds for their school system. Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill that ups the requirements for anyone seeking to ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 2:27PM
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