“The chairman of the House education committee, an original architect of the federal No Child Left Behind law, said Monday that he wanted to change the law so that annual reading and math tests would not be the sole measure of school performance, but that other indicators like high school graduation rates and test scores […]
“At business meetings all over the world, PowerPoint-style presentations often are met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world’s top business schools, such slide shows are now an entrance requirement, the Associated Press reports: In a first, the University of Chicago will begin requiring prospective students to submit four pages of […]
“Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types of science once they got to college, researchers say. On the other hand, while high school courses in biology, chemistry or physics improved college performance in each of the individual sciences, taking a high school course in one science didn’t result […]
“At the most fundamental level, American education is suffering from an advanced state of what social scientists call “institutionalization. Societies adopt problem-solving strategies, then cling to those strategies rather than devise new ones as social change alters the nature of the problem. In American education, one manifestation of this phenomenon is the failure to rethink […]
“Two decades ago, the idea of home-schooling a child was almost reprehensible. It called to mind images of overzealous, religious parents loading their offspring with misinformation and protecting them from the wolves roaming inside government-run schools. Today, that image seems to be nothing more than an annoying stereotype shrugged off by parents who are simply […]
“Whether you do have the conviction to homeschool or you are just beginning to investigate the choice, where do you turn? There is no one right way to homeschool, but the beauty of this choice is that it can meet the needs of each individual child. When I was investigating homeschooling I remember some of […]
“Teachers and parents agree that homework helps develop a student’s initiative and sense of responsibility for his or her education. Students who spend more time on homework tend to perform better academically than those who don’t. This is more and more the case in upper grade levels, where homework assignments are more demanding. Students who […]
“One month before school starts, District officials said yesterday that half of D.C. public schools do not have all their required textbooks and half of the school buildings will not have any air conditioning on the first day of school — conditions as traditional in the city as back-to-school shopping for a new box of […]
“Controversial legislation that could affect the future of popular cyber charter schools will be the focus of hearings Downtown today and in Beaver County tomorrow. State Reps. Karen D. Beyer, R-Lehigh, and Tony DeLuca, D-Penn Hills, have introduced bills that would change the way cyber schools are funded. Ms. Beyer said cyber charters have “far […]
“As Tennessee families work their way down a to-do list — and a shopping list — for students headed back to school, allow us to offer a wish list for the new school year. As each student prepares to enter those doors for the first day, we wish for: A sense of care, interest […]
