Merry Christmas!
As you can all imagine, it has been difficult to be productive in the last few days… you know with all the gifts to buy, and friends to reconnect with.
We definitely plan to be back on track after the holidays. We’ve already began interviewing tutors and will continue through the Spring of 2009. Our [...]
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2008 Colorado School Ratings
RMN has a good searcheable database on their website where you can see how your school did on the latest CSAP test. The data is current as of the end of July, 2008. In the database, you will find the 2008 CSAP test scores for grades three through 10 in reading, writing, math and science [...]
Many Colorado high school graduates not ready for college
Rocky Mountain News reports that the percentage of Colorado high school graduates who can’t do college-level work is 29.9%, virtually the same as the year before when it was 29.7%.
Here are some quotes from the article:
Math continued to be the main problem. Forty percent of students at two-year schools and 16 percent of those at [...]
We are looking for tutors.
No Excuses Tutoring is looking for qualified tutors to join our team.
We are looking for people who love teaching one-on-one and who are dedicated to improving student performance. Not only are you proficient in the subject matter you want to teach, but you must also have a contagious passion for it. We are serious about [...]
Americans think less of their schools than their post offices.
According to an August 2008 study conducted by Education Next and Harvard University:
Americans think less of their schools than of their police departments and post offices. When asked to grade the post office, 70 percent of respondents gave an “A” or “B.” In contrast, only 20 percent of Americans said public schools deserve an “A” [...]
Old News: High school students lie, cheat and steal.
AP reports this morning:
In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.
Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that today’s young people are less [...]
The Benefits of A.D.H.D? The debate continues
in the New York Times:
A New Face for A.D.H.D., and a Debate
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Published: November 25, 2008
Interactive A.D.H.D Feature
The New York Times is really good at creating wonderful interactive features like this:
Profile of Michelle Rhee of D.C. Public Schools
This month, The Atlantic published a fascinating profile piece on Michelle Rhee, who works as a chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system, and the founder of The New Teacher Project. Ms. Rhee is pushing reform in the D.C. school system, and ruffling a few feathers in the process.
Halloween Special
Subtitle: Arithmomania, How to Defeat the Prince of Darkness, Vampire Numbers and a Mathematical Proof Showing That Vampires Don’t Exist
All those things (and more!) were squeezed into an editorial piece in The Times by Mr. Marcus du Sautoy. Mr. du Sautoy has recently been elected to the Simonyi Professorship of the Public Understanding of Science, [...]
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