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Blog Posts
South Bend schools prepare for cuts :7 administrators notified they may lose jobs June 30.
...went to the school board to rave about Montessori and ? knowing that the grant would end in June ? to ensure the curriculum goes on. Board members replied that they wanted Montessori to continue, too. The corporation is in the midst of a $14 million project...
Feb. 06 5:51 pm
Full Story at South Bend Tribune
New bike clubs launched in West Somerset schools
...TREK bikes and helmets, storage containers and to train local teachers to deliver cycling sessions during both curriculum and after-school clubs. Club activities include cyclo-cross, track cycling, bike handling, core skills, time trail, team pursuit races...
Feb. 06 3:55 pm
Full Story at This is the West Country
Playing politics with education
...the Brockton mess. The Patrick administration wants to integrate so-called 21st century skills into Massachusetts' curriculum. States that have implemented this fad, under which how-to skills like "global awareness" and "cultural competence" get equal billing...
Feb. 06 3:45 pm
Full Story at Lowell Sun Online
LEGO smartphone gaming rigs
...they make wildly complex designs that are at times of low structural integrity. Is there any formal LEGO design curriculum out there? This is a great way to test out your rapid prototyping skills. Once you get a decent iteration, then the hunt is on for a...
Feb. 06 3:31 pm
Reforming education in 2010
...caused by high concentrations of poor teachers but by a combination of factors including low expectations, weak curricula, ineffective instruction, leadership issues, inexperienced faculty, poverty, behavioral, social and emotional problems and other elements....
Feb. 06 3:07 pm
Full Story at Lowell Sun Online
Malkin: The super-sized census boondoggle
...to participate because "Joseph and Mary participated in the census." Goodness knows what kind of fear-mongering curricula the kids are being served in the name of counting heads -- and shaping the electoral landscape. "When times are tough, you tighten your...
Feb. 06 3:06 pm
Full Story at Lowell Sun Online
Critics: Standards push threatens ed gains
...tapped people with little or no experience in writing standards or teaching in the classroom to craft the new curriculum. "Not one is an English major or has ever taught secondary high-school English, and only one has experience writing standards," Stotsky...
Feb. 06 3:03 pm
Full Story at Lowell Sun Online
IDB loans US$100 M for 10-year education plan in Dominican Republic
...3, and for hundreds of district specialists and school principals in math teaching, early literacy, strengthening of curriculum contents, and educational assessment. Let us hope that these funds are used for exactly what they say and not to line the pockets...
Feb. 06 2:45 pm
Students show green to the core
...grant. The money will support professional development for educators, materials and supplies for projects and curriculum development. "The purpose of today is to create awareness of the program throughout the school," said Grade 7 science teacher Mary Yarmosky....
Feb. 06 2:14 pm
Full Story at Berkshire Eagle Online
Longer school hours for children
...(the money can fund) breakfast clubs and after-school activities so kids are in a structured, supported learning environment for longer hours than normal schooling is." Welfare officers could also be employed by schools to provide support to families and help...
Feb. 06 1:45 pm