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Two-thirds of IU frat kicked out over hazing
...be party central. Andy Gammill looks at the happenings of Indianapolis' schools. Check how your school did on the ISTEP, No Child Left Behind and other measures. Get breaking local news as it happens. Enter your phone number below: Standard Messaging Rates...
Mar. 10 6:20 pm
Full Story at Indianapolis Star
Governors, School Chiefs Offer 'Common Core' of Education Standards
...is designed to replace a mishmash of state standards and is being proposed separately from requirements in the federal No Child Left Behind Law. If adopted, the standards would show up in textbooks, curriculum and teacher training. By way of example, the Post...
Mar. 10 6:06 pm
Proposed Set Of Academic Standards Unveiled
...achievement tests to its students, creating a hodgepodge of standards. It is unclear what impact the new plan might have on No Child Left Behind. The latest proposal, known as the Common Core State Standards Initiative, is expected to lead to standardization...
Mar. 10 5:51 pm
Full Story at Southern California Public Radio
Proposed national standards: Ready for your review
...served well in our education system receive help to meet these standards. ?Additionally, the accountability framework in the No Child Left Behind Act needs to be updated to recognize the state-led movement toward higher, common standards and improved assessments...
Mar. 10 5:25 pm
Full Story at Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs
Help Schools by Helping the Poor
...of data NCLB's standardized testing generated haven't actually changed American education for the better but simply reemphasized the pre-NCLB notion that, indeed, too many American children are getting left behind by an inadequate educational system. ...
Mar. 10 4:44 pm
Herb Kohl: How About a Race to Equity?
...have access to (text books, computers, etc.)? What kind of facilities should house an equitable learning environment for all children? What kind of standards and measures should be used to measure a school's effectiveness as an equitable learning institution? ...
Mar. 10 4:14 pm
Firing teachers: First step to reform or useless effort?
...new school year." The policy center concluded that the restructuring models promoted by Obama are an improvement over No Child Left Behind but warned that because they include "specific directives that are not supported by research, it is unwise to prescribe...
Mar. 10 4:01 pm
Hail, hail, the Gang?s all ? not here
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Mar. 10 3:55 pm
Distracted Achievement Gap
A New York Times article reports the testimony of education experts before the Senate education committee, which is in the process of rewriting the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (formerly known as ?No Child Left Behind.? As we?ve heard many
Mar. 10 3:47 pm
Full Story at Front Porch Republic
Educational Reform or Ineptitude?
That the American educational system is broken is one fact that everyone, it seems, is in agreement with. "Despite decades of reform attempts and billions of dollars of investment, the American education system badly needs improvement." Only 34 percent
Mar. 10 3:31 pm