NCLB - Related Programs

  • Chicago high school students test for IT certification
    Tue, May 06, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech-literacy
    High school students in Chicago are getting a shot at professional IT certification, reports InformationWeek. The Computing Technology Industry Association announced that nearly 500 students are enrolled in Chicago Public Schools' Education to Careers IT program. [ Read More ]

  • Summit: Save STEM or watch America fail
    Fri, May 02, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Math and Science
    Two years after a report called "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" warned that the United States is falling behind in math and science education, endangering America's competitiveness in the global economy, education leaders, lawmakers, and cabinet members met for a national summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss what progress--if any--has been made in closing the gap. Their verdict: The U.S. needs to make a greater investment in critical math, science, and research programs for these efforts to succeed. [ Read More ]

  • Reading First initiative is rated ineffective
    Fri, May 02, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Reading First
    The New York Times reports that President Bush's $1 billion-a-year initiative to teach reading to low-income children has not helped improve their reading comprehension, according to a Department of Education report released May 1. [ Read More ]

  • ED wants uniform dropout, graduation rates
    Mon, Apr 28, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  NCLB-related programs
    The Bush administration sought on April 22 to bolster its signature education law, proposing new rules designed to address the nation's dropout problem and ensure educators pay close attention to the achievement of minority students. [ Read More ]

  • Feds take on dropout crisis
    Wed, Apr 02, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  NCLB-related programs
    The Bush administration on April 1 announced that it will require states and school systems to report high school graduation rates in a uniform way, instead of using a variety of methods that critics say are often based on unreliable information. [ Read More ]

  • DOE 'dashboards' provide data on schools
    Tue, Jan 15, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  NCLB-related programs
    U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has unveiled a new tool to show the public a snapshot of how schools fare in reading and math achievement, graduation rates and participation in challenging Advanced Placement exams... [ Read More ]

 
 
 

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