Board Of Education Revamps Student Testing
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Working off the suggestions of teachers and school officials, the State Board of Education Thursday approved a host of changes to the testing system used to measure students’ skills.
Houston served as the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability - Education Journal a special panel of educators, superintendents, principals and lawmakers charged [...]
Local School Leaders Optimistic As Education Budget Passes Senate
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The state education budget passed out of the Alabama Senate Thursday, and local school leaders say they are now more optimistic about the upcoming year.
The budget still must make it pass the House of Representatives and Gov. Bob Riley, and Bazzell said not having the budget already has had an impact on Pike County Schools. [...]
Yek Business Program Gets $34,000 Gift From Cargill
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Cargill Inc. has donated more than $34,000 to Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas.
The money is going toward a program that provides YEK students with backpacks filled with business supplies. They will be issued at the beginning of the school year and is theirs to keep through the duration of the business-education program.
“This support from Cargill gives [...]
Kleine Hails Local Junior Achievement
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At a recent local event, however, the former Arkansas Razorbacks and professional basketball player focused on something else that is dear to his heart: Junior Achievement.
Kleine, now an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was the keynote speaker for a celebration of Junior Achievement’s success in Saline County.
The program, [...]
Alternative Education To Get Boost
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Baltimore school administrators unveiled a plan yesterday to reduce violence and the dropout rate by overhauling alternative education, nearly doubling the number of alternative school slots by August and creating morning and evening programs for working students.
The plan calls for the creation of two new alternative schools and the redesign of existing alternative schools, where [...]
Pearson Isn#39;t Making Web Trade Better Than Newspapers (Update1)
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Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Pearson Plc Chief Executive Officer
Marjorie Scardino is selling newspaper assets and moving from
textbooks into online courses. The efforts arent bringing the
164-year-old publisher the valuation of Washington Post Co.,
whose shares cost 50 percent more.
[...]
Student recounts seeing peer shot to death in school parking lot
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Clarke had just emerged from Simeon, where, like Jackson, he was taking classes to recoup high school credits, authorities said Sunday.
In a shooting Friday, police still were seeking answers in the death of Miguel Pedro, 15, an 8th grader at Nobel Elementary School. Pedro was fatally shot while walking to a store a block away [...]
News
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A campaign drawing in parents, businesses, teachers and pupils to help schools raise their game in use of technology has been launched by the educational technology agency, Becta. Next Generation Learning is the result of a Becta survey back in 2006 that found only 20% of schools were making best use of technology - even [...]
Former business manager’s arrest not related to closure of school
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The decision to close two of the county school district’s alternative schools was not due solely to the arrest of the district’s former business manager for illegal use of the district’s bank account, but it was a contributing factor, said the county’s top school official.
Gila County Superintendent of Public Schools Dr. Linda O’Dell said she [...]
8 Smart College Money Moves for 2008
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There are eight things to keep in mind if you are saving for college in the coming
year.
1. Grab a state income tax deduction
2. Steer clear of the kiddie tax
3. Be grateful for grandparents
4. Go for the scholarship money
5. Plan ahead for financial aid
6. Start saving [...]
