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Stats That Stick: March 9, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education estimates that 82 percent of America's schools could fail to meet education goals set by No Child Left Behind this year. -U.S. Department of Education In 1988, 57% of...
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Seeing How High Tech Works with High Touch
I went to observe a learning technology platform in Orlando, but soon was caught up in the importance of blending high tech with high touch.I had asked Cheryl Vedoe, the CEO of Apex Learning, to point...
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Morning Announcements: April 29, 2011
Education Week covers a new Center on Education Policy report finding that the proportion of schools failing to make adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind last year rose to 38%, as the...
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Report Round-Up
Doing Better for Families from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation. This report finds that poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries and argues that governments...
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Morning Announcements: July 6, 2011
Illinois high school juniors will no longer be tested on writing skills during the state's standardized tests every spring, reports the Chicago Tribune. TheAtlanta Journal-Constitution elaborates on...
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Stats That Stick: July 27, 2011
High school graduates earn a national average of $8,000 more annually compared to high school dropouts. (Alliance for Excellent Education)Nearly 87 percent of New Mexico’s schools are not making...
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Morning Announcements: August 3, 2011
The Washington Post reports that the domestic spending cuts contemplated in the debt-ceiling deal are sure to compound the dire fiscal situation confronting the states, which already are reducing jobs...
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Stats That Stick: August 3, 2011
Once nearly 100 percent, the teacher tenure rate in New York City dropped to 58 percent of under tougher evaluation guidelines that the city put into effect this year. A decision on tenure was deferred...
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Afternoon Announcements: August 4, 2011
In a recent Education Week blog post, the author asks, “Are 82 percent of schools ‘failing’ under NCLB, as Duncan warned?” According to the post, so far, most states that have released their results...
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Afternoon Announcements: August 8, 2011
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that he will unilaterally override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind school accountability law, that 100 percent of students be...
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