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4 hours ago ago from Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Education
1 Tim Creedon May 1, 2003 School & Society Professor Cohen EAST HIGH OCTOPI Well I decided to wait until Emily, Jacqueline, and I had presented our high school, East High School, before I started writing about it and the role I played in designing it. I wanted to see, before I made my own remarks, how East High would stand up to the critics. In the course of devising our school, I became invested in it and began to truly ...
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17 hours ago ago from Facts and News
In 2008, national testing exams showed that 38% of seniors were reading below basic levels, indicating that there is a definite need for literacy programs for high school students. The results from an international comparison of reading comprehension and performance showed that eleventh and twelfth graders in the United States were ranked near the bottom, behind Brazil, Indonesia and other developing countries. Many teachers were not ...
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8 hours ago ago from ED.gov Blog
This past Tuesday, young people from across the nation had an opportunity to speak their minds about the state of American education in a lively hour-long “National Town Hall Meeting with Students” hosted by Secretary Arne Duncan. The live television broadcast and webcast allowed students to talk about their views on how we are preparing them for college and careers; about how they can get more involved in community service and civic ...
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10 hours ago ago from Ktismatics
I'm neither a student nor a teacher in the educational system, so I don't think about school as much as many people do. I'm writing now as an outside observer of the excellent American high school our daughter attends in this affluent and well-educated community. I have to say that I find the institution troublingly efficient and effective. From a societal standpoint, the high school serves largely a preparatory economic function. It ...
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19 hours ago ago from Arizona State University
Many Phoenix-area parents and students are about to get an impressive new choice when it comes to selecting a high school. Starting immediately after the holiday break, Marcos de Niza High School in the Tempe Union High School District will partner with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University to become the first business magnet high school in the Tempe area. We wanted to do something special to make our school even ...
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3 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This School Board Approves 2010-2011 Calendar By Messenger Staff Reports Published: December 18, 2009 The Darlington County Board of Education approved the 2010-11 school district calendar at their December board meeting. The calendar was developed by a ...
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8 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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12 hours ago ago from The New York Times
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1 hour, 30 minutes ago ago from U.S. News
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2 hours ago ago from Cinematical
The kids today! With their video games and their texting and their Twilight and their Adderall! Am I right, folks? But every now and then the kids do something fantastic like this and make elderly people such as myself jealous that we never did anything this fun when we were in high school. If you've seen 500 Days of Summer (out on DVD next week!), you will recall the celebratory musical number in the middle of the film. (You can watch it ...
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