Search

The article focuses on the impact of North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights law, causing interruptions in the "Safe Touch" program aimed at preventing child sexual abuse. Topics include the unintended consequences of vague legislation, the confusion and disruptions faced by educational programs, and concerns about potential future restrictions on sex education in elementary schools.

The article explores how principal coaches can go beyond mentoring to help early-career principals with many districts offering opportunity to capitalize on the skill and expertise of the school leaders. Topics include coaching program started at the elementary school level to address the immediate need and later expanded to secondary school leaders.

he article offers information on works by the Johnnye Waller, Assistant Superintendent of Auxiliary Services/Student Services Director at the Lee County Schools, Sanford, North Carolina. It discussed the efforts of Waller for serving the homeless students. It mentions efforts of Waller for the career development and academic progress of students, along with run several educational programs for their development.

The article offers information on the works of the Nellie Aspel, director of Exceptional Children at the Cleveland County Schools, Shelby, North Carolina. It discussed the efforts of the Aspel for children with disabilities and providing them special education. It mentions the educational programs launched by the Aspel to provide financial support to students with disabilities and their family.

The article offers information on the efforts of the Bryan Johnson, superintendent of Hamilton County school, Ohio to improve the conditions of students in the school districts. It discussed the efforts of Johnson in designing career pathways for students with school administration. It mentions the educational programs launched by the Johnson for the benefits of students.

The article discusses the ongoing debate and challenges surrounding teacher preparation programs and their accreditation. It mentions that the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) introduced rigorous standards in 2013 but faced pushback and a lack of consensus in the field. It also mentions the ongoing competition and differing philosophies between CAEP and AAQEP, with both accrediting bodies working with teacher-preparation programs to meet their respective standards.

The article discusses that the Education Week Research Center asked K-2 and special education teachers what curricula, programs, and textbooks they had used for early reading instruction in their classrooms. It mentions that skilled readers process all of the letters in words when they read them; and also mentions that taking a hard look at curriculum is important but more important is making sure teachers have the training they need to evaluate practices themselves.

The article offers information on the Alaska's Sister School Exchange program founded in 2001 by the Alaska Humanities Forum, which seeks to bridge cultural, geographic gaps. Topics include the program was initially funded through the U.S. Congress and a private foundation and since 2007, the U.S. Department of Education Alaska Native Education program has fully funded the exchange.

The article discusses the partnership between the Advanced Placement Seminar class at Coolidge High School in in Washington, D.C., U.S. and the Animal Legal Education Initiative at George Washington University Law School. It highlights how the partnership provides students with an opportunity to engage in real-world project based learning and college level instruction. It describes the nature of the partnership and how it worked, and the benefits that both parties derived from it.

The article discusses Hawks Take Flight, a mentorship program that has helped improve the on-time graduation rates of at-risk freshmen in an Illinois high school, U.S.It also mentions that the program provides academic and social-emotional support to the most of the freshmen class most at risk of not graduating, resulting in better attendance, grades, and a sense of belonging at school.

The article focuses on an increase in the use of unified physical education programs by schools and school districts in the U.S. that involve the participation of students with and without intellectual disabilities. Topics discussed include the sports competitions involved in such programs, a survey of high school sports participation since the pandemic conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations, and the benefits of such programs to students.

The article discusses the growing challenges facing public school students who dropped out of high school in the U.S. and the drop-out recovery programs launched by schools to help said students graduate. According to National Dropout Prevention Center's Raymond McNulty, schools are bolstering their alternative schools and online services to address dropouts. Also cited are the operations of dropout recovery centers like Acceleration Academies.

The article discusses that school districts are adopting outcomes-based contracting with tutoring providers, linking payments to improved student results. It reports the model holds vendors accountable for performance and rewards them for exceeding goals. It mentions pilots in 10 districts, supported by the Southern Education Foundation, aim to ensure evidence-based success and scale the approach to more districts.

The article reports that Mount Diablo district in California opened a new school for students who were expelled for drugs, fighting, or missing school. Topics include underfunded programs and resources has led some school communities to engage in contentious fights over proposed cuts, occasionally resulting in protests, walkouts and strikes among workers and students; and district's enrollment-based funding has declined, as has property tax revenue.

The article outlines the criticisms of gifted education programs and their alleged biases towards privileged white students, while neglecting Black and brown students. Critics argue that these programs do not serve diverse populations, as statistics show that students of color and those from schools receiving federal compensatory funds or who are entitled to federally subsidized lunch are underrepresented in gifted education programs.

The article looks at the community outreach program at the MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Topics discussed include the school was formed as part the plan of the Cleveland district to created science, technology and mathematics (STEM)-centered schools, the place-based education approach, and places used for student learning like the Great Lakes Science Center, General Electric Lighting Nela Park campus and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.

In an opinion many people earn a living by advising others on how to provide feedback to instructors or administrators on how to provide feedback to students but unfortunately, much of such counsel raises disturbing problems in light of persuasive theory and evidence. It also discusses that It turns out that being told how well we've done, especially by someone in a position of authority, rarely motivates us to do better.

The article offers information on authors personal experience that had never taught summer school in my nearly three decades of teaching before this year whereas countdown to the last day of school begins after spring break because I am an open sun worshipper. It aIso discusses to make fun of the youngsters by saying that leave before them and do wheelies in the parking lot as one's leave.

The article offers information that the good news is that the federal and state governments provide significant additional financing to schools to meet these urgent requirements and the bad news is that schools don't get any guidance on how to use those money to meet their students' needs. It also discusses that the Leaders at the state and federal levels must intervene and offer the direction that educators sorely need.

The article highlights that the Texas State Board of Education decided this month to postpone until 2025 the process of updating the state's K–12 social studies standards in response to conservative opposition against draughts aimed at increasing diversity in history instruction. It also mentions that the discussions during the past two years have resulted in legislative and public involvement in state education agency operations: Louisiana, South Dakota, and Virginia.

The article offers information that Television programs have assisted young children in practicing their ABCs and 1-2-3s for many years. It also discusses that Research has proven that educational programs may successfully teach kids the basics of literacy and numeracy, like identifying letters and sounds and how numbers indicate quantity, from "The Electric Company" to "Sesame Street" to "Between the Lions."

The article focuses on the Innovation Lab Networks (ILN), a group of states which are collaborately rethinking and redesigning education instruction and accountability to prepare students for postsecondary education and workforce. Topics include the several principles of ILN which includes college- and career-readiness, personalized learning, and accountability, the establishment of competency-based learning, and its success as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The article reports on the READ 180 program, which includes work on computers, and is being widely used in high schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. As reported, the program has been started to address students' academic needs in the post-Hurricane Katrina era. It is also reported that to tackle the overwhelming numbers of high school students lagging in reading, the Recovery School District leaders made READ 180 the de facto language arts curriculum for many students.

The article focuses on the effects of the Iraq war on the education of Iraqi students. Particular focus is given to the educational opportunities available to refugee children. Informal schooling programs, private schools, and public schools working with displaced Iraqi children in Jordan are examined. The learning gap experienced by some Iraqi children is also explored.

The article offers tips related to formal curriculum to teach social and emotional skills (SEL). Topics include the requirement of a formal educational program to teach social learning and emotional intelligence; and implementation of factors such as evaluation and research of existing curriculums; and collaborative team approach.

The article offers information on the need of education to improve the schools and districts in the U.S. It discussed the need for providing opportunities to impact low-income students, transform school communities for the improvement. It mentions the need for parent-engagement programs to increase the student engagement.

The article discusses at the Supreme Court on January 29, 2020, a group of parents argued that the state of Montana committed unconstitutional discrimination against their personal religious views on private school scholarship programs could not be used to fund scholarships to religious schools.

The article focuses on the U.S. President Donald Trump used his State of the Union Address to urge Congress to green light a plan that would provide federal tax credits for scholarships to private schools and other education services, offering the largest stage yet for one of his administration's key education priorities; and mentions the federal tax credits that would provide a dollar-for-dollar match in exchange for contributions to scholarship programs in participating states.

The article presents information about the Basketball Poets club at the Supply Elementary School in North Carolina. This program was started by physical education teacher Marty Mentzer. It has led to improvement in the achievement levels of the students and is being replicated several schools to boost the learning of their students. INSETS: Moving Beyond;Playing it Forward.

The article focuses on the contribution of educational programs in making Native America a part of the core curriculum at David Wolfle Elementary School and other schools in the Northwest of Washington State. By tapping into nontraditional learning techniques and original stories shared by local tribal members, the programs have given students at David Wolfle Elementary School, a deeper sense of and respect for the native culture. The educational programs "Northwest Native American Reading Curriculum" and "Canoes Upon Our Waters" focuses on raising achievement through awareness of the American Indian culture.

The article discusses the educational model implemented by Edison Schools Inc. in New York City. Edison insists on spreading leadership widely in a school and when the design is followed and free from constraints, students in Edison schools academically outperform those attending comparable traditional public schools. According to Chris Whittle, president and founder of Edison, schools need a whole team to drive it to excellence.

The article presents information on the importance of effective staff training for teachers. Many national policy-makers and experts believe that professional development, which teachers often have regarded as wasted time, is potentially an important tool for improving student learning. Experts know that educational programs which are focused on the academic content that teachers must cover as well as how students think about that content are more effective than those that impart more generic teaching techniques. Teachers now have various kinds of professional development offered to them, from one-day workshops on cooperative learning to longer sessions in which teachers work with new curriculum units developed by state officials. INSET: Content-Focused Professional Development.

The article reports that many urban school districts offer in hospital educational aid to students recovering from serious illness or injury and educational program in Baltimore, Maryland, in place for nearly 80 years, serves two internationally known medical centers. Like its neighbor, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kennedy Krieger is a highly respected research center focusing on a wide range of pediatric illnesses, long-term rehabilitation and developmental disabilities such as autism. But it is also a last resort for children suffering from severe brain injuries and difficult-to-diagnose illnesses.

This article presents news briefs related to various educational programs, as of May 2004. CyberLearning Universe, a project of the nonprofit National Education Foundation, is offering 5,000 teachers free tuition for 12 months of unlimited access to more than 180 of its Internet-based online office and school computing courses, including PC Basics, Internet Basics, Web Design Basics, Microsoft Office, and e-mail, among others. The Toshiba America Foundation supports hands-on math and science education in schools and offers grants to science and mathematics teachers. Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded monthly for grades 7-12; proposals for larger grants are due February 1 and August 1, 2004.

In the article, the author discusses how educator-preparation colleges in the U.S. can support new teachers succeed amidst the threat of the coronavirus Delta variant as of September 2021. Among the support strategies are building and support school learning communities, holding interviews and focus groups, and adjusting curricula or courses to support social-emotional needs of teachers.

In the article, the authors discuss why teachers rather than educational programs are the difference in providing excellent reading instruction. Also cited are the contrasting opinions over the right way to teach reading among stakeholders, the components of a good literacy program like word study and explicit phonics, and their 1996 book "Guided Reading."

The article presents news briefs related to education in the U.S. It is reported that college students in Boston, Massachusetts will tutor illiterate children and adults in a privately financed project. A national clearinghouse in New York will gather and disseminate information about programs for at-risk children. Several school districts in Minnesota have agreed to participate in a voluntary open-enrollment program.

The article reports on the educational programs created by the government that include an open enrollment in public schools, students' permission to take college courses for precollegiate credit and others. Another program was offered, the cross-district transfer options as a substitute for state commitment to improve school quality.

The article provides information on the effects of experimenting with other voluntary student-assignment plans. These moves are intended to achieve goals such as desegregation. There are plans that completely eluminates the assignment of students through neighborhood. The author shows comparisons between attending a school in their neighborhoods or competing for another school.

The article provides information on a variety of public-school programs in several locales in the U.S. It deals with the equal opportunity and open-market competition that provides an effective grassroots for making reform a reality. The East Harlem in Manhattan is considered an elaborated system of choice options that attracted thousands of white students. A public elementary school in Sarasota County, Florida emphasizes discipline and the basic skills of the students. INSETS: National Governor's Association;Committee on Economic Development.

The article reports on the continuation of federal policy on bilingual education along financial aid to support programs for limited-English-proficient children and civil rights enforcement to ensure these students an equal chance to succeed in school in the U.S. Bilingual education was prescribed as both a remedy for civil-rights violations and a condition for receiving federal grants.

The article presents a list of programs cited by one or more educational groups as innovative, successful, and address problems in science and mathematics education in the U.S. The Lyndhurst Fellowships Program at the University of North Carolina allows students to earn a master of arts degree in teaching after only twelve months of study. The Minneapolis Public Schools begun to work on a five–year development plan for a magnet school at the North Community High School.

The article reports on the final study of the U.S. National Commission on Excellence in Education to examine the American educational system and to recommend reforms. The commission, which was began its work in August 1981, based its findings on papers commissioned from various experts; existing studies of education; letters from those volunteering their opinions about needed reforms; descriptions of notable educational programs; and several testimonies.

The article discusses that to keep kids with autism safe, autism advocates have created guides for children and their families for building relationships with local law enforcement, or practicing specific ways to act and speak in front of the police. Also, an educational virtual reality program for students with autism, Floreo, has been designed to offer different lessons for students to experience through a VR headset.

The article offers information on the proposal of the U.S. president, Donald Trump administration for significant cuts to the U.S. Department of Education’s budget. Topics discussed include information on the tax-credit program in the U.S.; discussions on the use of educational program for the professional development; and the information on the funding for the statewide family engagement centers.

The article reports on implementation of response to intervention (RTI) programs in U.S. high schools. Methods for implementation include tracking the performance of low-performing students, utilizing computerized assessment, and tutoring centers. The article examines the structural challenges of RTI programs and the attitudes of teachers. Other topics include teacher collaboration, tiered instruction, and school transition.

The author reflects on services for low-income students which help them get into college. He discusses his work in developing a program titled Making Waves which provides academic support for poor students. The demands of the program on students and their families are described and the success of the program is evaluated.

The article discusses Urban Advantage, an educational program based in New York City designed to encourage cooperation between schools and museums. The program is based at the American Museum of Natural History and assists students in completing science projects. The author describes a field trip by students of Russell Sage Junior High to the New York Aquarium. Mitch Goodkin, a teacher at Russell Sage Junior High, discusses the program's professional development courses for teachers.