Common Core Standards Are a ‘Heavy Lift’ for Districts, Educators

U.S. News - Kelsey Sheehy "The new standards will change [...]

September 30th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Literacy skills aid in scientific creativity

The Oxford Mail - Andrew Smith "The organisation is backing [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Can Basic Math Skills Make You Rich?

U.S. News - Jason Hull "A study by the RAND [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Economy, Education, Math, Mathematics, Money, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Traditional or charter schools? Actually, they help each other, study says

The Christian Science Monitor - Allison Terry "A new study [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Innovation, Learning, News, Public School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Educating the World – No More Excuses

The Huffington Post - Gordon Brown "More than ever our [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Africa, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Poverty, Teacher, United Kingdom, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Study: Lack of Motivation Has Impact on Testing Accuracy

Education News - Julia Lawrence "The number of college students [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, College/University, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Testing, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Get Creative with Private School Vouchers

Education News - Julia Steiny "Vouchers offer public money to [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Private School, School Voucher, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Vouchers|Tags: Education, schools|

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How the Common Core Changes Everything

Education Next - Chester E. Finn, Jr. "It’s well established [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Standards don’t drive success

Fairfax NZ News - Kelsey Fletcher "Murray's Bay, on Auckland's [...]

September 28th, 2012|Categories: Curriculum, Learning, New Zealand, Science|Tags: Education, School|

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Numeracy plan to boost pupils’ maths skills in Wales

The BBC - Staff Writer "Poor results which showed pupils [...]

September 28th, 2012|Categories: Curriculum, Mathematics, Numeracy, United Kingdom, Wales|Tags: Education, School|

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