http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/russell Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060225t190000-0500_99509_obs_primary_students_matching_performance_of_prep_schools__despite_resource_gap_.asp JAMAICA'S public school students are emerging from the shadow of their privately-schooled peers, accounting for a growing number of placements in the elite high schools that the prep school educated once claimed. russell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:21:45 +0000 jamaica education performance schools resources resource gap http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060916t200000-0500_112993_obs_screening_students_for_cxc_is_corrupt__says_minott_.asp Noted educator Dr Dennis Minott is calling on the Ministry of Education to stop high school teachers from screening the students they deem fit to sit the all important CXC examinations. russell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:19:23 +0000 cxc screening teacher exams school performance http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060722t180000-0500_109608_obs_nslp_to_replace_ssc_for___th_and___th_graders_.asp The current Secondary School Certificate (SSC), offered by the Ministry of Education, will be discontinued as of next year, to make room for the proposed New Secondary Level Programme (NSLP), being offered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). russell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:16:26 +0000 jamaican exams cxc secondary education certification http://www.greendot.org/home/index.html Green Dot Public Schools, a 501c3 non-profit organization, is the leading public schools operator in Los Angeles and an important catalyst for education reform in the State of California. Our work is directly focused on influencing the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to transform its failing high schools into clusters of small, successful schools and helping the district reinvent itself as the best school district in the country. We operate successful charter high schools in the highest need areas of Los Angeles and are working to dramatically improve LAUSD’s worst high schools through School Transformation projects. Please join our effort to ensure that all children in Los Angeles have the opportunity to reach their dreams. russell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:59:52 +0000 small schools reform education non-profit