It is about how an Algebra video game is currently used in NYC schools,
how the game is helping kids get over their fear of math, potentially
raising test scores, while bringing a little fun to the classroom. Definitely worth the read.
A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights
will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether
significantly higher pay for teachers is the key to improving schools.
The justices split 4-4 on the case, which means a lower court ruling siding with former Viacom executive Tom Freston remains in place.
Lower courts had ruled in favor of Freston against New York City's board of education, saying the city must pay for educating learning-disabled students in private schools, even when they don't first give the public school system a chance.
Faced with 70,000 students or more who are years behind in obtaining
the credits needed to graduate from high school, New York City is at the
forefront of a movement to recognize that for a significant number, high
school might stretch into five, six, even seven years.
If approved, the Game School will become a NYC public school in 2009. Executive Director of the Gamelab Institute of Play, Katie Salen, and other planners are looking at how games naturally engage players & teach them new skills, and hope to apply those principles to create kids who not only ace their SATs, but are also well suited for the 21st century.
Several weeks into his first year of teaching math at the High School of Arts and Technology in Manhattan, Austin Lampros received a copy of the school’s grading policy. He took particular note of the stipulation that a student who attended class even once during a semester, who did absolutely nothing else, was to be given 45 points on the 100-point scale, just 20 short of a passing mark.
Innovative high schools in New York City and across the country are preparing more underserved students for college and career success
Watch as a technology toy is helping Kindergartner's learn how to read.
IBM (Quote) said today it is creating a computer system for New York City's Department of Education to help teachers and parents gauge the performance of students.
IBM will install and manage the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS) computer system as part of a five-year, $80 million contract with the city.
The city just awarded IBM a five-year contract to create a massive system to manage, track, analyze, and share information about student and school performance. But it won't buy Johnny new pencils.
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It is about how an Algebra video game is currently used in NYC schools, how the game is helping kids get over their fear of math, potentially raising test scores, while bringing a little fun to the classroom. Definitely worth the read.
A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether significantly higher pay for teachers is the key to improving schools.
The justices split 4-4 on the case, which means a lower court ruling siding with former Viacom executive Tom Freston remains in place. Lower courts had ruled in favor of Freston against New York City's board of education, saying the city must pay for educating learning-disabled students in private schools, even when they don't first give the public school system a chance.
If approved, the Game School will become a NYC public school in 2009. Executive Director of the Gamelab Institute of Play, Katie Salen, and other planners are looking at how games naturally engage players & teach them new skills, and hope to apply those principles to create kids who not only ace their SATs, but are also well suited for the 21st century.
Several weeks into his first year of teaching math at the High School of Arts and Technology in Manhattan, Austin Lampros received a copy of the school’s grading policy. He took particular note of the stipulation that a student who attended class even once during a semester, who did absolutely nothing else, was to be given 45 points on the 100-point scale, just 20 short of a passing mark.
Innovative high schools in New York City and across the country are preparing more underserved students for college and career success
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