Education advisors for presumptive presidential nominees John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) outlined the candidates' stances on key issues June 6, with both emphasizing a larger role for technology in schools.
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.
Ninth graders often have trouble selecting what clothes to wear to
school each morning or what to have for lunch. But starting this fall,
freshmen at Dwight Morrow High School here in Bergen County must
declare a major that will determine what electives they take for four
years and be noted on their diplomas.
States want children to be a year older when they enter school. This could
lead to better test scores — and more inequality.
As Congress prepares to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, more educators want new definitions of achievement.
This first-of-its-kind report written by a diverse group of expert teachers from across the United States proposes radical changes in the way teachers have been traditionally compensated.
A yearlong national study released today by a group of 18 master teachers
-- including an award-winning Cleveland teacher -- concludes that it's
time for meaningful performance incentives for teachers.
In the first year of a pilot program on single-sex classes, teachers are
figuring out how boys and girls learn.
Food and Finance High School is the first New York City high school
dedicated to the food business. The school is an experiment in the city’s
efforts to create more small schools and is part of the national movement
to elevate culinary training.
A bipartisan House bill aims to provide $199 million to develop
performance-based pay for teachers and principals who boost student
achievement levels and close achievement gaps. The legislation would
establish in law the Teacher Incentive Fund, which was created in fiscal
2006 with $99 million in funding but was cut to almost nothing in 2007.
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Education advisors for presumptive presidential nominees John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) outlined the candidates' stances on key issues June 6, with both emphasizing a larger role for technology in schools.
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