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- 5/24/2013 IES Releases Condition of Education 2013 Report
The Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center for Education Statistics have released the 2013 edition of its Condition of Education report this week. The 42-page report, presented by the Commissioner Jack Buckley, is considered a progress update on the state of education in America and includes findings on demographics of American schools and [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 iNeuron Brings Neuroscience Education to Mobile Devices
Minneapolis based consulting and research firm Adventium Labs has developed an educational iOS game called iNeuron that will teach students neuroscience on their electronic devices, reports David Holmes from Pando Daily. The project’s technology lead Martin Michalowski hopes that this game will aid in the effort to bring US students from behind other countries in [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 South Carolina Considers Dropping High School Exit Exam
It seemed like less than a decade ago that the popularity of high school exit exams was at its peak. Now at least one state believes that they contribute nothing to preparing college-ready high school graduates and only add stress both to the students and their instructors. Representative Phil Owens of South Carolina believes that the [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 Cal Tech, Brown to Offer Future Engineers a Pre-College Prep
A California Institute of Technology professor has a novel idea to keep up to half of students intending to major in tech or engineering in college from dropping out of the program before graduation. Yaser A. Abu-Mostafa, who teachers computer science and electrical engineering at CalTech, took the idea of a course that would teach [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 UK University Students Report Stress, Mental Health Issues
The latest study from the National Union of Students discovered a staggering number of UK university students suffer from mental health issues, reports Holly Baxter from the Guardian. The study found that out of 1,200 students from the UK who were surveyed, 80% reported feeling stressed, 50% suffer from insomnia or sleep problems and 55% [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 Report Lays Down Map for Community College Improvement
The Century Foundation has released the final report of a task force convened in February of last year that was asked to study the issues facing the country’s community colleges. The report not only provides an up-to-date picture of American community college system, but also offers recommendations that will help the colleges optimally serve their [...]
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more> - 5/24/2013 32 New Charter Schools to Open in Michigan this Fall
Parents will have more school choice opportunities in Michigan this year, The Detroit News reports. Authorizers approved 32 new charters since the beginning of 2013 and all of them are scheduled to open their doors to students this fall. Among schools that will begin operating in September will be three cyber academies and three schools [...]
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more> - 5/23/2013 Gap Between Perception and Reality in College Readiness Remains Wide
This year’s edition of a school curriculum survey shows that the gap between high school teachers’ understanding of how well their students are prepared for college and the reality of their preparation remains wide, The Washington Post reports. The results of the ACT National Curriculum Survey 2012: Policy Implications on Preparing for Higher Standards indicate [...]
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more> - 5/23/2013 Washington’s Catholic Schools Updating Ahead of Charter Competition
It wasn’t that long ago that parochial education in the United States seemed like it was on its last breath. Parishes were closing and merging schools left and right, with bishops complaining that families were just not as interested in enrolling their kids in Catholic schools anymore as fiscal realities took a toll on both [...]
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more> - 5/23/2013 Teachers: Denver’s Soft Discipline Policy Makes Schools Unsafe for Us
Although discipline numbers appear to be better this week in Denver, according to teachers and education advocates, the cheery statistics disguise the real numbers. In recent months the Denver, Colorado school district has inaugurated a policy aimed at reducing the number of out-of-class punishments meted out to students, but as a result more students are now [...]
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