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    Aug 25, 2010 |Story| LA Canada

  1. Our Readers Write

    Column's headlines inspire him The titles of Dr. Joe Puglia's columns catch my eye. A few years ago he wrote of his boyhood nun, Sr. Jean, and it reminded me of my 8th-grade nun Sr. Jean Dolores. Dr. Joe's article spurred me to communicate with her and...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Teaching and Learning, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Plastic Surgeons, Health

    2. Aug 13, 2010 |Story| Hartford Courant

  2. Dealing With The Stress Of Standardized Tests

    Standardized tests are synonymous with stress, but they don't have to be. The following tips can reduce tension on test day: 1. Prepare your child on test day. Teachers say students who struggle the most on testing days are those who don't eat a good...

    Tags: School Examinations, Iowa, Education

    3. Aug 18, 2009 |Story| KSWB-LTV

  3. Student standardized test scores up

    Weeks before students in San Diego head back to school, educators have something to celebrate. Results for the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting or Star Program were released Tuesday. Scores across the state rose again this year.
    FOX 5 San Diego Reporter
    Weeks before students in San Diego head back to school, educators have something to celebrate. Results for the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting or Star Program were released Tuesday. Scores across the state rose again this year. "I am pleased to...

    Tags: California, Science and Technology, Science, Arts and Culture, Fox Broadcasting Company

    4. Jan 10, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Charters generally perform better than traditional schools, not as well as magnets

    At their best, charter schools in Los Angeles shatter the conventional wisdom that skin color and family income are the greatest predictors of academic success. Setting standards high and wringing long hours out of students and teachers, the highest-...

    Tags: California, Los Angeles, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Teaching and Learning

    5. Jan 10, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. L.A. charter schools flex their educational muscles

    Over the last decade, a quiet revolution took root in the nation's second-largest school district.
    Over the last decade, a quiet revolution took root in the nation's second-largest school district. Fueled by money and emboldened by clout from some of the city's most powerful figures, charter schools began a period of explosive growth that has...

    Tags: Eli Broad, Compton (Los Angeles, California), Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District, Granada Hills

    6. Jul 17, 2010 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Scott Maxwell: Is FCAT a failure? Yes

    The FCAT is a bit of a mess right now. The scores came late. They may be wrong. And the company that taxpayers pay $254 million to run the thing can't seem to do its job right. Maybe now's a good time to reconsider whether Florida should make this...

    Tags: Academic Progress, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Politics

    7. Aug 18, 2010 |Story| LA Canada

  7. Putting teachers to the test

    A Sunday Los Angeles Times article has sparked debate across California about whether teachers should be evaluated based on their students' test scores. The article collected data over a seven-year span and analyzed more than 6,000 elementary school...

    Tags: California, Academic Progress, Los Angeles, Arne Duncan, Teaching and Learning

    8. Dec 19, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. A new dawn in Aurora

    When Linda Reineke sits on the deck of her top-floor condominium overlooking the Fox River, she sees turtles, foxes and raccoons. Once she leaves her condo, she is just steps from bike and running paths along the river. As one of the homeowners in a new luxury condo building in the heart of downtown Aurora, she also is just around the corner from the Paramount Theater—where she serves as volunteer usher–and other attractions, including the SciTech Hands-On Museum, Walter Payton's Roundhouse and Hollywood Casino.
    Special to the Tribune
    When Linda Reineke sits on the deck of her top-floor condominium overlooking the Fox River, she sees turtles, foxes and raccoons. Once she leaves her condo, she is just steps from bike and running paths along the river. As one of the homeowners in a new...

    Tags: Aurora, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Teaching and Learning, Naperville

    9. Sep 7, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. UCLA's new admission policy rights a wrong

    It's no secret that the number of African American students admitted to UCLA plummeted after 1996, when Proposition 209 was passed. The proposition banned "preferential treatment" of race, sex or ethnicity in admissions to California's public...

    Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Philosophy, Teaching and Learning, University of California, University of California, Berkeley

    10. Mar 26, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Don't judge teachers by test scores

    In her Op-Ed article, "Put teachers to the test," Camille Esch writes that "the old evaluation system that ignores student achievement and finds virtually all teachers 'satisfactory' simply sets the bar too low." Although I agree with her, and with all...

    Tags: Judges, Academic Progress, John Keats, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning

    11. Jul 18, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. MSA changes may have raised scores

    Sun reporter
    State education officials acknowledged yesterday for the first time that they had changed the Maryland School Assessment this year in a way that experts say contributed to an unusually large rise in student test scores. According to experts, the test was...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Local Elections, South Carolina, New York, Washington (U.S. state)

    12. Aug 24, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. What's eating LAUSD?

    Today, Tokofsky and Downtown Magnets High School junior Jordan Senteno navigate the obstacles to high-quality schooling. Thursday they debated readin', writin' and relevance; Wednesday they focused on social promotion; Tuesday the topic was class size;...

    Tags: Social Issues, Local Elections, United Nations, Documentary (genre), California

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