Displaying items 97-108 of 1201
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-101
•
Next >
-
Letters: Teachers vs. tests
Re "School policymakers face a test of their own," March 4 The controversy over the use of standardized tests for evaluation purposes is the result of the assumption that those tests currently in widespread use are capable of differentiating between... -
Don't Worry. Test Happy.
I’ve told my fifth grader every year since he was a third grader that he shouldn’t worry about the Connecticut Mastery Test. For some reason, however, he forgets each year and freaks out about his performance. I’ve told him that the...Tags: Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students
-
Petoskey mentoring business offers help with college selection
PETOSKEY -- If you'll be ready for college in a couple of years, or have a child that will be, there are choices to make in the meantime. Toby Jones can help with the school-selection process by way of his new Petoskey business, College Planning Mentors....
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Princeton University, Colleges and Universities
-
School board election: Split decision for Deasy; 3rd race to runoff
L.A. NOWIn a school board election that attracted national money and attention, candidates backing both Supt. John Deasy and the teachers union won election Tuesday night.... -
Local schools prepare for dip in standardized test passing rates
School districts in Des Plaines and Park Ridge are bracing for more rigorous standardized testing that could result in fewer students earning passing grades. Officials in both districts said they're implementing curriculum and practices to meet the more...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Students, Des Plaines, Parent Organizations
-
Calexico FFA chapter takes organization's motto to heart
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — Inspired by the FFA motto “live to serve,” the Calexico FFA chapter often organizes events to help give back to the community that has given them so much support. In October, the chapter organized a canned-food drive that...Tags: Animals, Robert J. Lopez
-
Navigating the family vacation
When Keith Bellows' firstborn, Adam, was 18, his idea of getting outdoors was "opening a window," Bellows says. That's mildly frustrating for the average parent. For Bellows — editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveler, native son of the...
Tags: Family, Manhattan (New York City), Amusement and Theme Parks, Washington, DC, SeaWorld
-
Business profile: North Shore College Consulting
Names: Amy Herzog and Debbie Kanter Ages: 44 and 42 Hometown: Highland Park Name of business: North Shore College Consulting Describe what you do. We are professionally-trained independent college consultants, providing individual, comprehensive...
Tags: Education, Schools, Teaching and Learning, High Schools, Students
-
Movement growing to opt out of standardized tests
Daily American Staff WriterAs the annual standardized tests are being administered in Pennsylvania schools starting this week, a movement is growing among parents to opt out of the tests. North Star Superintendent Shawn Kovac said the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests...Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, Students, U.S. Department of Education
-
L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent
It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...
Tags: Theater, Music Industry, Students, Orange County High School of the Arts, Colleges and Universities
-
Educator backs state's Keystone Exams
Professional word merchants can get a little insecure when some unjournalist comes along and does a better job of putting passages together. It happens to me all too often. I'll write a column filled with dazzling piquancy and logic, and along comes...Tags: Teachers, Kutztown, Teaching and Learning, Students, Academic Progress
-
Letters: Focus on kids, not tests
Re "Cheating is cheating," Editorial, April 3 You accuse us of weakening our condemnation of test score tampering in Atlanta because we also condemned the climate created by policymakers' fixation on standardized tests. Cheating is cheating. It should...Tags: American Federation of Teachers
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 6, 2013
|Column| ctnow.com
Mar 6, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 6, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 3, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 6, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 6, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for School Examinations topic gallery.