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The Arizona Republic
Glendale district's program drawing praise
Monica Mendoza The Arizona Republic
11.14.04
In the heart of Glendale, a small, academically struggling school district is being hailed as a national model for how it educates its brightest students.
The Glendale Elementary School District has found a way to offer gifted education in a cost-effective way that serves more children, including non-English-speaking children, than ever before. Its method h...
Black Enterprise Magazine
Source: Providence Journal
Nov. 8--Students are tested on the same material across the state. They are expected to know the same things in grades 3 through 8. So why shouldn't they be taught from a common curriculum?
By the fall of 2006, every school in the state will have the opportunity to base its instruction on a uniform, grade-specific learning plan. This does not mean that every public school will be using the same textbooks or that teachers can't pick and cho...
Syracuse Post-Standard/Herald American/Herald-Journal
By MICHAEL GORMLEY The Associated Press
11.4.04
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The state Board of Regents moved closer Thursday to overhauling how mathematics is taught to establish a clearer progression from pre-kindergarten through high school and better instill in students "the power, the beauty and the elegance of mathematics."
A report from a panel of math teachers, professors and education professionals was praised Thursday and will now face comment from schoo...
Elk Grove Times
BY PATRICK CORCORAN STAFF WRITER
11.4.04
District 211 high school students will have to take more math classes beginning next fall.
The School Board unanimously approved on Oct. 28 the graduation requirement that all students, beginning with the class of 2008, successfully complete a 300-level course that covers concepts included in the Prairie State Achievement and ACT exams.
As a result, students will be required to take math classes in thei...
Schools across the country struggling to meet the improvement requirements demanded by the No Child Left Behind Act are creating comprehensive plans to improve their schools and make sure their students make the grade.
Locally, a committee made up of ten members of the staff at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School finalized a School Improvement Plan for the middle school last month. The plan includes focused, student-centered goals they...
