Solving the Catholic School Crisis Oct 12, 2009
None of this is occurring in a vacuum, says Samuel Casey Carter, senior fellow at the nonprofit Center for Education Reform. "For more than 30 years, the Catholic Church has been supporting the public school system, educating children that many said were uneducable," Carter says. (Time.com)
Our Schools: Teaching teachers Oct 9, 2009
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, almost one-third of our nation s educators leave the field within their first three years of teaching. Almost 50 percent leave after their first five years in the profession. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Candidates clash on NJ education success, policies Oct 8, 2009
New Jersey s kindergarten through 12th grade students reading and math skills have improved since 2002, according to a national study by the Center for Education Policy ... The Center for Education policy is an independent, national organization that advocates on behalf of the nations public schools. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Fords Theatre lands new fundraising chief Oct 6, 2009
Ford s Theatre is currently re-evaluating a new goal for the campaign, but hasn t finalized how much more it will need to enhance the Center for Education and Leadership at 514 10th St. NW. Construction on that portion of the project will begin later this fall. The campaign has raised more than $50 million to date, according to spokeswoman Lauren Beyea. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Battling the Scourge of Illiteracy Oct 5, 2009
30 Million Americans Cannot Read, But There Is Hope and Help. CBS News' Byron Pitts spent many agonizing years overcoming his illiteracy and in this report he travels from Pittsburgh to Baltimore to meet those who are also faced with this disability. (CBS News)
Will CSU's motto someday be: 'I am a Phoenix'? Oct 4, 2009
Most of Phoenix's current students are part-time working adults, a student-body profile that makes Phoenix a logical candidate to run CSU. According to estimates by the National Center for Education Statistics, many future college-goers probably won't be able to afford school full time and, as such, will not have the same desire for a campus experience as do younger full-time students at traditional colleges. They want to hold a job and/or raise a family as they learn. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Holliston school offers students three different teaching methods Oct 4, 2009
This is the sort of innovation that you hope doesn t get squelched by a focus on standards, said Jill Norton, executive director of the Cambridge-based Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, which she described as pro-MCAS. Having a level of accountability shouldn t take away from a teacher s ability to innovate and continue to offer creative programs for kids - that s the hope. Montessori is a teaching method developed by Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori 100 year ago. (Boston Globe)
Teenagers and ACL: Tears common and additional surgery likely Oct 3, 2009
Disclosure: In support of their research for or preparation of this work, one or more of the authors received, in any one year, outside funding or grants of less than $10,000 from The Weill-Cornell/Hospital for Special Surgery Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics Grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U18HS016075). No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, division, center, clinical practice,... (EurekAlert!)
AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $35K TO LOCAL AGENCIES Oct 2, 2009
This year grants went to IVY Center for Education Inc., Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff Sister Cities, Bayou Bartholomew Alliance Inc., Jefferson Foundation, Committee Against Spousal Abuse, Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson County, Neighbor to Neighbor, Students with Opportunity to Soar, ACCESS Inc., Southern Good Faith Fund, Alzheimer s Association and Port City SPEED Inc.. Funded program topics ranged from nutrition to healthy brain workshops to access to a sign language... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
PINE BLUFF FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GRANTS Sep 26, 2009
IVY Center for Education Inc.. Jefferson Regional Medical center. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Business: Big Major on Campus Sep 25, 2009
In academic year 2006-07, the largest number of bachelor's degrees conferred was in business (21%), followed by social sciences and history (11%), education (7%), and health sciences (7%), according to the most recent figures available from the Education Dept.'s National Center for Education Statistics. Fueling that trend, many students enter college already knowing they want to become business majors; nearly 17% of full-time freshmen at four-year colleges across the country said they planned to... (BusinessWeek)
A mistake, but nothing more - education chief should stay Sep 24, 2009
But Reville, the former president of the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, has worked tirelessly both in and out of government to raise the level of the state s underperforming schools. And he has been instrumental in crafting a proposed law that would do just that by raising the cap on charter schools for applicants with stellar records and allowing greater state intervention in chronically failing schools, including the overturning of collective bargaining contracts. (Boston Globe)
Let two-year colleges excel Sep 23, 2009
But their budgets total only about one-sixth of spending on public higher education, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Put education money in prisons Sep 23, 2009
At present, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, that distinction is held by Russia, with 55 percent of the population between 25 and 64 holding college degrees. Next is Canada with 45 and the U.S. with 39. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Nauset committee hears push for regionalization Sep 22, 2009
Hemman presented findings from the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, an independent nonprofit organization, and from the state Executive Office of Education, as well as data from MARS s Regional Taskforce. The Rennie Center conducted a study that looked at the educational makeup of states with school enrollment similar to Massachusetts, which has 980,459 students in 380 school districts. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
From K-12, students can opt to take their classes in cyberspace Sep 22, 2009
What is certain is that each year more of the nation's public school students enroll in a technology-based distance-education course, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. One million students took online courses in the 2007-08 school year, the federal report noted. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Cursive May Be Fading Skill, But So What? Sep 21, 2009
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics show that 26 percent of 12th graders lack basic proficiency in writing, while two percent were sufficiently skilled writers to be classified as "advanced.". "Handwriting is really the tail wagging the dog," Graham said. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
City leaders promote literacy Sep 19, 2009
According to Bundy, the program's director, on average, 19 percent of adults in Texas cannot read a newspaper and the National Center for Education Statistics reveals 14 percent of the adult population in Kaufman County lacks basic prose literacy - meaning they may be able only to locate easily identifiable information. Bundy said a number of local residents may read and write in other languages, but nearly a quarter of adults older than 25 have no high school diploma or equivalent education. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
National Constitution Center and Associated Press Poll Reveals Americans Oppose Government Intervention In The Economy Sep 16, 2009
The Center also houses the Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach, which serves as the hub for national constitutional education. Also, as a nonpartisan forum for constitutional discourse, the Center presents -- without endorsement -- programs that contain diverse viewpoints on a broad range of issues. (PR Newswire)
Trendy majors mirror current issues Sep 15, 2009
In fact, the three most popular majors - business administration, social sciences and education - have been the same since 1985, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But with the advent of new technology and the need for a greener economy, there are five new "on-the-rise" majors, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education published earlier this month. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Anna Tuttle Villegas: Diploma? OK, but literacy's most important Sep 15, 2009
In a 2005 study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, the findings were grim: Only 31 percent of college graduates were classified as proficient in reading and understanding short texts. Teaching students to read and write at any level is not shameful. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
School bullying laws give scant protection Sep 15, 2009
In 2007, nearly a third of students ages 12 to 18 reported having been bullied during the school year, according to data on more than 55 million students compiled annually by the National Center for Education Statistics. That's up from as few as 1 in 10 students in the '90s, though bullying experts point out the rising numbers may reflect more reports of bullying, not necessarily more incidents. (USA Today -- News)
Home school: Making the grade? Sep 13, 2009
" The support they receive -- financial, technical or otherwise -- varies, but educators say it is minimal compared to what it used to be. Families who home-school independently, get no support. Across the country, the popularity of home-schooling is growing. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that from 1999 to 2003, the number of home-schooled children increased from about 850,000 to roughly 1.1 million, a 29 percent jump. National home-schooling proponents suggest even... (Anchorage Daily News)
Parents say goodbye, schools say hello Sep 11, 2009
Mel was the third child we were sending off to college and like the 3 million other families taking freshman to school this August joining a record number of college students, the National Center for Education Statistics reports I knew the weekend would be stressful, not to mention an emotional roller coaster just like the admissions process. Here's a brief diary of our weekend. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Magazine, Website Lure K-12 Students to Engineering Sep 10, 2009
A new report by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council's Center for Education says such experiences not only increase interest in engineering, but may improve student achievement in science and math more broadly and increase technological literacy. With 1. (PR Newswire)
Obama's Unwise Education Investment Sep 9, 2009
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 45 percent of community college students drop out for good within three years. The others struggle along, enrolling part-time, taking semesters or even years off to make money for tuition or attend to family problems-and still never graduate. (Townhall.com)
Private Sector Invests in Charter Schools Sep 8, 2009
Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform, said states and individual school districts ultimately must change how they allocate funds, either allowing charters to use bonds and other public construction funds or give them more money to build their own facilities. "It's unfair to require a public school, regardless what kind, to have to rely only on philanthropy or alternative financing to create a building that is adequate for kids," Allen said. (CBS News)
Understanding President Obama's Speech Sep 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents should talk to their kids about issues surrounding the President's speech to the nation's school children Tuesday, such as the role of the federal government in education, the state of our nation's education crisis, and how they can elect officials who will make critical changes, according to Making Sense of President Obama's School Speech: 10 Things Parents Should Share with their Kids, released today by the Center for Education Reform.... (PR Newswire)
Upscale shopping center opening in Bellevue Sep 7, 2009
Even people with solid jobs and lots of money probably feel less well-off after declines in their stock portfolios, said Theresa Williams, director of the Center for Education and Research in Retailing at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Williams doesn't predict failure for The Bravern's opening this Friday and Saturday _ just smaller sales than would have been expected before the recession. (Longview Daily News, WA)
RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.: Money alone isn't answer to school problems Sep 3, 2009
According to a recent study from the National Center for Education Statistics, African-American students score much lower in reading and math than white counterparts -- on average, about 28 points lower. African-Americans also are more likely to wind up in special education classes and less likely to be tracked into college-prep courses. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
TSTC tops among degrees conferred Sep 3, 2009
The annual report pertains to degrees and certificates awarded during the 2007-08 academic year; data is collected from the National Center for Education Statistics and represents the vast majority of public and private, non-profit colleges and universities and some proprietary institutions. Analysis is limited to schools that are accredited by either a regional or specialized accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. (KWTX.com, TX)
What Will They Learn For Your $50,000? Sep 1, 2009
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that only 31% of college graduates can read and understand a complex book. Employers complain that college graduates lack the writing and analytical skills necessary to succeed in the workplace. (Investors Business Daily)
The U.S. College Freshman Class of ... Aug 31, 2009
1[ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). (Suite101.com)
Opening up access Aug 29, 2009
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, on a national level, nearly half of the country's school buildings were erected between 1950 and 1969, largely to accommodate the Baby Boomers that were attending school in those days, and long before the ADA was passed by Congress in 1990. The average age of the nation's buildings is 42 years. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Public school evaluation coming in October Aug 28, 2009
Franklin said Dr. Ilean Richards, of the Mississippi Center for Education Innovation, will be involved in the process as well as 15 other leaders from the school district. This is an important process, Franklin said. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
High marks for New Orleans' charter schools Aug 27, 2009
Charters began sprouting in New Orleans when the traditional school system was in tatters, said Jeanne Allen, president of the pro-charter Center for Education Reform in Washington. Charter schools take away politics, she said. (USA Today)
What Will They Learn? Aug 26, 2009
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that only 31 percent of college graduates can read and understand a complex book. Employers complain that graduates of colleges lack the writing and analytical skills necessary to succeed in the workplace. (Townhall.com)
Education in the community Aug 22, 2009
According to a recent study from the National Center for Education Statistics, African-American students continue to score significantly lower in reading and math than their white counterparts. Although the gap narrowed slightly between 1992 and 2007 -- about 7 points on a 500-point scale -- the disparity remains wide, with black students still scoring about 28 points behind whites. (CNN)
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Reinforces Importance of the Arts in Schools Aug 19, 2009
Duncan also outlined the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) next steps for supporting the arts as part of a well-rounded curriculum. These efforts include. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Somerville one of 18 communities eligible for United Way grant Aug 18, 2009
A 2009 study from the National Center for Education Statistics found that children living in poverty are less likely to have someone read to them, tell them stories or sing to them. Studies have also shown that low-income children can begin kindergarten one to two years behind their counterparts. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Efforts to Improve Literacy in Atla... Aug 13, 2009
Two important findings revealed in the study mirror what the found in their 2005 NGA Guide, Adolescent Literacy Needs Improvement in Information Age, and what the National Center for Education Statistics uncovered in their. Those two points were that the average prose literacy levels of adults between the ages 25-49 declined 1992 to 2003 at the same time that, on average, Americans between the ages 15-24 spent almost two hours a day watching television and only seven minutes of their daily... (Suite101.com)
In charter school push, Arizona gets $54 million federal grant Aug 7, 2009
A separate study this year by the Center for Education Reform found two-thirds of the 657 troubled charters that closed since the early 1990s collapsed because of financial mismanagement, such as poor budgeting and, in some cases, theft or fraud. Ken Surratt, assistant director at Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, said researchers, industry representatives and investors met repeatedly over three years and jointly released two papers outlining quality standards. (AZCentral -- News)
New teaching techniques Aug 6, 2009
That s the goal of the first Delta Regional Professional Development Initiative, sponsored by the Mississippi Center for Education Innovation, a non-profit auxiliary of the Department of Education. The educators met Tuesday to discuss new teaching methods from Dr. Ilean Richards, MCEI program director for leadership and school improvement. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
A college freshman at 45, he hopes 'to inspire' Aug 6, 2009
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Digest of Education Statistics 2008". STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. (USA Today -- News)
Middle-income family spends $221,000 to raise baby Aug 5, 2009
12, 2005 file photo shows Stephanie Reed gently massaging the back of her daughter, Rylyn, four months, during a class to teach new parents how to massage their babies at the Kathryn Weil Center for Education in Lafayette, Ind. A government report released Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009, says a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child through age 17. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Jeb Bush's Education Program Reaps Results Aug 5, 2009
Earlier this summer, the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education highlighted Florida as one of three states to shrink the test-score gap between white and black fourth-graders in reading over the past 15 years. "I care deeply about improving the quality of education. We need all schools here and in the 49 other states to get better for our country's future. The only way to improve student performance is through continual and perpetual reform of... (Newsmax)
State makes sound move to boost teaching credentials Aug 5, 2009
According to the Center for Education Reform, New teachers come disproportionately from the bottom third of American college students. . (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Obama Supporters Urge President, Congress to Support Education Bill Jul 31, 2009
"The President says that no kid should have to attend a failing school," said former DC City Councilman Kevin Chavous, a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Education Reform and prominent national attorney ... The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children ... SOURCE Center for Education Reform. (PR Newswire)
$11,060 spent per student in Isles Jul 29, 2009
During the mid-1990s, Hawai'i's per-pupil funding was less than the national average, according to the state Department of Education's own numbers reported to the National Center for Education Statistics. In the 2002-03 school year, Hawai'i's per-pupil funding rose to $8,100, which was about 1 percent higher than the national average at the time. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Genetic Testing May Be Valuable In Treating Colorectal Cancer Jul 29, 2009
The study received support from the American Cancer Society and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) via Weill Cornell's Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERT). Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Jeanne Allen Statement on Race to the Top Competition Jul 25, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Center for Education Reform president Jeanne Allen today released the following statement upon the announcement of the Department of Education's guidelines for its Race to the Top fund ... " The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children. CER changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish. SOURCE Center for Education Reform Link to this page: Copyright 1996- PR Newswire... (PR Newswire)
Malaysia reports first A/H1N1 flu related death Jul 24, 2009
The student reportedly was from the International Center for Education in Islamic Finance here. He suffered from obesity problem and had an enlarged heart and liver. (Xinhuanet, China)
Two Year Continuing Education Progr... Jul 21, 2009
More than four million college students took at least one online course during the 2006-2007 school year (National Center for Education Statistics, Distance Education at Degree Granting Institutions, 2008). Distance education provides adults with many options, including. (Suite101.com)
Study: Student achievement gap narrows Jul 16, 2009
Based on a 500-point scale, African-American students scored on average 26 points less than white students on their reading and math tests, according to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics ... The report's analysts used school registration forms that state a child's race, said Arnold Goldstein, the director for design analysis and reporting at the National Center for Education Statistics. (CNN -- US)
Young students improve, but later minority achievement gap remains Jul 15, 2009
"More progress appears to be occurring for the younger kids," says Peggy Carr, associate commissioner for assessment at the National Center for Education Statistics, which releases the test analysis today in Washington. "You see that for reading and for math.". (USA Today -- News)
Congress Rejects Successful DC Schools Program Jul 10, 2009
"While this Congress and the Obama Administration took control in January promising they would restore sanity to Washington and reject business as usual, their actions on this program speak louder than their words," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform ... The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children ... SOURCE Center for Education Reform. (PR Newswire)
Company: New Cyber Attacks Expected in SKorea Jul 9, 2009
"The choice of targets suggests that whatever group is doing it is sympathetic to North Korea," said Gene Spafford, executive director of Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. This could include a "for-hire criminal group paid for by North Korea or sympathizers who could be anywhere in the world, including in South Korea, China, or even the U.S," he said. (Time.com)
Was It North Korea? Jul 9, 2009
"It's not beyond the realm of possibly that a nation such as North Korea would be able to do this," Eugene H. Spafford, director of Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, told FoxNews. com. (Fox News)
How a Brute-Force Cyberattack Works Jul 9, 2009
"There is no way currently known that can prevent these kinds of things from occurring," Eugene H. Spafford, director of Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, told FOXNews. com. (Fox News)
UC study: Casinos could create 34,000 jobs Jul 9, 2009
A study by the s Economics Center for Education & Research projects the creation of 34,000 jobs and $11 billion in economic impact if a proposed casino ballot issue is approved by voters. The center conducted the study for the Ohio Jobs & Growth Committee, which organized the effort to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. (Columbus Business First, OH)
• Nationalstudy: Idaho'scharter policygets a 'C' grade Jul 6, 2009
That's the mark that Idaho's charter school policy received in a national report from the Center for Education Reform, a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.. The report, which looked at the 40 states with charter school laws and the District of Columbia, ranked Idaho 21st in the nation. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Another View: Building a new University of California -- virtually Jul 3, 2009
Based on data from the census and the National Center for Education Statistics, the state is 49th in the percentage of high school graduates going on to degree-granting colleges. So, employers must import higher-end workers, and Californians have comparatively fewer opportunities for the education that builds middle-class security and prosperity. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
New York Senate Ignores Its Most Innocent Constituents by Stalling Mayoral Control Jul 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the loss of mayoral control of public schools in New York City, Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, today released the following statement ... The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children ... SOURCE Center for Education Reform. (PR Newswire)
* Homeschooling is back Jul 2, 2009
1 million, data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) show. In Maryland, which keeps its own statistics on homeschooling, there were 2,296 home-schooled children in 1990, and more than 10 times that number X 24,227 X in 2006. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Microsoft Introduces New Ways to Help Teachers Personalize Learning at the National Educational Computing Conference 2009 Jun 29, 2009
These tools range from the introduction of Windows 7 education-friendly features to a new collaborative initiative between the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network (ITN) and the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, as well as a variety of free software and services to help teachers enhance the education experience for their students ... At NECC, Microsoft and the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies also unveiled plans to share Smithsonian instructional and... (PR Newswire)
