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In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th, according to research released Thursday from the journal Science. (AP)
A small but growing movement of K-12 educators is latching onto educational resources that are “open,” or free for others to use, change, and republish on Web sites that promote sharing. (Education Week)
Many educators and administrators, as well as some members of a national advisory group, wonder how the state will succeed in mandating that 8th graders be tested in Algebra 1, given students’ persistent struggles in that subject and the potential demand it will generate for more math teachers.
(Education Week)
New technologies are changing the way biology teachers help students visualize abstract concepts. (Digital Directions)
The move to provide free online access to faculty research is believed to be a first among U.S. schools of education. (Education Week)
Federal, state, and local officials are scrambling to figure out how to sustain the program, or at least some of the instructional changes it fueled. (Education Week)
Federal officials are once again looking at exclusion and accommodation guidelines in the hope of bringing more consistency to those policies. (Education Week)
The National Association of Secondary School Principals calls on Congress to appoint an independent panel to come up with guidelines for what students should know and be able to do in reading and mathematics at each grade level.
(Education Week)
Commentary
Joseph S. Renzulli feels fixing schools may require "a counter, perhaps even counterintuitive, approach." (Education Week)
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Accelerated middle schools, a strategy that involves “catching up” students who lag behind through intensive teaching in separate schools or classrooms, is the latest program to get a qualified nod from the What Works Clearinghouse. (Education Week)
Children in full-day kindergarten programs outperform peers in half-day programs in reading and mathematics, but their academic head start begins to fade soon after they leave kindergarten, says a study. (Education Week)
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