Education In the News — June 4
Wrapping up a busy week here at Civil Beat (we’re one month old today!). Here are the day’s stories that captured my interest: Four-day school weeks in Georgia led to better test scores and fewer absences on school days, some assumptions about a national school curriculum may be misguided and Baltimore schools pay seniors a small stipend to mentor elementary school students. Let’s talk about what these things mean for Hawaii’s keiki and teachers.
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in Georgia seem to actually be reducing absences and improving test scores, the AP reported this week.
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Lindsey Burke and Jennifer Marshall of NPR about national curriculum standards.
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Post-secondary schooling has been under a lot of scrutiny lately, as you probably saw in this week’s education news roundups. But college graduates are weathering the recession , the New York Times’ Economix blog reports. The unemployment rate for college grads is about half the unemployment rate for people who never went to college.
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Those hoping to become teachers get a from Mike Rose of the LA Times:”You are entering the profession at a troubled time. For all the political talk about the importance of education, cities and states are trying to balance their budgets through cuts to schools. “
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Baltimore schools have a called Experience Corps, which pairs elementary school students with senior citizens and ends up benefiting both.
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Some school districts are financing some truly innovative charter schools, The New York Times reported today: .
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Parents and principals at Haleiwa Elementary School of the school this week, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (soon to be , by the way) reported.
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The University of Hawaii at Hilo is getting for the College of Hawaiian Language, the AP reported today.
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People everywhere are and mourning the death of Punahou School alumnus Charlie Wedemayer, once named Prep Athlete of the Decade, KITV Honolulu reported.
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