| School Board Decides To Keep Webb Open For Now
(CBS 42) AUSTIN Monday night the Austin Independent School District board voted 9-0 to keep Webb Middle School open "until further direction is obtained from the Texas Education Agency."The AISD board had been considering closing the North Austin middle school. Webb has been rated "academically unacceptable" for three consecutive years, based largely on its students' results on TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) tests. After four years of unacceptable performance, the Texas Education Agency could close the school or turn it over to alternative management.Parents of Webb Middle School students attended Monday night's meeting and pleaded with the board to allow the school to remain open. AISD Superintendent Pat Forgione had proposed that Webb be repurposed over a two-year phase-in, rather than waiting for TEA to intervene.
Courses change for next year
According to changes from Ohio Department of Education and former Gov. Bob Taft's Core Curriculum, high school students who participate in interscholastic sports, marching band and cheerleading will now be able to count one full sporting season as a quarter credit for physical education. Students would need to play two full sports seasons to take care of their physical education credit for the high school. More changes are coming for other courses as well. Foundations of art will be split into a two-semester course beginning next year. The classes will be foundations of art 2D and foundations of art 3D. .
Luciano -- Bassett
Janet and Frank Luciano of Hilton Head Island announce the engagement of their daughter, Jodi Luciano to Nicholas Bassett, both of Atlanta. The future groom is the son of Marcia and Robert Bassett of Loganville, Ga. The future bride earned a bachelor of science degree in early childhood education from Georgia Southern University. She teaches second grade in Roswell, Ga. The future groom earned a bachelor of science degree in health and physical education from Georgia Southern University. He teaches physical education at the elementary school level in Marietta, Ga. An Oct. 20 wedding is planned. .
Two schools cleared of TAKS cheating
The Texas Education Agency has cleared two Harlandale Independent School District schools of cheating on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. Leal and Harlandale middle schools were among a list of about 700 schools the agency investigated after they were flagged by an outside company as having questionable test scores. The state cleared most of the schools in December but put Harlandale's campuses in pending status. .
Smart Card Training Made Easier With Online Course From Smart Card ...
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Students get history lessons with a beat
Lawrence University sophomore Amanda Engle is taking Lincoln Elementary School fifth-graders on a musical journey through American history, and like moths to a flame, they can't resist following her lead. For Engle, 19, and a music education major, "Mapping the Beat" with these children is the meaningful hands-on teaching experience she dreamed of. For young participants in this ArtsBridge project, it's hands-on learning they might never be exposed to otherwise. After all, not many 10- and 11-year-olds get a chance to tickle the ivories not only of a grand piano and organ, but also harpsichords and a clavichord, and all in one afternoon. That's what Lincoln pupils did recently when they visited the Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Harper Hall and the university jazz practice room to try various keyboards, hear experts (including retired Lincoln teacher Frank Rippl), and tie each to their classroom lessons on the Industrial Revolution.
Documentary Film Set to Chronicle Fortunes of the Ivy League ...
(PRLEAP.COM) The League chronicles the history of the 8 schools of the Ivy League and their groundbreaking incubation and development of college football as a means to attract students, create totemic institutional associations, and advance the industrialization of American higher education. Brought to you by writer/director George GianFrancisco (Columbia 88 LB), producer Lee Reherman (Cornell 88 OT), and executive producer Dean Cain (Princeton 88 FS). Brought to you by writer/director George GianFrancisco (Columbia 88 LB), producer Lee Reherman (Cornell 88 OT), and executive producer Dean Cain (Princeton 88 FS), The League" chronicles the history of the 8 schools of the Ivy League and their groundbreaking incubation and development of college football as a means to attract students, create totemic institutional associations, and advance the industrialization of American higher education.
Special education costs skyrocket
According to a report from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS), special education costs increase significantly each year, forcing school districts to compromise "their regular education programs and their ability to make the gains necessary to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress." In this recently published report, the statistics show that special education funding increased 156.2 percent from fiscal 1990 through fiscal 2005, compared to 88.7 percent for non-special education programs. Health care expenditures increased by 212.6 percent during this time, an increase due primarily "to the growing severity of the SPED population." The Pembroke school district has seen much of the same, with the fiscal 2008 special education budget of $3.3 million coming in with "at least a 12 percent increase — maybe more," School Committee member Michael Tropeano said at Tuesday’s budget meeting.
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