Education
News
August 25, 2009
Arizona SAT scores slip in math and writing
Ariz. school scores dispel failing labels
Pat Kossan - Aug. 9, 2009
The Arizona Republic
August 24, 2009
In
the red, U.S. school districts cut yellow buses . . . think
about it. What if it became every parent and caregiver's
responsibility to get their own children to school.
I want to do this on the east side . . . . College
Depot Motivates, Educates Future Students Christine Bailey , South Mountain
District News
Just found - Did
You Know That Arizona is 47th in State and Local Per Capita
Spending on K-12 Education?
Victor Vidales
Published 08/18/2009 - South Mountain District News
August 21, 2009
Horne has gotten 6 speeding tickets in past 1 1/2 years.
Good one.
August 20, 2009
Defibrillators
Every school should invest in a defibrillator. Even elementary
schools. Read this story . . .
Man collapses on high school track
August 20, 2009
I watch my own kid
(8th grade) every night sit at the "homework
desk" which doesn't have a computer on it, and spends
about 2 hours
doing homework. She also ice skates twice a week which is about
30 miles away. She visits her grandparents on a regular basis
as they are not well. She/we have things to take care of. The
icing on the cake was she Excelled in math and reading and
Met in writing. I think homework is a waste of time for most
kids. Other teachers think so as well . .. .
Teachers reassess value of homework
August 11,
2009
I'm so sick
of the pervs and cheats in the world of education. Every
day, we have more and more pervs, cheats and criminals
that work with our babies are busted and advertised and
I can't imagine how many sick activities happen every day
that are never uncovered or printed. So we'll keep up with
the busted ones
Read
the article here
August
9, 2009
Class Size
Once again,
class sizes are going up. Ten years ago the big focus was
how we were needed to reduce class sizes. At least that's
what's put in the papers. Most teachers I know are carrying
a heavy load over the target number anyway. This is nothing
new to most teacher. Money goes up and money goes down.
Class sizes go up and class sizes go down. It sounds like
everybody else just hasn't really been paying much attention
over the long term.
Read
the article here
December/15/2006
Let's take
a look back . . . .
Read
article here . . . .