Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 6. August 2012 05:47
Portsmouth, NH, August, 2012 - The Indiana Department of Education has posted its 6-12 Literacy Framework to the Department’s Web site. Indiana contracted with PCG to design, create, and produce its Secondary Literacy Framework for grades 6-12. The six framework sections are Goals, Commitment, Leadership, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development. They contain content specific strategies that support implementation of the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and disciplinary literacy across the content areas. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 19. August 2011 10:43
An August 9, 2011 report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) found improvements in the academic achievement of Title I students and a narrowing of the achievement gap between Title I and non-Title I students. Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), reauthorized in 2002 and renamed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), provides funding to states to provide extra educational services to low-performing students in schools with high poverty rates. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 27. June 2011 06:38
In a June 20, 2011 online article Education Week reported that many states are cautiously waiting for more details about U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Arne Duncan's proposal to waive key portions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) if Congress fails to rewrite the Act by the beginning of the upcoming school year. States are wondering what they will have to give up in order gain relief from NCLB's more onerous requirements such as the adequate yearly progress accountability system and 100% student proficiency in math and reading by 2014. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 3. June 2011 05:29
A May 24, 2011 report, entitled, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants,” published by the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), addressed the question: What would the education policies and practices of the United State be if they were based on the policies and practices of the countries that now lead the world in student performance? The report compares the U.S. education system to those of five countries with academically higher performing students - Canada (Ontario), China (Shanghai), Finland, Japan and Singapore. [More]
