U.S. Students Still Lag Behind Foreign Peers, Schools Make Little Progress In Improving Achievement U.S. students aren’t progressing to catch up to their peers in other industrialized countries. A report recently published by Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy...
Webster U chess team at NAFSA Conference
Some members of the 2013 Webster University National Chess Championship team were at the NAFSA conference in St. Louis today. Over 8,200 educators (more than half from other countries), came to St. Louis to attend the most important annual...
Dear Mr. President by a NY Superintendent (part 1)
By Jere Hochman (a strong supporter of President Obama) Superintendent of the Bedford Central School District, NY. Lifetime public school teacher, principal, and superintendent. Dear Second Term President Obama: You are in the most enviable position of any educational...
Dear Mr. President, STOP THE MADNESS (part 2)
Dear Mr. President, STOP THE MADNESS Dear Second Term President Obama – Part 2 Dr. King wrote: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” I do not doubt that your intentions...
Blaming the little kids
Blaming the little kidsUpdated: 11:48 am, Tue Feb 28, 2012by Jesse Jones For my final paper in an English seminar last semester, I dove headlong into the daunting and enormously politicized issue of education reform. Since the 2001 passage...
Impacting 10+ million students
NIIT’s schools program empowers 10 Million students across IndiaFriday, October 07, 2011 New Delhi: NIIT today achieved a significant milestone in its mission to take computer proficiency to the grass root levels, by imparting computer-based learning to 10 million...
The importance of education
Klitschko sends positive message with academic achievementWBC champion credits parents for success and praises younger brotherBy K. R. Nayar, Senior ReporterPublished: 00:00 March 10, 2010 Abu Dhabi: The World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko is a...
Dumbest Generation Getting Dumber
Dumbest Generation Getting Dumberby Walter E. WilliamsWednesday, June 03, 2009 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international comparison of 15-year-olds conducted by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that measures applied learning and problem-solving...
Any child left behind?
Growing an Achievement GapPosted July 15, 2007 09:01 PM (EST) Gerald BraceyThe Bush administration has claimed lately that rising test scores and a narrowing black-white test score gap reflect the success of No Child Left Behind. Even if this...
Chess, education and cultural tour
Nothing can please me more than to be able to share chess, education and culture. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar