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Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improving
Ever since the federal education policy known as No Child Left Behind went into effect in 2002 and tied students’ test performance to rewards and sanctions for schools, achievement testing has been a ...
The Austin Chronicle14d
Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?
STAAR and the A-F system are the results of changes to education that then-Gov. George W. Bush ushered through the Texas ...
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How educators are preparing to teach South Dakota's new social studies standards this fall
About 400 people had been signed up for the third summit, Graves said ... Tea Area Schools will also see a change in 7th-8th grade social studies courses. Lowery explained that since new 7th ...
The Clarion-Ledger1mon
Miss. third-grade gate: Fear of failure
Mississippi school superintendents expect to see more than 28 percent of their students forced to repeat third grade as a result ... the 2015-2016 school year. Studies show a fourth of all ...
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Virginia parents arrested after gun went off inside 3rd grader's backpack at school
A pair of Virginia parents were arrested after their third-grade son grabbed an unsecured handgun inside the home, put it in his backpack and went to school, where it inadvertently went off during ...
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Red Deer Public welcomes social studies co-ordinator
Prior to the social studies co-ordinator role, she taught Grade 5 French Immersion at École Oriole Park for two years. Her background includes teaching Kindergarten to Grade 3 in both the English and ...
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Plainfield schools expand 6th grade offerings at PAAAS and F.W. Cook Elementary
Plainfield Public Schools plans an expansion of the 6th grade at Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS ... stored by us and social media and other third-party partners ...
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Louisiana state education board adds Gulf of America to social studies standards
Louisiana’s state board of education voted unanimously Tuesday to align the state’s fourth and fifth-grade social studies standards ... the name on district maps last month, calling the ...
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Local school district approves social studies curriculum after clash with public
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A recent Forest Hills School Board meeting turned contentious as members and the public clashed over the district's social studies ... in a narrow 3-2 vote.
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Did Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Fail to Provide Required Classes?
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles in June 2023 in Houston (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP) By contrast, the state’s third grade social studies standards include Texas students ...
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Faith leaders worry OSDE’s proposed social studies standards are part of an agenda
a concept listed in the second grade curriculum wants students to identify stories from Christianity that influenced the American Colonists. Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies courtesy ...
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New K-6 social studies curriculum pilot begins in September
"We chose to pilot K-3 social studies this year (2024-25) as it will be implemented next year (2025-26). Grade 4-6 is not being implemented until 2026-27," the CBE said in a statement. The ...