| Online courses under scrutiny | | Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:17:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Hoping to avoid a showdown with lawmakers, the state Board of Education convened its own task force on Monday to recommend changes to online education following a scathing state audit that criticized some programs for being poorly supervised and ineffective. Joe Shea, who heads a company that provides online schools for school districts, said online courses are the best way to help students who are struggling academically, but he said those courses need to be closely monitored. Shea said students should be evaluated before they are allowed to take their courses from the Internet and it should only be a temporary solution to help students get back on track. Online should not be used as a replacement for schools, he told a bi-partisan panel that included Internet entrepreneurs, lawmakers and educators.A final option Dave Grosche, superintendent of Edison 54 JT Schools in El Paso County, said online courses are often the final option before a student drops out.... | |
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| | | Working Adults Gain Weekly MBA Insight on MBA-Business-Schools.com | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:14:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWeb) January 17, 2007 -- Working adults seeking information about maintaining healthy relationships with their family and employer while pursuing an MBA degree can receive up-to-date tips and advice from the invaluable resources at MBA-Business-Schools.com, a comprehensive online business school directory. Weekly columns for non-traditional MBA students and online degree participants explore the advantages of attending self-paced programs. .... | |
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| | | State should cast cautious eye toward online schools | | Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Surrounded by cornfields, a school has quietly grown on the northern outskirts of Greeley the past two years. New Hope Academy started as K-8 with 69 students and has mushroomed to 116 students in grades K-12. But now that its sponsoring entities -- the Vilas Re-5 School District and Hope Online Learning Academy Co-Op -- are landing in the media spotlight, as well as drawing scrutiny from state legislators, things aren't quiet any longer. And for good reason. In just two years, Hope Online Learning Co-Ops grew from 1,500 students in 38 learning centers to this fall's 3,700 students in 81 centers. They are called "centers" because they aren't schools in the sense that they hire licensed teachers. The mentors at Hope Centers, of which New Hope Academy in Greeley was among the first, need only an associate's degree.... | |
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| | | Dhanda welcomes improved recruitment guidance for schools and colleges | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:04:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | Safe and responsible recruitment of teachers and other staff working in schools and colleges was further strengthened today by the publication of new consolidated recruitment guidance by the Department for Education and Skills. Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education makes clear the responsibilities of schools and colleges in safeguarding their pupils and students from adults who may seek employment in these settings with a view to harming children and young people. Parliamentary Under-Secretary-of-State for Children, Young People and Families Parmjit Dhanda has welcomed the publication, saying: "The safety of children and young people is our top priority and everyone has a role to play in protecting them from those who want to harm them.... | |
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| | | Coshocton schools plan to take levy back to the voters | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:04:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | COSHOCTON - The Coshocton City Schools Board of Education is back to the drawing board following Tuesday's failed tax levy for emergency requirements. An unofficial count by the Board of Elections show voters turned down the 6.2 mill, five-year request 2,185 to 1,832. "I guess I was surprised," said Todd Salmans, president of the Board of Education, "but I understand completely. There are a lot of people facing hard times in this community." .... | |
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| | | Gov't Offices, Schools To Close For Veterans Day | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:22:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | Government offices, courts, schools, libraries and banks will be closed Friday in observance of Veterans Day. Trash will be collected in Los Angeles on its usual schedule.Metro buses and trains will run on a normal schedule. Routes and scheduling information is available by calling (800) COMMUTE or online at www.metro.net. Metrolink trains will also run on a normal schedule. Additional information on Metrolink service is available by calling (800) 371- LINK or online at www.metrolinktrains.com. Foothill Transit, which serves the San Gabriel Valley, will operate on its usual schedule, and Foothill Transit Stores will be open. Foothill Transit route and schedule information is available by calling (800) RIDE-INFO or online at www.foothilltransit.org. Regular mail delivery and post offices will remain open Thursday.... | |
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| | | Korean students, schools attacked over N. Korea's nuke test, missiles | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:06:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | _ A total of 171 cases of verbal or physical attacks directed at Korean schools and their students have been reported across Japan since North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles on July 5, a pro-Pyongyang group said Tuesday. The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, said that Korean schools have reported 120 cases of such attacks from July to Oct. 2 and another 51 cases since Oct. 3, when North Korea announced it would conduct a nuclear test. Incidences of harassment include violence against students, an incident in which a school's musical instruments were dumped at its athletic field in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and another case in which a post on an online message board of a Tokyo school read, "Sanctions to nukes, eye for an eye." North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong-2 missile believed to be capable of reaching the United States, along with six shorter-range missiles on July 5, and conducted an underground nuclear test on Oct.... | |
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| | | 'Jamie effect' is blamed for school dinners drop | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:36:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Efforts to get children to eat healthier school meals may have prompted a drop in the number of pupils taking them at all, it was claimed today. A survey for BBC News found that schools cited drives including celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's campaign for a fall in the number of children taking school dinners this term amid new, more nutritious menus. BBC News said that of 59 authorities which responded to the survey, in more than half - 35 areas - the number had gone down. Of those, 71 per cent believed Jamie Oliver's campaign was a reason, BBC News Online reported. Six areas said that they had more pupils taking meals while eight reported no change and 10 said the changes were not applicable. Two-thirds said children did not like the new menus.... | |
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| | | Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and BrainPOP Release 'Take Your Parents to Vote Day' | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:07:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein joined BrainPOP Chief Operating Officer Michael Salort and I.S. 93 Principal George Foley at I.S. 93 Ridgewood Intermediate School in Queens today to announce "Take Your Parents to Vote Day," a new online movie-short produced by BrainPOP, a producer of animated films for elementary and middle school students. Chancellor Klein and Russell Simmons, the president and founder of Phat Farm Clothing, are the stars of the cartoon, which urges students in New York City and around the country to vote on Tuesday, November 7. The six-minute movie is available free online at www.brainpop.com. A Spanish version is available at http://es.brainpop.com. "Participation, not observation, is what makes our democracy tick," Chancellor Klein said. "I urge all New Yorkers, particularly young voters, to take a stand this Tuesday and exercise one of their most critical rights and responsibilities." "The suggestion to create a movie about voting actually came from one of our users, a child who was curious about the current news coverage revolving around the mid-term elections," said Mr.... | |
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| | | Alderman Proposes Putting Armed Officers In Schools | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:36:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | MILWAUKEE -- Attacks against staff members at Milwaukee high schools are raising new questions about how to stop the violence. A teacher was assaulted -- while class was in session -- by a student wearing a ski mask earlier this week at Madison High School on the city's northwest side, 12 News reported. It was the second attack on a faculty member at that school in the past month. Since those events, the Milwaukee School Board has approved spending an extra $1 million on security. The question now is: Should armed police be assigned to schools? .... | |
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