Education Lessons Are Lost on Obama Mar 21, 2010
A 2008 report from the National Center for Education Statistics found that among 17-year-olds, performance in math and reading is worse now than it was in the 1990s and no better than in 1973. If you didn't know NCLB had become law in 2002, you would not guess it from looking at the trends in student performance. (Townhall.com)
Study: Boys Still Trail Girls in Reading Mar 18, 2010
The Center for Education Policy has been looking at gender gap trends since 2002, when the No Child Left Behind law went into effect. The data for the most recent study was collected in 2008. (CBS News -- US)
Delta lay-offs to greatly impact Tri-State economy Mar 18, 2010
"I don't think this is doomsday," said George Vredeveld, Director of the Economics Center for Education and Research at the University of Cincinnati. "But boy, I hate to see the airport cut back on its services. This hurts our economic development efforts and it's going to have a broad impact on our community.". (FOX19.com, OH)
Alternative schools have roots in civil rights movement Mar 17, 2010
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 10,900 public alternative schools and programs exist today and are in 39 percent of public school districts. In these schools, 612,900 students are enrolled -- 1. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Editorial: Lottery ticket hike not best plan for schools Mar 17, 2010
Recognizing that the following, from the National Center for Education Statistics and Education Week, may not be the best data available, they do nonetheless tend to support the erroneous nature of that supposition. In the 2005-06 school year, the state of Georgia spent $8,754 per public school pupil, while the state of Utah spent $5,964 per pupil. (Athens Banner-Herald)
PSU ranks high in graduation rates Mar 16, 2010
According to data released in 2008 by the National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 85 percent of Penn State students graduate within six years. "While Penn State already has one of the highest graduation rates among public universities nationally and in the commonwealth, we can always strive to do better and the results will be even more positive for the commonwealth," Powers said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
A new kind of student Mar 16, 2010
Almost three-quarters of undergraduates fall into the nontraditional category, according to a 2002 National Center for Education Statistics report, meaning they work full time, are financially independent, attend college part time, or didn t go directly from high school to higher education. For these nontraditional college students, a foreign adventure abroad is more likely to mean deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan than exploring the medieval Gothic quarter in Barcelona. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
New Research Advances Voice Security Technology Mar 12, 2010
The research was co-authored by NC State's Rodman; Rahim Saeidi, Tomi Kinnunen and Pasi Franti of the University of Joensuu in Finland; and Hamid Reza Sadegh Mohammadi of the Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research. The research, "Joint Frame and Gaussian Selection for Text Independent Speaker Verification," will be presented at the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) in Dallas, March 14-19. (Science Daily)
Analysis documents college 'grade inflation' over decades Mar 6, 2010
Adelman authored a chapter in 2008's Grade Inflation: Academic Standards in Higher Education in which he argued that longitudinal data from the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics suggested that grade inflation was not a major trend of the last few decades. "Unobtrusive national data are of no interest to folks who labor to build what are essentially quantitative anecdotes into a preferred story, and the unobtrusive national data tell a very different story.". (USA Today -- News)
MINORITIES: Young students improve, later achievement gap remains Mar 2, 2010
"More progress appears to be occurring for the younger kids," says Peggy Carr, associate commissioner for assessment at the National Center for Education Statistics, which releases the test analysis today in Washington. "You see that for reading and for math.". (USA Today -- News)
Fla. deadliest state for walkers, cyclists Mar 2, 2010
"Florida has developed faster than any other state in the nation," says Louis Malenfant, president of the Center for Education and Research in Safety, based in Kalamazoo, Mich. and New Brunswick, Canada. (Pensacola News Journal)
Alabama's high school graduation rates continue to increase Feb 26, 2010
This number is the most recently available and is in accordance with the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) formula used by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). According to a different formula approved by the United States Department of Education and used by the SDE for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reporting purposes, Alabama's graduation rate is approximately 83% in the same year. (WSFA.com, AL)
SBL Sleep Disorders Center to host support group focusing on sleep apnea Feb 26, 2010
MATTOON Alert, Well, And Keeping Energetic of Central Illinois, a health awareness support group for people affected with sleep apnea, will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Sarah Bush Lincoln Lumpkin Family Center for Education. Area residents with sleeping disorders are encouraged to join AWAKE. People who suffer from sleep apnea, and family members and friends of those who suffer from sleep apnea, are encouraged to attend the meeting. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Dr. David Herzog helps to create a model of health Feb 25, 2010
Herzog is a professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Mass. General Hospital. (Boston Globe)
Charter school vote could have national reach Feb 10, 2010
The Center for Education Reformhas criticized Georgia s system of checks and balances as counter-productive ... The Georgia Charter School Commission is not entirely independent, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Will Allen’s Growing Power n Growing Much More Than Food (27) Feb 9, 2010
And so it began, with no master plan to become what Growing Power is todaythe center of a local foods movement and international outreach center for education in food sustainability. Allen says he just wanted a place to sell his produce, and for two years he ran it as a for-profit business. (Agri-View, WI)
Report: Racial gap grows in charter schools Feb 8, 2010
Based on data collected from 2000 to 2007 by the National Center for Education Statistics, the researchers found patterns that indicate charter schools in Arizona, California and other Western states have become havens for "White flight.". Of the 98,728 students enrolled in Arizona charter schools in 2007, 52 percent were White, 34 percent Latino, 7 percent Black, 4 percent American Indian and 3 percent Asian. (AZCentral -- News)
Family meals, adequate sleep and limited TV may lower childhood obesity Feb 8, 2010
The data were collected as part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, a study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics to provide information about learning environments, health and development of young U.S. children. The researchers examined the association of childhood obesity among preschool-aged children with three household routines: eating the evening meal as a family more than five times per week; obtaining at least 10 hours of sleep per night; and... (EurekAlert!)
Alternative Teaching Certification ... Feb 6, 2010
These alternative routes produce teachers who generally are older, more ethnically diverse, more willing to teach wherever the jobs are, and more willing to teach high-demand subjects than are traditionally trained teachers (State-by-State Analysis 2009, National Center for Education Information) ... The Center for Education Information has found that many colleges and universities that offered traditional education degrees are now offering at least one program for those interested in an... (Suite101.com)
State Universities Want More Students to Graduate Jan 29, 2010
Nationwide, about 54 percent of full-time students at four-year public universities graduate in six years, but the rate is 43 percent for Hispanics and 38 percent for blacks, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. College officials say students drop out of college for a variety of reasons, including poor academic preparation, lack of money and inability to get required classes. (Newsmax)
HOME SCHOOLING: Ranks grow in U.S. Jan 28, 2010
5 million in 2007, up 74% from when the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics started keeping track in 1999, and up 36% since 2003. The percentage of the school-age population that was home-schooled increased from 2. (USA Today -- News)
Greater Cincinnati jobless rate inches up Jan 27, 2010
George Vredeveld, director of the s Economics Center for Education & Research, said after a recent presentation that people should focus more on job growth than unemployment. Even as jobs grow, the unemployment rate probably won t reflect that improvement for a while. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
State board to vote on new charter schools Jan 25, 2010
Source: Arizona Department of Education and the Center for Education Reform. Most read. (AZCentral -- News)
Sac State lands $350,000 science grant Jan 22, 2010
The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Sacramento State has landed the $350,000 for new equipment as it continues to build a regional resource center for education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the university announced. The federal funds will pay for equipment for a new advanced cell analysis laboratory for the Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Biology Education, Research and Advancement, which is within the College of Natural Sciences and... (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Apollo Shares Suffering New York Snub Amid SEC Probe of For-Profit Phoenix Jan 20, 2010
9 percent of first-time, full-time college students who enrolled at Phoenix in 2001 completed their degrees in six years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, in Washington. Including transfer students, 26 percent of candidates for associate degrees finish in three years, and 36 percent of students pursuing bachelors degrees graduate in six years, according to Phoenixs 2009 academic annual report. (Bloomberg)
Somerset trying to bridge the language gap Jan 20, 2010
When a child enters a school and doesn t speak English, the English language learners (ELL) teacher first uses movement to begin to teach them (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Bill would boost age to drop out from 16 to 17 Jan 16, 2010
" Nineteen states and the District of Columbia require students to stay in school until age 18, while eight other states require students to stay until age 17, according to a study by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy. Twenty-three states including Georgia, Alabama, Florida and North Carolina, have a mandatory attendance age of 16, the center said. "The fact of the matter is, we've got to find some way to stop the dropout rate," said Jeff Hubbard, President of the Georgia... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Efforts under way to make Cincinnati world marketing hub Jan 15, 2010
In the last seven years, employment growth has more than tripled the national average in the two broad industry segments where most consumer marketers work, according to Jeff Rexhausen, associate director of UC s Economics Center for Education and Research. Citing data from the Arizona-based research firm EMSI, Rexhausen said specialized design and advertising companies employed 11,701 people in the third quarter of 2009. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Two reports: Georgia strong on charter school laws, and more parents around country want them Jan 14, 2010
In more charter school news, a new Center for Education Reformstudy says parental demand for charter schools across the country has surged by more than 20 percent, and there are enough students on charter school waiting lists to fuel the creation of 5,000 additional charter schools ... We frequently talk about the problems plaguing Americas education system, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
FDA Studies How Medicines Affect Pregnancy Jan 10, 2010
The program is a collaboration between the FDA, Kaiser Permanente, Vanderbilt University (using Tennessee Medicaid data) and a consortium of HMOs called the HMO Research Network Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics (managed by Harvard University). The study will analyze health care data on about a million U.S. births from 2001 to 2007. (CBS News -- Health)
Recession fuels shift from private to public schools Jan 10, 2010
It's only natural that private-school parents would think that way, says Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform, which advocates for parental choice in education. "In a private school, you don't want to lose customers.". (USA Today -- News)
Online instead of on campus Jan 10, 2010
The National Center for Education Statistics expects the number of students enrolled in distance learning courses to reach 18. 2 million by 2013, up from 3. (Boston Globe)
