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Report: Half of schools fail federal standards
Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.
The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools — or 48 percent — did not make “adequate yearly progress” this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11 percent in Wisconsin to a high of 89 percent in Florida.
The findings are far below the 82 percent failure rate that Education Secretary Arne Duncan predicted earlier this year but still indicate an alarming trend that Duncan hopes to address by granting states relief from the federal law. The law requires states to have every student performing at grade level in math and reading by 2014, which most educators agree is an impossible goal.
“Whether it’s 50 percent, 80 percent or 100 percent of schools being incorrectly labeled as failing, one thing is clear: No Child Left Behind is broken,” Duncan said in a statement Wednesday. “Th
Highlands extends lead
Highlands uses 11 plays (all runs) to drive 74 yards and ups its lead to 42-14 when Patrick Towles goes untouched off right tackle from less than a yard out for the TD. There is 5:20 left.
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Hosts First Annual Research Symposium
Presenters at the First Annual Research Symposium: Top row, left to right: P. Bhatiya (MS, Biochemistry), D. Hagaman (MS, Chemistry), Dr. G. Moyna (Associate Professor), K. Adams Barrett (PhD, Chemistry), N. Chubatyi (PhD, Chemistry), D. Sardelis (PhD, Chemistry), V. Pagnotti (PhD, Chemistry). Bottom row, left to right: T. H. Nguyen (PhD, Chemistry), M. Werner (PhD, Chemistry), E. Chu (PhD, Chemistry), E. Gianti (PhD, Biochemistry), J. Zinskie (PhD, Biochemistry), S. Chakrabarty (PhD, Chemistry), S. Saylor (PhD, Chemistry), J. Geer (PhD, Chemistry). The University of the Sciences Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted its First Annual Research Symposium on Oct. 10, 2011. In addition to a keynote address by Dr. Guillermo Moyna, 14 masters and doctoral students from the department gave research presentations that were judged by a panel of outside chemists including experts from Drexel University, Merck, and Cellgen Inc. Read full article…
Districts scramble to cover state cuts in school bus funds
LOS ANGELES – School districts throughout California are scrambling to cover the elimination of $248 million in funding for school buses starting next month, with the state’s largest district filing a lawsuit to block the cuts and others saying they’ll have to use reserves in order to keep transportation service.
“It’s an incredibly unfair way to go about this,” said Marc Johnson, superintendent of Sanger Unified School District, which covers 185-square miles in the Central Valley and where some two-thirds of students take buses to school.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced the elimination in bus funding as part of a package of so-called trigger cuts in state programs that will go into effect in January due to a shortfall in state revenue for the current fiscal year.
School districts will also see another $79.6 million lopped in general funding.
John Deasy, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, called the loss of $38 million in bus funds to his district “catastrophic,” saying it would affect 48,000 students, including 13,000 special needs students.
Reading @ Rio Book Club Plans January Meeting
The Reading @ Rio Book Club is planning its post-holiday meeting and is requesting feedback through an online survey to decide between the following titles:
- Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- The Dovekeepers: A Novel by Alice Hoffman
- Sister: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton
- Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
The January meeting will bring together bookworms from throughout the Rio Salado College community including students, employees and the public to enjoy discussion of the chosen title as well as refreshments and cupcakes. (Not just standard grocery store cupcakes; these are serious business cupcakes from a local cupcake bakery.)
Fans of books (and cupcakes) are invited to complete the survey to decide which title will be discussed or contact library services.