Instructional Management Systems (IMS) are all the rage; indeed they hold the promise of transforming education with the same drama and impact as Guttenberg’s invention of moveable type or Jan Comenius’ invention of the text book.
The number of schools "in need of improvement" is not as bad as some predicted. It was feared that the average number of schools not making adequate yearly progress (AYP) would be near 50%, but the release of scores across the states shows that 32% of schools made the list.
No textbooks? No problem. A revolutionary new high school outside Tucson, Ariz., plans to do away with the bulky, hardcover tomes in favor of laptop computers, making it one of the first schools in the nation to abandon the use of traditional textbooks for the educational value of the internet.
No textbooks? No problem. A revolutionary new high school outside Tucson, Ariz., plans to do away with the bulky, hardcover tomes in favor of laptop computers, making it one of the first schools in the nation to abandon the use of traditional textbooks for the educational value of the internet.
Because federal officials have rejected the state's request to ease requirements for thousands of special education students, more Texas school districts are expected to flunk federal standards for adequate education this year.
In nearly half of Massachusetts school districts, many more high school sophomores mastered MCAS math on their first try last spring than did the year before, according to a Globe analysis of scores the state released yesterday.
