Posted February 15th, 2012
by Charlotte Draper
Not a grammar guru? You don’t need to be one to do well on the SAT!
Grammar may seem random and untamable, but it’s actually a lot like math—a closed system with specific rules (if you’ve ever taken Latin, you have a good sense of the structured ways in which various parts of speech function and relate to each other).
Great, so then grammar is just about memorizing tons of annoying rules? Nope! You read, hear, and speak English every single day, so you already have a pretty good internal sense of these rules, even if you’ve never shaken hands with a gerund or gone foraging for misplaced modifiers. The tricky
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Tags: Grammar Posted in Education Tips
Posted February 13th, 2012
by Sofia Helpman
Denver Public Schools lost two appeals before the state board of education Wednesday and must prepare to open a new elementary by August.
Monarch Montessori, currently a private preschool in northeast Denver, applied last fall to create a public elementary charter school. In November, the DPS board voted 5-2 to deny the application.
The DPS board cited what it called weaknesses around the instruction of English-language learners, the financial feasibility of a school that was counting on three grants not yet secured and the structure of a board that would have the same members overseeing the private tuition-based preschool and the public elementary.
State board president Bob Schaffer criticized the district for denying an application based on requirements that he said went above the requirements of state statute.
“Schools just need a description of the governance board,” Schaffer said.
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Tags: School, School Programs Posted in Learning Guide
Posted February 10th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Free cookery classes are being held to teach people how to make use of leftovers.
As well as cooking up to three recipes, people can pick up recipe cards and take home a free goody bag.
The Leicestershire Waste Partnership is hoping the classes will teach people to love their leftovers and save up to £50 a month by reducing food waste.
It is estimated that if everyone stopped throwing away food waste, the carbon that would be saved would be equal to taking one in every four cars off the road.
Sessions will be held at Brockington College, Enderby, on February 20 and 24 from 6pm to 9pm.
There will also be sessions at Loughborough College, on February 28, from 6pm to 9pm and March 6 from 6pm to 9pm.
For more information, call 0116 305 7005 or e-mail:
wasteprevention@leics.gov.uk
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Tags: Leftovers Posted in Education Info
Posted February 9th, 2012
by Charlotte Draper
Serving the nation with respect and merit as a Coast Guard member makes you eligible for Online Coast Guard Education Programs. These benefits include scholarships for active duty Coast Guard members. Colleges and universities also have counselors that help answer Coast Guard member’s queries about online degree programs and educational benefits.
Benefits for Coast Guard Members
Many school’s websites help Coast Guard members find online education programs and benefits; these benefits may also be available to spouses, partners, family members and veterans of Coast Guard. Thi
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Tags: Education Programs, Guard Education, Guard Education Programs, Programs Posted in Education Tips
Posted February 8th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Ofsted said, in some secondaries, there were no opportunities to develop programming skills
The teaching of information and communications technology (ICT) is inadequate in a fifth of secondary schools in England, Ofsted says.
Inspectors said teachers lacked the expertise and confidence to teach more demanding topics properly.
The report said areas such as databases and programming were poorly taught, with some pupils making more progress outside lessons than in them.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said ICT teaching was “far too patchy”.
Of the 74 secondary schools visited between 2008 and 2011, achievement was good or outstanding in just 27 of the schools, satisfactory in 33 and inadequate in 14.
In 30 of the schools, nearly half of students reached the age of 16 without adequate foundation for further study or training in ICT and related subjects.
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Tags: Secondary, Secondary Schools Posted in Education Info