The Bellevue Public Schools dominated the latest Newsweek ranking of top pubic high schools with several showing in the top 300 across the USA. NO OTHER SCHOOLS IN WA STATE RANKED AT THIS LEVEL![...]
Posts Tagged ‘Public Schools’
May 20th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Cliff Mass: UW Weather Scientist Takes on The Public Schools’ Math Curriculum
Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core I would like to update you on the math lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools, reveal an interesting encounter with Seattle Superintendent Susan Enfield, and tell you the depressing tale of our state’s math curriculum. As many of you know, I wa[...]
May 9th, 2011 - 7:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Calling All Scientists
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Calling All Scientists A report by the National Academies, which advises our country on science and technology, last fall found that the U.S. ranks 27 out of 29 wealthy countries in proportion of college students with degrees in science or engineering. It called on federal and s[...]
May 9th, 2011 - 6:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
Huff Post: What’s Wrong With American Higher Education?
“[One problem is] inequality — not just racial and ethnic — but also class inequality, which is something that is often overlooked in the literature. What is not getting attention is that since the 1980s class inequality in higher education is rising,[as a result of rising] tuition[...]
the state has 440 high schools and only 88 certified physics teachers. We are not going to be able to get a certified physics teacher in every one of those other high schools. But what we can do through technology is bring in high quality physics content. We combine that with an effective teacher in the classroom to maximum student outcome
No money? No problem, a wave or wiggle of a magic mouse and the problem is solved! The Washington Post reports on the National Summit on Education Reform, an annual convention hosted by former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Bush is not alone in this effort. The [...]
April 18th, 2011 - 10:49 am § in Schools & Colleges
Is the BS in business, just BS? A discussion in the NY Times.
The real problem highlighted here is that college is the new high school. Compared to my late father in law who studied and reveled in Shakespeare and serious European and American history and literature in high school, today college is the best chance for young minds to be educated and develop inte[...]
April 13th, 2011 - 10:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Higher Education Group at Seattle MoveON
Starting after the Civil War, step by step America created a university system, including private and public colleges, that offered unheard of opportunities for an upwardly mobile America. The words are still thrilling .. GI Bill, Land Grant Universities, Pell Grants, National Merit Awards[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:50 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Assault on Education Continues; New Bills Referred to Committee
Two new bills were introduced this week that would dramatically change standard practices in higher education in Washington State. HB 2049 (Zeiger R-25) establishes a new higher education performance advisory council to make recommendations on changes in higher education governance to the HECB/SBC[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:03 am § in Uncategorized
A UW Prof: Who SHOULD Be A: UW Student?
UW Admissions and the Budget Cuts from Cliff Mass and UW AAUP listserv After the Seattle Times published a front page article: Why Straight-A Students Won’t Get into the UW this Year there has been a firestorm of comments in the media and blogosphere–and I have gotten quite a few emails [...]
April 10th, 2011 - 11:45 am § in Schools & Colleges
Defunding public education means Washingtons’ kids GET lost.
Ed. I aplogize for the pun, but someone needs to kick our representatives in the ass .. their ass and not the horse’s ass. Russia is ahead of us. With the fall of the evil communists, the evil capitalists have gone a long way to flush Russia’s once great education system down the dra[...]