Archive for July, 2009
“Race to the Top” school stimulus funds for systems like Socrato that measure student progress
0 Comments Published by admin July 29th, 2009 in Homepage, Announcements Email This PostThe Obama administration is announcing $4.35B in stimulus funding for schools. One of the primary allowed uses of the funding is for systems like Socrato that measure student progress. Let us know if you’d like help writing a grant application…
Read the article by Sally Holland at CNN.
Free ebook download from worldbookfair
0 Comments Published by Raju July 29th, 2009 in Uncategorized Email This PostThe 4th annual e-book fair is going on www.worldebookfair.org from July 4 to August 4. About 2 million PDF books are available for free download.
After the completion of this fair, the same collection will be available for an annual membership fees of $8.95.
So, grab the opportunity…
Changing law to increase number of charter schools - Is it to get money or to bring change?
0 Comments Published by Raju July 17th, 2009 in Massachusetts, Education Email This PostRecently there has been a lot of coverage about Charter Schools in Massachusetts. So I dug little deeper…
What are charter schools?
An innovative approach towards school and education management
They are public schools, funded by government money
They can be under district management or state management
Another interesting aspect is that, when a student moves from a regular […]
According to Dept. of Edu. Study - Blended courses (online and face-to-face instruction) are the best.
0 Comments Published by Raju July 8th, 2009 in Tutoring, Teaching, Education Email This PostAccording to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all.
The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews in […]
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- Release Update: Fixes for score recalculation of SAT, ACT and SAT/ACT comparison report
- SAT / ACT - Are they the national standard for high school graduation?
- Announcing - ACT Test Diagnostic Assessment for Tutoring Centers - Better Results in Less Time
- How profitable is CollegeBoard / SAT Company?
- Boston Innovation - Article
- ACT test score and composite score calculator simplifies ACT test preparation for tutors and students.
- New Feature — Tutors and teachers can directly initiate a test session for a student
- See you at Mass Innovation Event
- Free ACT Test Score Calculator
- The SAT Official Study Guide (Second edition) - Is it really worth it?
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