The increasing amount of technical-related careers has placed a high demand on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) schools, but how effective is this specialized approach? In an article in the Journal of Educational Research, Michael Hansen, a researcher at the American Institutes for Research, found that students in NC STEM schools were more likely to […]
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Preliminary Findings: Poverty-related Challenges Sap Instructional Time in High Schoo...
According to an Education Week post, preliminary results of a study led by John Rogers of UCLA indicate that “Poverty-related challenges steal time from high school class periods, leading students at low-income schools to receive an average of half an hour less instruction per day than their higher-income peers.” Presented at the 2014 American Educational Research […]
New Report: Beginners in the Classro...
“I don’t know why everybody isn’t talking about this. Everybody, everywhere, is single-mindedly focused on the achievement gap, and nobody is spending any time talking about what potentially could be one of the biggest underliers of why we have one.” –Gail McGee, Houston Independent School District ——————————————————————————- An important new report from the Carnegie Foundation […]
National Education Association Releases State Rankings, Estimat...
The NEA has just released its Rankings of the States 2013 and Estimates of School Statistics 2014 report. We encourage everyone to review the report in its entirety. Here are just a few facts regarding North Carolina’s standing among the states: The U.S. average public school teacher salary for 2012–13 was $56,103. The average salary for […]