Documents tagged 'School'
Philadelphia Schools Gains New Institute For Teacher Diversity
Author: Salome Zechariah 
Published: 27/07/2008
The Philadelphia schools need to improve the effectiveness and diversity of their teacher workforce. Currently, 85 percent of their students are African American, Latino and Asian, but they have only 38 percent teachers of color. After discussions initiated by Congressman Chaka...Graduate School Admissions
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
In order to gain acceptance into Graduate School, several requirements or educational items must be met. These items vary from school to school; however, the main ones needed are listed below, with a brief overview of each. - Transcript - Colleges need a copy of a students...Washington DC Schools Improves Its After-school Program
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
The Wallace Foundation Invests $8 Million in Washington DC Schools Washington DC Schools after schools and out of school programs are getting a boost from the nonprofit DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation and The Wallace Foundation. The DC Children and Youth...Houston Schools New Budget Brings Needed Money for Teachers and Improvements
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
Houston schools teachers have not had significant pay raise in seven years. The new Houston schools budget plans for an average 8.6 percent pay raise for teachers for the 2006-07 school year, with a total of $49.2 million in funding. The state is providing $31 million for the pay raises,...San Antonio Schools Celebrate Successes and Create New Programs to Further Achievement
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
San Antonio Schools Creates Program to Prepare Freshman for Future Success Beginning this school year, Ninth grade students in San Antonio Schools will have more resources in helping them gain success in academic studies, college, and future careers. In addition to their regular...San Jose Schools Changes School Nutrition and Limits Junk Food
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
Changes for the 2006-2007 School Year at San Jose Schools Following in the footsteps of both federal and state trends to limit junk food and provide better nutrition to students, San Jose Schools will implement new some changes starting in September 2006. These changes may appear...69% of Class of 2006 Pass Both Portions of State-Mandated Exit Exam in Los Angeles Schools
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
Los Angeles schools announced the results of the 2004-2005 school year, state-mandated California High School Exit Exam. Of the students slated to graduate in 2006, 69 percent (more than two thirds) of the class passed both the English language arts and the mathematics portions of the...NEA Gives New York Schools a Failing Grade
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
Though public schools across the nation are improving their school environments for students, the New York schools are falling behind, according to the National Education Association (NEA). In a recently posted web page, the NEA cited many failings of the New York schools. Here are some...Boston Schools Benefit From The Readboston Program
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
Literacy is a problem across the nation; and with the influx of many poorly educated immigrants, the problem is only getting worse. The city of Boston has done something about it, and partners with the Boston schools for one phase of its implementation. In 1995, Mayor Thomas M....Minneapolis School District Honors Volunteers
Author: Salome Zechariah
Published: 27/07/2008
The B.J. Reed Award Created in 1988, the B.J. Reed Award recognizes the work of volunteers in the Minneapolis Schools. The B.J. Reed Award was named in honor of Batty Jane Reed who founded the Community Resource Volunteer Program in 1965. B.J. Reed was a Minneapolis School educator...
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