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Changes in Education
Academics Find Common Standards Fit for College (August 2011)
Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School
Districts’ Implementation (Report published September 14, 2011 – follow link and click on name of report)
Perspective from Commissioner Holliday (June, 2011)
Common U.S. School Standards Debut in Hillsborough First (April, 2011)
Kentucky: Showcasing Passion for Education, Not Just Basketball (April, 2011)
School Reform on a Shoestring: State Asking Much, Giving Little (March, 2011)
Bill Gates’ Address to National Governor’s Association About Need to be Globally Competitive (February, 2011)
Education Roundtable: Three Reformers Making Change from the Ground Up on PBS (February, 2011)
Gene Wilhoit, the Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, on Effective School Reform (January, 2011)
Shaking Schools Up in an Already Tumultuous Year — School of Thought: 11 Education Activists for 2011 (January, 2011)
YouTube presentation by Ken Robinson entitled Changing Paradigms (October, 2010)
KET Education Matters: Transforming Education in Kentucky (August, 2010)
KET Education Matters: Turning Around Struggling Schools (April, 2010)
KET Education Matters: The New Vision for Kentucky’s Schools (January, 2010)
Technology
Duncan Unveils Digital Promise Center (September 2011)
The Flipped Classroom Defined (September 2011)
Multimedia Transformation Report (June 2011)
Innovative Learning Approaches in Rural Areas (July 2011)
Technology Helps Students Conquer Math (June, 2011)
Educators
Teaching the At-Risk: A Matter of Life and Death (August 2011)
Teacher Residencies Make Strides, Encounter Obstacles (July 2011)
Teacher Training Bill Would Cause Education Revolution (June 2011)
A Fairer Way to Evaluate Teachers (June, 2011)
Luke’s Story (June, 2011)
Education: The Magic of Hard Work (April, 2011)
Lessons Learned: At last, America may change the way it trains, recruits and rewards teachers (January, 2011)
Learning About Teaching: Initial Findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project (December, 2010)
KET Education Matters: New Approaches for Quality Teaching (February, 2010)
Classroom Resources
MyAmericanFarm.org offers downloadable lesson plans and interactive online games that teach agriculture literacy. (March, 2011)
The Great Books Foundation
Early Childhood Education
Occupy the Classroom (October 2011)
Preschoolers’ Precision of the Approximate Number System Predicts Later School Mathematics Performance (September 2011)
KET Education Matters: Early Childhood Education: The Path to School Success (October, 2010)
Elementary Education
“To see results you have to believe in the students and believe they can achieve at a high level,” said principal Arelis Diaz of turnaround North Godwin Elementary School. (January, 2011)
Secondary Education
Teachers Take Flight to Inspire STEM Learning (September 2011)
STEM-Focused Schools on Rise Across Nation (September 2011)
In Search of Inspiration (April, 2011)
Reading at 16 Linked to Better Job Prospects (April, 2011)
Do You Need a Job? Then Get Some Skills NBC News video (March, 2011)
Early College Graduates: Adapting, Thriving, and Leading in College – A Report (March 2011)
Unconventional Wisdom: A Profile of the Graduates of Early College High School – A Report (March 2011)
Making the Grade: Texas Early College High Schools Prepare Students for College – A Report (2011)
Accelerating College Readiness: Lessons from North Carolina’s Innovator Early Colleges – A Report (March 2011)
A Physical Education in Naperville on PBS (February, 2011)
School of Thought in Brockton, Mass. on PBS (February, 2011)
Strategies of a High-Performing High School (December, 2010)
College and Careers
U.S. Falls in Global Ranking of Young Adults Who Finish College (September 2011)
Kentucky Ranked No. 1 in Nation for Improvement on Key Higher Education Metrics (September 2011)
Optimism, College Major and Post-Secondary Dropout (June, 2011)
Kentucky Universities to Play Bigger Role in Preparing K-12 Students for College, Work (March, 2011)
Common Completion Metrics Webinar slides from Complete College America (March, 2011)
Good Chemistry: Creating More Scientists in Maryland on PBS (February, 2011)
KET Education Matters: Seamless Transition to College and Careers (November, 2010)
Adult Learners
KET Education Matters: Serving Kentucky’s Adult Learners (February, 2011)
Assessments
KET Education Matters: Assessment in Teaching and Learning (March, 2010)
Achievement Gap
Experts Call for Early Focus on Black Boys' Nonacademic Skills (June, 2011)
How do some students overcome their socio-economic background? (June, 20111)
How Massachusetts is Addressing the Poverty Gap (May, 2011)
Miscellaneous
U.S. Must Bolster Civic Learning in Schools, Report Says (September 2011)
Poll: Young People See Online Slurs as Just Joking (September 2011)
Parents as Partners (September 2011)
New Agenda for Kentucky, 200 Progress Report (July 2011)
Top Educators Discuss the Future of Kentucky Schools (July 2011)
Kentucky Makes Progress in Education, UK Study Finds (July 2011)
Was the $5 Billion Worth It? An Interview with Bill Gates (July 2011)
Study Helps Pinpoint Math Disability (June 2011)
Whose Failing Grade Is It? (May 20, 2011)
Kentucky TELL (Teaching, Empower, Leading and Learning) Teacher Survey Results (2011)
The Prichard Blog
 The Prichard Blog offers regular blogs on various education issues.
If you would like to suggest additional resources be added to this page, please contact Cammie Evans at cevans@hopkinsvillechamber.com.
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