If you’ve got a child in public school as young as third grade, you’re already starting to feel the testing frenzy. School administrators, teachers, and your child are all feeling the pressure to take and live up to state and national standards of learning. Those test results will be published in your local paper, appear [...]
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How Test Scores Affect School Rankings
January 13th, 2010 
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January 9th, 2010 Admin Increased Interest in School RankingsIt’s difficult to remember a time when the public school system in this country was under greater scrutiny. Newsweek is running features on the subject, there are a plethora of sites online that cater to a growing demand for comprehensive school rankings, and that most vociferous of public speech mechanisms, the [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: Bill And Melinda Gates, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Charitable Foundation, Comprehensive School, Desired Results, Education Goals, Melinda Gates Foundation, Newsweek, Program Goals, Public Education System, Public School System, Public Speech, Quality Of Education, Richest Man In The World, School Authorities, School Rankings, Socio Economic Status, Speech Mechanisms, Wife Melinda No Comments »Sacramento Schools Find the Perfect Partner
December 27th, 2009 Admin Corporate sponsorship of public education has become an incredible boost for districts trying to meet stricter federal and state mandates on tight budgets. Organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Ford Foundation have invested billions of dollars in the nation’s public schools. While this is essential, the Sacramento Schools [...]
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