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Archives:0000-00-00 - Reading First does not improve reading scoresReading First doesn't help students read any better than their peers at schools that don't participate in the federal program, according to an interim report released by the U.S. Education Department's Institute of Education Sciences, the agency's research arm. U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who recently likened the reading initiative to "a cure for cancer," had no comment on the report Thursday, although a department official said Spellings would examine the study "to inform our efforts" and await the final report; meanwhile, U.S. Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, declared the program a "failure." + Read More2007-11-01 - Joan Hurley Named Connecticut 2008 Educator of the Year!Joan Hurley, teacher at the University of Hartford Magnet School was named as the state's new teacher of the year. + Read More2007-11-19 - Did You Know?Schools are working very hard to ensure all students have an opportunity to achieve at higher levels than ever before. Do you know why it is so important reinvent our schools. + Read More2008-01-01 - CASCD Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Release of CASCD HistoryConnecticut Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2007-2008 school year.
+ Read More2008-01-01 - New Compact To Educate The Whole ChildCurrent education practice and policy focus overwhelmingly on academic achievement. This achievement, however, is but one element of student learning and development and only a part of any complete system of educational accountability.+ Read More2008-01-09 - SDE Releases Secondary Reform DocumentThe SDE has recently released the new Secondary School Reform proposal. Beginning in January, the proposal will be shared with educators around the state for reflection and feedback.+ Read More2008-02-21 - Did You Know Today...Today in AmericaToday 6,000 talented young people will drop out of school. Today over 9 million children do not have health insurance. + Read More2008-02-25 - Teacher Salaries Going UpHartford teachers and administrators agreed to a series of landmark changes in their contracts that allow for performance bonuses and incentives for Hartford residency. The deal was sealed Tuesday night with a unanimous vote of the school board.+ Read More2008-02-25 - Democrats' K-12 Views Differ, SubtlyThroughout the presidential campaign, the leading Democrats have been speaking from a similar script on education—until this month, when U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois suggested that he could be persuaded to support private school vouchers. "If there was any argument for vouchers, it was 'Let’s see if the experiment works,' " Sen. Sen. Obama told the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Feb. 13. "And if it does, whatever my preconception, you do what’s best for kids." + Read More2008-02-25 - Report: Focus on reading and math leaves other subjects behind...Some 44% of U.S. school districts have increased reading and math instructional time in elementary schools at the expense of other subjects, according to a new Center on Education Policy schools survey. "School people are feeling the pressure to do better and raise scores. But they are stuck with the amount of time they have," center President-CEO Jack Jennings said. "It certainly puts the question before Congress. Is there a price being paid for raising kids' math and reading scores. Read the entire story at the Washington Post + Read More2008-03-27 - Social and Emotional Learning Matters!Hot off the presses, our Whole Child partner the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has released a preliminary report about the impact of school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on academics. Its meta-analysis of 207 studies involving nearly 300,000 children concludes that students who experience SEL programming improve significantly. + Read More2008-06-19 - Save the DatesCASCD is proud to present the 2008-2009 fall and spring conference presenters.+ Read More2008-06-19 - Good News and Bad NewsA recently released congressionally mandated report by the National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education 2008, offers both good and bad news for the whole child at school.+ Read More |
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