[CPS Math]IL: School chiefs' salaries soaring

Title: IL: School chiefs' salaries soaring From the Chicago Tribune, Thursday, October 5, 2001. See http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0110030219oct03.story?coll=chi%2Dnewslocal%2Dhed School chiefs' salaries soaring 16 receive

[CPS Math]Japan: Less May Be More

From theWashington Post, Tuesday, October 2, 2001, p. A22. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55926-2001Oct1.html For Japanese Students, Less May Be More Educators Seek to Promote Creativity, Reduce Truancy by

[CPS Math]School district challenges cyber school payments

** From The Mercury, Pottstown, PA, Monday, October 1, 2001, p. A1, A3. See http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2431454BRD=1674PAG=461dept_id=18041rfi=6 [Also appeared on the Freedom to Learn Network list, Monday, October 1, 2001.

[CPS Math]Budget Priorities Shift after Terrorist Attacks

** From the Legislative Update of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - Monday, September 24, 2001 [for the week ending September 21]. ** NCTM Legislative and Policy Update Budget Priorities Shift After Terrorist

[CPS Math]All-day kindergarten boosts reading

Title: All-day kindergarten boosts reading *** From the Washington Post, Tuesday, September 11, 2001; Page B01. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6759-2001Sep10.html *** All-Day Kindergarten Boosts Reading 1-Year

[CPS Math]Aid to Impacted Sch. Districts. - Terrorist Attacks

From Kirk Winters Peter Kickbush, U.S. Department of Education and the EDInfo list [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Friday, September 14, 2001. See http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/index.html === Education

[CPS Math]Why are teacher tests secret?

Title: Why are teacher tests secret? * From the Chicago Sun Times, Friday, September 7, 2001. See http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-main07x.html * Why are teacher tests secret? politicians ask By Rosalind Rossi and Dave

[CPS Math]Second Announcement: Singapore Conference

* From the website for the conference ... -- SINGAPORE CONFERENCE: The SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT brochure [(pdf file, 105KB] for the second ICMI-EARCOME conference is available at

[CPS Math]News from the Math Forum

Title: News from the Math Forum Subject: Good news from the Math Forum @ Drexel Message: Dear Math Forum friend: As you know, mathed-news postings are hosted on the Web by the Math Forum at http://mathforum.org/discussions. We at the Math Forum are delighted to send you a letter from

[CPS Math]Paradox: Same system produces elites and illiterates?

Title: Paradox: Same system produces elites and illiterates? ** From Technology Review [MIT Enterprise], September, 2001. See http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/sep01/reviews.asp . For discussion, see

[CPS Math]Year-3 ISAT Scores Up

Title: Year-3 ISAT Scores Up ** From the ICTMlistserv ... Tuesday, September 4, 2001. ** NEWS Year-3 ISAT scores up; achievement gap continues FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION, CALL September 4, 2001 (217) 782-4648 Springfield - Illinois

[CPS Math]CORRECTION FROM ISBE

. Jerry Becker -- Jerry P. Becker Curriculum Instruction Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-4610 Phone: (618) 453-4241 [O] (618) 457-8903 [H] Fax: (618) 453-4244 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[CPS Math]Position Announcement - Cal Poly Pomona, CA

ANNOUNCEMENT California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Director, Center for Education and Equity in Mathematics, Science, and Technology in the College of Science (tenure track). Doctorate in Mathematics Education or Science Education or in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or

[CPS Math]Debate: Teachers pay -- PART I

*** From USA Today (Arlington, VA) [Editorial], Wednesday, August 8, 2001, p. A12. See http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/ (article must be purchased) - This is PART I of a two-part posting. PART II to follow shortly.

[CPS Math]Parents object of education initiative

From the NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) that is supported by the National Security Agency (NSA) and ExxonMobil Foundation -- Thursday, August 23, 2001. Original article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wednesday, August 22, 2001 -- See

[CPS Math]850,000 children home schooled

From Education Week [American Education's Newspaper of Record], August 8, 2001, Volume 20, Number 43, p. 12. See http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=43home.h20keywords=study%20estimates%20850%2C000%20U%2ES%2E%20children%20schooled%20at%20home

[CPS Math]Parents fault grading of kids

Title: Parents fault grading of kids * From the Chicago Tribune, Monday, August 27, 2001. See http://chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0108270170aug27.story * Parents fault way schools grade kids Some want return to A-to-F system

[CPS Math]Vouchers lose, public schools gain

Title: Vouchers lose, public schools gain * From USA Today, Thursday, August 23, 2001, p. 1 A See http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010823/3568998s.htm * Poll: Vouchers lose support, but public schools gain. Most choose

[CPS Math]How grading and tracking pay off.

Title: How grading and tracking pay off. * From Business Week On-Line, Monday, August 27, 2001. See http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/01_35/c3746030.htm * ECONOMIC TRENDS By Gene Koretz What Makes Sally Learn

[CPS Math]ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS NEEDED - NCTM Paducah

Title: ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS NEEDED - NCTM Paducah Colleagues: The Program Co-Chairs for the Paducah [Kentucky] NCTM Regional Conference have indicated that additional speakers are needed in the following areas: . Assessment Strategies, particularly Grades 3-5 . Algebra . Dynamic Software

[CPS Math]NEA seeks to block high stakes testing

* From the Arizona Republic, Saturday, July 7, 2001. See http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/0707a2filler07.html . Brought to our attention by The NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) that is provided by the National Alliance of State Science Mathematics Coalitions

[CPS Math]How well are American students learning?

Title: How well are American students learning? *** From How Well are American Students Learning? -- Focus on Math Achievement [The Brown Center Report on American Education] The Brookings Institution, September 2000, Volume 1, Number 1 - By Tom Loveless and Paul

[CPS Math]CORRECTION TO POSTING EARLIER TODAY

Title: CORRECTION TO POSTING EARLIER TODAY *** From How Well are American Students Learning? -- Focus on Math Achievement [The Brown Center Report on American Education] The Brookings Institution, September 2000, Volume 1, Number 1 - By Tom Loveless and Paul

[CPS Math]Top experts target for critics of phonics method

Title: Top experts target for critics of phonics method *** From the Dallas Morning News [DallasNews.Com], Tuesday, June 19. 2001 (Original Sunday, June 17, 2001). See http://www.dallasnews.com/national/396046_reading_17nat..html

[CPS Math]Move over Deep Blue, Eliza's Next

Title: Move over Deep Blue, Eliza's Next From USA Today, Friday, April 27, 2001, Section B [Money], p. B1. See http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/ Move over, Deep Blue, Eliza's next IBM plans computer smart enough to

[CPS Math]PART I: A Year in the Life of a Beginning Teacher

From Newsweek [Society], June 4, 2001, pp. 43-44. See http://www.msnbc.com/news/578838.asp#BODY -- More than 20 percent of new teachers leave the profession in the first three years; after five years, more than a third have

[CPS Math]Obituary for Common Sense

* Forwarded by Corrie Bergeron. * Obituary for Common Sense Today we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows

[CPS Math]NEW DISCUSSION GROUP: MathTalk

NOTE: I just received the following announcement of a new discussion group, called MathTalk. Information to subscribe is below. Dear gentle members of the Mathematically Sane, This is to let you know about MathTalk, a

[CPS Math]Detroit: Large turnover of principals

*** From the NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) that is provided by the National Alliance of State Science Mathematics Coalitions through grants from the ExxonMobil Foundation and the National Security Agency (NSA). Tuesday, June 5, 2001. Original Source:

[CPS Math]No easy math answers / Singapore texts

*** From Education Week [Teaching and Learning section], May 30, 2001, Volume 20, Number 38, p. 10. See http://www.edweek.com/ew/ew_printstory.cfm?slug=38tandl.h20 *** No Easy Math Answers By Jeff Archer, David J. Hoff,

[CPS Math]TIME SQUEEZE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

*** From the Washington Post, Tuesday, May 29, 2001. See http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/A88913-2001May28.html *** When Clock Beats Curriculum Caught Between Expanding Subject Areas and Standardized Testing, Teachers

[CPS Math]A Primer, and what charter schools teach us (in theU.S.)

From the Chicago Tribune, Monday, April 30, 2001, p. 14. [Editorial]. See

[CPS Math]Japan: Women academics propose steps to equity

* From Science, April 20, 2001, Volume 292, p. 416. * Women Academics Propose Steps to Equity Tokyo- The campaign has begun. On 30 March, 35 Japanese women scientists met here to draw up a list of obstacles they

[CPS Math]Petition to President: Big Tests

Title: Petition to President: Big Tests *** To read the original petition, to view the signatures or to sign the petition., see http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/~rgibson/petition/ . *** To: The President, Congress, and the

[CPS Math]Election Results: Chicago AFT

From George N. Schmidt, Editor, Substance, 5132 W. Berteau, Chicago, IL 60641; (773) 725-7502. Hello Colleagues: Tom Reece and the incumbent leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union have been dumped by vote of the union's

[CPS Math]FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: Singapore Conference

*** Further details for the conference can be found at http://math.nie.edu.sg/earcome/ *** FIRST ANNOUNCEMEnt ICMI-EARCOME 2002 / SEACME 9 Mathematics Education for a Knowledge-Based Era May 27-31, 2002 Singapore The

[CPS Math]Protests over state testing widesprad

*** Abstract from the NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) provided by the National Alliance of State Science Mathematics Coalitions through grants from the ExxonMobil Foundation and the National Security Agency (NSA); May 21, 2001. The full article appears in Education

[CPS Math]When a test fails the schools, ... [PART II]

From the New York Times [NYTimes.com], Monday, May 21, 2001. See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/business/21EXAM.html ; This is Part II of two parts - continued from Part I The Results: