You'd better get prepared for the new SAT — NOT
Some test prep companies want you to believe they are the only path to high SAT scores. Not true. And what does it matter anyway?...
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Paul Katula
Paul Katula is the executive editor of the Voxitatis Research Foundation, which publishes this blog. For more information, see the About page.
Stories by Paul Katula
Testing protests are swelling up
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Standardized testing has created a rising wave of protests across the country. While we support the idea, the energy seems misdirected right now. [...]Read More......
Concert band festival plays at 3 sites at Hersey H.S.
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Concert band festivals combine music performance excellence with friendly competition and feedback from expert adjudicators, like this one in Illinois. [...]Read More... from Concert band...
Doing more to report & prevent child sexual abuse
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The Ind. Supreme Court will let the criminal conviction stand of a principal who failed to report suspected child abuse (to police or child services)....
Disadvantaged youth thrive, don't just survive
By Paul Katula
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Pres Obama signed a memo to create the "My Brother's Keeper" task force and, we hope, will help to improve lives for disadvantaged young people....
Calif. bus crash kills 5 students on a college tour
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A fiery bus crash killed 5 high school students and 5 others Thursday in California. They were on their way to Humboldt State for a...
Small rewards for good behavior upset an IL mom
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We consider whether extrinsic rewards work in terms of classroom management for young children and what some good extrinsic rewards might be. [...]Read More... from...
Md. approves bill that would look at adolescent sleep
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A sleep study by Maryland's Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene seems destined to become law. It will study sleep needs of high school students....
UConn star says he sometimes goes to bed hungry
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What can be done to help college athletes with expenses above and beyond the scholarships they receive? Some say they starve frequently. [...]Read More... from...
Debate over high school schedules in Baltimore Co.
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We respond to a point-counterpoint discussion on a WYPR radio talk show about different types of block schedules for high school. [...]Read More... from Debate...