Tag: readiness
Too much TV linked to lower school readiness
Does TV watching and other screen time affect low-income students differently from their more affluent peers? Research shows it does.
Comparing quantities helps more than counting
New research from Vanderbilt shows that preschool math skills support 1st-grade math skills, which in turn support fifth-grade math knowledge.
College readiness has been flat for 20 years
High school seniors are no readier for college than they were 20 years ago, but more college students aren't ready based on math & reading ability.
Some college athletes, with diplomas, still can't read
A disturbing report by HBO Sports suggests that elite athletes are graduating from college without getting much of an education for their efforts.
College readiness likened to NCLB's '100% proficiency'
States are cutting back on the college-ready part of the Common Core and trying to emphasize career readiness as well. Is this a wise path for schools to follow?
Relevance is one key to understanding Common Core
The Common Core shifts the focus by eliminating some of the useless standards in math and language arts, as several people have observed.
College readiness fair at Neuqua Valley HS
The DuPage County NAACP Youth Works Program sponsored its second annual college readiness fair Saturday at Neuqua Valley High School. The overall message to students was to get organized early for college, dream big, and do what you have to do in order to keep those dreams alive.
Tribune reports suburban kids have low college readiness
On Nov. 11, the Chicago Tribune ran a 4-Web-page article (link), which is pretty big for that newspaper, saying that high schoolers in suburban...