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Archive for September, 2007

• Nation’s Report Card Shows Record Gains
  Posted September 25, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  On September 25, 2007 the Nation’s Report Card summary was issued that states ““These results are the latest addition to a growing amount of data that proves No Child Left Behind is working.” Take a critical look at thisNation’s Report Card , by clicking on the title to see the pdf file and then post [...]

• To Be Educated
  Posted September 19, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought — that is to be educated. — Edith Hamilton

• A New Edition of a Groundbreaking Book
  Posted September 12, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  John P. Miller, a leading scholar at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education portrays a vision for serious educational change in his work The Holistic Curriculum. This book shows how holistic thinking and holistic education, or education that is concerned with connections made in the human experience, will be able to address the diverse [...]

• New Book About Latino Education
  Posted September 4, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

  Why not check out this new book: Clipping their own wings : the incompatibility between Latino culture and American education by Ernesto Caravantes Lanham : Hamilton Books, c2006. Call Number: LC 2670 .C37 2006 This book addresses one of the urgent problem of Latino underachievement in the United States’ educational system.  Presenting a unique solution [...]