Education News
Second 18-year-old dies after shooting; county starts task force on deadly violence
A second 18-year-old has died after being shot late Tuesday afternoon along with a companion, a Suitland High School student, also 18, who died at the scene of the violence in a Forestville apartment complex.
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AP exams: Maryland No. 1, Virginia slips in national ranking
Maryland high school students ranked first in the nation for their scores on Advanced Placement exams, a key measure of college preparedness, while Virginia’s graduating seniors last spring slipped from third nationally to fifth, according to results released Wednesday.
Read full article >>Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school
Many factors affect how well students do in school, but among them are how the students themselves approach their work and learning. Here are some of the habits of successful students at High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, which was ranked the #1 STEM high school in the nation by U.S. News last year (for those who think rankings have any value). This was written by Jonathan Olsen (@jonathanaolsen) and Sarah Mulhern Gross (@thereadingzone), who team-teach an integrated humanities program to ninth grade students at High Technology. Jonathan and Sarah are regular contributors to the New York Times Learning Network. Jon ,the district's curriculum coordinator, teachers world history; Sarah, a National Board Certified teacher, teaches English. They have both been honored as Teachers of the Year by their school.
Read full article >>Missed challenges more worrisome than tests
My long-time friend and source Ken Bernstein, known as teacherken to his many online fans, produced the most-read article on the Post’s Web site recently. He apologized to college professors for our high schools’ failure to prepare students “for the kind of intellectual work that you have every right to expect of them.”
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