Thursday, October 23, 2008

ABC 7 News - Hundreds of Montgomery County Seniors Ineligible to Graduate

Under new requirements, the county's 10,000 high school seniors must pass four standardized tests by June to graduate, but hundreds have failed exams in areas such as algebra, English, government and biology.

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Granada Hills charter school's SAT test breached

Granada Hills charter school's SAT test breached
Several students apparently got access to the test before taking the exam. Officials are considering how to respond.

The Educational Testing Service is investigating irregularities in the administration of the SAT exam at Granada Hills Charter High School earlier this month, a spokesman said Tuesday, raising the possibility that students who took the college entrance test may have their scores invalidated.

Guide to Online Course Design

Guide to Online Course Design
This chapter is called "Design with Learning in Mind" from Robin Smith's Guide to Online Course Design. The author successfully summarizes the key components in designing an online course and brings out the crucial differences between an online course and a classroom course. ____JH (Via Tomorrow's Professor.)
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--"The posting below looks at how to develop learner-centered environments for online courses. It is from Chapter 1, Design with Learning in Mind, in the book, Conquering The Content: A Step-by-Step Guide to Online Course Design, by Robin M. Smith Published by Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 [www.josseybass.com] Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

McCain asks NH voters for one more comeback win

Republican John McCain on Wednesday implored New Hampshire voters "to come out one more time" on his behalf, as the two-time primary winner tried to stave off a general election loss with sharp criticism of Barack Obama's tax and spending plans. Read the rest ...

At elite colleges, new aid for the middle

Some of the nation's most elite colleges, trying to ward off perceptions that they've become unaffordable to even high-income families, are bolstering their financial aid packages by offering grants to students whose parents earn as much as $180,000 a year. Read more ...