Entries for January, 2010

UK: Facebook campaign against A-level exam paper

Thousands of A-level pupils have launched a campaign on Facebook against an exam paper which they claim included unfair questions. The A-level paper has prompted an instant online protest. The AQA biology paper taken on Monday has prompted an instant online protest – with allegations that questions did not match what pupils had studied. “I’ve [...]

A Computer Per Student Leads to Higher Performance Than Traditional Classroom Settings

ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2010) — A dozen years into the "1 to 1" computing movement's push to pair every schoolchild and teacher with a laptop, studies show the students in these programs outperformed their peers in traditional classrooms, according to researchers. Students who have participated in 1:1 computing report higher achievement and increased engagement, according [...]

Standardized Tests

From Home Education Magazine The title of an article from December caught my eye, “Race to the Top” a short run to failure. But the subtitle piqued my interest, Obama’s new education plan is inherently flawed in its ignorance of reality and the factors influencing the lackluster performance of our schools. So, food for thought [...]