Topic: Education Issues
Physical, academic fitness tied at the hip: study
Reuters US Online Report Health News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physically fit students tend to score higher on standardized tests than their less fit peers, hint findings from a new study. Test scores dropped more than one point for each extra minute it took middle and high school students to complete a 1-mile run/walk fitness ...
Education and economics
Las Vegas Sun
ObamaÕs pitch to governors is correct: U.S. needs to improve its schools In a meeting Monday with governors, President Barack Obama called for strengthening the nationÕs school system. He outlined several sound ideas to improve education, including raising standards and better supporting teachers. America, he said, had to do ...
Teacher contracts support reforms in worst schools
AP News
New teacher contracts in Minn., Conn., Philly support reforms in failing urban schoolsEven in a school system known for its academic troubles, the numbers at Vaux High School are jaw-dropping: More than 90 percent of 11th-graders tested last year could not read or do math at grade level. But next ...
Obama prods states to raise academic standards
AP News
Obama uses federal money to get states to adopt higher standards for high school gradsPresident Barack Obama wants to rewrite federal education law by sending aid for poor students only to states that adopt new standards to prepare high school graduates for college or a career. States that fail to ...
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