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• Achieve Inc.

  Get news about education from Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, non-profit organization created by the nation's governors and corporate leaders to help states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship.

• Are Schools Improving or Lagging?

  The chief purpose of education, it might be argued, is to equip ones mind with the ability to absorb information and analyze it critically to reach a conclusion. Ironically, however, the more information we are given about the academic performance of Californias 6 million-student system of public education  mostly in the form of test results  the less we truly know about how our children are being equipped with those vital cognitive and analytical skills.

• Classrooms Get Low Rating on Quality Instruction

  For all the current emphasis on standardized testing and teaching requirements, the quality of elementary school instruction is mediocre at best, according to a study from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development study published in the March 30 issue of Science magazine.

• Education, Disney-Style, Awaits Students

  For more than 160 instrumental music students from John Glenn and Wayne Memorial high schools, cross-town rivalries are passé. Instead, the students have spent weeks working cooperatively to make beautiful music together when they perform before an international audience at Walt Disney World in Florida in mid-April.

• EducationNews.org

  EducationNews.org is a fresh approach to the age-old problem of increasing coverage of education news. Unfortunately, education is not a topic that news organizations are able to provide premium coverage to all the time, thus ironically, all education experts face the same problem - the difficulty of educating the public.

• Illinois Schools Dodge Federal Warning List

  Almost 300,000 reading and math tests taken by Illinois students in 2006 weren't counted because the state relaxed a rule under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, allowing some schools to dodge a warning they were failing.

• KnowHow2Go

  KnowHow2Go is a media campaign aimed towards eighth through tenth grade students encouraging them to consider post-secondary education.

• Midwest Boarding Schools

  At the Midwest Boarding Schools website you will find 30 outstanding private/independent schools offering academic excellence, traditional values and structure, and exciting and safe residential programs for students in grades 1 through 12. Midwest Boarding School members are recognized across the globe for their commitment to educating young men and women intellectually, socially, athletically and personally.

• Sallie Mae Fund Reminds Students About Scholarship

  The philanthropic arm of the nation's leading saving-and-paying for college company, Sallie Mae -- today reminded students and families that several important scholarship application deadlines are right around the corner. For those students looking to apply for The Sallie Mae Fund "First in My Family" or "American Dream" scholarships, applications must be received no later than April 15, 2007.

• Scholarship Day

  At least seven Raytown area students will be assisted with their higher education plans through Community-Wide Scholarship Day III, which is planned for Saturday, April 7, at Raytown High School. The event will feature a barbecue, silent auction, grand auction, presentation of community story contest winners and entertainment.

• The Center for Education Reform Newswire

  Get all the latest education reform news right as it comes off the wire from the Center for Education Reform (CER), a national voice for more choices in education and more rigor in education programs, both of which are key to more effective schooling.

• Volunteer Vacations Become Popular

  Americans are starting to feel the same way about vacations with a charitable or humanitarian purpose, where they can build housing or schools, collect field data or work at a refugee camp, orphanage or archaeological dig.