Education Reform: Supporting Articles Validating the need for Education Reform
Education Reform: Compiled by Tom McDonald, McDonald Sales and Marketing, LLC
To View the current,”Supporting Articles Validating the need for Education Reform”, work in Progress, list (many, many, more posts):
1. U.S. Education Spending and Performance vs. The World [INFOGRAPHIC]
2. U.S. schools making little progress in improving student achievement
3. Statistics on American K-12 Public Education
4. John Stossel’s ‘Stupid in America’
5. U.S. Education Statistics Compared to Other Countries
6. U.S. Education Spending Compared to Other Countries
7. If America Spends More Than Most Countries Per Student, Then Why Are Its Schools So Bad?
8. Education in the United States
9. U.S. Can Learn From Other Countries’ Education Systems
10. NEAP Writing Proficiency 2011
11. In 7 Young People Are Not Working Or In School: Measure Of America Study
12. Calif. Poised to Spotlight ELLs Stalled in Schools
13. Students’ science proficiency all over the map
14. ‘Advanced’ Students a Rarity in Science, NAEP Data Show
15. Reading Program Ineffective for Students
17. Boosting the Nation’s Economy by Improving High School Drop Out Rates
18. America cannot afford the stiff price of a dropout nation
19. About the Crisis
21. U.S. Students Ill-Prepared for Working World
22. U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds
23. Pressure for school reform is building
24. Learning Technology: Duncan Unveils Digital Promise Center
25. Why Kids Need Schools to Change
26. SAT reading scores hit a four-decade low
27. By the SAT Standard, Less Than Half of College-Bound Seniors Are Ready
28. Deep, Effective, Efficient, Learning, Transfer and Application
- Do Students Know Enough Smart Learning Strategies?
- Studies Find ‘Easy’ Material May Not Be Easy to Learn
- What You Know about Learning Retention Rates is Wrong
- Learning: Inventing a New Kind of College
- Learning: The Problem with Lecturing is that very Little Learning Occurs
- Learning: Rethinking the Way College Students Are Taught
- Studies Find Payoff in ‘Personalizing’ Algebra
- Learning Strategies in 2012
29. US Department of Education
- The High School Graduation Initiative (HSGI)
- The Rural Dropout Problem: An Invisible Achievement Gap
- Why Rural Matters 2011-2012 – The condition of Rural Education in the 50 States
- Dropout Prevention Services and Programs in Public School Districts:2010-11
30. Chicago Study Finds Mixed Results for AVID Program
31. Tennessee Teachers Find It Hard To Make The Grade
32. Chicago Teachers’ Strike Hurts our Kids
33. iPads and Computer Tablets in the Classroom
34. Study finds Pittsburgh principals in classrooms more often
35. California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE)
36. Beneath Strife in Chicago, a School District’s Financial Tailspin
37. Requests for a Better Educational System:
- College Knowledge Challenge
- Goldman Sachs Essay Contest for Innovation in US Education
- Education Dept. collecting ideas for improving college success
- Won’t Back Down
40. The 5 most educated countries in the world
41. Report: Most Michigan Teachers Ace Reviews
42. Oregon Ed. Official: Results for English-Learners ‘Unacceptable’
43. Education Dept. OKs New Comprehensive Centers for Districts
44. $250M investment aims to boost graduation with ed tech
45. U.S. makes modest gains in graduation rates
46. Door to door for student success
47. Universities Must Adapt or Die in the eLearning World
48. Digital Learning – Report: Federal action needed to expand digital learning
49. Former El Paso school chief gets over 3 years in test scandal
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- Oversaw learning measurement-training evaluation strategy for the 18 Department of Defense Intelligence (DoD) Colleges
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- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
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What is an Intelligent Tutoring System?
- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
- 300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
- 11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
- Including…How Long does it take to change a Habit?
- Why does Blended Learning Advance Individual Learning and Individual Learning Transfer (Application)?
- What is learning Technology and Why does it Advance Learning in a Teacher Facilitated, Blended Learning Environment?
Two Models for Educational Technology
- One to Many
- One to One
- Which Approach is Research Validated to Advance Individual Learning?
Education and Accelerated Learning:
- What is Accelerated Learning and Why does it work?
- Why is Learning Important?
How to Transfer Training (Learning):
- What does it take to Transfer Learning and why is Learning Transfer Important?
The New Learning Model with Supporting Research Validation:
- More Stimulation per Minute of Study
- 300% Improvement in Retained Learning per Hour of Study
- 11% less study time, 22% less test time, and 95% higher test scores
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