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Report: half of schools fail federal standards

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ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.
The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools — or 48 percent — did not make “adequate yearly progress” this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11 percent in Wisconsin to a high of 89 percent in Florida.
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Schools ‘fail slow-start pupils’

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Three-quarters of children in England who make a slow start in the “Three Rs” at primary school fail to catch up by the time they leave, data shows.
And more than a third (39%) of pupils who make a bright start are no longer reaching advanced levels when they leave.
The government’s school league tables data also shows 9% of primary schools do not meet its floor standards.
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Education Secretary Overstated Failing Schools Under No Child Left Behind, Study Says

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When the Obama administration was seeking to drum up support for its education initiatives last spring, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress that the federal law known as No Child Left Behind would label 82 percent of all the nation’s public schools as failing this year. Skeptics questioned that projection, but Mr. Duncan insisted it was based on careful analysis.
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The Texas Tribune: Schools Are Resigned to Robin Hood

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“There are common characters, common themes, consistent plot thematic issues that run through all the books,” said Mr. Thompson, a lawyer. “But every one of them has a specific focus.”
Now, one phrase is conspicuously absent from the discussion: Robin Hood. The state’s practice of collecting portions of property tax revenue from wealthier districts and redistributing it to poorer ones, also known as “recapture,” was a rallying cry for districts challenging the school finance system in a lawsuit that made its way through the courts from 2001 to 2005.
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U.S. Education Department Finds Salary Gap in Poor Schools

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Education experts have long argued that a basic inequity in American schooling is that students in poor neighborhoods are frequently taught by low-paid rookie teachers who move on as they gain experience and rise up the salary scale.
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New York schools enter the iZone

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After the iPhone and the iPad, the iZone is a different kind of design experiment.
It’s New York’s attempt to reinvent an inner-city school.
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Schools honored for ACT efforts

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Six Tulsa-area high schools were among 32 in the state to receive the Oklahoma 2011 College Readiness Award for improving ACT scores and increasing or maintaining the number of students who take the test. 
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Government schools in Lower Dir asked to improve internal monitoring system to improve teachers’ performance and quality of education

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TIMERGARA, Nov 15: Government schools in Lower Dir have been directed to strengthen their internal monitoring system to improve teachers’ performance and quality of education. The educational institutions have also been asked to send attendance and progress report to the office of executive district officer on monthly basis.
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The Allama Iqbal Open University AIOU to set up 3,000 schools in far-flung rural areas under Rural Integration School Education (RISE) programme

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ISLAMABAD The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will set up 3,000 schools in far-flung rural areas under Rural Integration School Education (RISE) programme for which 20,000 teachers will be hired, said VC Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi on Monday. Addressing a certificates-distribution ceremony, he said a comprehensive strategy had been chalked out under which a chain of primary schools would be set up in far-flung areas to impart online education and provide direct links between teachers and students through audio-video conferences. The VC said a chain of community-based libraries was also being set up, where books would not only be available for students free of cost but these would also be issued to them for preparation of exams.
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schools security lack sanitary facilities Free and Fair Election Network FAFEN

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ISLAMABAD More than two-thirds of the 152 boys’ primary schools in 89 districts across Pakistan were without non-teaching staff like peons, sanitary workers and security guards, said a monitoring report issued by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Monday.
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