Los estudiantes del cuarto grado escolar en Arizona leen a uno de los niveles más bajos en todo el país; solamente otros nueve estados están en una peor situación. Para el octavo grado, la lectura de estos estudiantes mejora un poco pero aún permanece por debajo del promedio nacional. Los expertos culpan a la falta…
Fourth graders in Arizona read at one of the lowest levels in the country; only nine other states are worse. In the eighth grade, their reading improves slightly but still falls below the nation’s average. Experts believe a lack of funding, untrained teachers and unmotivated students are to blame. Specifically, four out of 10 fourth…
A love for kids, passion for teaching, love for the subject, a willingness to change and understanding the role of school in a child’s life. Those are the five qualities that can be found in an exceptional teacher, and for Margie Looney she can be called exceptional. “She helps everyone hands on, she helps improve…
The state of education in the United States is an intensely debated topic as the U.S. education rank has slipped to 14th in the world according to Pearson’s Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment. In an attempt to resurface in the upper echelon of the world’s top education systems, 43 states have adopted…
Every year roughly 65,000 children who are undocumented citizens, but safe from deportation, graduate from high schools in the United States. Of these 65,000 students, only around five to 10 percent continue on to college, according to the Immigration Policy Center. In contrast, close to 3.3 million total students are expected to graduate from U.S….
