News tagged with secondary schools
Poverty is rooted in US education system, researcher says
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May 05, 2009 |
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Inequalities are rooted in many areas of the U.S. education system, and the current system's relationship with poverty has not improved, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Researchers Suggest New Models for Music Education
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Preteens and teenagers today are involved in music in ways that never could have been imagined 50 years ago. Yet America’s secondary school music education programs remain strikingly similar to those of five ...
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Drug testing in schools up
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Higher funding and the lowering of legal constraints are encouraging more U.S. schools to test students for use of illegal drugs.
Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.
Government use of school league tables completely unjustified
May 29, 2008 |
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Parents and teachers should not rely on school league tables to judge how good, or bad, a school is, according to research published today.
Health concerns prompt British wi-fi study
Oct 15, 2007 |
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British officials have launched an investigation into the possible health risks of schools' wireless Internet systems amid a flurry of health concerns.
Mobile phones help secondary pupils
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Ask a teacher to name the most irritating invention of recent years and they will often nominate the mobile phone. Exasperated by the distractions and problems they create, many headteachers have ordered that pupils must ...
Germany: Every fifth adolescent smokes
Apr 23, 2008 |
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As many as 20% of adolescents from 11 to 17 years of age smoke. This was the result of the nationwide German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), performed by the Robert Koch Institute ...
Study says exercise no cure for obesity
Jun 28, 2006 |
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A study of Scottish children says exercise programs at school do little to prevent childhood obesity.
Education Expert Says Longer School Hours Alone Will Not Solve Educational Crisis
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama's plan to extend the school year to increase achievement among American students would only help bridge the gap between American students and those in other countries ...
Boys learn better when creative approaches to teaching are used
Feb 02, 2007 |
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With the new school year just beginning, educational experts at the University of Western Sydney say boys can enjoy as much social and academic success as girls if educators employ creative approaches to teaching and learning.
The most effective teachers are in a class of their own
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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These are the latest findings of research funded in primary and secondary schools by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into what makes good teachers even better.
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