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Are Schools Failing Our Kids By Not Teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving?
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — American 15-year-olds perform around 26th in the world in a critical thinking test in math, 17th in science and 12th in reading, according to the Program for International Student Assessment, or the PISA test. Unlike exams that quantify students' ability to memorize material, this one evaluates their effectiveness […]
Could Illiteracy and the Lack of Effective Reading Strategies Be The Hidden Cause of Crime?
Applied Scholastics International, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating illiteracy, believes crime can be greatly reduced by raising literacy ST. LOUIS, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The National Literacy Act of 1991 defines literacy as "an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function […]
New Study Finds Most Teacher Training Is Doomed to Increase U.S. Achievement Gap
ST. LOUIS, July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A recent study which assessed more than 1,100 colleges and universities that prepare elementary and secondary teachers and their admission standards, training and value found most teacher training lacking in proficiency based teaching strategies which could add to the U.S. achievement gap. The National Council on Teacher Quality, an […]
ST. LOUIS, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The mass production, assembly line, time clock system of manufacturing may have worked for building cars but has proven a dismal failure when it comes to the education of our children. According to Mark Siegel, member of the New Oregon Diploma Implementation Advisory Task Force and the Credit For […]
Teaching Strategies That Work – Can They Lower High School Drop Out Rates?
ST. LOUIS, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — According to a study from the Alliance for Excellent Education, close to 7000 students are dropping out of school each day, with a predicted 12 million more students dropping out in the next decade.1 Cathy Viney, Executive Director and teaching strategies expert of the non-profit Applied Scholastics International, www.appliedscholastics.org […]
