Category: Education
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CPS Pays Parents for Good Behavior
Blatantly stolen from Second City Cop: Is the lure of a $25 gift card enough to persuade a parent who’s not involved in their child’s education to get involved? Seventy Chicago Public Schools that have struggled to engage parents are about to find out. At Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s request, Walgreen Co. has agreed to provide…
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Rise of Titan the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
After falling behind Asia and Europe in the great race, where success is measured in FLOPS floating-point operations per second, the US has struck back at the new high-tech Olympians with Titan: quite possibly the fastest supercomputer in the world. … All of that might now change, as a new supercomputing giant hailing from the…
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Teen Loses Stomach After Drinking Liquid Nitrogen
Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham, Lancashire, was celebrating her 18th birthday with friends at Oscar’s wine bar and bistro in Lancaster earlier this month when she drank two shots of the liqueur Jagermeister, which was laced with liquid nitrogen. … It was made popular by celebrity chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, and is completely harmless as a…
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Pension’s Rate of Return Plummets to 0.76%
This sounds like a problem: The pension fund for most public school teachers in Illinois generated just 0.76 percent in fiscal 2012, a big drop from the 23.6 percent rate of return in the previous fiscal year, the Teachers’ Retirement System reported on Thursday. … It is the long-term results that matter and the system’s…
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30,000 Unfilled Jobs in Illinois
Say “skills gap” to any manufacturer, and invariably they’ll respond with the number 600,000. That’s the gaping hole of unfilled jobs at U.S. manufacturers — for Illinois, estimates point to 30,000 unfilled jobs. The talent shortfall carries serious consequences. In a Manufacturing Institute 2011 skills gap report surveying more than 1,100 U.S. manufacturers, 74 percent…
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What Kid’s Need in Schools (that they’re not getting)
Every person in any career should spend 90 minutes in a classroom at least one time in a school year, sharing their stories and setting an example for the students,” he said. “It’s part of giving back. These kids generally don’t see enough examples of why education is important or who they could be or…
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Florida’s Bigoted New Education (Union) Standards
Asian students should be the smartest, and teachers will expect the least from blacks. That’s the case in Florida, at least, where the Board of Education has agreed to pass a revised plan that outlines new academic goals for students based on race. … Under the approved strategic revision, 90 percent of Asian students, 88…
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Secrets Of the College Admissions Office
1) It sucks to be a middle class white applicant. 2) East Asians can be disadvantaged too. 3) Athletes bring down the quality of the class. So do legacies, but not nearly as much. 4) Early admission is less competitive, despite what the College claims. 5) Most college essays are too boring. via Business Insider.…
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Problems in Pennsylvania Schools
Well over 100 educators will eventually face state disciplinary charges for cheating that could lead to the revocation of their professional certificates, Tomalis said. But that could take years, and the results of state disciplinary board hearings in Harrisburg would be disclosed only if educators were disciplined. In Philadelphia, 53 district-run schools and three charter…