Doing what works
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education launched a new Web site called Doing What Works to showcase and share effective ideas for helping students learn. The Education Department says the site is...
View ArticleFrom the “duh” files
This just in — Highly-educated University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered that “College Students Drink More on Game Days!” Their study found that students drank more on football game...
View ArticleThe Deafening Silence
Sometimes when my 4-year-old just won’t be quiet (like in the middle of a movie or at bedtime) I look longingly to her teen years when she’s apt to answer my questions with grunts and eye-rolls. Maybe...
View ArticleA class divided?
There are more than 350 public schools in the nation with at least some single-sex classes, including schools in Oklahoma. Now, a county in Georgia could become the first place where an entire school...
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Oklahoma teachers take a lead
Nearly 2,000 teachers in Oklahoma have National Board Certification, putting it in the top 10 of states with the most such teachers. (View a map of National Board Certified teachers here.) A study...
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Ups and downs
The nonprofit Center for Education Policy released a national report today studying the effect of NCLB: Has it really helped? Researchers found that they couldn’t tell whether the No Child Left Behind...
View ArticleSix Okla. school districts make top-500 list
The National Center for Education Statistics, which I use for statistical information, just released a list of the 500 largest school districts based on enrollment in 2005-06. Six Oklahoma districts...
View Article‘Solace for the skeptics and fodder for the fans’
Less than 1 percent of public school students in Oklahoma attend charter schools, and Oklahomans make up less than half a percent of the nation’s total population of charter students. But there were...
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Let a cow-pass be your guide
There’s good news for those lost in vast pastures with no sense of direction. Let a cow be your compass. You’ll know this if you’ve already read today’s issue of “Proceedings of the National Academy...
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How do you handle tantrums?
Listen up Moms! An Oklahoma State University researcher wants to know how you deal with the terrible twos. Bob Larzelere is seeking volunteer mothers of tots between ages 18 months and 30 months....
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