ASCD
SmartBrief
– Helpful and convenient, the ASCD SmartBrief is free and
you can subscribe to it by clicking on/typing in this link: http://www.smartbrief.com/ascd/.
The SmartBrief arrives daily via email and provides a quick and
simple way to stay abreast of news in K-12 education.
Please note the February 23, 2010
issue, ASCD SmartBrief Special Report: Meeting Students Where
They Are (Part I) and the February
25 issue, Meeting Students Where They Are (Part II).
ACT has been collecting and reporting data on
student’s academic readiness for college since 1959. The
facts on this website are focused on the number and percentage
of students meeting or exceeding the ACT College Readiness Benchmark,
which is the minimum score needed on an ACT subject-area test
to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about
a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the first-year credit-bearing
college course. The ACT test scores and the ACT College Readiness
Benchmarks are used to provide a snapshot of college readiness
of graduating seniors of the class of 2009 who took the ACT
in high school.
For the full statistics presented in the ACT
Report, The Condition of College Readiness go to www.act.org/news/data.html
Donors
Choose- On online charity connecting you to classrooms
in need.
National
Network of Partnership Schools - NNPS invites schools,
districts, states, and organizations to join together and use
research-based approaches to organize and sustain excellent programs
of family and community involvement that will increase student
success in school. NNPS aims to increase knowledge of new concepts
and strategies; use research results to develop tools and materials
that will improve policy and practice; provide professional development
conferences and workshops; share best practices of parental involvement
and community connections; and recognize excellent partnership
programs at the school, district, organization, and state levels.
Palmetto
Horizons- Palmetto Horizon is an independent public
charity designed to promote and improve public education in South
Carolina. Since its inception in 1995 to support South Carolina’s
nationally recognized Teacher of the Year program, the Organization
has made a significant impact on South Carolina's education community.
Population
Reference Bureau - PRB informs people worldwide about
issues related to population, health, and the environment. They
transform technical data and research into accurate, easy-to-understand
information. The bureau empowers people to use information about
population, health, and the environment to encourage action and
they advance the well-being of current and future generations
by analyzing data and research, distributing information, and
empowering people to use that information in order to inform policymaking.
