Rising from the ashes of Somalia’s devastating civil war is an image so powerful, it could help provide a solution to the never ending devastation: educated Somali women. Women with the power and knowledge to pass their education to their offspring have the chance to construct a healthy and successful society from the chaotic rubble [...]
By Emma Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 9, 2009; 3:47 PM
At Reed, math scores on the District’s Comprehensive Assessment System (DC-CAS) standardized test have risen substantially since teachers began practicing lesson study — proficiency rates have more than doubled since 2007 to 74 percent. However, the school was one of six in the District with high concentrations [...]
Mark Hornbeck AND Marisa Schultz / The Detroit News
Lansing – Michigan lawmakers at long last have passed a school aid budget that slashes per pupil spending by $165 — and while district officials aren’t happy, at least they finally know where they stand.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm signs the spending bill, as aides say she will, school [...]
An 18-year old Muslim boy from north-east England has passed no less than eight A-levels, including six A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, History, Critical Thinking, and Urdu and two B’s in Arabic and Religious Studies.
Ibrahim Khan, who has also memorised the Qur’an, said he was inspired by his grandfather, a historian who recently [...]
In 1981, Eriko Amino received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in comparative literature, writing a dissertation on medieval French literature. When all goes well, a doctorate marks the beginning of an academic career, but for Amino it marked the end. “When I graduated,” she says, “many of us did not find anything other than adjunct [...]
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi television show has illustrated problems plaguing the education system in the Islamic state, where reformers are locked in battle with religious conservatives over the future of the U.S. ally.
A recent episode of “Tash Ma Tash,” a popular comedy during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, plowed into the debate over [...]
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Back to School Event
Arlington, Virginia
September 8, 2009
The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.
I know that for many of [...]
MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press Writer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ― About half of students enrolled in the Wyoming Virtual School who took the statewide assessment this year scored much worse than students in traditional schools around the state.
As for the other half, no one knows.
District-by-district and school-by-school results from this year’s Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming [...]
Tyler Fisher-Barron breezes through her colors, shapes and counting but is stumped by some of the numbers that teacher Betsy Haslam asks her to name. “I’m smart because I do my homework. I do it in the morning. I do it every day,” declares the 5-year-old, looking to Haslam for approval.
It’s the start of another [...]
By Adil James,
Bloomfield Hills–July 4–A new Muslim Montessori school is revving up its engine in Beverly Hills.
Dr. Mouhib Ayas, who is on the board of the new school, explained to TMO that BHA purchased, two years ago, what used to be a Christian Middle School called Kensington Academy, with 50,000 square feet, and 8 acres [...]