Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The head of the Michigan Department of Education asserts that higher wages would encourage more people to become teachers.
The key to getting more qualified math and science teachers into Michigan schools is simple, according to state Superintendent Mike Flanagan: pay them more. Flanagan, who heads up the Michigan Department of Education, said Monday at an assembly of scientists at Michigan State University that Michigan schools need more math and science teachers. The problem, he said, is that most scientists and mathematicians don't consider teaching in public schools to be a viable career option. “We can do all we want with content standards, but the elephant in the room is that it won’t do much good if we don’t have enough math and science teachers in our schools,” Flanagan said while discussing science standards in K-12 schools, according to a release …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Data from the Michigan Department of Education shows the Class of 2013 performed at lower percentages than their predecessors in math, science and social studies.
Michigan Merit Exam scores for most subjects plummeted this year in the Clawson School District under new scoring standards, according to a report released by the Michigan Department of Education this morning. Clawson High School 11th graders scored significantly lower in math, science and social studies. There was a smaller drop in the percentage of students proficient or advanced in reading and a 1 percent increase in writing. The MME, according to the Michigan Department of Education, assesses students in the 11th grade based on Michigan high school standards. The test includes the ACT Plus Writing college entrance examination, along with other state proficiency tests. Student performance falls into one of four categories: advanced, …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Changes will take place during the 2014-2015 school year.
Paper and pencil for statewide tests will soon be a thing of the past for Michigan students as they prepare to take a new online assessment detailed during a roundtable Monday by the Michigan Department of Education. The exam will replace the standardized MEAP and MME assessments in math, reading and writing, beginning during the 2014-2015 school year. The MEAP and MME assessments will still be given in science and social studies. But unlike the tests students are used to, the new statewide exam will not have a common set of questions. Subsequent questions will be determined based on how a student answers the previous one. A correct answer yields a harder one. An incorrect responce yields an easier question. The goal is to have students …
The new online assessment will replace the MEAP and MME tests in math, reading and writing beginning during the 2014-15 school year.
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students throughout Michigan will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. The test replaces the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Progam (MEAP) in all subjects except social science and science. Called Smarter Balanced, the exam was produced by The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a state-led effort to provide consistent and comparable standards, aligned to the Common Core State Standards, in English language arts, literacy and mathematics. Smarter Balanced recently released a Technology Readiness Tool for districts to measure readiness to move to an online assessment program. Martineau said only about 6 percent of districts have taken …
Cheryl Junker
12:19 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Religious schools are funded by the Church, through tithes and students' tuition. Many teachers are nuns and do not consider it a sacrifice but a choice to join the Convent. They live frugally, housing costs and healthcare are paid by the Church and they don't have families to support! The Felician nuns I know are still teaching into their eighties, a sacrifice indeed! And yet, even Parochial … more ›