All Entries in the "Education Innovation" Category
College Board report: College-education deficit threatens US
As reported in the The New York Times article Once a Leader, US Lags in college degrees, the College Board warned on July 22, 2010 that the growing gap between the United States and other countries threatens to undermine U.S. economic competitiveness. Last July, President Obama announced the American Graduation Initiative, calling for 5 million [...]
SEEdS on the Scene
The Sustainable Ecosystems Education in Science (SEEdS) project Website has taken on form and functionality. Over the past few days, I’ve been uploading content and news–some from our project development in preparation for major grants applications and some from our ongoing development of collaborations, partnerships and project implementation. More content and functionality coming — we [...]
U.S. students lagging in science and math – the need for SEEdS
Despite U.S. educational reform efforts in the past 20 years, science and mathematics achievement in the United States has not improved significantly since 1995. U.S. students still lag behind students in China, Japan, and Korea (TIMSS, 2009). Nationally, since 1996, there have been no significant changes in average science scores for 8th graders, and there [...]