Borland Educational News and Views

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

ACT Dates: 2006-2007

The 2006-2007 ACT test dates are as follows:

9/16/06, 10/28/06, 12/9/06, 2/10/07, 4/14/07, and 6/9/07.

To register and view late registration deadlines for each currently scheduled administration of the ACT, click here.

Complete details about the ACT can be found here.

Fall dates will soon be upon us.

Don’t wait till the last minute to register! Make plans and mark your calendar asap.

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Saturday, July 01, 2006

So Much For The “Honor System”

It seems that, in the realm of modern-day American education, cheating isn't confined only to the classroom.

In their zeal to meet targets, state governments in collusion with the feds are apparently trashing the honor code in the way scorekeeping is conducted with regard to the requirements of the national "No Child Left Behind" law.

The following is excerpted from an April 17, 2006 Associated Press article:

"States are helping public schools escape potential penalties by skirting the No Child Left Behind law's requirement that students of all races must show annual academic progress.

With the federal government's permission, schools aren't counting the test scores of nearly 2 million students when they report progress by racial groups, an Associated Press computer analysis found.

Minorities — who historically haven't fared as well as whites in testing — make up the vast majority of students whose scores are being excluded, AP found. And the numbers have been rising."

Read the whole story here:

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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Sudoku Fever

From a March 19, 2006 article appearing in the Lincoln Journal Star:

“It seems like everyone with Sudoku fever has the same story: They stumble upon it accidentally in some book or newspaper, play it once or twice to test their skill and ride the slippery slope into Sudoku addiction.

Take Jason Brewer, for example. Flipping through the pages of a newspaper last year, he stumbled upon his first Sudoku puzzle.

Looking at the blank grid peppered with numbers here and there, he wasn't quite sure what to make of it.

But he was intrigued.”

Read the rest of the article here.

Get more info on Sudoku by visiting these sites:

http://www.sudoku.com/

http://www.soduko.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku

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Monday, May 01, 2006

SAT And PSAT Dates: 2006-2007

Heads up!

The dates for 2006-2007 administrations of the SAT and PSAT are as follows::

10/14/06, 11/4/06, 12/2/06, 1/27/07, 3/10/07, 5/5/07, and 6/2/07.

The Fall 2006 administration of the PSAT takes place on 10/18/06 or 10/21/06 (registration deadlines vary from school to school).

For registration and late registration deadlines, and to register online, click the link to the College Board site, below.

Why not sign up or jot a note in your calendar, now, while you’re thinking about it?

Visit the College Board’s Web site for complete information, and to register for either test:

http://www.collegeboard.com/splash

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Saturday, April 01, 2006

Educator's Blogs

Here's a site devoted to publicizing blogs written by educators.

Featured are a great number of blogs and podcasts from teachers in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools across the country.

Check it out here:

http://educational.blogs.com/

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