More than 160 Students at a South Bronx middle school have pulled off a stunning boycott against standardized testing. They refused to take a three-hour practice exam for next month's statewide social studies test. Instead they handed in blank exams and submitted signed petitions with a list of grievances picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago tags testing standardized standard students boycott exam |
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Students in Baltimore's high schools will get a cash incentive to boost their scores on the state graduation exams. picked by muppet 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Have you ever cheat in your exam ? How do you do it ? Ever get caught ? 4 comments edit related share plime.comWell, the conventional way of cheating is over! Let’s look at the latest way ! picked by super 1 year ago |
Funny Indian lecturer showing to his students the comments he has been getting all these years at exams. picked by qazwer00 2 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Part of a $451,000 grant. God I wish they did this sort of stuff when I was in school. But isn't getting the grade and getting into a good school supposed to be reward enough? picked by coldbladed 6 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Two South African women were burnt to death by a group of students who suspected the victims had bewitched their high school with evil spirits. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
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These are some individual mathematical test results where the students literally gave up. One of them made me laugh so hard, I was shedding tears. Can you guess which one? picked by RTCA 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Inside, they found three people, "two of them staring at a computer screen and talking into a walkie-talkie," picked by kxmk 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share world |
With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. This site consolodates some of the helpful online products and services that can help students, teachers and admin... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
A teacher’s husband charged into her fifth-grade classroom Thursday morning, then stabbed and shot her as students watched, police said. He was later found dead in his home after a standoff with police. picked by bevissimo 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
An Osceola County teacher is out of a job after parents started complaining. They said she asked third grade students to give her massages. One mother told Eyewitness News the touching going in the Kissimmee Charter Academy classroom was highly inappropriate. picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
Update to this story about a man being given a rectal exam against his wishes. A jury decided that the medical professionals did nothing wrong by giving him what they felt was needed medical testing. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Teachers fear students are being tempted towards hi-tech cheating in exams by an online company marketing almost invisible earpieces. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Colorado Springs elementary school principal has apologized for making students look inside a bag of human feces and urine. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. picked by maxriter 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
It's an exciting time for educators and students. Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will return to the moon. This time, we're planning to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. Today's students will be tomorrow's explorers. How will space exploration benefit their lives in the future? That's the question this competition asks of... read full post picked by paddyjoe 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
Students in Svalbard, Norway, are taught how to use a shotgun and ammunition to fend off polar bears at the beginning of every school year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
...A group calling itself "Clinton Supporters Count Too" ...stands ready to boycott the Democratic Party if Clinton doesn't win the nomination, and will work against superdelegates who support Obama over Clinton as a means of registering their displeasure with the party. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago 6 comments edit related share politics |
Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's? picked by Bornbad 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Trimble Tech High School did not allow some of the students to graduate because they failed the required TAKS exam, testing them on math, science, social studies etc. Instead of retaking the test, hoping to pass they protested along with the parents. **Look at the sign the one mother is holding** picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Students from OSU's Radiation Physics Laboratory built and successfully launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that, carried by a helium-filled balloon, reached 104,000 feet in altitude. The detector recorded radiation levels at the varying altitudes -- information that will be used by NASA to develop instrumentation for space flight. picked by Dork 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |