What's New - High School Exit Exams: Best Practices

Recent research encourages schools to offer remedial assistance, through interventions such as Merit Software, to help students pass high school exit exams.

http://meritsoftware.com/news/display.php?pid=31

In The News - Federal Review of the Reading First Program Identifies Serious Problems

A review of the Reading First program found that federal education officials may have influenced the grant-application process for the $1 billion-a-year initiative. Particular reading programs and instructional approaches seemed to be favored while others were essentially shut out.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/aireports/i13f0017.pdf

Recommended Resource - Teachers Pay Teachers

Teachers Pay Teachers allows educators to buy and sell original course materials. Sellers make extra money and expand the impact of their hard work. Buyers save time and know that they are using quality teacher-created, teacher-tested content. Most materials cost about $1.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

Grants for U.S. Educators - The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

The Awards recognize highly qualified K-12 teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession. Teachers must be nominated prior to completing an application. Anyone--principals, teachers, students, parents, members of the community, or the general public--may nominate a teacher. Self-nominations are not accepted. Once nominated, a teacher must complete an application to be considered for the award. The application includes a videotaped lesson and written responses to questions about the teacher's instructional practice.

http://www.paemst.org/