November 26, 2005

We made the Times

By Kay Brooks
...and confirmed our stereotype before the country-western singers had hardly paid their New York hotel bills after the CMA's.

Students Ace State Tests, but Earn D's From U.S.
By SAM DILLON
New York Times
After Tennessee tested its eighth-grade students in math this year, state officials at a jubilant news conference called the results a "cause for celebration." Eighty-seven percent of students performed at or above the proficiency level. But when the federal government made public the findings of its own tests last month, the results were startlingly different: only 21 percent of Tennessee's eighth graders were considered proficient in math.

Thankfully, someone seems to be working on a solution. The Christian Post is reporting that David Lipscomb University has received a grant from the Tennessee Department of Education in the amount of $240,000 for 24 teachers. That's 10 grand a piece if you're feeling mathmatically challenged yourself today.

The grant, which totals $240,000, will be used to fund a developmental program to enhance Tennessee high school math teachers’ mathematics content knowledge and teaching skills by developing and applying hands-on activities in geometry and statistical software programs,..