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Exclusive: GreatSchools to Omit Pandemic School Testing Data From Its Ratings
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoParents and educators are asking: when is GreatSchools going to have new school data? The answer is...
How are GreatSchools ratings calculated?
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 4—GreatSchools' high school rankings are calculated based on three or four education metrics: test scores, academic growth, equity and college readiness. Schools receive scores in each ...
'The system is really flawed': Lewiston and Auburn officials push back on poor school ratings
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 4—When Brian Stickney and his wife, Tricia, started searching for a house in 2020, they hadn't seriously thought about moving to Durham until they saw the elementary school's rating: a ...
GreatSchools says it is working to improve its ratings
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 4—Some studies indicate that school ratings like those by GreatSchools may increase economic, social and racial divides between communities. A 2019 study from researchers at Duke University ...
How Black Families Can Fight for Fair Discipline in School
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis essay originally appeared at GreatSchools.org Each school year, about 3 million students get...
Opinion: Starting Earlier Will Create Better Student Pipelines into STEM Fields
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA student in an elementary school drops an egg wrapped tightly in paper straws and tape to test...
Cashion is becoming Oklahoma City's next exurb, straining the main attraction: the schools
The Oklahoman via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoCASHION — Is Cashion, population 877 (officially, for now), Oklahoma City's latest exurb? It looks...
13-year-old stabbed teacher with pencil, then smacked her in head, Florida cops say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA disgruntled student used a pencil to stab his teacher at a Florida middle school, then smacked her...
Young alligator found living it up in softball dugout at Florida high school, cops say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe challenges of high school sports took on a whole new meaning when a young alligator was found...
Argument between teachers at Florida high school ends with one in jail, deputies say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Florida high school teacher ended up in jail after an argument with a fellow teacher turned...