Education

The Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce realizes that the educational environment is as important as the tax environment and the business climate in economic development.  Therefore, the Chamber supports:
  • Affordable, long-range realistic education improvements.
  • Programs which improve the quality of education through improved curriculum and teacher education, especially for basic education, economic/free enterprise, career education, continuing education and social/job skills.
  • Maintenance of and control by local boards of education and area-wide community college boards, with a funding partnership between the state and the local governing boards.
  • State funding for state mandated education programs.
  • Maintenance of a strong integrated education system that provides accessible and affordable lifelong learning opportunities, including vocational, technical, liberal arts, transfer education, adult/continuing education and economic growth.

 

News

Sep 4, 2010 Educational Gaps Limit Brazil's Reach (New York Times) Brazil has already established itself as a global force, riding a commodity and domestic consumption boom to become one of the largest economies in the world. Haddad said.But those successes fall short of the urgent thrust for change that some education specialists were hoping to see from Mr. da...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 Essay: The End of Tenure? (New York Times) There’s something wrong with this picture.The debate over American higher education has been reignited recently, thanks to two feisty new books. ­Higher Education? Taylor, by contrast, has spent his career on the elite end of higher education, but he is no less disillusioned. He shares Hacker...    more...  
Sep 3, 2010 What districts are doing (Omaha World Herald) Many districts use a “three-tiered” approach to reading intervention: Tier 1: Regular daily instruction. Elementary students work daily in small groups based on reading skill needs. Although parochial school students don’t take state assessments, the school tests every child on reading each...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 The Way We Live Now: When Does Holding Teachers Accountable Go Too Far? (New York Times) Schools generally do not allow parents to see any part of a teacher’s past evaluations, for instance. In addition, students are not randomly assigned to teachers; indeed, principals may deliberately assign slow learners to certain teachers, unfairly lowering their scores. Rob Manwaring of the...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Q. & A. With a Child Psychiatrist (New York Times) Families looking for child psychiatrists can also use the child psychiatrist finder on AACAP.org, the site for the national child and adolescent psychiatry organization. Child and adolescent treatment should include families to some extent and often directly. Gleason: Yes, there are many systems...    more...  
Sep 2, 2010 Arts groups grapple with education budget cuts (The Kansas City Star) The $6 tickets were 30 percent off, which saved her about $1,800. What I find in the districts we work with, is that there's not a lot of time for the arts.    more...  
Sep 1, 2010 Pastors fight to get 3 expelled students back in school (Chicago Tribune) Marshall Hatch, co-chair of the clergy-based Leaders Network who, as an official with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, participated with the Rev. It's like a death sentence." But Welch took exception to those comments, saying the teens have other educational options, but the parents did not find them...    more...  
Sep 1, 2010 A beep, a flash and one less worry for parents (Chicago Tribune) I heard his beep," said Jennifer Case as she gave her youngest son one last kiss before the bus doors closed. "Now, he's in there. The system updates every 30 seconds, she said. The system uses GPS technology to track the buses. Students are logged in to the bus using radio frequency...    more...  
Sep 1, 2010 Pastors fight to get 3 expelled students back in Maywood high school (Chicago Tribune) Marshall Hatch, co-chair of the clergy-based Leaders Network who, as an official with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, participated with the Rev. It's like a death sentence." But Welch took exception to those comments, saying the teens have other educational options, but the parents did not find them...    more...  
Sep 1, 2010 New KSD superintendent getting a feel for similarities, differences (The Kansas City Star) She is implementing the same leadership style that made her successful as the superintendent at the School for the Blind. Burkindine has a bachelor's degree in special education and a master's in behavioral disorders and emotional disturbance from the University of Kansas, and an education...    more...  
Aug 31, 2010 GPS keeps track of Palos Hts. school bus riders (Chicago Tribune) I heard his beep," said Jennifer Case as she gave her youngest son one last kiss before the bus doors closed. "Now, he's in there. The system updates every 30 seconds, she said. The system uses GPS technology to track the buses. Students are logged in to the bus using radio frequency...    more...  
Aug 31, 2010 Full-day kindergarten gains steam (Omaha World Herald) Margaret Mary Catholic School, which has half-day kindergarten and offers child care the other half of the day. Columbkille Catholic School in Papillion offers both half-day and all-day options. More children already were in full-time child care.    more...  
Aug 31, 2010 KC district sees a good start to its new era in education (The Kansas City Star) The seventh and eighth grades moved out of elementary schools and into high schools. The faculty is now a mix of teachers from Banneker and the now-closed Pinkerton Elementary. Buses unloaded students dressed in crisp new clothes and sneakers. Vice Principal Kenneth Bridgewater, who last year...    more...  
Aug 30, 2010 Texas students not doing well on first end-of-course exams (The Dallas Morning News) But the two college readiness exams -- Algebra II and English III -- will have to be passed by students in the "recommended" and "distinguished achievement" diploma plans. More than half used the chemistry and geometry tests. There will be three tests each in algebra, English, science and social...    more...  
Aug 30, 2010 Texas school districts revisiting medication policies face unclear guidelines (The Dallas Morning News) Students must get a doctor's order if they want the drugs left for the year.    more...  
Aug 27, 2010 'Head Start works' (Washington Post) Head Start is a critically important support for poor families. It provides not just really strong educational services for those children but it also provides comprehensive services and supports that they need to thrive. That child literally died from a cavity because he didn’t have access to...    more...  
Aug 27, 2010 UNT-Dallas celebrates independence as city's first public university (The Dallas Morning News) Helen Giddings and Roberto Alonzo, UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson, Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council member Tennell Atkins also addressed the crowd. Guerrero and Rodriguez graduated from Skyline High School, Cruz from North Dallas High School. Completed only days ago, this second campus...    more...  
Aug 27, 2010 Hundreds of new kids show up at Richardson ISD elementary schools (The Dallas Morning News) But nearly all of the unexpected students -- 840 -- are showing up at elementary schools, a bump for those schools of more than 4 percent over last year. These so-called overflow students will be sent to the closest school that has room. As of Thursday, the district was dealing with 609 overflow...    more...  
Aug 26, 2010 'Those of us who work on children's issues are very depressed' (Washington Post) Most industrialized countries have a child care system. I saw some new figures from the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). They keep studying child care in America. They have these child care centers in federal buildings all over the country.    more...  
Aug 26, 2010 Learning Curves on the Career Path (New York Times) Caprio said.To improve their workers’ skills, some employers provide in-house courses or underwrite elaborate executive education programs. Inzanti did little else but work for the museum and study at Columbia. Raul Torres spent $4,995 for an intensive, weeklong course in digital marketing at...    more...