On the Cusp in California | The New America Foundation
Only 23 percent of the state's fourth-graders scored "proficient" in reading in 2007, according to the federally administered National Assessment of Educational Progress, placing California behind every state except Mississippi and Louisiana. ... Doing that requires both expansion of access to high-quality preschool programs and fundamental changes in how the state's elementary schools serve their youngest students -- along with far better linkages and integration between ...

Georgia Tech Women's Basketball Conducts Third Annual Jacket 2 ...
"The Program offers an opportunity for our team to reach out to local elementary and middle schools in our community and encourage reading and literacy. We are very proud of the success of this program over the past two years and look ... 13th game against Mississippi Valley State. Current members of the Georgia Tech women's basketball team will visit the winning school to speak about the importance of reading. The Yellow Jackets will also read to the students and lead a ...

The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries | Summer Reading ...
University Libraries are hosting a summer reading program during the month of July for children of Southern Miss students, faculty, and staff. Children will be encouraged to read books from a provided list and at the conclusion of the ...

Pennsylvania students lag in passing GED test - Pittsburgh Tribune ...
The GED Testing Program is an arm of the American Council on Education, a nonprofit based in Washington that tests those without a high school diploma on math, reading, writing, science and social studies. Eight states -- Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York and Texas -- and the District of Columbia had lower passing rates. New York was at the bottom with a pass rate of 59.7 percent. There are more than 1.6 million adults in ...

Southern Miss Marketing & PR - Application Deadline for Saturday ...
The Saturday Gifted Studies Program at The University of Southern Mississippi will be held Jan. 16 - Feb. 27, 2010 on the university's Hattiesburg campus. It meets on seven consecutive Saturdays from 9 a.m. - noon and is sponsored by the university's ... Intellectually gifted students with intelligence quotients of 120 or above, or those who score in the 90th percentile or above at the national level on a group achievement test on either the Total Reading, Total Math, ...

Reading Program 3.30.09 - WCBI
These students at Joe Cook Elementary in Columbus are the first in the state to participate in a computer literacy program called "Tune into Reading." ... Abstract: This report compares Mississippi's reading and . ... Joe Hall ...

Joe Hall Elementary School in Miami, Florida / FL - Profile ...
Joe Hall Elementary School serves Pre-K through 5th Grade Students From The City Of Miami, Which Is Part Of Miami-Dade County. This School Is Eligible For Participation In State & Federal Title I Programs. ... Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri .... 2008 FCAT Reading Test Score Performance ...

NRRF - Mississippi-Reading First Program
Reading First Program. Mississippi will receive an $11.1 million grant ... allow schools to implement research-based reading programs for students ... hold Mississippi Reading Academies for all K-3 educators and elementary administrators. ... Over the course of the grant, the State will receive approximately $72.6 ...

Grad Jessica Benson Teaches Math and Reading in Mississippi
Oct 6, 2009 ... Jessica Benson teaches her students at R.H. Bearden Elementary School ... the Streamlined Teacher Education Program at Cal State Fullerton. ...

Manning's Mississippi Mission
The state initiative applies best practices in reading research to ... Weddington Elementary in Greenville, Mississippi, is a rural, K-6 school built in 1956. ... "My goal is to get the students to be more active and participatory in the .... First graders in Tina Scholtes' class use a commercial reading program ...

Mississippi Delta Renegade
A $200000 grant was used to purchase a new reading program. ... When Bearden Elementary's state designation was raised, colleagues congratulated Barnes and advised him to ... Stimulus-Funded Program Puts Students to Work in Mississippi ...