Diploma to require more credits

07.25.08

Vancouver Columbian

On Thursday, the State Board of Education voted to raise the number of credits students would need to graduate, from 19 to 24.

The 16-member board, meeting in Vancouver, also voted to approve much-contested math standards. The Legislature decided that students beginning with the class of 2013 would have to take three math credits to graduate, and the board decided that would mean three rigorous math classes, including algebra II, integrated III, which entails a real-life context for math, or an equivalent course.

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11.19.08

New Jersey Supreme Court orders school funding fact-finding

If New Jersey wants the state's highest court to approve its new formula for funding its schools, the state needs to show that it is providing sufficient resources for its poorest districts.

The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered fact-finding hearings on the state's new education-funding formula before the justices will rule on whether it should permanently replace the old system that favored certain largely poor, urban school districts.

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Report: Reading First Impact Study

This preliminary study found that, on average, children in Reading First programs are not reading any better than those who are not. The final report on Reading First is due in 2009 and will include an additional year of data.

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