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Schools focus on science, math to develop problem solvers
behind the boomerang-shaped desks, power tools, computers, wind tunnel and slew of competition trophies — is a case full of technology textbooks.
Students rarely open them.
Instead, they design video games, create cold-case files and build bottle rockets and miniature fuel cell cars. Forbes, a technology teacher at Ferndale Middle, has one advantage: Her students face no state exams, so they can focus on hands-on activities.
This kind of learning has become more common in Guilford County classrooms as educators improve how they teach science, technology, engineering and math. Leaders believe a focus on STEM education, as it’s called, will better prepare young people for the technical jobs of the future.
“It’s critical for the kids to make the connections,” Forbes said. “It sounds so pat to say that we have a global economy, but we’ve got to make them competitive. I don’t think you can start too early.”
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Choosing interim schools superintendent a tough task
Wanted: temporary caretaker for the nation’s 11th-largest school district.
Requirements: in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of the Palm Beach County School District and a willingness to juggle the demands of different interest groups, an expected multimillion-dollar budget shortfall and enactment of new teacher evaluations, all while tending to the needs of about 174,000 students and more than 21,000 employees at 187 schools.
The pay is good, but the hours are long. And in a few months, even if you like the work, someone else will get your job.
Playing interim superintendent for the Palm Beach County School District – even if it is only for a few months – is no easy task.
Finding the right person to fit that role will not be easy, either.
The district has begun an intensive two-week search to find an interim replacement for Superintendent Bill Malone, who is stepping down early from his interim position because of health and family issues.
The new interim, expected to be chosen by Nov.
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Private schools win case over showing benefit to society
Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the Charity Commission said previously the “clearest and most direct way” for private schools to demonstrate public benefit was through bursaries. Graham Turner/Guardian
Private schools in England and Wales have won a landmark legal battle over how they show their benefit to society.
A court has ruled that the Charity Commission, which regulates charities, was wrong in some of the ways it made fee-paying schools show their public benefit.
Before the 2006 Charities Act, private schools could automatically claim charitable status. Since then, they have had to pass a public benefit test, showing they offer good to wider society, not just those paying fees.
But the Independent Schools Council , which represents more than 1,200 schools and half a million pupils, has objected to the way the commission assesses this public benefit.
It decided to take the commission to court and was granted a judicial review last year.
The ISC argues that the commission has exceeded its powers under the Charities Act and has been too narrow in its assessments of whether private schools provide sufficient public benefits.
The commission’s guidelines place too much emphasis on bursaries for poor students, which could mean schools have to increase fees, the ISC says. Sha