Education News For the Rock Hill Community

To provide information on issues affecting the Rock Hill School District and an opportunity for feedback and sharing of ideas. Comments are not official communications of the Rock Hill Schools or District Trustees. "Real student engagement is not about keeping students happy, boosting their self-esteem, or convincing them that what they are learning is relevant; it is about acquiring new knowledge and skills and pursuing the activities that contribute to that attainment."

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Giving Students Chocolate Increases Teaching Evaluation Ratings

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From Empirical Legal Studies blog :  "A recent study to be published in an upcoming issue of Teaching of Psychology Journal, found t...

Richland 1 looks to Mobile for overhaul

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Posted on Sun, Oct. 28, 2007 Alabama district accomplished dramatic turnaround using drastic measures By GINA SMITH Staff Writer Sc...
Saturday, October 27, 2007

Richland 2 | Magnet programs on horizon

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Posted on Wed, Oct. 24, 2007 District plans six more offerings for next year By JOY L. WOODSON jwoodson@thestate.com Richland 2 students and...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Richland 2 succeeding as the district of choice

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Posted on Fri, Oct. 26, 2007 By DEVON COPELAND dcopeland@thestate.com Every morning Laura and Jacob Baker drive nearly 30 minutes in...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Child-Care Labor: Deciding What to Pay Your Baby Sitter

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October 25, 2007; What to pay the occasional Saturday-night baby sitter may seem like a simple matter. But my talks with parents about ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard

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October 16, 2007 By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO LOS ANGELES — As the director of high schools in the gang-infested neighborhoods of the East...

Stereotype Threat, NCLB, and the Half-Way Solution

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From Ed Week : Stanford University psychologist Claude M. Steele made headlines in 1995 with a study that introduced the phrase “stereot...
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