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."

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Goodbye dumb jocks, hello scholar athletes

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Posted on Sat, Nov. 17, 2007 KAY MCSPADDEN There are no dumb jocks at my school. That stereotype has died and been laid to rest. Requ...

Texas Schools Balk at Merit-Pay

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Only 43 percent of the state's districts to install new merit-play plan. By The Associated Press Austin Less than half of Texa...

Football | QB leads air attack, outpaces Irmo ball control philosophy

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Posted on Sat, Nov. 17, 2007 By JIM McLAURIN jmclaurin@thestate.com Note to the Northwestern faithful hanging around Rock Hill Frid...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

U.S. Students Match Many Nations in Math, but Lag Behind Asia

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American eighth-graders match or outperform students in most countries in mathematics, according to the American Institutes of Research. T...

Listen to Dr. Blackwell on Straight Talk Here

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http://www.wrhi.com/Straight%20Talk/straighttalk6.mp3

The Wire and Baltimore Schools

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The Wire centers on West Baltimore's "corner kids." Defined by the show in contrast with "stoop kids," who grow up i...

District Information - 11/14

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... Bonnie Harris , a remediation teacher at Castle Heights, has been selected as a Distinguished Teacher of Reading by the Palmetto Counc...
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