Teachers are taking responsibility for educating their students. Schools are taking responsibility for getting the best teachers in front of those kids. Parents are taking responsibility for getting involved. Lawmakers are taking responsibility for reworking stale education processes.
And students are listening. Here it is, by the numbers:
120,254: The number of low-income graduating seniors nationwide passing at least one AP exam in 2012. That’s an increase of 270 percent since 2003, says Ron Matus.(redefinED, h/t @ChadAldeman).
34: The percentage of Americans who believe math has been the most valuable subject in their lives, according to a recent Gallup “Work and Education” poll. English and science were favored by 24 percent and 4 percent of adults respectively. (Gallup, h/t Education Week)
165: The number of Indiana schools whose A-F grades were impacted by grade changes in the state’s accountability system. State lawmakers called for review of the accountability system after public accusations that former Indiana education chief Tony Bennett and his team manipulated the scoring methodology to boost Christel House Academy’s grade from a C to an A. (Indiana State Legislature, h/t @kystokes from StateImpact Indiana)
11: The percent of New York City teachers who earned a “highly-effective” on their growth scores, according to newly released data by the New York City Department of Education. Teachers in the city earned top growth scores more than twice as often as those in the rest of the state, said the department. (Gotham Schools)
9 out of 10: The number of U.S. parents who attended at least one PTA meeting during the 2011-12 school year. POLITICOPro’s Libby Nelson flagged this interesting finding in NCES’s recent survey of parent and family involvement in education. (U.S. Department of Education)
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