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Menino founded the ReadBoston project to address the low literacy levels of the citys youth. The projects goal is to have all children in Boston schools reading on grade level by the completion of third grade. http://advice-and.info/Reference-and-Education/49410_Boston_Schools_Benefit_From_The_Readboston_Program.html Sat, 12 May 2007 09:02:09 GMT Orlando Schools Administrators Visit China Several Orlando School administrators will be among the nearly four hundred curriculum developers and administrators from around the nation to visit China in an effort to create and expand educational programs that teach Chinese language and culture in America. The trip to China will last one week from June 27 through July 5. The trip is in cooperation with Hanban, Chinas Office of Chinese Language Council International, in partnership with the College Board, the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS), and the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL). The visit will focus on the incentives and strategies that educators can take back to their own schools and use to support the growth of Chinese programs. Currently there are only about 24,000 students in the US studying Chinese compared with close to 150 million Chinese students studying English. During the trip, educators will have an opportunity to meet with Chinese education leaders, build sister school http://advice-and.info/Reference-and-Education/49328_Orlando_Schools_Aim_To_Improve_Language_Program.html Sat, 12 May 2007 09:02:27 GMT For many years, the Arizona schools have experienced a lot of negative publicity that affects its ability to recruit talent, garner extra funding, and keep students in the public school system. Current superintendent Tom Horne says that much of this publicity is unwarranted and unfair to the Arizona schools that have made many positive strides toward improving education. To counter this unwanted publicity, Horne developed the Spotlight on Success program for the Arizona schools. Basically, the program works to put as much positive publicity about the Arizona schools into the public spotlight as possible. The superintendent, himself, seeks as many opportunities available for public speaking and voicing his opinions and facts about the Arizona schools to the media. His goal is to emphasize the positive inroads Arizona schools have made both in his public statements and when quoted in the media, and he to refutes any false negative publicity with ruthless tenacity. http://advice-and.info/Reference-and-Education/49026_Spotlight_On_Success_Program_To_Benefit_Arizona_Schools.html Wed, 09 May 2007 08:39:00 GMT The Commonwealth of Virginia and Governor Timothy M. Kaine have for some time been encouraging Virginia Schools high school students to take more rigorous coursework. 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Schools are eager to begin a new language immersion program at the primary school level. Beginning in August of 2006, pre Kindergarten students of various foreign language backgrounds will join the new language immersion program. In particular, French and Spanish speaking children are needed to start this two way immersion experience. Students participating in the program will receive either French English or Spanish English content classes taught by teachers fluent in the target language. 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The DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation has recently received the promise of 8 million from The Wallace Foundation for Washington DC Schools after school programs. The Wallace Foundation is a national foundation that aims to support the ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities. The Wallace Foundation currently lists its three goals as: strengthening education lea http://advice-and.info/Reference-and-Education/48720_Washington_Dc_Schools_Improves_Its_After-school_Program.html Sat, 05 May 2007 22:49:51 GMT