************************************************************** Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** K12 Newsletters Mailing List K12 Newsletters Mailing List Service <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/K12Newsletters.html> ************************************************************** National Children's Folksong Repository www.edu-cyberpg.com Integrate Literacy, Music, and Technology into the classroom. ************************************************************** 1) Educational platforms for both candidates. The summer political conventions are over and both the Democrats and Republicans have adopted their party's education platforms. Read more about the education proposals from each campaign in this inclusive side-by-side prepared by Washington Partners LLC and the Alliance for Excellent Education. read more: http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/candidates.pdf 2) U.S. falling behind in Education By Ben Feller, AP Education Writer | September 14, 2004 WASHINGTON --A growing number of nations are doing a better job than the United States in getting young people through high school and college, a study found. Among adults ages 25 to 34, for example, the United States is 10th among other industrialized nations in the share of its population that has a high school degree. Eighty-seven percent of U.S. adults in that age group have at least a high school education. The 30-nation group develops the yearly rankings as a means for industrialized nations to measure their education systems against those of their global peers. Although titled "Education at a Glance," the yearly report has ballooned into a 450-page compilation. In the study, the older the population, the better the United States fares. It remains first in high-school completion among adults age 55-64 and 45-54, and fifth among adults age 35-44. Rest of article: http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2004/09/14/us_falling_behind_in_education?mode=PF 3) THIS IS THE 430 page report E.D. and the federal bureaucracy the Report On the Net: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: http://www.oecd.org <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com Net Happenings, K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp Educational CyberPlayGround Services http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>