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2014 July/August NCCSA UPDATE Newsletter
The July/August NCCSA UPDATE is now available online. It may be easier to read the NCCSA UPDATE in printed form, so please feel free to print this document and read at your earliest convenience. Of course, any hyperlinks to Internet sources will work only if you are viewing the newsletter digitally. Also, please forward this email or printed newsletter to those on […]
Read More2014 NCCSA All-State Music Clinic Band Audition Information
Upcoming NCCSA Registration Information
We trust everyone is having a great summer. For your planning purposes, we wanted to inform you of some upcoming NCCSA-related dates that may assist in your planning. The 2014 NCCSA Athletic Registration Information has been sent to NCCSA-athletic participating schools on August 15 and is due September 1. The 2014 Southeast Christian School Convention Registration has been sent to each […]
Read MoreThe Journey Toward Freedom From Grade Levels
Sanborn High School in New Hampshire was a mediocre school with mediocre test scores. When the state passed a policy mandating that schools develop a competency-based system — advancing students based on mastery of specific skills and concepts instead of time spent in each grade — school leaders seized on the model as a way to […]
Read More2014 NCCSA Summer Staff Development Survey/CEU Download
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Read More2014 NCCSA/AACS Stanford Achievement Testing Graphs
The Promise of Personalized Learning
Patty Berganza is a chatty 16-year-old with a mouthful of braces, a thick mane of black hair, and a lightning-fast brain. The last of these left her so bored at her previous Los Angeles high school that she racked up more than 49 unexcused absences in one year and earned a reputation as a slacker. […]
Read More6 Recommendations for Learning in the Digital Age
An alphabet soup of ideas to improve learning in the Digital Age fills a report from the Aspen Task Force on Learning and the Internet. The 20-member task force, which includes three former Federal Communications Commission leaders, made six recommendations comprised of 26 action steps for policymakers, education leaders and others in a report released on Tuesday, […]
Read MoreReport: 83 Percent of High Schools Offer Online Courses
Only 17 percent of high schools do not currently offer any online classes and more than 40 percent are offering online courses in English language arts, history, math or science, according to the latest report from Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up report. Based on online survey responses from more than 400,000 teachers, administrators, students and community […]
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