Bright Education Blog

Currently, students enrolled in institutions within the Concordia Parish School District are trying to tackle too many subjects in class, said Rhonda Wilson, president of the Concordia Parish School Board, according to The Natchez Democrat. However, the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is expected to provide a solution to the problem these […]

Currently, the California Standards Tests (CST), a part of the California STAR Testing Program, are on the minds of many students and teachers across the state. Every spring, second- through eleventh-graders prepare for and take the CST, which assess their knowledge of reading, writing, history, science and mathematics, according to the California Department of Education. Taking the […]

Between 1980 and 2009, the number of school-age children who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 4.7 to 11.2 million, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. With so many students considered to be English language learners (ELLs), it is expected that some of these youths may have some difficulty […]

In addition to schools across the country, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is also having an effect on publishers of children's books. Among these companies is Kingfisher, a part of the Macmillan publishing group. Publishers Weekly reported that the widespread adoption of the CCSS influenced Kingfisher to introduce a new line of illustrated children’s […]

Technological skills are an essential part of the Framework for 21st Century Learning, according to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills website. As a result, many schools are looking to introduce high tech software and devices in their classrooms to help students acquire the knowledge they will need to excel throughout life. Recently, the Idaho […]

The Iowa City Community School District recently released the results of the Iowa Assessments, which third- through eleventh-graders took last October, KCRG reported. Based on students’ scores, they did not perform as well as they had in previous years on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), which the Assessments have replaced. According to the news […]

Since 1998, March 2 has been Read Across America Day, thanks to the National Education Association. In order to help students perform better on California STAR Testing Program assessments, the state will take things one step further with the establishment of Read Across California Month. After students in California finish reading along with the rest of […]

As teachers prepare to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they may find themselves participating in a learning session similar to the one that was recently held for educators at Monticello High School in New York. During this training session, Kate Gerson, a senior fellow with the Regents Research Fund, spoke to teachers about […]

The Chicago Public Schools’ website states that students who attend classes at these institutions spend 15 percent less time learning than the average public school student in the U.S. To rectify this situation, several city schools volunteered to extend their academic day by 90 minutes. Some time has passed since this education initiative began, and […]

On June 22, 2010, Maryland adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Now, like many other academic institutions across the country, middle schools in Howard County are making curricular changes to better align with the CCSS, Elkridge, Maryland’s Patch website reported. For instance, the news source stated that all 19 Howard County middle schools will […]