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Perry's Principles: does ticketing kids for misbehavior work?
Today on American Morning, Steve Perry tells T.J. Holmes about a new method being used in Texas to punish children as young as 6. Instead of sending students to detention or the principal's office, some schools are handing out tickets.
Hear what Steve Perry, CNN Education Contributor and Founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, has to say in today's Perry's Principles segment.
Study: students show 'no significant gains' after first two years of college
After many thousands of dollars spent and two years on campus, college students show 'no significant gains' in learning by the end of their sophomore year, a study released today reports.
The study was conducted by two college professors, one from New York University and one from the University of Virginia, and looked at 2,300 undergraduate students from two-dozen U.S. colleges. Results showed forty-five percent of students "demonstrated no significant gains in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written communications during the first two years of college." Findings were based on an essay-based standardized test that required critical reading and analysis.
One of the professors who conducted the study, Dr. Richard Arum of New York University, says the burden of responsibility falls on professors and administrators as well as on students. Dr. Arum discusses the study's findings and his new book "Academically Adrift" with American Morning's Kiran Chetry and T.J. Holmes.
Perry's Principles: Can an iPad replace textbooks?
If you have picked up your child's backpack recently you know how heavy it gets. From the elementary level all the way through college, students are inundated with textbook homework and term papers that require hardcover and heavy to carry sources. Lugging the books back and forth from school can be quite the challenge.
But new technology may soon make that all irrelevant. Schools across the nation are relying on iPads, Kindles, netbooks and e-readers to supplement or replace their original curricula. But do iPads make a difference in the classroom? Can they be just good as pen and paper?
Educator Steve Perry joins American Morning to talk about what he has seen in his school and where the technology trend is heading.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie: 'There is no magic wand to wave'
A rising star in the Republican Party, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has made tough choices during his tenure in office by closing the state spending gap and getting tough with teachers unions. He says there no easy choices to make in hard economic times and there is "no magic wand to wave."
Today, Christie talks to American Morning's T.J. Holmes about politicians telling the truth, making tough decisions in education and whether or not he is winning the battle against MTV's "Jersey Shore."
Perry's Principles: closing the black/white education gap
The Council of Great City Schools reports that 11% of African American fourth grade males are proficient in reading, while the same can be said for 38% of their white counterparts.
Steve Perry, CNN Educational Contributor and Founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, tackles the topic of the black/white education gap in a new American Morning segment, Perry's Principles. Perry says the statistic doesn't just shine light on a racial divide, but also highlights a larger problem. Perry tells Jim Acosta what he thinks would better the American educational system and which approach he thinks would fail.
Here's why China is beating the U.S. in education
According to the latest Program for International Student Assessment, known as PISA, a ranking of 15-year-old students from around the world found that students in Shanghai outscored kids from across the world in reading, science and math.
Students in the U.S. came in 14th in reading, 17th place in science and 25th for math.
Why are the U.S.'s efforts at reforming education failing, and what are Chinese students doing to succeed?
American Morning's Kiran Chetry speaks with Jonathan Plucker, with the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy at Indiana University, who has taken a number of trips to China to study their education system. He explains why China's students are beating the rest of the world.
For more information on Jonathan Plucker, visit http://ceep.indiana.edu.
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