Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Team results from this weekend
Friday students attended the Wayne State Math Contest. The following students placed:
Aaron Ras in Algebra
Preston Peters in Pre-calculus
Suzanne Ras in Algebra II
Aaron Steichen in Pre-calculus
Saturday results of Powerdrive State Championship
Aaron Ras in Algebra
Preston Peters in Pre-calculus
Suzanne Ras in Algebra II
Aaron Steichen in Pre-calculus
Saturday results of Powerdrive State Championship
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4. Raymond Central
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
The achievement gap in U.S. schools
The article below is why I believe in 1-to-1 computer initiatives and take-home programs. Those who can afford technology for their children give them an advantage (if used properly) because of the additional learning opportunities available on-line or using apps.
There is no evidence to support any notion that income impacts a child's ability to learn. It is the opportunities that children from higher income families have available to them that account for the much of the disparity that exists in the test scores between free-reduced lunch students and their paid lunch classmates.
Take-home computer programs, summer school, and before and after school programs are some ways schools are working to provide opportunities for all students to have similar academic success.
Question- Are them some in Nebraska who are just fine with maintaining the status quo, a difference between how richer and poorer children achieve in Nebraska schools?
This information comes from an article published at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/no-rich-child-left-behind/?ref=opinion
"Here’s a fact that may not surprise you: the children of the rich perform better in school, on average, than children from middle-class or poor families. Students growing up in richer families have better grades and higher standardized test scores, on average, than poorer students; they also have higher rates of participation in extracurricular activities and school leadership positions, higher graduation rates and higher rates of college enrollment and completion.
Whether you think it deeply unjust, lamentable but inevitable, or obvious and unproblematic, this is hardly news. It is true in most societies and has been true in the United States for at least as long as we have thought to ask the question and had sufficient data to verify the answer.
What is news is that in the United States over the last few decades these differences in educational success between high- and lower-income students have grown substantially.
One way to see this is to look at the scores of rich and poor students on standardized math and reading tests over the last 50 years. Using information from a dozen large national studies conducted between 1960 and 2010, the rich-poor gap in test scores is about 40 percent larger now than it was 30 years ago.
Children from rich and poor families score very differently on school readiness tests when they enter kindergarten, and this gap grows by less than 10 percent between kindergarten and high school. There is some evidence that achievement gaps between high- and low-income students actually narrow during the nine-month school year, but they widen again in the summer months."
There is no evidence to support any notion that income impacts a child's ability to learn. It is the opportunities that children from higher income families have available to them that account for the much of the disparity that exists in the test scores between free-reduced lunch students and their paid lunch classmates.
Take-home computer programs, summer school, and before and after school programs are some ways schools are working to provide opportunities for all students to have similar academic success.
Question- Are them some in Nebraska who are just fine with maintaining the status quo, a difference between how richer and poorer children achieve in Nebraska schools?
This information comes from an article published at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/no-rich-child-left-behind/?ref=opinion
"Here’s a fact that may not surprise you: the children of the rich perform better in school, on average, than children from middle-class or poor families. Students growing up in richer families have better grades and higher standardized test scores, on average, than poorer students; they also have higher rates of participation in extracurricular activities and school leadership positions, higher graduation rates and higher rates of college enrollment and completion.
Whether you think it deeply unjust, lamentable but inevitable, or obvious and unproblematic, this is hardly news. It is true in most societies and has been true in the United States for at least as long as we have thought to ask the question and had sufficient data to verify the answer.
What is news is that in the United States over the last few decades these differences in educational success between high- and lower-income students have grown substantially.
One way to see this is to look at the scores of rich and poor students on standardized math and reading tests over the last 50 years. Using information from a dozen large national studies conducted between 1960 and 2010, the rich-poor gap in test scores is about 40 percent larger now than it was 30 years ago.
Children from rich and poor families score very differently on school readiness tests when they enter kindergarten, and this gap grows by less than 10 percent between kindergarten and high school. There is some evidence that achievement gaps between high- and low-income students actually narrow during the nine-month school year, but they widen again in the summer months."
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Eric Browning named WSC Male Freshman Athlete of the Year
Bancroft-Rosalie graduate Eric Browning was named Male Freshman Athlete of the Year Monday evening at the WSC athletic honors banquet held in the WSC Student Center.
Eric has had a stellar freshman season as a pitcher for the Wayne State baseball team. He turned into a steady mid-week starter for the Wildcats, posting a 3-1 record with a 3.28 ERA in seven appearances with four starts and one combined shutout. In 24.2 innings pitched, he has struck out 31 batters, allowing just 19 hits and 14 runs (nine earned) with 11 walks. He had 11 strikeouts and allowed just one hit over six innings in a 9-0 win over Minnesota Crookston on March 30th. He struck out nine more batters in just six innings of work against Minnesota Duluth and had eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings in a 10-4 win at Sioux Falls on April 6th. Eric played high school baseball for the Thurston-Cuming County Thunder and is the son of Alvin and Pam Browning of Lyons, Nebraska.
B-R Alumni Update- Steve Smith, University of Nebraska Spokesperson
If you have read any press releases from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently, you may have seen the name Steve Smith, University Spokesperson.
Steve is a 1989 graduate of Bancroft-Rosalie School. His parents are Rod and Janet Smith, formerly of Rosalie and Bancroft.
Most of you probably know Steve through his book, Forever Red, his story about life as a Husker fan.
Steve is a 1989 graduate of Bancroft-Rosalie School. His parents are Rod and Janet Smith, formerly of Rosalie and Bancroft.
Most of you probably know Steve through his book, Forever Red, his story about life as a Husker fan.
Bancroft-Rosalie invited to join East Husker Conference for next year
The East Husker Conference plans to expand from 14 to 16 teams for the 2013-14 school year. Madison joined the East Husker earlier this year and Bancroft-Rosalie is set to become the 16th member.
Bancroft-Rosalie would be in the small school Elkhorn division with Lyons-Decatur, Pender, Humphrey, Clarkson-Leigh, Scribner-Snyder, Howells-Dodge and Oakland-Craig. To be eligible for the regular season title B-R would have to play all seven teams in the Elkhorn division.
The large school Platte division would include West Point-Beemer, Wisner-Pilger, Tekamah-Herman, Logan View, Twin River (Genoa-Silver Creek), Madison, Stanton, and North Bend.
Bancroft-Rosalie would be in the small school Elkhorn division with Lyons-Decatur, Pender, Humphrey, Clarkson-Leigh, Scribner-Snyder, Howells-Dodge and Oakland-Craig. To be eligible for the regular season title B-R would have to play all seven teams in the Elkhorn division.
The large school Platte division would include West Point-Beemer, Wisner-Pilger, Tekamah-Herman, Logan View, Twin River (Genoa-Silver Creek), Madison, Stanton, and North Bend.
Here are my reasons for changing conferences:
- The difference in distance to play teams in the L & C compared to the East Husker.
- The crowds will be better for home games against closer East Husker opponents.
- All of our co-oped sports are with East Husker teams (Wisner-Pilger, Lyons-Decatur, West Point-Beemer, and Pender), we have established positive working relationships with these schools.
- B-R is the only Lewis and Clark school that is served by Educational Service Unit 2, whereas the majority of the East Husker schools are in ESU 2. ESU administrators and schools work closely together on many projects and programs.
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