Pilots famously have them. Surgeons do, too. So do engineers, technicians, nurses, and most other professionals and service providers. I’m talking about simple checklists, quick, simple lists of behaviors and duties that remind us of the basics and guide us toward success. If all those professionals find checklists helpful, why shouldn’t students and their families?
Yes, checklists are general and simple (some say simplistic), but isn’t that exactly their advantage? They’re meant to be a helpful reminder to those of us who are rushed, busy, spread too thinly, and battling absent-mindedness because of our hectic lives. If that describes you and your family at times, click on the heading above for a journey to the Dr. Rick Checklist for Academic Success!
Check List For Academic Success!
Friday, March 5, 2010
New Study Finds Achievement Gap Among High Ability Students is Widening
A new report from the Indiana University Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) finds that the achievement gaps among high ability students from all different backgrounds and socioeconomic status is large and growing.
To read more details about this report, http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/13369.html
To read more details about this report, http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/13369.html
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