Straight Curve™ Mathematics Expands to K-6

We are pleased to announce the expansion of the Straight Curve Mathematics product line to include grades K–2.
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MultiMedia Schools Gives Straight Curve™ Mathematics an "A" Rating

The newest release from PLATO Learning was reviewed by John Drag, principal at Broward Community Chart School, for the November issue of MultiMedia Schools. Read his full review, which gave the curriculum "5 stars".
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Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School, St. Paul, MN

View a video of Straight Curve Mathematics in an Academia Cesar Chavez elementary classroom.
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NCTM Curriculum Focal Points Released, NCTM

The Curriculum Focal Points are the most important mathematical topics for each grade level. They comprise related ideas, concepts, skills, and procedures that form the foundation for understanding and lasting learning.
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A New Tack to Help High-Schoolers At Risk: College, Washington Post

At No Cost, Students Earn Diplomas Along With 2-Year Associate's Degrees
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Scholars Test Out New Yardsticks of School Poverty, Education Week

When education researchers want to measure the collective poverty level in a school, they typically use the same yardstick: the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced-rate meals under the federal school lunch program. But dissatisfaction with that indicator is prompting some researchers to cast about for better ways to gauge the socioeconomic status of schools.
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Report: College degree worth extra $23,000 a year, CNN

How much is a bachelor's degree worth? About $23,000 a year, the government said in a report released Thursday.
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Aviation
November is National Aviation Month. To help you celebrate in your classroom, Nettie is happy to provide lesson suggestions that relate to transportation and aviation. Look below for online lessons as well as PLATO® modules that will help you discuss aviation across science, social studies and language arts.

Grades K–2

What flies?
Work with students to explore and categorize things that fly. Read More >>

NAEP Science Standards, Physical Science, B:     Energy and Its Transformations

PLATO® Cross-Curricular Projects Level A:     Ways to Travel Go on a Transportation Scavenger     Hunt

Grades 3–5

X-Gliders: Exploring Flight Research with Experimental Gliders
Students build a glider, learn how to change the flight characteristics of a glider, and conduct an experiment to answer a question. Read More >>

NAEP English Language Arts Standards: Reading     Grade 4         (c) Advanced (b) Informational Text

PLATO® Reading Explorations Level H: Why are you reading this?     Learning mixes with adventure as students fly around     the world to explore popular deserts, caves,     mountains, wilderness, and waterways while                          developing reading skills.

Grades 6–8

Investigating the Climate System: Clouds
After accepting appointments to work as weather interns in the State Climatology Office, students will be given their first task-to find answers and respond to a letter from a very frustrated third-grade student requesting help with an unwanted assignment about clouds. In order to help the younger student, the interns will need to conduct preliminary investigations to gain knowledge on: cloud formation, cloud classification, and the role of clouds in heating and cooling the Earth; how to interpret TRMM images and data; and the role clouds play in the Earth's radiant budget and climate. Read More >>

National Science Education Standards (students):     Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science     Objective 8

PLATO® Earth and Space Science: The Atmosphere

Grades 9–12

African Americans in Aviation: The 1940's—A Decade of Change Teacher Poster 9-12
Classroom activity introduces students to African American aviators who flew during the 1940's. Students study primary source materials—photographs, government documents, a letter, a newspaper story and the colorful reprint of a 1940's poster that is the front—to answer research questions. Read More >>

Learning Objectives For National Council for the Social Studies Strands:     Social Studies VIII, Science, Technology & Society

Worldview® American History II, Industrializing America 1865-1914

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