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the website for the authorized
Kumon Reading and Math Center
in Cypress, TX.
To find a Kumon Center near you, visit Kumon North America at http://www.kumon.com
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"The Case Against The Summer"
"The Case Against Summer Vacation" by David Von Drehle
We romanticise it. But all that down time is making our kids fall behind - especially those who can least afford it.
Straight Talk Newsletter
Kumon was featured on CBS “The Early Show” Wednesday, June 15th
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7370175n&tag=mncol;lst;1
U.S. Ranked 35th Overall In Math
Award Winning Students
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Annual Award Celebration
On: Saturday, April 18, 2009
From: 2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
At: The Berry Center
Refreshment will be served after the Award Ceremony in the Grand Room. (click the title to read more or down load RSVP card)
Youngest Kumon Math Completer
Kumon Honored by Education Industry Association
Kumon, the world's largest after-school education company, receives the Education Industry Association "Friend of the Education Industry" award in honor of its late founder, Toru Kumon, for his innovation and entrepreneurship at a ceremony on February 25, 2010 at noon at the Liaison Hotel located at 415 New Jersey Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20001.
Few Gains Are Seen in High School Test
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, April 29, 2009
By ROBERT TOMSHO
U.S. high-school students haven't achieved any significant gains in reading or math for nearly four decades, according to a new federal report that underscores the challenges the Obama administration faces as it pressures schools to raise standards to produce a more competitive work force.
The report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- a highly respected federal test also known as the "Nation's Report Card" -- looked at NAEP results for 9-, 13- and 17-year-olds since the early 1970s, when the tests in math and reading were first given.
Although the two younger groups have made progress in those subjects over that period, scores for 17-year-olds were virtually unchanged.
On a zero-to-500-point scale, 17-year-olds scored an average of 286 points in reading in 2008, up one point from 1971. The NAEP report said students with such scores have "intermediate skills" and are able to make generalizations about what they read.
In math, the same group's average scores rose two points to 306 since 1973. The report said students scoring in that range are able to perform moderately complex procedures such as computing with decimals and simple fractions.The results suggest gains made by younger students are "washing out" as they get older, said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, which advocates for increasing high-school-graduation rates. "What we are learning is that they need help all the way through," said Mr. Wise, a former West Virginia governor.U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called the long-term trends for high-school students "especially troubling," adding that the challenge is to identify "pockets of success" in school districts around the country and determine how to replicate them on a broader scale.
President Barack Obama has said boosting high-school-graduation rates is a key element of his education agenda, but he has yet to detail his battle plan. Mr. Duncan wants to press states to adopt tougher common standards for teaching and testing, and believes that having 50 separate state benchmarks has led to widespread confusion over how much students in each are actually learning.
The new NAEP report was based on "long-term trend" tests given to a sampling of about 52,000 public- and private-school students in early 2008. Such trend tests involve relatively short questions and have changed little since the 1970s. The main NAEP assessment, a separate kind of test, involves more-complex questions that are periodically revised to account for changes in curricula and teaching methods.
The new report comes as colleges and employers are complaining that too many students earn diplomas without learning the skills needed for college or the workplace. Susan Traiman, director of public policy at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executives, called the high-school NAEP scores "unacceptable" and said they signal that recent efforts by some states to boost learning standards haven't trickled down to the classroom level. "The report really reinforces the fact that high-school reform is long overdue," she added.
Some observers said the findings are also likely to put pressure on Congress and the Obama administration to increase emphasis on changing high schools when the No Child Left Behind law comes up for reauthorization, perhaps as early as this year.
Younger students fared better in the new report. Since 1971, average reading scores for 9-year-olds have risen 12 points to 220; reading scores for 13-year-olds rose five points. Gains for younger students since the advent of the No Child have been more modest, in the two-to-four-point range.
The report also shows that while achievement gaps between white and minority students have declined drastically over the long term, whites still outscore black and Hispanic students by more than 20 points in most categories.
Kumon is in the news
We are pleased to announce the results of Kumon's 2009 educational survey with Ipsos Public Affairs. The North American survey focused on American parents’ opinions and habits regarding a variety of education topics such as summer learning, reading, homework, motivation and tutoring. The following press release was sent over national news wires today, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 to thousands of reporters across North America.
The news release highlighting the contributions fathers are making to their children’s education comes just in time for Father’s Day and ties in our heritage as a company founded by an educator and father. The purpose of the release is to pique the interest of the press and position Kumon as a valuable education resource.
Special thanks to our education spokesperson, Dr. Mary Mokris for her support and expertise in helping develop the survey. Dr. Mary communicated the critical role fathers play in their children’s education while positioning Kumon as an educational resource.
This survey was conducted online in partnership with the world renowned survey firm, Ipsos. More than 2,000 parents of children between the ages of five and 15 responded to questions about homework, motivation, summer learning, education and reading habits and opinions. This release focuses on the responses of American parents.
Thank you for sharing this release with your families. Please forward all media requests to your local PR team member.
Sincerely,
The PR Team
Caitlin McHugh, Rasheda Williams, Leslie Boelter, Stephanie Proos, Johanna Beeler, Jenny Cherrytree & James Coakley
Cheers To Our Staff!
Congratulations to Class Of 2009: Asia, Samira, Michael, Doug, Kevin, Jeff, Taylor and Benjamin.
Wedding: Sharmika recently graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelor in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Sharmika is celebrating her wedding in Las Vegas in May. You may watch her wedding ceremony which broadcast live through the internet via the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel Website. http://www.vivalasvegasweddings.com/livevideofeed.htm at 7:30 p.m. PST or 9:30 p.m. Houston time. So make sure you tune in on time! In order to view the ceremony, you must have RealPlayer or RealOnePlayer on your computer. Go to www.real.com and follow the directions forhte free download.
Welcome back: Sara, from UT Austin, rejoins our staff briefly during this summer.
PCI Compliance
We're compliant!
Award Ceremony 2010
Important Dates in 2010
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Update
Pardon Our Dust
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