Easton Schools Want More Focus on Science
Test scores close to state average, but Easton school officials worry students aren't spending enough time on science.
At Easton Area High School, students need to take four years of history and four years of English, but only three years of math and science. Tuesday night's school board committee meeting had school officials asking whether it's time for that to change. "It kind of perplexes me that, nothing wrong with history, nothing wrong with English…but math and science, we have one less credit," said board member William Rider. This came up during a presentation by high school Principal Michael Koch on the high school's science scores in the state PSSA tests. In the past four years, Easton students have ranked below the state average when it came to science scores. Koch's presentation noted that the school's flexible scheduling next year will give …
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louis kootsares
8:49 am on Thursday, June 14, 2012
alot of teacher layoffs around the state schools were over staffed ,lets do it right merge school districts slash administrations get secretarys instead of assistants,slash benefits and salaries of superintendents and administrators mid management can do it just as good end tenure get manditory drug testing and change the school taxing system. and iam sure the fantastic laid off teachers willhave… more ›