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New Pledge: Starbucks Promises the Perfect Cup of Coffee Every Time EDUCATION REPORT: Parents can prepare kids for curriculum tests No. 132 Miley Cyrus Is Top Teen Earner Among Richest Kids: Report 2008-09 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR For Briana LeClaire, a mother of three in Meridian, Idaho, it was a no-brainer to enroll her two school-aged children in Idaho Virtual Academy, a K-12 Internet school that has more than 2,000 students. LeClaire is just one of the thousands of parents across the country who are choosing to enroll their children in virtual schools. Whether its home schoolers, child actors, elite athletes or children who are advanced or need more help, Internet schools for K-12 are growing. While online education used to be the domain of colleges and universities, that’s no longer the case. Teachers to Be Measured Based on Students’ Standardized Test Scores National Debt Clock Adds a Digit to Accommodate Growing Deficit In these uncertain financial times, one thing remains certain the ever-expanding national debt. But it's growing at such an accelerated rate, the clock that has kept track of the deficit since 1989 has had to add a digit. The National Debt Clock switched its digital dollar sign to a 1 on Monday to accommodate the nation's ballooning deficit, past the $10 trillion mark, thanks to Congress' $700 billion bank stimulus package. The estimated population of the No. 146 Our outdated electoral system disenfranchises large numbers of voters No. 147 No. 148 No. 149 No. 150 No. 158 No. 162 During the next couple of weeks, anxious students will take the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, which measure whether students learned what the state says they need to know. Results help determine whether students in grades three, five and eight move on the to the next grade level. Scores also determine whether schools meet testing goals mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. No. 166
GRADE 7
Nearly 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores across the U.S. — all except the licensed shops in supermarkets, airports, malls, hotels and the like — closed at 5:30 p.m. local time Tuesday for a teach-in that was part espresso tutorial, part pep rally.
No. 124
Friday, March 7, 2008
Three-Day Grand Canyon Flood Aims to Restore Ecosystem
Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment. More than 300,000 gallons (more than a million liters) of water per second were released from Lake
No. 125
Friday, March 14, 2008
The Original
In honor of The Daughtry Times four-year anniversary students engaged in a 54-student pizza party celebration as well as an opportunity to experience the inaugural edition initially distributed when they were eight years of age. To no surprise, they appreciated the food but could have lived without the work.
No. 126
Friday, March 21, 2008
Five Years in Iraq: 3,988 U.S. and 85,000+ Iraq Dead
President George W. Bush launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom" at 9:30 pm on Wednesday, March 19, 2003
No. 127
Friday, March 28, 2008
March Madness Slams Business for $1.7 Billion
With as many as 37.3 million workers participating in March Madness office pools and up to 1.5 million watching games online from their desks, it is a wonder that any meaningful work is actually completed during the last two weeks of March, when the NCAA holds its men’s college basketball championship tournament, says outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
No. 128
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
High School Graduation Rates Plummet Below 50 Percent in Some U.S. Cities
Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates below 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates
reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday issued by America's Promise Alliance.
No. 129
Friday, April 4, 2008
Truckers Pull Rigs Off Road, Others Slow to Crawl in Loosely Organized Protest of Fuel Prices
Independent truckers around the country pulled their rigs off the road and others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
VOLUME VI
No. 130
Friday, April 18, 2008
Metro Students Taking CRCT Soon
The Georgia Department of Education set aside April 2 through May 2 to administer the exams and allows local leaders to pick their testing dates. Fulton and Gwinnett officials say they give the test this week because students are rested from spring break and so schools can get the results back earlier. Other districts, including Cobb and DeKalb, pick the end of the testing window to give students and teachers more time to prepare.
No. 131
Friday, April 25, 2008
All third-graders must score at or above expectations in reading on the CRCT to graduate to the fourth grade. Likewise, students in fifth and eighth grades who score below the standard in reading and math cannot go to the next grade unless they attend summer school and pass makeup tests.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Some people are born into money, some luck into it, and then there's Miley Cyrus. According to the new issue of People magazine, the "Hannah Montana" star is on track to rack up $1 billion in "Montana"-related sales during the 2007-08 fiscal year, putting her at the top of the heap of teen superstars earning adult-style wages.
No. 133
Friday, May 9, 2008
Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Describe Journeys of Horror and Misery
Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes they scavenged from the dead. Myanmar's rice-trading town of Labutta the only spit of high ground in a vast watery landscape — has become a beacon of hope for tens of thousands who lived through the cyclone's fury, most losing homes and family members. The survivors made the journey in rickety wooden boats with makeshift sails fashioned out of blankets, dodging the bloated corpses of buffaloes and dead neighbors floating in the murky waters.
No. 134
Friday, May 16, 2008
China Earthquake Death Tolls May Exceed 50,000
It was a Monday that started out like any other for 10-year-old Li Yi. The middle school girl was sitting in her classroom in Beichuan County in central China, unaware that in an instant her world would change, forever. Eyewitness accounts say the school building rocked and shook violently before collapsing from the destructive force of a 7.9-strength earthquake. Li Yi awoke to find herself buried alive -- one of an estimated 20,000 people trapped in the debris of what once were thriving villages and towns.
No. 135
Friday, May 23, 2008
Oil Retreats After Setting Fresh Record
Americans getting an early start on the Memorial Day weekend found that gasoline prices again sprinted to a new record high overnight, reaching a national average above $3.83 a gallon. Some analysts predict gas will break past $4 as early as next week.
No. 136
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
FINAL
In honor of achieving the impossible - a 100% success rate on the seventh grade mathematics Criterion Referenced Competency Exam (CRCT), the final is simply for extra credit purposes as opposed to a traditional assignment.

Henry County Middle School
Henry County School System
McDonough, Georgia
July 2008 - Present
Serving as a Mathematics Coach in an instructional leadership capacity as opposed to traditional classroom teacher is a major transition which I have begun to adapt to. Initially, I was uncertain if I would even create another Daughtry Times but thankfully, enough correspondence and encouragement from former students' parents occurred to where I knew it would serve in the best interest of "Ensuring Success for Each Student." A major transition is clearly evident in the new series as the specific Georgia Performance Standards are identified for each question to ensure compliance with the curriculum map and state standards for grades six through eight. Additionally, these materials are being distributed on a much larger scale to where as many 800 students school wide will be in receipt as opposed to the students limited to Mr. Daughtry's class. This is not required of teachers to disseminate; however, simply provided as supplemental resource to accompany what they already have in place and not intended to serve in lieu of CMP, Exemplars, etc.
Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) specifically addressed in each edition of the 2008-09 Daughtry Times were strategically aligned in direct compliance with the Henry County School System curriculum maps and annotated adjacent to the respective grade level inquiry. This standards-based educational resource has statistically* proven to increase students’ ability to grasp, retain, and apply the concept via real-world application above and beyond the requirements of a traditional standardized examination.
*Over a four-year duration approximately 96.37% of Mr. Daughtry's assigned students met or exceeded standards on the Georgia mathematics Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT).
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Grade 6
Students will understand the four arithmetic operations as they relate to positive rational numbers; convert between and compute with different forms of rational numbers; understand the concept of ratio and solve problems using proportional reasoning; understand and use line and rotational symmetry; determine the surface area and volume of solid figures; use variables to represent unknown quantities in formulae, algebraic expressions and equations; utilize data to make predictions; and determine the probability of a given event.
CRCT Practice | Georgia Online Assessment System - Log on ID: grade6 password: grade6 | Real World Application
Grade 6 CRCT Study Guide | Grade 6 Sample Questions | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies
Grade 6 Annual Curriculum Overview
Factors & Multiples
Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Exponents, Expressions, and Equations
Ratios and Proportions
Symmetry & Scale Factors
Conversions
Surface Area & Volume
Grade 7
Students will understand and use rational numbers, including signed numbers; solve linear equations in one variable; sketch and construct plane figures; demonstrate understanding of transformations; use and apply properties of similarity; examine properties of geometric shapes in space; describe and sketch solid figures, including their cross-sections; represent and describe relationships between variables in tables, graphs, and formulas; analyze the characteristics of linear relationships;and represent and analyze data using graphical displays, measures of central tendency, and measures of variation.
CRCT Practice | Georgia Online Assessment System - Log on ID: grade7 password: grade7 | Real World Application
Grade 7 CRCT Study Guide | Grade 7 Sample Questions | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies
Grade 7 Annual Curriculum Overview
Numbers & Operations
Basic Algebra
Graphing
Data Analysis
Geometric Figures
Ratio, Scale Factors, Similarity
Translation, Transformation, Rotation
Grade 8
Students will understand various numerical representations, including square roots, exponents and scientific notation; use and apply geometric properties of plane figures, including congruence and the Pythagorean theorem; use symbolic algebra to represent situations and solve problems, especially those that involve linear relationships; solve linear equations, systems of linear equations and inequalities; use equations, tables and graphs to analyze and interpret linear functions; use and understand set theory and simple counting techniques; determine the theoretical probability of simple events; and make inferences from statistical data, particularly data that can be modeled by linear functions.
CRCT Lessons |CRCT Practice | Georgia Online Assessment System - Log on ID: grade8 password: grade8 | Real World Application
Grade 8 CRCT Study Guide | Grade 8 Sample Questions | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies
Grade 8 Annual Curriculum Overview
Linear & NonLinear Relationships
Interpreting Tables, Graphs, Equations
Write/Simplify Equations & Expressions
Computations with Exponents
Algebraic Properties
Probabilty, Sets, & Subsets
Systems of Linear Equations & Inequalties
Square Roots & Pythagorean Theorem
VOLUME I
No. 137
Firday, August 8, 2008
Iraq's Budget Surplus Could Top $79 Billion on High Oil Prices
No. 138
Friday, August 15, 2008
U.S.Foreclosure Filings Surge 55 Percent in July
The number of homeowners stung by the dramatic decline in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with the same month a year ago, according to data released Thursday.
No. 139
Friday, August 22, 2008
Study Cites Cheering as Most Dangerous School Sport for Girls
Data compiled by the University of North Carolina's National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research (NCCSI) cites 67 fatal or life-threatening injuries due to cheerleading since 1982, making it by far the most perilous sport for high school and college-age female athletes, Time.com reports. The study's author, Fred Mueller, cited increased competition and athletes willing to take greater risks as causes for the high incidence of injury, but warned that "there are definitely more accidents out there that we haven't even heard about yet," Time.com reported.
No. 140
Friday, August 29, 2008
SAT Scores Stay At Lowest Level In Nearly a Decade
For a second straight year, SAT scores for the most recent high school graduating class remained at the lowest level in nearly a decade, a trend attributed to a record number of students now taking the test. "More than ever, the SAT reflects the face of education in this country," said Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, which owns the test and released the results.
No. 141
Friday, September 5, 2008
Online K-12 Schools Grow in Popularity
No. 142
Friday, September 12, 2008
Apple Unveils New iPod Nano, iPod Touch
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes. The iPod announcements were largely expected, and investors were less than energized, sending Apple's shares down $6.13, 3.9 percent, to $151.79 in afternoon trading.
VOLUME 2
No. 143
Friday, September 26, 2008
Incarcerated Getting Educated
Students in the
No. 144
Friday, October 3, 2008
New York City is beginning to measure the performance of thousands of elementary and middle school teachers based on how much their students improve on annual state math and reading tests. To avoid a contentious fight with the teachers’ union, the New York City Department of Education has agreed not to make public the reports — which described teachers as average, below average or above average with various types of students — nor let them influence formal job evaluations, pay and promotions.
No. 145
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Where They Stand; McCain and Obama Split on Education
If there's one feature that defines the presidential debate on education, it's this: near silence. The
Friday, October 31, 2008
Children more worried about the future, exams, and bullying
Children as young as 10 are reporting growing fear and uncertainty for their own futures as adult influences put the traditional idea of childhood under increasing threat. A survey of 150,000 children aged 10 to 15 found evidence of a generation increasingly under pressure to perform in exams, facing a growing threat from bullying in the playground and turning to adult activities such as drink and drugs. Children's charities and commentators said that the study carried out by Oftsed, the Government's education watchdog, showed that adult influences are increasing undermining the idea of childhood itself.
VOLUME III
Friday, November 7, 2008
U.S. chooses 'change', redraws electoral divide
Barack Obama did more than thump John McCain in the Electoral College tally; he also handily won the popular vote and redrew the great divide between red states and blue states. Riding a Democratic tide that bolstered the party's presence in both houses of Congress, Obama snared about 64 million votes to McCain's 56 million as of Wednesday afternoon.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Jobless Claims Surge to 516,000; Average Trends Higher
The Labor Department says the number of new jobless claims were up 32,000 to 516,000 in the latest week. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting initial jobless claims to hit 484,000. Continuing claims, which are considered an indirect measure of how difficult is to find a job, were also higher, gaining 65,000 to 3.9 million.
No. 151
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Absolute Worst Economy in the World: Zimbabwe
While the official rate on Monday was 19,393.94 Zimbabwean dollars to the $1 USD, the old mutual implied rate, generated from comparing the
No. 152
Friday, December 5, 2008
Sorting Through Black Friday Data and Cyber Monday Spending Up 15 % Since 2007
According its 2008 Black Friday Weekend survey, conducted by BIGresearch and published on Sunday, the NRF said more than 172 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend (which includes Thursday, Friday, Saturday and projections for Sunday), up from 147 million shoppers last year.
Dec. 1 was second-heaviest online spending day on record, with $846 million in sales Online shoppers spent $846 million on Dec. 1, a 15% increase over the Monday after Thanksgiving last year, according to data from research firm ComScore, Inc.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Math Gains Reported for U.S. Students
American fourth- and eighth-grade students made solid achievement gains in math in recent years and in two states showed spectacular progress, an international survey of student achievement released on Tuesday found. Science performance was flat. “We were pleased to see improvements in math, and wished we’d seen more in science,” said Stuart Kerachsky, acting commissioner of the
NEW DESIGN FOR 2009

VOLUME IV
No. 154
Friday, January 9, 2009
LA Unified May Layoff as many as 2,300 teachers, officals say
The midyear job cuts are being considered because the state budget crisis has left the district at least $250 million short. Newer teachers are the most vulnerable.The state deficit has created a shortfall of at least $250 million in the school district's nearly $6-billion budget, prompting officials to propose sending the layoff notices to 1,690 elementary school teachers and 600 math and English teachers in middle and high schools. The teachers at risk would be those with less than two years of service, who lack the greater job protection afforded tenured instructors.
No. 155
Friday, January 16, 2009
Perdue $1.2 Billion Needed to Create Jobs
Gov. Sonny Perdue asked state lawmakers Tuesday to approve $1.2 billion in construction borrowing to create 20,000 new jobs and build schools, university facilities and libraries. However, his budget plan also calls for no pay raises for 200,000 state employees and teachers next year. And it eliminates the $428 million homeowners property tax grants, which could lead to a property tax increase for Georgians this year.
No. 156
Friday, January 23, 2009
The 'toxic' Web generation: Children spend six hours a day in front of screens
Friday, January 30, 2009
Chick-Fil-A Blessed With Increased Sales
The Atlanta-based chicken chain reported Thursday system-wide sales for last year of $2.96 billion, up 12 percent from 2007. The company has increased sales every year since the first Chick-fil-A opened in
Friday, February 6, 2009
Gaza War Deals Blow to Schools
The jewel of Gaza's bare-bones education system - a US-style school on lush grounds overlooking the Mediterranean - is now a mound of broken concrete. The territory's only laboratory for genetic testing, at a Gaza university, lies in ruins.
No. 159
Friday, February 20, 2009
Ninth Grade Academy Shows Success
Fewer F's, less time in the principal's office and better attendance have prompted Des Moines school officials to launch a third specialized program that separates ninth-graders from upperclassmen. North High School's freshmen next fall will be grouped as an academy in a separate section of the building, 501 Holcomb Ave., in an effort to better monitor their progress toward graduation. "It will be a lot more nurturing environment for the ninth-graders," North Principal Vince Lewis said. "They will be a house, a family."
VOLUME V
No. 160
Friday, March 6, 2009
Hispanics Account for One-Fifth of K-12 Students
Roughly one-fourth of the nation's kindergartners are Hispanic, evidence of an accelerating trend that now will see minority children become the majority by 2023. Census data released Thursday also showed that Hispanics make up about one-fifth of all K-12 students. Hispanics' growth and changes in the youth population are certain to influence political debate, from jobs and immigration to the No Child Left Behind education, for years.
No. 161
Friday, March 13, 2009
Boys and Girls Together, Taught Seperately in Public Schools
The single-sex classes at Public School 140, which started as an experiment last year to address sagging test scores and behavioral problems, are among at least 445 such classrooms nationwide, according to the National Association for Single-Sex Public Education.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Keep Teacher Performance Pay?
Children in
No. 163
Friday, March 27, 2009
Teachers Cutting Paper Usage; Kids Loving it
In classrooms throughout South Florida, paper is becoming more of a relic than an educational staple. The result: homework done online. Paperless term papers. Math problems completed on an interactive whiteboard. An entire course of physics problems contained on a single compact disc. And, schools hope, savings in an ever-tightening budget crunch.
VOLUME VI
No. 164
Friday, April 10, 2009
How 'soundbite TV' is driving children to disruption in school
Children's ability to concentrate during lessons is being eroded by TV soundbites, a teachers' leader claimed yesterday. Youngsters' attention spans are tuned to the fast pace of TV and they struggle to focus when a teacher delivers an in-depth lesson, according to Julian Chapman. Pupils can become disruptive when denied their usual diet of 'sound and vision bites', he warned.
No. 165
Friday, April 17, 2009
Georgia Students Brace for CRCT
Friday, April 24, 2009
CRCT Testing Begins in Henry County
The spring assessment known as the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) has begun for
GRADE 6
Unit 1 - Gathering Data | Concept Map | Parent Letter - Page 1 | Parent Letter - Page 2
Unit 2 - Fun and Games | Concept Map | Parent Letter | The Locker Problem
Unit 3 - Fractions, Decimals, Ratios and Percents | Concept Map | Parent Letter | Making Pizzas
Unit 4 - One Step Equations | Concept Map | Parent Letter - Page 1 | Parent Letter - Page 2
Unit 5 - Circles and Graphs | Concept Map | Parent Letter
Unit 6 - Symmetry | Concept Map | Parent Letter
Unit 7 - Scale Factor | Concept Map | Parent Letter
Unit 8 - Solids | Concept Map | Parent Letter
Unit 9 - Direct Proportion | Concept Map | Parent Letter | Profit Predicting
Unit 10 - Games of Chance | Concept Map | Parent Letter - Page 1 | Parent Letter - Page 2
Unit 11 - Show What We Know
Unit 1 - Dealing with Data | Concept Map | Parent Letter | The Eyes Have It
Unit 2 - Patterns and Relationships | Concept Map | Parent Letter | Walking to Scoops
Unit 3 - Rational Reasoning | Concept Map | Parent Letter
Unit 4 - Flip, Slide and Turn | Parent Letter
Unit 5 - Staying in Shape | Concept Map | Parent Letter | Similar Triangles
Unit 6 - Values That Vary | Parent Letter
Unit 7 - Slices and Shadows | Parent Letter
Unit 8 - Show What We Know | Parent Letter | Sample Multiple Choice Questions
GRADE 8
Unit 1 - Probability
Unit 2 - Exponents
Unit 3 - Linear Equations
Unit 4 - Functions Relations
Unit 5 - Slippery Slope
Unit 6 - Parallel Lines & Congruence
Unit 7 - Systems of Equations and Inequalities