And includes things like how many students are on grade level in math and reading and closing the achievement gap for students who are low income, dont speak english as a first language or are in special education. For high schools only, Graduation Rates are considered and student attendance and staff retention round out the rest of what goes into a schools grade. Its a grade some schools are celebrating, and others think are downright wrong. This is a story of two schools Solon High School and Vinton Shellsburg middle school. Both are in eastern iowa, both have populations that are mostly white and speak english, but after that, the similarities end. Only 7 of Solon High Schools students are low income. Vintonshellsburg middle schools poverty percentage is four times that. Solon has about 8 percent of its students in special education. Vintonshellsburg has 15 thats almost that more than 92 percent of its students are meeting math and reading expectations according to the state test. V
In a viral video scuffling with a High School Student is without a job tonight. Tonight. Authorities say ben fields did have the right to put his hands on the student, but he took things too far. Students say the confrontation began when a teacheheand school ministrator repeatedly asked the unnamed student to put her cellphone away. Fields is still the target of a federal investigation. That could take cbs 2 news ten at ten continues right now with more of the corridors top stories. Stories. Former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert now says hes guilty of paying hush money to hide sexual abuse, and lying to inveveigators about it. Hastert admitted to paying millions to a former student to keep him quiet about the abus that was going on before his political career. The Illinois Republican served as speaker of the house from 1999 to 2007. He will be sentenced on february 29th. Republicans today nominated paul ryan to be the next speaker of the house. House. Many gop members view ryan as
Strangulation and being stabbed multiple times. Her body was found sunday in a rural driveway in the 32 hundred block 59th street trail. Thats a shellsburg address addressthe same home 31year old david miller was renting. Right now, miller is in the Benton County jail on theft charges. He has notbeen charged with hustads murder. New data tonight shows iowas fourth and eighth graders are above the National Average whenit comes to math and reading but not by much. The nations report card from the National Center for Education Statistics shows room for improvement for those and other students across the country. Country. Cbs 2 News Reporter llaney moore is live in the newsroom with the details. Today i visited the Clear Creek Amana School district. I talked with the principal and a teacher about what tiffin elementaryschool is doing to keep improving. Improving. Inints first year, tiffin elemenary has about 50 fourth mrs. Stewarts class. Right now. The class is working on math. Heather st