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News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
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Volume 2, Issue 79
October 23, 2003
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NEWS HEADLINES OF THE WEEK
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The news stories referenced in this newsletter are collected by
Education World news editor Ellen "Scoop" Delisio. They are gathered
from Education World and a wide variety of other education news
sources. Some of the headlines also appear in Ellen's weekly column,
EDscoops, at http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/. If you get an
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week's Administrators Desk articles:
* New Union President Ready for Big Issues
New AFSA president aims to support, rally administrators.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin328.shtml
* How I Handled...
Summer scheduling of custodians and contractors.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled010.s
html
This week's No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: New Teachers
How can new teachers become "highly qualified?"
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB046.shtml
This week's Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* Comedy in the Classroom: Just What the Doctor Ordered?
The important role of comedy in teaching.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat057.shtml
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Wide Range of Teacher Quality Across States
Three states -- Alaska, Alabama, and California -- are reporting that
fewer than half of their teachers meet the highly qualified
requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act. So far 39 states and
the District of Columbia have reported data.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/10/22/teacher.quality.ap/index.html
* New SAT Could Spur Curriculum Changes
Planned revisions to the SAT exam that include the addition of an
essay, second-year algebra problems, grammar, and the elimination of
analogies could force massive changes to secondary school curricula,
some experts say.
Source: Time
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101031027/story.html
* Poll: Ban Junk Foods from Schools
Vending machines selling soda and salty and sugary snacks should be
banned from schools, according to a recent poll in the British
newspaper, The Guardian. The idea won support from more than seven in
ten adults who responded.
Source: The Guardian
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1067928,00.html
* States Label Few Schools Dangerous
The number of states identifying schools as persistently dangerous, as
required by the No Child Left Behind Act, continues to decrease,
according to a recent survey. Schools are required to let students
transfer from dangerous schools, but states determine what is
dangerous.
Source: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031022/5609309s.htm
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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Parents Work With Parents to Keep Kids in School
Some districts, including Philadelphia, are hiring parents to work as
truant officers. The parents work with families of truant students to
get them the help they need to get their children back in school.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1016/p01s03-ussc.html
* Engaging Students in Character Education
As some states mandate character education and some districts tackle
it on their own, school administrators struggle to find a character
education approach that catches the attention of middle and high
school students.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61552-2003Oct21.html
* Superintendent Passes Literacy Test
Wilfred Laboy, the Lawrence, Massachusetts, superintendent who drew
international media attention for his struggles with a state-mandated
literacy test, passed the test on the fourth try. Laboy would have
been replaced in December had he not passed.
Source: The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/295/metro/School_chief_passes_litera
cy_test_on_4th_try+.shtml
* Teams Fight Bullying
Civil Rights Teams, like the ones in Maine public schools, train
students as young as elementary age to prevent and cope with bullying.
Team members meet regularly to discuss ways of eliminating
bias-motivated harassment and violence.
Source: Portland Press Herald
http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/031020civilrights.shtml
Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio
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