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From: "Education News Headlines" <newsheadlines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
Date: Thu,  4 Dec 2003 09:47:37 -0800 (PST)


News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
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Volume 2, Issue 84
December 4, 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/. 

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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week's Administrators Desk articles:
* Teachers Start Report Card Revolution
Teachers take the lead in revamping report cards.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin334.shtml

* What Will Your School's Next Report Card Look Like?
Schools revise A to F report cards.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin333.shtml

This week's Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* Reading, Writing...And Moral Intelligence
Author Michele Borba notes that a few minutes of daily re-enforcement builds
children's moral skills.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat055.shtml

This week's No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: Early Childhood
Must pre-K-kindergarten teachers meet NCLB "highly qualified" provision?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB051.shtml

Don't be left behind! Read Education World's No Educator Left Behind series,
which provides answers from the U.S. Department of Education to questions about 

the federal No Child Left Behind Act and how it will affect educators. To read
past questions, go to No Educator Left Behind archives
(http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NELB.shtml).

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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Figuring Out Why Math Is So Hard
As educators search for a formula to improve student math performance,
researchers continue to study why understanding math is so difficult for so 
many
people.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26826-2003Dec1.html

* New NCLB Special Ed Guidelines Due in January
New, more flexible No Child Left Behind guidelines for testing special 
education
students are scheduled for release in January. But critics say the regulations
still are not flexible enough.
Source: The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/7383519.htm

* Many Factors Fuel Achievement Gap
To shrink the achievement gap in the U.S., educators must pay attention to the
factors inside and outside of school that keep minority students from catching
up academically, according to a recent report.
Source: Education Week
http://www.edweek.com/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=13ETS.h23

* Despite Potter Magic, Reading Losing Appeal
Even with the huge popularity of the Harry Potter series, the number of British 

children who report they enjoy reading has dropped over the past five years,
according to a recent study. Educators wonder if a rigid national literacy
strategy may be affecting children's attitudes toward reading.
Source: The Independent
http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=469531


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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Helping With Handwriting
Children in the Colonial (Delaware) School District are having fun while
learning to write with the Handwriting Without Tears program. Students write
letters on slates with wet sponges and use wooden shapes to learn to form
letters.
Source: The NewsJournal
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/12/02teachingmethodl.html

* Newspaper is School-Wide Effort
Despite having the smallest enrollment of any school in Tennessee (37 students
in K-8), Maple Grove School students publish an eight-page, 
advertiser-supported
newspaper every month. Content has included kindergarten book reviews and 
fourth
grade tributes to Johnny Cash.
Source: The Tennessean
http://tennessean.com/education/archives/03/12/43487032.shtml?Element_ID=4348703
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* This is not Your Mother's Study Hall
High schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are dumping or reinventing their study
halls so that students will use free periods more productively. Some schools 
use
the time for specialized tutoring, while others allow students to work on
extracurricular activities.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/Metro/nov03/189043.asp

* Student Suspended for Writing Novel
An 11-year-old Syosset, New York, student was suspended for six weeks from H. 
B.
Thompson Middle School for writing a novel for English class based on the
Halloween horror movies. The boy's parents have asked the commissioner of
education to review the case.
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/nyregion/30LONG.html


Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio


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