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News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
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Volume 2, Issue 78
October 16, 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
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week's Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* Rallying Cry from a "Champion for Children"
Practical ways to celebrate children in the classroom.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat079.shtml
This week's Administrators Desk articles:
* Party! A Year of Special School Events
A year of special events that draw parents in large numbers.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin327.shtml
* Married With (Many, Many) Children: Principal Partners Speak Out
Pam and Roger Burton on life in a two-principal household.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat080.shtml
This week's School Issues article:
* What's the Best Way to Motivate Kids?
Teacher Chris Kline wonders, Do reward days really work?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/soapbox/soapbox002.shtml
This week's No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: School Report Cards
What information must school report cards provide?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB045.shtml
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Extensive School Funding Study Launching
Fifteen researchers plan to spend four years studying school spending
in four states, as part of one of the largest school financing studies
ever done. The goal of the study is to help retool school-finance
systems in the U.S.
Source: The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2001765384_schoolmoney
14m.html
* Tips For Creating Great Schools
The Urban Superintendent: Creating Great Schools While Surviving on
the Job, a report from the Council of the Great City Schools, offers
tips to new superintendents and superintendents-in-training.
Source: The Council of the Great City Schools
http://www.cgcs.org/urbaneducator/2003/sept_vol_12_no_6_2/sept_vol_12_
no_6_2.html
* Taking The Yuck Out of Dissection
New computer programs and videoconferencing allow younger and more
squeamish students to experience a frog dissection without the frog.
Using the program, which even has sound effects, students employ a
virtual scalpel to cut open the animated amphibian and see inside.
Source: U.S. News & World Reports
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/elearning/articles/03frog.htm
* More Teachers Shun Textbooks
Saying more textbooks ignore the real world and provide students with
less information, some teachers are building their own lessons and
using the Internet, historical fiction and records, and other sources
to teach.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/10/15/textbooks/index.html
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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Baring All For The Schools
Civic-minded men from Junction City, Oregon's, Long Tom Grange have
posed tastefully nude in a calendar to raise money for the school
district. Budget cuts have forced the schools to ax at least three
classroom teachers; art, music, and gym classes; and field trips.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/10/13/offbeat.calendar.boys.ap/index
html
* Hand-helds Help Kids Learn to Read
Teachers in Forest Park Elementary School in Kannapolis, North
Carolina, are using a new program called mClass on hand-held computers
to help children learn to read. Teachers can track students' progress
on the hand-helds.
Source: Charlotte Observer
(Prior registration may be required to read this article.)
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/6968066.htm
* Virtual School Students Need Traditional Monitoring
Staff members at Cincinnati, Ohio's, Virtual High School have revamped
the program after half the students were dropped last year for failing
to complete assignments. The program now has more structure and
monitoring.
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/10/08/loc_virtualschool08.html
* Reading, Writing, and Spending
Financial literacy is scheduled to become part of the curriculum for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, middle and high school students next year.
School officials are seeking a program that teaches the value of
money, the importance of financial planning, and controlling finances.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/education/6966714.htm
Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio
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