************************************************************** Educational CyberPlayGround Community http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ K12 Newsletters Mailing List - Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Set Preferences http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/K12Newsletters.html Advertise on K12 Mailing List http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html All Mailing Lists http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/ ************************************************************** ***************************************************************** NHN: NETHAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER #25 5/10/05 SUMMARY http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHN/NH25.html NHN ARCHIVE <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHnewsletter.html> ***************************************************************** Dear NHN Readers, <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> IN THIS ISSUE <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> IN THE NEWS - Utah stands against teacher quality and testing forced on it by NCLB. - Bush to change NCLB: Only the successful impacted - World school voucher results: More dramatic increases between rich and poor - Spyware - Don't use or download Ask Jeeves - What a parent does or doesn't do that actually matters for children's school success. http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHN/NH25.html INTERESTING SITES - This site contains demographic, class size, and test score data on all public schools. - What the war in Iraq is costing education: Changes by the second. - Join the fight against high stakes testing - Click Fraud - $18 million settlement in a class action suit they and 21 freelance writers http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHN/NH25.html SITES YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW EXISTED - Our latest car view: Acura TL - Worst analogies ever written in a high school essay - Sex Offender Registry Board - Museums and the Web Awards - Cleaning your Computer Screen - Free Web server log analysis software http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHN/NH25.html FACTOIDS - Which section of the country has the most educated people? - The Caribbean is home to nearly 400,000 Muslims http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NHN/NH25.html Thanks for reading, Al <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/al.html> TO SUBSCRIBE TO NETHAPPENIGS <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html> Written by Classroom Teacher Alan Haskvitz 1997 National Teacher's Hall of Fame All USA Today First Team Teacher Reader's Digest Hero in Education Cherry International Award for Outstanding Teachers 1994 National Middle Level Teacher of the Year (NCSS) [e] newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [w] http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/al.html Edited by Karen Ellis Founder of ECP http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/AboutUs/aboutus.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com Hot Site Awards New York Times, USA Today , MSNBC, Earthlink USA Today Best Bets For Educators Award, Macworld Top Fifty <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com Net Happenings, K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html Copyright statements to be included when reproducing annotations from K12 Newsletter The single phrase below is the copyright notice to be used when reproducing any portion of this report, in any format. > From K12 Newsletter copyright > Educational CyberPlayGround. http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/K12Newsletters.html Net Happenings, K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/ FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/ HOT LIST REGISTRY OF K12 SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/ <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>