K12> ED News: No Child Left Behind (May 6, 2003)

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Subject: ED News: No Child Left Behind (May 6, 2003)
 
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ED News: No Child Left Behind         Apr.17 - May 6, 2003
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In this issue...
 
  ?  An Open Letter to Teachers
  ?  Teacher of the Year Celebration
  ?  National Moment of Remembrance
  ?  State Accountability Plans
  ?  Reading First Grants
  ?  Charter Schools Week
  ?  Teaching American History Grants
  ?  What Works Clearinghouse Accepting Nominations
  ?  Improving Ed Results for Children with Disabilities
  ?  Conference on Race-Neutral Alternatives in Higher Ed
  ?  Campus Safety: Protecting Against Terrorism  
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An Open Letter to Teachers

     As Americans celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, Secretary
     Paige released an open tribute to teachers.
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/05-2003/05062003.html

Teacher of the Year Celebration

     Secretary Paige joined President Bush ? Mrs. Laura Bush in the
     First Lady's Garden at the White House to honor the 2003
     Teacher of the Year, Helen Elizabeth Dawson Rogers, a 1st- ?
     2nd-grade educator at Leeds Elementary School in Leeds,
     Alabama.
     http://www.ed.gov/Speeches/04-2003/04302003.html

National Moment of Remembrance

     Secretary Paige invites educators to help reclaim Memorial Day
     "for its intended purpose of honoring those who have died in
     service to our great country" by pausing at 3:00 p.m. local
     time on Memorial Day, May 26, for one minute to reflect on our
     fallen heroes.
     http://www.ed.gov/News/Letters/030501.html

State Accountability Plans

     Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ?
     Washington state have completed work on their plans for strong
     state accountability systems aligned with the No Child Left
     Behind Act.  This brings the number of states whose plans have
     been approved to 16.
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/

Reading First Grants

     Kentucky, New Hampshire, ? South Carolina will receive support
     for the first year of a multi-year Reading First grant to help
     schools ? districts improve children's reading achievement
     through scientifically proven methods of instruction.
       KY -- http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/04282003.html
       NH -- http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/05-2003/05022003.html
       SC -- http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/04222003.html

Charter Schools Week

     Secretary Paige ? ED senior staff celebrated charter schools'
     contributions to improving public education as they visited
     schools around the country during National Charter Schools
     Week, April 28-May 2.
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/04252003a.html

Teaching American History Grants

     Secretary Paige announced the availability of nearly $100
     million for Teaching American History grants ? urged local
     school districts ? charter schools to apply for funding.
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/05-2003/05012003.html

What Works Clearinghouse Accepting Nominations

     The ED What Works Clearinghouse is accepting nominations for
     programs, policies, practices, products, ? studies to be
     reviewed for inclusion in its Evidence Reports.  The 7 topic
     areas for the clearinghouse's first year:  interventions for
     beginning reading; curriculum-based interventions for
     increasing K-12 math achievement; increasing adult literacy;
     preventing high school dropouts; peer-assisted learning in
     elementary school; interventions to reduce delinquent,
     disorderly, ? violent behavior; ? interventions for elementary
     English language learners.  
     http://www.w-w-c.org/topicnom.html

Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities

     Secretary Paige applauded the House of Representatives'
     passage of the Improving Education Results for Children with
     Disabilities Act of 2003.
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/04302003c.html

Conference on Race-Neutral Alternatives in Higher Ed

     Secretary Paige joined dozens of the nation's education
     leaders at the ED-sponsored conference, "Race-Neutral
     Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative
     Approaches to Diversity."
     http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/04-2003/04282003a.html

Campus Safety: Protecting Against Terrorism

     The Office for Domestic Preparedness, U.S. Department of
     Homeland Security, offers suggestions to inform planning
     efforts to prevent, deter, or respond to a weapons-of-mass-
     destruction terrorist attack on college campuses.  
     http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSDFS/emergencyplan/campussafe.html

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, please visit
www.NoChildLeftBehind.gov.  You may also be interested in "The
Achiever," a bi-weekly newsletter about No Child Left Behind:
www.nclb.gov/Newsletter/index.html.
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