K12> 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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