EDNEWS> News Headlines of the Week Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 6

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Subject: News Headlines of the Week Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 6
 
News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
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Volume 3, Issue 6
February 12, 2004

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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 
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week's Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* SteveSongs Transforms Kids Into Songwriters While Reinforcing Classroom Skills
Children's singer Steve Roslonek uses music to reinforce classroom lessons.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat091.shtml

This week's Administrators Desk articles:
* Home Visits Forge School, Family Links
Building community -- one family at a time.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin342.shtml
* How I Handled...
Keeping control in crowded hallways and lunchrooms.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/how_i_handled/how_i_handled024.shtml

This week's No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: Testing and School Improvement
How do standardized tests measure the progress of schools?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB059.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.
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* High School Diplomas Losing Meaning
Earning a high school diploma no longer means that a student is ready for work 
or college, according to a report from the American Diploma Project. States are 
urged to phase-in more comprehensive curriculums.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/10/high.school.diplomas.ap/index.html

* Could Gum Chewing Boost Achievement?
A dentist found that students who chewed (sugarless) gum while learning new 
material scored higher on a test than non-gum chewers. Some studies show that 
continuously chewing increases oxygen to the brain.
Source: The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?040209ta_talk_mcgrath

* Brain Scans Shed Light on Dyslexia
Researchers are scanning brains of dyslexic children to try to learn what goes 
wrong when they try to read, and what, if any, teaching methods could help them 
overcome the problem.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10/dyslexia.ap/index.html

* Latinos Positive About Public Education
Latinos offer positive views of their local schools, teachers, and educational 
institutions, and Latino parents say they are active in their child's school 
and involved in their education, according to a recent U.S. survey of Latino 
families.
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr012604nr.cfm


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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* "Evolution" To Return
Georgia's state school superintendent, Kathy Cox, is recommending that the word 
"evolution" be restored to the state's teaching standards and textbooks. Cox 
had suggested that "evolution" be replaced with "biological changes over time."
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/friday/content/epaper/editions/friday/news_043254a734b8617100df.html

* Genetic Link Among Diverse Students
Students in a biotechnology class at a San Jose, California, high school 
learned through research that more than half of them are linked by their DNA to 
the same ancestor, born more than 100,000 years ago in central China or Taiwan.
Source: The Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/education/7910232.htm

* Teacher Bonuses and Improved Performance
School officials in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are seeing improvements among 
students in low-performing schools after paying highly effective teachers 
bonuses to work there.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26936-2004Feb9.html

* Parents Protest Exit Test
Some parents in Ontario, Canada, whose children failed a tenth grade literacy 
test required for high school graduation are protesting that the test is unfair 
to students who are disabled, English-language learners, and disadvantaged.
Source: The Globe and Mail
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040209.wlitt0209/BNStory/National/


Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio



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