EDNEWS> News Headlines of the Week Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 7
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News Headlines of the Week Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 7
February 19, 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:
* Gifted Education as a Whole School Model
Whole school reform based on gifted education benefits all students.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat092.shtml
This week's Administrators Desk articles:
* Home Visits Forge School, Family Links
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: Professional Development
How can states help school districts improve professional development?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB060.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
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Dept. of Ed Launches Character Education Site
The U.S. Department of Education has unveiled a new Web site to help educators
and community members teach character education and civic engagement.
Source: U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/02/02172004.htm
* Private Firms Supplying More Foreign Language Teachers
A dearth of foreign language instructors and an increase in the number of
elementary school foreign language programs are forcing more schools to turn to
private companies for instructors.
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/18/education/18outsource.html
* Parents Utilize Online Access to Schools
Schools with Web sites accessible by parents and students are finding that
parents are more up to date on their children's performance and behavior, and
students have fewer excuses for forgetting assignments.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0217/p11s01-legn.html
* Author Says Schools, Teacher Critical to Racial Understanding
Teachers' attitudes and how they treat students of different racial backgrounds
can help to shape students' views about race, according to author/professor
Amanda E. Lewis.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/13/PNGKL4RLD81.DTL
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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Utah Balks at NCLB
The Republican-dominated Utah House recently voted to prohibit the state's
education authorities from using any local money to comply with the federal No
Child Left Behind Act. Bill supporters said NCLB impinges on the state's right
to set an education agenda and the compliance cost is too high.
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/national/11UTAH.html
* Celebrating Presidents' Lives
First graders at Franklin Elementary School in Kirkland, Washington, became a
living U.S. "presidential wax museum." The students dressed as U.S. presidents,
then came to "life" when someone touched a dot on their hands.
Source: The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2001857132_presidents13e.html
* Students Use Foreign Language Skills Creating French Valentines
Students at Rapid Run Middle School in Ohio recently put their foreign language
skills to work by
writing valentines in French and sending them to children in a Canadian
hospital.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/02/12/loc_foreignlang12.html
* A New Way to View, Appreciate Art
Students in a San Francisco elementary school study and discuss art using an
arts education program developed by Visual Understanding in Education. The
group studies children's cognitive development as they interact with art.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-?in/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/13/WBG6G4RKNM1.DTL
Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio
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