Education World's Headlines Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue39
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Volume 6, Issue 39
October 14, 2004
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week=92s Whatever It Takes article:
* As Another Year Begins, Bennet is Ready to Do Whatever It Takes
Anticipation rules on Ed World's first day at school.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/WIT/WIT002.shtml
This week=92s Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* Elections, Voting in Words a Kid Can Understand
In a new book -- America Votes: How Our President is Elected -- Linda=20
Granfield explains the election process in words any fourth grader will=20
understand.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat116.shtml
This week=92s School Issues article:
* Is Ability Grouping the Way to Go---Or Should It Go Away?
Logic, emotion, and research often clash in the debate over the advantages=
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and disadvantages of ability grouping.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues002.shtml
This week=92s Administrators Desk articles:
* Film A Day in the Life Eases Sixth Graders' Fears
A student-made film acknowledges new students=92 fears and reassures them=20
that middle school is not so scary.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin373.shtml
* Fifteen Ideas for Fundraising Fun
These are desperate times for many schools, and desperate times require=20
creative measures. Education World offers 15 fun ideas for school=
fundraising.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin374.shtml
This week=92s NCLB Working article:
* Boosting AYP, Teacher, Paraprofessional Qualifications
By incorporating the state's accountability system into the definition of=20
adequate yearly progress and using grants and mentors to help staff,=20
Escondido (California) Union Elementary School District has seen=
improvement.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork010.shtml
This week=92s No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: NAEP
What is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and when=20
were states required to begin participating in it?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB082.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.
To read past questions, go to No Educator Left Behind archives
(http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/archives/NELB.shtml).
This week=92s School Issues Spotlight:
* Dropouts
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/d.shtml#dropouts
This week=92s School Doodle:
* Parent conferences, part two.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles16.shtml
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THE WEEKLY SURVEY
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Each week, we ask readers to cast their votes in The Weekly Survey.
Cast your vote on this week's question of interest to all educators.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION
Do most teachers in your school know about NCLB?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey029.shtml
LAST WEEK'S SURVEY RESULTS
Are teachers paid enough?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey028.shtml
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Schools Advised on Preventing a Terrorist Takeover
U.S. officials have sent advisories to local law enforcement and homeland=20
security officials about preventing terrorist takeovers of schools, like=20
the incident that occurred last month in Russia.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/07/homeland.schools/index.html
* Comic Books Draw Kids to Reading
Comic books, or graphic novels, are turning up in classrooms as a way to=20
reach reluctant adolescent readers. Not all educators, though, agree on=20
their value.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1012/p11s01-legn.html
* School for Athletes Planned
Canada is planning to open a high school for athletes, called the Region=20
School for Healthy Active Living, north of Toronto, by 2007. The school is=
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being designed as the sports version of high schools for the performing=
arts.
Source: The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041012/SCHO=
OL12/TPNational/?query=3D%22Sports+school%22
* Schools Urged to Stress Heart Health
Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease=
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and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, according to the American=20
Heart Association.
Source: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/12/health/main648794.shtml
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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Millions Donated to Public Schools
More public schools, such as some in Missouri, are receiving donations --=20
some totaling more than $1 million -- from alumni and the community to pay=
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for programs and construction.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/B8E5AE66FE=
1DA13386256F280039FC32?OpenDocument&Headline=3DCan+you+spare+a+million+%=
3F=20
* Tragedy Sparks Community Service
Students from Springfield (Oregon) High School are donating time and money=
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to organizations that fight domestic violence and child abuse. Students=20
began the project after a school bus driver was shot by her estranged=
husband.
Source: The Register-Guard
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/10/11/b1.cr.domviolenceedx.1011.html
* Student Film Shows Poor Building Conditions
Fed up with leaky ceilings, missing tiles, broken bathroom doors, and=20
hordes of resident mice, some students at Mount Hebron High School in=20
Ellicott City, Maryland, made a film about the school=92s conditions to show=
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to the community.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25387-2004Oct11.html?referrer=
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* Hunting for Male Teachers
The shortage of male teachers in grades K-8 in Indiana is prompting=20
districts to look harder for male candidates, or in some cases, to groom=20
their own.
Source: The Indianapolis Star
http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/185305-6272-P.html
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