Fwd: Education World's Headlines Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 44
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From: "Education News Headlines" <newsheadlines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Volume 3, Issue 44
November 18, 2004
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NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD
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This week=92s Whatever It Takes article:
* P.E. at Bennet Brings Own Challenges
Teachers aim to build strong bodies, social skills.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/WIT/WIT007.shtml
This week=92s Wire Side Chat from Education World:
* Teachers Significantly Impact Girls' Science Views
Girls who liked a high school science teacher had positive views about the=
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course and science, according to a teacher and author.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat121.shtml
This week=92s Administrators Desk articles:
* Looking Beyond Schools for School Leaders
Report advises looking more to business and the military for administrators.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin380.shtml
* Parent University: Adults Hone Skills for Stronger Kids, Communities
No one can be completely prepared for the trials of every stage of=20
parenthood. Now some schools are offering =93Parent University=94 workshops=
and=20
seminars to help parents better understand and deal with kids.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin381.shtml
This week=92s NCLB Working article:
* Working to Adapt to NCLB
Chicago tries to meld its ongoing reforms with NCLB mandates.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork015.shtml
This week=92s No Educator Left Behind article:
* No Educator Left Behind: State Accountability, AYP
How is it possible for a school to be rated highly under a pre-existing=20
state accountability system, yet fail to meet AYP under NCLB?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB086.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).
More School Issues articles:
* Living With the Permanence of Portables
Using portable classrooms to relieve school overcrowding is a solution=20
heralded -- and hated. It's all a matter of attitude, some teachers say.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues011.shtml
* The Essential 55: Rules for a Lifetime
Award-winning teacher Ron Clark stresses lifetime skills.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat073.shtml
This week=92s School Issues Spotlights:
* Issues Spotlight I:
Citizenship.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/c.shtml#citizenship
* Issues Spotlight II:
Grading.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/g.shtml#grading
This week=92s School Doodle:
* Balancing act.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles22.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
How many field trips will you take this year?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey034.shtml
LAST WEEK'S SURVEY RESULTS
How do you expect parents to be involved in their children=92s homework?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey033.shtml
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NEWS HEADLINES FOR ALL EDUCATORS
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* Ed Secretary Paige to Step Down
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced his resignation this week.=
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Paige is the first African-American to have served as secretary of=
education.
Source: Yahoo! News
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/11/11152004.html
* Private Donations Reshape Public Schools
Private giving to public schools is continuing to increase, providing many=
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students with extras they might not have. But some worry the trend widens=20
the gap between rich and poor schools.
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/giving/15WINT.html?ex=3D1101544760&ei=3D1&=
en=3D229eea6edfafd490=20
* =93Letter People=94 Draw Praise, Criticism
While some educators say using Letter People -- 26 small dolls, each with a=
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letter on it -- as part of a new literacy program has helped students,=20
others worry they actually slow the pace of learning to read.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov04/275257.asp
* Schools Urged to Find Overseas Links
In an effort to increase international awareness and interest in foreign=20
language study, all British schools are being urged to link up with a=20
school overseas within the next five years.
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4008021.stm
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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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* Internet Brings Courses to Rural Alaska
Thanks to Internet videoconferencing, students in remote Alaskan villages=20
can tune into courses previously unavailable to them.
Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-fi-alaska11nov11,1,1413200.story?co=
ll=3Dla-news-learning=20
* NYC Children Raise Money for Afghan Schools
Through the School of Hope project, students from P.S. 3 in New York City,=
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not far from the former World Trade Center site, have raised money to=20
support two schools in Afghanistan.
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/giving/15SALA.html?ex=3D1101544843&ei=3D1&=
en=3D85595f1124beb1d3=20
* District Orders Teaching Intelligent Design
Dover, Pennsylvania, may be the first school district in the U.S. to=20
require the teaching of intelligent design in addition to evolution.=20
Intelligent design maintains that the universe is so complex that it must=20
have been created by an unspecified higher power.
Source: The Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10169225.htm
* H.S. Students to Get Laptops
About 36 Maine high schools opted to use local funding to buy laptops for=20
students, after the state legislature said it could not afford to expand=20
the middle school laptop program to high schools.
Source: The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2004/11/16/students_in_36=
_high_schools_are_getting_laptops/=20
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