************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "Winters, Kirk" ?Kirk.Winters@xxxxxx? To: Information from ? about the U.S. Department of Education publications ? more . ?edinfo@xxxxxxxxxxx??? Sent: Tue, 6 May 2003 15:20:58 -0400 Subject: ED News: No Child Left Behind (May 6, 2003) ========================================================== ED News: No Child Left Behind Apr.17 - May 6, 2003 ========================================================== 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, please visit www.NoChildLeftBehind.gov. 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