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Thursday, June 12, 2003

Review our lesson plan links at www.Teacher-access.com High School Lesson Plans
Sexually active girls' lament: Why didn't I wait?
By Laura Vanderkam

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES AT WWW.TEACHER-ACCESS.COM
NEA Proposes Improvements to Federal Ed Law
Changes Come From Those in Classrooms and Schools

Scores Lag for Special Ed & New Immigrants
President Bush, Secretary Paige Celebrate Approval of Every State Accountability Plan Under No Child Left Behind
Major milestone in meeting goals of historic law

House Republicans Rewrite Head Start Provision
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
Bush OKs tougher school plan
Overhaul of education will raise states' accountability

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

NEED ACTIVITIES FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS?
CHECK OUT THE NEW SEASONAL THEMES AT WWW.TEACHER-ACCESS.COM

What Unfunded Mandates? CBO Study Reveals Washington not at Fault for State Budget Crises
by Brian Riedl
9 Ways to Boost Your Child's Positive Attitude Before the Bus Comes
These no-nonsense pointers will help you remove a large portion of last-minute stress that comes along with every weekday morning.

by Jackie D. Igafo-Te'o

Behind the New Law
Rule Aids Students But Drains Some Schools

By Jay Mathews
Education Effort Meets Resistance
Leaders Say Teacher Certification Test Was Sabotaged

By Jay Mathews
Pop Quiz Sends Paige Fishing for Help
Fifth-Graders at Southeast School Fill In the Gap for U.S. Education Chief

By Craig Timberg
Researchers verify reading ability gets a boost from phonics
By George Archibald
You Can't Outlaw Failure
It only makes it harder to succeed.

BY PETE DU PONT
High School Graduates 2003: In their own words

EDITOR'S NOTE: A high-school diploma represents a milestone achievement for any student. But for some, the road to graduation is especially difficult, filled with obstacles that take courage and fortitude to overcome, such as poverty, disease, the loss of home and family in war, drug abuse or relocation to a strange land with an unfamiliar language. Their success is all the more inspiring.

In today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, graduates from the Class of 2003 tell in their own words about the daunting challenges they've met to earn a diploma and about their plans for the future.

School Boards -- Local Battleground for Concerned Parents
By Jim Brown

Monday, June 09, 2003

TAKE TIME NOW TO REVIEW YOUR STATE'S CURRICULUM PROGRAMS.
FIND YOUR STATE EASILY AT WWW.TEACHER-ACCESS.COM CURRICULUM PROGRAMS PAGE

Educational Research Should Be Nothing to Laugh At
By William L. Bainbridge, Ph.D.
Comparable Worth
by RICHARD VEDDER
Low Pay, Low Quality
by PETER TEMIN
LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP ENDORSES BILL'S IMPROVEMENTS TO HEAD START,
BUT WARNS GAINS WOULD BE OFFSET BY LOSSES UNDER OPEN-ENDED "STATE OPTION"

Are teachers paid enough?
It's a fact: Teachers are underpaid.
Or maybe not.



Lingering anti-French sentiment cancels school exchange program
By Kim Willsher
Foreign Students Navigate Labyrinth of New Laws
Slip-Ups Overlooked Before 9/11 Now Grounds for Deportation

By Caryle Murphy and Nurith C. Aizenman

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