Thursday, October 23, 2003
Group pushes charter schools
The organization aims to enroll 500,000 students in the next decade.
By Erika Chavez
The organization aims to enroll 500,000 students in the next decade.
By Erika Chavez
Teachers find out how to elicit the write stuff
New program in Eanes gives teachers ongoing training, support
By Kathy Blackwell
New program in Eanes gives teachers ongoing training, support
By Kathy Blackwell
Charter District Approved
Board votes 4-3 to allow Polk to lead the way in a new education direction.
By Julia Crouse
Board votes 4-3 to allow Polk to lead the way in a new education direction.
By Julia Crouse
Letters home tattle on teachers
Akron, Canton schools must inform parents instructors don't meet federal standards
By Stephanie Warsmith
Akron, Canton schools must inform parents instructors don't meet federal standards
By Stephanie Warsmith
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Use the Teacher-access.com Elementary lesson Plan resources
21st Century Schools Project Bulletin: Vol 3, No 20
In This Issue:
1.) NCLB Implementation
2.) Charter School News
3.) Who Should Vouch for Voucher Schools in Milwaukee?
4.) California Dreamin'?
5.) College Financing
6.) ...and College Admissions
7.) Schools and Sexuality
8.) Passages: Neil Postman
9.) Giving the Shirt Off Their Backs for Education
10.) Core Reading
11.) LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom Conference October 23-24
12.) Register Now: PPI Friday Forum on Teachers as Owners
In This Issue:
1.) NCLB Implementation
2.) Charter School News
3.) Who Should Vouch for Voucher Schools in Milwaukee?
4.) California Dreamin'?
5.) College Financing
6.) ...and College Admissions
7.) Schools and Sexuality
8.) Passages: Neil Postman
9.) Giving the Shirt Off Their Backs for Education
10.) Core Reading
11.) LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom Conference October 23-24
12.) Register Now: PPI Friday Forum on Teachers as Owners
Teacher's court-order request denied
He sought the order so he could eject students from class. The judge said the court "cannot micromanage the school district."
By Susan Snyder
He sought the order so he could eject students from class. The judge said the court "cannot micromanage the school district."
By Susan Snyder
Paradox in school bonus for FCAT success
The state's formula for grading schools rewards low-performing schools for little achievement, while lower grades are being given to schools with little room for improvement.
BY MATTHEW I. PINZUR
The state's formula for grading schools rewards low-performing schools for little achievement, while lower grades are being given to schools with little room for improvement.
BY MATTHEW I. PINZUR
County tackles crowded classrooms
Not content to sit on the sidelines, Miami-Dade commissioners are spearheading an effort to find solutions to school overcrowding.
BY KARL ROSS
Not content to sit on the sidelines, Miami-Dade commissioners are spearheading an effort to find solutions to school overcrowding.
BY KARL ROSS
Teacher standards are too broad, experts say
States' varied definitions of 'highly qualified' hurt effort to ensure competence
By Fredreka Schouten
States' varied definitions of 'highly qualified' hurt effort to ensure competence
By Fredreka Schouten
State's laptop plan may crash
With deficit looming, support for program for 6th-graders shrinks
BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI, LORI HIGGINS AND CHASTITY PRATT
With deficit looming, support for program for 6th-graders shrinks
BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI, LORI HIGGINS AND CHASTITY PRATT
At School, the Issue Is Character
State Mandate Collides With Older Students' Lack of Interest
By S. Mitra Kalita
State Mandate Collides With Older Students' Lack of Interest
By S. Mitra Kalita
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Interested in your state curriculum requirements? Check out the resources by state at the Teacher-access.com State Curriculum page
Brookings Press Briefing
The State of Student Achievement:
Release of the 2003 Brown Center Report on American Education
The State of Student Achievement:
Release of the 2003 Brown Center Report on American Education
Study gives teachers near-perfect grade
'Highly qualified' educators head some 99% of public school classrooms - best in nation, says U.S.
By SARAH CARR
'Highly qualified' educators head some 99% of public school classrooms - best in nation, says U.S.
By SARAH CARR
Student support for teachers may surprise some
'It'd be a big waste of time if they just caved' now, says one
By DEBORAH BACH
'It'd be a big waste of time if they just caved' now, says one
By DEBORAH BACH
Parents stunned by Scottsdale charter closing
No notice by Kachina North officials, they say
By Anne Ryman
No notice by Kachina North officials, they say
By Anne Ryman
Fewer men teaching in elementary schools
Male role models needed as more kids grow up without father at home.
By LAURA DIAMOND
Male role models needed as more kids grow up without father at home.
By LAURA DIAMOND
States' teacher quality varies
Michigan instructors rank among the top in meeting federal law
By Ben Feller
Michigan instructors rank among the top in meeting federal law
By Ben Feller
Mayor revisits charters
Detroit's Kilpatrick plans new school initiative with TV address, Lansing lobbying
By Christine MacDonald
Detroit's Kilpatrick plans new school initiative with TV address, Lansing lobbying
By Christine MacDonald
Monday, October 20, 2003
Apprenticing Adolescents to Reading in Subject-Area Classrooms
When middle and high school teachers reconceptualize students' classroom experience as a "cognitive apprenticeship," they begin to see the power of modeling their own strategies for reading and making sense of challenging texts in their disciplines.
By Ruth Schoenbach, Jane Braunger, Cynthia Greenleaf, and Cindy Litman
When middle and high school teachers reconceptualize students' classroom experience as a "cognitive apprenticeship," they begin to see the power of modeling their own strategies for reading and making sense of challenging texts in their disciplines.
By Ruth Schoenbach, Jane Braunger, Cynthia Greenleaf, and Cindy Litman
Teacher strike record in Wash.
School year start delayed as last education walkout in U.S. enters 48 days
By Tomas Alex Tizon
School year start delayed as last education walkout in U.S. enters 48 days
By Tomas Alex Tizon
How the Mayor Is Resuscitating Our Sick System
The Best of Bloomberg's School Reform
by Wayne Barrett with special reporting by Ruth Mantell
The Best of Bloomberg's School Reform
by Wayne Barrett with special reporting by Ruth Mantell
Marysville teachers, district chastised
Locke-appointed team calls talks 'abysmal failure'
By JULIE DAVIDOW
Locke-appointed team calls talks 'abysmal failure'
By JULIE DAVIDOW
