Starr Points
Is High School Failing Our Kids?
When it comes to high school, we stop adapting our program to fit the students and we start expecting kids to fit the program -- or leave it. Can we afford to lose those kids whose parents can't afford to provide the resources their schools fail to provide?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues272.shtml

Read About It
Teacher Researcher
What is a teacher researcher?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit012.shtml

News for Kids
Scientists Say Exercise Is ‘Food for the Brain’
New research indicates that exercise can improve students' academic performance.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou064.shtml

Administrator's Desk Articles
Interviewing for the Principalship: Tips from Principals
Interviewing for a principalship can be a grueling process. But aspiring principals can relieve some of the pain by heeding advice from experienced principals who have been there, done that. “Principal Files” principals share their best advice -- to help pave the road for the principals who will follow in their footsteps and fill their shoes.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin514.shtml

Evelyn Cortez-Ford: Coaching Teachers To Be Leaders
How Do I Know I'm Ready to Share Leadership?
It is not unusual for principals to be concerned about sharing leadership with teachers. Few teachers and principals have formally been prepared to share leadership. Sharing leadership often requires a principal to make a personal transformation.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/cortez-ford/cortez-ford002.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Early Readiness, Support Efforts Pay Off
The Waynesboro, Virginia, school district has been working with preschoolers and their parents for years to help children be ready for school and relies on a School Improvement Team when they fall behind. But expanded testing could mean problems with AYP.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork036.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
Charter School Teachers
Must charter school teachers meet the "highly qualified" requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB053.shtml

Teaming Up To Achieve
Cheering Classmates Send Students to Tests
Most Parkville Elementary School students know where they are and where they need to go on the state’s high stakes tests, even if they may not know why this year’s efforts are so critical. So after months of preparation, the school holds a pep rally to get them pumped.
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/teamingup/teamingup009.shtml

School Doodle
How Do You Spell 'Phonics'?
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles29.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 High Schools
Issues Spotlight 2 Testing
Issues Spotlight 3 School Safety and Security
Issues Spotlight 4 Teacher Assessment
Source: Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/h.shtml#high http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/t.shtml#testing http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/s.shtml#security http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/t.shtml#assessment

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Eating Better Could Earn Kids Cash
Children who eat more healthful food at school and exercise regularly could receive taxpayer-funded financial bonuses in their state savings accounts, a health adviser to the British government suggested.
Source:Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/16/nchildren116.xml

Educators Fighting Back against Online Insults
Teachers and principals are fighting back against students who post insulting messages or images about them online. Students have faced criminal charges, civil lawsuits, long-term suspensions, or permanent expulsions.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0225/p01s02-usgn.html

Math Teachers, Students Can Be Bad Match
Miscommunication between math teachers and students may compound the struggles some students have with the subject. Teachers who are math experts sometimes assume students know more than they do.
Source: Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/25/teachers-students-can-be-poor-match

Federal Tutoring Programs May Not Make the Grade
Federally funded tutoring sessions for low-performing students may not be effective in improving test scores or student performance, according to a study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Source: School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6535401.html

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State Weighs Leaving NCLB Behind
If the federal government refuses to grant Virginia's waiver requests, the state's board of education should plan a withdrawal from the NCLB Act by July 2009, according to legislation approved by the state's House of Delegates. The decision could cost the state more than $350 million per year in federal aid.
Source: The Virginian-Pilot
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/02/virginia-considers-leaving-federal-education-act-behind

H.S. Diplomas Could Reflect Students' Interests
School leaders in Texas are discussing different paths for recommended high-school diploma plans, which would allow students to take courses related to their interests that would count toward graduation.
Source: San Antonio Express-News
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA022508.01A.highschoolelectives.38b68a8.html

Helping Parents Help Kids
Teachers at Lillian Elementary School in Los Angeles work with immigrant parents to teach them how to help their children catch up and keep up in school. One goal of the effort is to prevent future dropouts.
Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-kinder25feb25,1,1146446.story

State Considers Genocide Curriculum
The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill that would encourage schools to include in their curriculum "genocide education, including the scope and consequences of genocide."
Source: The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-genocide0220.artfeb20,0,7466605.story

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