Turnaround Tales
Pursuing Standards Pays Off
California's Imperial High School took the state standards to heart when they were introduced in the 1990s and began reshaping its curriculum and instructional strategies. The school now posts strong scores overall and in subgroups of students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork077.shtml

Read About It
What Is Differentiated Instruction?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit031.shtml

News for Kids
New Bulbs Provide More Light, Save Energy
A new, more energy efficient light bulb, might replace the light bulbs we all know.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/newsforyou005.shtml

Administrator's Desk Articles
‘Paperless’ Packets Save Money, the Environment
In one Arizona school district, packets for bimonthly board meetings used to take days and reams of paper to prepare. Now the district is presenting and archiving that information online. The move has freed up at least two days a month of an employee’s time, copy machines are lasting longer, delivery is easier, and of course, paperless packets are helping the environment.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin522.shtml

Pete Hall: Always Strive to Be a Better You
Prioritize and Delegate Your Way to Effective Leadership
"If a principal cannot effectively prioritize time and energy, and if a principal cannot delegate certain tasks and decisions, then that principal will find him or herself dangling at the end of a very short rope over a frothing sea of sharks, piranhas...”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall007.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
How Do NCLB and IDEA Interact?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB151.shtml

Lessons from Our Nation's Schools
Who Are We Proud to Be? Amistad Academy
Using chants, rewards, consequences, and lots of hard work, staff members at Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, are helping urban students set and meet goals.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/schools/schools022.shtml

From the Education World Archives
Making Inclusion the Norm
Including special education students in "regular" classes and finding ways to meet their -- and all other students' learning needs -- should be the goal of every school, according to professor Dr. Mara Sapon-Shevin.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat206.shtml

School Doodle
Getting the Most Blood from the Smallest Stone
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles25.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Special Education
Issues Spotlight 2 Inclusion
Issues Spotlight 3 At-Risk Students
Issues Spotlight 4 School Culture
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/s.shtml#special http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/i.shtml#inclusion http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/a.shtml#at-risk http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/c.shtml#culture

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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 in this week's question of interest to all educators.

This Week's Survey Question
Should students' scores on high-stakes tests be on their school transcripts?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey172.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
In the past year or two, has your school increased its efforts to recycle materials and conserve energy?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey171.shtml

Teachers Ordered to Turn Over E-Mails Written at School
A circuit court judge ruled that five Wisconsin Rapids School District teachers must turn over the contents of e-mails written while at school. A resident claims the teachers were writing personal e-mail on school time.
Source: School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6550396.html

Study: Co-Ed Classes Optimize Learning
A Tel Aviv University study found that boys and girls perform better academically in co-ed classrooms. The study showed that the presence of girls improved boys' grades markedly.
Source: Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080411150856.htm

NASSP Supports School Safety Bill
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is supporting a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide schools with resources and support to formulate emergency preparedness plans in case of a terrorist attack or national disaster.
Source: NASSP
http://www.principalspolicyblog.org/blog

Funding for School Media Centers Lagging
Despite research showing that school libraries help boost student achievement, media centers and the librarians who staff them still don't receive sufficient funding, reports a study by the American Library Association.
Source: School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6551329.html

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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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Schools Reach Out to Hispanic Parents
Some schools in Texas are offering English and citizenship courses for Hispanic parents so they can become more comfortable speaking English and more involved in their children's education.
Source: The Galveston County Daily News
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7f1c7d7edfb03642

School Nurse Forms Anti-Smoking Group
School nurse and former smoker Donna Pasko created a SWAT team -- Students Working Against Tobacco -- to educate teens at Palmetto High in Florida about the dangers of smoking. SWAT quickly became one of the largest groups on campus.
Source: Bradenton Herald
http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/528056.html

School Requires AP English for All
Last year Bell Multicultural became the first public high school in the Washington, D.C., area to require all students to take college-level AP English courses and exams.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302211.html

Families Charge State Not Educating Kids
Three Iowa families have filed a lawsuit against the governor and the director of the state's department of education alleging that the state fails to provide public school students with an adequate education as required by the state's constitution and code
Source: The Des Moines Register
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080404/NEWS02/804040395

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