No Educator Left Behind
How Will We Know if Reading First Is Working?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB155.shtml

Read About It
What Is Response to Intervention?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit036.shtml

News for Kids
Were Rivets to Blame for Titanic Sinking?
Some scientists are making the case that rivets caused the Titanic to sink.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Administrator's Desk Articles
Morning Meetings in Middle School:
An Elementary Ritual Grows Up
Many elementary classes start each morning with a meeting that sets the stage for the learning that will occur during the day, but more and more middle schools are finding that this social experience is just, if not more, important in upper grades. Navigating the stormy seas of adolescence, kids in middle school crave the community and camaraderie that the morning meeting provides.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin523.shtml

Pete Hall: Always Strive to Be a Better You
The Bull’s-Eye of School Discipline
Remember that time when there was a line of students awaiting their punishments outside your office door? Misbehaviors were running rampant, like ants on a picnic lunch. The school day was a blur of black eyes, name-calling, and disobedience. And it seemed like you spent your whole day doing discipline. That was this morning, really? Oh, you mean that happens every day?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/columnists/hall/hall025.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Rallying Students, Teachers to Improvement
Talking dogs, a vibrant principal, and intensive extra help all contributed to Maryland's North Glen Elementary School eliminating the achievement gap between white and minority students.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork055.shtml

From the Education World Archives
School, Town Create Holocaust Memorial
While studying the Holocaust, Whitwell Middle School students set out to collect 6 million paper clips to comprehend the number of Jews killed by the Nazis. They not only exceeded their goal, but with community help, created a memorial to those who died.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat177.shtml

School Doodle
Finding the Elusive Lowest Common Denominator
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles51.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Magnet Schools
Issues Spotlight 2 Time Management
Issues Spotlight 3 Grading
Issues Spotlight 4 Holocaust
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/m.shtml#magnet http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/t.shtml#time http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/g.shtml#grading http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/h.shtml#holocaust

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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 parents be required to have teaching credentials to educate their children at home?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey173.shtml

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

Warning: Kids Need Heart Exam Before ADHD Drugs
Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before starting medication such as Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, said the American Heart Association.
Source: The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/health/hc-adhd0422.artapr22,0,5594721.story

Bullies Taunt Allergic Kids With Peanuts
Some schools are seeing a dangerous new trend in bullying: kids deliberately exposing students with peanut allergies to peanut products. Peanut exposure can cause severe reactions in some children, even causing death.
Source: ABC News.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705&page=1

More Schools Turning to RTI
More schools are adopting the response-to-intervention approach and providing intensive remediation for young children who show signs they are having problems with math and reading.
Source: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-04-21-special-ed_N.htm

Bills Would Ban Dropouts from Driving
Teens who drop out of school could lose their licenses under bills proposed in the California legislature. The bills apply to dropouts and habitual truants who would be unable to drive unless they return to school, reach age 18, or qualify for a hardship waiver.
Source: The Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/876797.html

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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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Teacher Urges Schools to Reduce Copier Usage
Kenny Luna, a science teacher in North Babylon, New York, is urging schools to reduce the number of photocopies staff members make to help save trees and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Source: Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-licopy185654554apr18,0,2927398.story

District Hopes to Shed Light on Higher Energy Bills
Solar energy and San Diego seem made for each other. Yet when the San Diego Unified School District installed solar energy systems in 28 schools, the district's annual electricity bill went up by $20,000.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080416-9999-1n16solar.html

Teacher Suspended for Refusing to Give Test
Carl Chew, a science teacher at Nathan Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, has been suspended for two weeks without pay for refusing to administer the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in his classroom.
Source: The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004364005_apwawaslrefuser.html

Students Compete in Problem-Solving Event
Forida students at every level participated in a three-day problem-solving competition that included skits, written booklets, and the community problem-solving competition, in which students developed strategies to solve problems in their communities.
Source: Florida Today
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/NEWS01/804170351/1006/news01

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