Read About It
What Is Understanding By Design?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/readit/readit044.shtml

Whatever It Takes
What I Learned (the Second Time) in Seventh Grade
Spending a year with a seventh grade team at Bennet Middle School brought back memories, instilled new lessons, and evoked admiration. And it was a chance to share lessons from a school dedicated to doing whatever it takes.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/WIT/WIT032.shtml

Turnaround Tales
Increasing Reading Time for All
Expanded reading time at South Clearfield Elementary School has helped all students, but particularly those who still are learning English. Twenty percent of the students at South Clearfield come from homes where Spanish is spoken.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/nclbwork/nclbwork054.shtml

News for Kids
Drought Threatens Huge Man-Made Lake
A drought and other factors have scientists worried that Lake Mead could dry up.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/newsforyou.shtml

Administrator's Desk Articles
Advisories Inspire, Motivate Students
Helping students focus on what makes them happy and building connections to themselves, people, and institutions is part of the successful formula for a two-year advisory program at one Missouri middle school.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin525.shtml

Partners for Student Success
Student-Led Conferences Open Parent-Child Dialogue
Started five years ago and conceived as an activity for merit students, student-led conferences have become an institution shared by the entire student body at E. Russell Hicks Middle School in Hagerstown, Maryland.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/partners/partners036.shtml

No Educator Left Behind
What Happens When Schools Pass Students
Just to Reduce the Failure Rate?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/NELB/NELB126.shtml

From the Education World Archives
Helping Schools Promote Fitness, Healthful Diets
Spurred by a government report warning about the effects of overeating and inactivity among children, education and health officials formed Action for Healthy Kids, a group that works with schools to promote more healthful lifestyles for youngsters.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat175.shtml

School Doodle
What I Meant to Say Is…Thanks
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/school_doodles08.shtml

School Issues Spotlights
Issues Spotlight 1 Field Trips
Issues Spotlight 2 Teaching Physical Education
Issues Spotlight 3 Fitness
Issues Spotlight 4 Wellness
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/f.shtml#field http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/p.shtml#pe http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/f.shtml#fitness http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/w.shtml#well

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This Week's Survey Question
Some schools have reported students using peanut products to bully kids with allergies. Should students be charged with a crime for deliberately exposing allergic students to peanuts?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey175.shtml

Last Week's Survey Results
With only a month or two at most left in the school year, which best describes the main element of your plan for the balance of the school year?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/survey/survey174.shtml

Reading First Not Improving Scores
Students enrolled in the $6 billion federal Reading First program that is at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law are not reading any better than those who don't participate, according to a U.S. government report.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/01/AR2008050101399.html

Teachers' Risque Online Profiles Pose Dilemma for Schools
Some school administrators are wondering what, if anything, they can or should do about racy material some young teachers post on their online profiles.
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/27/AR2008042702213.html

Students Want to Learn With Gaming Technology
Educational gaming is one of the emerging technologies that students would most like to see in their schools, according to a Project Tomorrow survey. Yet, only one in 10 teachers has adopted gaming as an instructional tool.
Source: eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53443

National Teachers' Hall of Fame to Induct Five
Five career teachers from across the U.S. are scheduled to be inducted in June into the National Teachers' Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas. About 20 teachers a year are nominated for the hall of fame.
Source: KVOE News
http://www.kvoe.com/NTHF%20special%20report.htm

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LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKING NEWS
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Districts Investing in Parent Education
Some Texas school districts are investing in parent education programs, in the hope that they lead to improved student behavior, academic performance, and attitudes. The program includes classes, counseling, and social services.
Source: The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042508dnmetteachparent.1bfe924.html

Amount of K-5 Physical Activity Doubles
The Oklahoma state senate passed a bill increasing the amount of required physical activity time for students in grades K-5 from 60 minutes a week to 120 minutes a week.
Source: The Oklahoman
http://newsok.com/bill-to-increase-physical-education-passes/article/3236739

Birmingham Joins One Laptop Per Child
The Birmingham, Alabama, board of education has voted to accept 1,000 of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child's $200 XO laptops from the city as part of a pilot program.
Source: eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53412

Turning Schools Into Nature Centers
Orangevale Open Elementary School in Fair Oaks, California, has been chosen as the national training ground for U.S. Fish and Wildlife's mission to help public schools turn their campuses into ecological habitat and connect their students with nature.
Source: The Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/900888.html

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