From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sackmann, Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 12:47:32 -0700 Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Monday, 06 May 2002
TheSchoolDaily for Monday, 06 May 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION NEWS NZ EDUCATION LEVELS FALLING BEHIND OTHER OECD COUNTRIES http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12607 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says education levels in New Zealand have been outstripped by other countries in the past three decades reports the New Zealand Herald. SCIENCE COLLECTIONS AT RISK http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12608 The national scientific collections of New Zealand's unique plants and animals are being run down by dwindling budgets and neglect reports the New Zealand Herald. COUNTING COST OF OBESE KIDS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12628 The New Zealand Herald reports that a US study shows a big increase in diabetes and other diseases related to childhood obesity which in the United States has added millions. EDUCATION BOOST FOR ISLANDERS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12627 The Government has announced extra education funding for Pacific Island people reports the New Zealand Herald. PRIVATE COLLEGE PREPARES STATE PUPILS FOR EXAMS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12605 Ryde College, the private English establishment best known for smashing the record books yearly with the youngest students passing GCSE and A-levels, has embarked on a partnership with the state sector reports the Guardian. EPSRC TAKES ADVENTUROUS ROUTE http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12606 The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is planning to launch an "adventurous research" fund, for projects outside its traditional core disciplines reports UK's Guardian. KIWI TEENS ACTOR'S FAME GOES GALACTIC http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188231a11,FF.html TBHS AT FULL STRENGTH http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188869a2023,FF.html STUDENT CODE TROUBLES SCHOOLS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188915a1934,FF.html REINING IN THE BULLIES http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188537a1936,FF.html SCHOOL MILLIONS AT RISK http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188575a1501,FF.html SCHOOLS TO LOSE STAFF AS ROLLS FALL http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1189000a1885,FF.html WIND MAKES GOING TOUGH FOR GOLFERS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188245a1901,FF.html WEBSITE AWARD FOR WHANGAREI SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188610a1800,FF.html GROWING GARDENS IN TUBS FOR A PICNIC http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188188a1915,FF.html UP UP AND AWAY http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188609a1927,FF.html SCHOLAR'S PRAISE FOR OTAGO http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190344a3845,FF.html STUDENTS UPSET AT LOANS PLAN http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190302a11,FF.html TGHS THIRD IN SI SQUASH http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190308a2023,FF.html HAMPSTEAD TOO STRONG FOR TGHS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190309a2023,FF.html TBHS AWAY TO FLIER IN COMPETITION http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190280a2023,FF.html PARENTS PROTEST OVER SCHOOL'S 'EXTRAVAGANT' UNIFORM COST http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188598a1801,FF.html FILM-MAKER HONOURED http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190355a10,FF.html HALCOMBE PRINCIPAL HEADS OUT ON A HIGH http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188266a4661,FF.html KINDERGARTENS DOING WELL http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188263a4661,FF.html BANK ROBBRY ARTICLE 'IRRESPONSIBLE' http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188234a11,FF.html MASSEY DOES ITS BIT FOR BUSINESS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1189943a1804,FF.html UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA TO STUDY KEAS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1188900a1895,FF.html BULLIED CHILDREN PLEA FOR HELP http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1190354a10,FF.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain - lines of latitude http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12626 Which countries lie on the following lines of latitude: 1. 30 degrees south 2. 60 degrees south 3. 30 degrees north 4. 60 degrees north Answers ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTS/FRIENDS The Cooper Column: 'Gifted and Talented - too many teachers provide an emotional climate of stress or stain .. continually questioning the students right to be there.' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12317 We have some very bright and gifted children in our schools. Further developing these talents is essential to our future well being as a nation. Generally the education system is failing to do this. The education of the gifted very often does nothing for the unfortunate pupils put into such programs except make them feel that to be gifted is a handicap! Withdrawing the gifted from class to attend special lessons is one of the worst examples of this. Invariably this means doubling the workload, as the class teacher insists the gifted catch up on the work missed during their absence ... Spelling, Writing, Reading Barriers http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12636 The impact of difficulties in spelling, writing and/or reading frequently results in avoidance which compacts the problem. Parents and Teens Column: 'Parenting In The Singular - Single Parents Must Parent Harder to Beat the Statistics' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12602 The pros and cons of divorce have been ping-ponging back and forth for years. We hear divorce is bad for kids. Then another study shows divorce doesn't hurt kids as much as living in a home where the parents can't get along. Next another researcher is claiming the scars of children of divorce never heal and years later, as adults, their relationships are affected. Then its back to it's better to live in a peaceful home with one parent than in a tension-filled home with two. Dr. Judith Wallerstein, a sociologist in California has been studying divorce since the early nineteen seventies. Her studies and conclusions have been documented in two books, the last being "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study" ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEACHERS NCEA - Putting new hub caps on a 38 Ford http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12599 NCEA is a proposed assessment mechanism to the present educational model. The present model is wholly inappropriate for the 21stC and bolting on well intentioned "patches" is taking us nowhere, and sucking out huge amounts of passion and human resource in the process. We need a new education paradigm; one that reflects the multiplicity of needs/demands for students to be able to think, reflect and truly be lifelong learners, not to pass trivial memory tests or carry out trite procedures but to pursue the understanding of what they see and feel. This new paradigm needs discussion so we can begin building the new vision of what school could be ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEARNZ2002 'Mountains of Mana' - Aoraki/Mt Cook and Auckland Volcanoes - register now! http://www.learnz.org.nz/2002/ Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com Special Web Solutions and Services for Schools http://www.heurisko.co.nz/webservices For school audioconferencing POLYCOMs are essential http://www.learnz.org.nz/polycom/ LEARNZ-Nepal 'Mountain Connections' - for New Zealand schools - register now! http://www.learnz.org/nepal 'Wordsmith 2.0' an integrated toolbar in MS Word providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz ASCD Executive Director to address conference in Canberra, Australia, 27 and 28 May http://www.ascd.org/aboutascd/internationalwebsite ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
