From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sackmann, Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 16 May 2002 12:31:42 -0700 Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Friday, 17 May 2002
TheSchoolDaily for Friday, 17 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 MALLARD HELPS SCHOOLS BREAK THE LAW http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12927 The Education Minister is deliberately allowing schools to break the law and mislead parents, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata has said ... EXAM BOARDS 'STRUGGLING' TO FIND MARKERS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12938 The chairman of the British Qualification and Curriculum Authority, Sir William Stubbs, has disclosed that exam boards are "struggling hard" to find enough markers to process exam papers reports the Guardian. A FEDERAL BUDGET OF SILENCE ON EDUCATION http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12925 Education Minister Alan Carpenter says the Federal Budget has delivered a roaring silence for Western Australia's education sector. MOBILE PHONE TEXT MESSAGES PLAN TO SPEED NOTIFICATION OF EXAM RESULTS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12937 Pupils could soon receive their exam results as text messages through their mobile phones, predicts a British government official in its e-Envoy office the Guardian reports. TEACHERS' DISPUTE LOOKS TO BE RESOLVED http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204356a10,FF.html FBI WARNED OF ATTACKS - PAPER http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1203356a12,FF.html RISING TO UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204311a1501,FF.html TAIPA SAILORS NEED HELP TO GET SPLASH AND FLASH EUROCUP http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204258a1928,FF.html DRAMA STUDENTS TAKE MAORI OTHELLO TO NATIONAL STAGE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204238a1800,FF.html A MOTHER TO BE PROUD OF http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204265a1804,FF.html MASSEY HONOURS A CHUFFED TOM SCOTT http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1204236a10,FF.html STUDENT UNION LOSES CASE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1203422a3845,FF.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain - People in the news http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12932 1. Name the Israeli Prime Minister. 2. Name the UN Secretary-General 3. Name the Indonesian President 4. Name the Cuban President Answers... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOVERNANCE Minister Welcomes Settlement http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12947 Education Minister Trevor Mallard welcomed the settlement yesterday of the secondary teacher collective agreement his office reported. Shaky foundations http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12936 At Anglia Polytechnic University, students are queuing round the block to take up places on the new foundation degree course for classroom assistants. They say it is exactly what they want to boost their qualifications and move their careers forward. But other foundation degree courses languish half-empty. An e-systems course at Hastings College of Art and Technology, set up with the University of Brighton, is one of many that has struggled to recruit and keep students, and is now looking to relaunch itself... The Linda Vining Column: 'Multichannel marketing to sell K'g' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12818 At a workshop in Canada where I was explaining the six steps to a marketing plan I asked participants to identify one aspect of their school they wanted to sell. Several people chose kindergarten enrolment so we brainstormed a list of communication channels that would reach our defined target audience. Multi-channelling that uses both traditional and contemporary channels is smart marketing. This is what we came up with: ... Alan Smithers: Stop spinning the stats and hire more teachers http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12935 The Government is wriggling on the hook of teacher workload. Faced with solid evidence from its own review body that teachers are working more than 50 hours a week, it has variously suggested that the profession be remodelled; that tasks be transferred to assistants; and that standards, not workload, are the issue. Any action, it has said, will have to await consultation, the next Comprehensive Spending Review and some pilots in pathfinder schools... Mums and dads come out to play http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12934 Early years education has been a Cinderella, neglected by the UK government for decades. The outcome was that British parents seized the initiative and set up their own pre-school groups for under-fives. But since Labour swept to power in1997 state money has been pouring into the early years, and the experts are now questioning whether parents are being elbowed out of the picture... Last opportunity today to visit Aoraki/Mt Cook! http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12933 LEARNZ Teacher Jo Dudley has her last 2 audioconferences today near Red Tarns at Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. The 3-week virtual field trip has seen thousands of students around New Zealand learning about glaciation, geology, search and rescue, keas, pastoralism and what its really like being a DoC ranger at Mt Cook. Today's audioconference focuses on the cheeky kea with student questions being answered by DoC worker Jenny Christensen and kea expert Natasha Sijn ... "When teachers feel energized, the students get a better education" http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12931 Unique in the San Francisco District, San Francisco Community School has no principal. The 11 teachers and four paraprofessionals elect one of their own to be the chief administrator, or "Head Teacher," for a three-year term. After three years, that person returns to the classroom, and staff members elect another colleague to fill the post ... New Zealand Ask an Expert Register http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=12928 As part of the 'UNITEC New Era Learning Initiative', UNITEC in Schools has established a New Zealand Ask an Expert Register. This service is designed to enable primary and secondary students to email questions to a growing number of experts on NZ and international topics .. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com For school audioconferencing POLYCOMs are essential http://www.learnz.org.nz/polycom/ 'Type and Talk 4.0' an easy to use word processor providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz 2002 ASCD Teaching & Learning Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 11-13 http://www.ascd.org/trainingopportunities/conferences/2002tlc/ ******************************************* 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 **********************************************************
