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News Headlines of the Week Newsletter ------------------------------------------------ Volume 1, Issue 13 June 14, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Education Professionals, Welcome to Education World's News Headlines of the Week Newsletter. This EDlines newsletter is published weekly as a free service by Education World(R). You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up to receive updates of News Headlines of the Week. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to other teachers. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. To unsubscribe, see instructions at the bottom of this newsletter. ********************************************** Education World's newsletter is brought to you by Random House Children's Books Random House Children's Books proudly announces the re-launch of Teachers@Random, an online resource center for teachers of all grade levels. The updated site will now include over 150 printer-friendly Teachers Guides each categorized by title, theme, subject, and time period. A comprehensive planning calendar will allow teachers to plan seasonal themes and holidays with appropriate books for their students. Also included are expanded author biographies ideal for classroom author studies, as well as various educational resources including: ***A listing of educational distributors ***An index of links to related sites ***A comprehensive list of Accelerated Reader titles ***Information on booking author appearances ***Information on the Random House Children's Books eBook program. To visit, simply click the link below: http://www.educationworld.com/go/base?id=RMT ******************************* NEWS HEADLINES OF THE WEEK ******************************* The news stories referenced in this newsletter are collected by Education World news editor Ellen "Scoop" Delisio. They are gathered from Education World and a wide variety of other education news sources. Some of the headlines also appear in Ellen's weekly column, EDscoops, at http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/. If you get an error message when you click on any link, copy and paste that URL into your browser window. To access some links (for example, links to articles published by the New York Times), you might be required to register; registration is free. ******************************************** NEWS HEADLINES FROM EDUCATION WORLD ******************************************** This week's Wire Side Chat from Education World: * Taking JayJo to School Books help youngsters understand medical conditions that can affect the kids and adults they know best. Source: Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr408.shtml This week's Starr Points column: * A Teacher's Prayer of Thanksgiving "Thank you, God, for I am a teacher..." Linda Starr notes what teachers have to be thankful for. Source: Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues233.shtml This week's School Doodle editorial cartoon: * An elephant in sheep's clothing. Source: Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/school_doodles/sd39_anurseryrhyme_r1_460w .gif This week's School Issues article: * A Call for Better Middle School Transitions All adults need to help with students' adjustment. Source: Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues326.shtml This week's Administrators Desk article: * The Teacher Shortage: Solutions that Work School districts use varied tactics to recruit teachers. Source: Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin274.shtml ********************************************** NEWS HEADLINES FROM OTHER NEWS SOURCES ********************************************** * Call to Revamp Teacher Certification Teachers do need higher pay; however, standards for teacher certification need to be higher as well, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. Source: CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/06/11/teacher.training.ap/index.html * Cheerio, Dude! Fourth and fifth graders in Los Angeles and London corresponded via the Internet this year, then used the information they gathered about one another's cultures to write plays set in their correspondents' city. Source: Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000041236jun12.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2D california * Laptops Arrive for Teachers Teachers in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District recently began receiving laptop computers as part of a $12 million initiative to provide faculty and staff with access to online curriculum, lesson plans, and record-keeping tools. Source: Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1448024 * Tentative Deal Reached With NYC Teachers A tentative contract reached between New York City and the city's teachers' union increases salaries between 16 and 22 percent and adds 100 minutes to the workweek. Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/education/11TEAC.html More Education News Headlines! * Teachers to Get New Tax Break Beginning this year, the Internal Revenue Service will allow teachers to deduct on their taxes up to $250 of their own money spent on classroom supplies. Source: Detroit Free-Press http://www.freepress.com/news/education/nteach13_20020613.htm * Majority of Ohioans Support Teaching Intelligent Design Fifty-nine percent of state residents favor teacher the theory of intelligent design -- the idea that a supernatural force guided human development -- along with evolution in science classes. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard .xsl?/base/news/102362941036241.xml * You Can Be in Two Places at Once Eight timesaving tips for administrators from the principal of The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, N.Y. Source: ASCD Education Update http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edupdate/2002/200206/willis_6.html * Middle Schoolers Tackle Game of Life Students at Zionsville Middle School in Indiana learned practiced life skills such as writing resumes, preparing budgets, and researching car and home purchases as part of a cross-curriculum project. Source: IndyStar.com http://www.indystar.com/article.php?nspot31.html Sincerely, Ellen "Scoop" Delisio =================================== Education World (R) http://www.educationworld.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************* 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 **********************************************************
