From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sackmann, Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:48:41 -0700 Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Monday, 26 August 2002
TheSchoolDaily for Monday, 26 August 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/index.html?schooldaily --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION NEWS MENINGITIS SYMPTOMS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15204 The symptoms of meningitis and action necessary are outlined in this report in the New Zealand Herald. CHANGED BEHAVIOUR LINKED TO KIWIFRUIT SPRAYING http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15202 The sudden onset of "loopy" behaviour among pupils at a rural Tauranga primary school has been linked to toxic spraydrift from a growth hormone chemical sprayed on nearby kiwifruit orchards reports the New Zealand Herald. MENINGITS RISKS AND PLANS TO DEAL WITH THEM http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15203 New Zealand is in the grip of meningococcal disease epidemic. That epidemic has cost the country $630 million, of which direct costs to the health sector have been estimated at $300 million reports the New Zealand Herald. VIRAL AND BACTERIAL MENINGITIS TYPES QUITE DISTINCT http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15205 The main types of meningitis are viral and bacterial. They differ in severity of illness and treatment reports the New Zealand Herald. HOTLINE FOR HEADS IN STRIFE AT SCHOOL http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15175 Australian secondary school principal Peter Manwaring and his primary school colleague Tim Edwards will man the phones seven days a week, visit schools and provide resources and advice to principals complaining that the demands of the job are too great reports The Australian. MINISTERS VOW TO BEAT STAFF VETTING CRISIS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15174 The British government last week bowed to public concern about delays in the criminal vetting system designed to protect children from paedophiles, rushing out a package of emergency measures to clear a huge backlog of applications from peopleabout to take up new jobs in schools reports the Guardian. MINUS PLACES http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15173 Many IT places in Britain won't be filled because students don't have good enough maths reports the Guardian. ST ANDREW'S SUPREME http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2030198a6429,00.html TGHS SEVENTH IN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,2031531a6434,00.html 'LOOPY' BEHAVIOUR LINKED TO TOXIC SPRAYING - PRINCIPAL http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2031266a3600,00.html MVHS BRINGS ALICE TO LIFE http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,2030192a6571,00.html OUR YOUNGEST KILLER http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2031361a10,00.html SCHOOL 'UP WITH BEST' http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2030350a2940,00.html KIDS' CONFERENCE PAYS OFF http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2030349a2940,00.html SCHOOLS START INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,2030304a6404,00.html A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/0,2106,2029888a6015,00.html LET'S GO SHOPPING http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,2030361a6578,00.html MEDALIST A WINNER WITH THE KIDS TOO http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,2030156a6000,00.html STUDENT CLAIMS WAINUI TEACHER MANHANDLED HIM http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,2030107a6479,00.html ROLL FALLS AT TROUBLED SCHOOL http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,2030021a6497,00.html YOUNG INVENTOR WINS A WHALE OF A TRIP http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,2030016a6497,00.html HARROWING PROSPECTS http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2029945a6527,00.html SOUTH OTAGO STUDENTS ON THE MEND http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,2031520a6568,00.html OLDEST MEETS YOUNGEST AT FUNCTION http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,2031518a6568,00.html POLITICIAN, CHILD ADVOCATE BLAME TRUANCY FOR CHOY KILLING http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2031423a11,00.html CATAPULT ON TARGET AT SCIENCE FAIR http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,2031463a6000,00.html SOUTHERN SCHOOLBOYS ON THE RISE http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2031481a6429,00.html TOP MARKS FOR CURIOSITY http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2031459a6530,00.html TEENAGE GIRLS URGED TO GIVE COMPUTERS A GO http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2030318a28,00.html MR FORD'S INVENTIONS MAY YET HELP RESTORE DEPOPULATED TARANAKI http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,2030305a6552,00.html TEACHERS WITHOUT DEGREES CLAIM PAY OFFER DISCRIMINATES http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2030120a11,00.html MILK-AVOIDANCE LEADS TO FRACTURES IN CHILDREN - STUDY http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2030142a11,00.html ATTEMPTS TO STOP HIRING OF NEW STAFF http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,2030237a3845,00.html SHUNNING MILD DOUBLES CHANCE OF FRACTURES http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,2030246a6017,00.html UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED IN WILLS http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,2030138a3845,00.html TOO MANY PRINCIPALS http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/0,2106,2029871a1927,00.html ST ANDREW'S SUPREME http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2030198a6429,00.html MEMORIAL FOR TAIWANESE STUDENT http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,2030249a3845,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15185 1. Why is Air New Zealand examining all of its jumbo jets? 2. Why is freelance journalist Alistair McLeod in the news? 3. Find out the verdicts in the trial of those accused of the killing of pizza delivery man Michael Choy. 4. Why is the disease Toxoplasmosis in the news? Answers... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- TEACHERS Marzano, Robert J., Pickering, Debra J., and Pollock, Jane E. (2001). Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement. Reviewed by Gwen Gawith http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14721 How many teachers do you know who come home from school and say, "Goody, goody; I'll cruise around ERIC and read some juicy educational research and apply it tomorrow in my teaching"? Why is there a chasm between educational research and teaching practice? Why do teachers go on teaching in ways long discovered by researchers to be ineffective? Well, simply because research is hard to get hold of, turgid to read, and, unless you know your way round, there's so overwhelmingly much of it that, unless you HAVE to read it, there is little incentive to do so. SO? SO, EVEN IF YOU NEVER READ RESEARCH, BUY AND READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT DOES IT ALL FOR YOU. It summarises some of the most powerful research ever published on teaching and learning strategies and APPLIES it to what teachers can and should do to enhance learning and teaching. Better still, it explains HOW and gives great examples that are easily applicable to the New Zealand classroom... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTS/FRIENDS Overseas students should pay more for education. So 73% of you answered in the recent TSD straw poll. Does this mean that overseas students are putting too heavy a burden on our school facilities, that NZ students aren't getting a fair deal, or that it's just too cheap? Sensitisation to airborne moulds and severity of asthma http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15183 The British Medical Journal reports on a study to assess whether the severity of asthma is associated with sensitisation to airborne moulds rather than to other seasonal or perennial allergens... Relation of childhood gastrointestinal disorders to autism http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15184 A study published in The British Medical Journal assesses whether children with autism are more likely to have a history of gastrointestinal disorders than children without autism... SPELD 30 years supporting those who learn differently. http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15172 SPELD is a not-for-profit organisation which was set up in 1971. Its purpose was to help children who were not realising their educational potential because of a cluster of learning problems known as Specific Learning Disabilities. SPELD now has with 33 branches throughout New Zealand and provides assistance to people of all ages with problems associated with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia. Book Review: 'The Littlest Clue' http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15170 "The Littlest Clue. The resurgence of New Zealand science and technology." Selwyn Parker. Industrial Research Limited, 2002; $29.95. In "The Littlest Clue" author Selwyn Parker cuts through the image of the 'scientist in a lab coat' and follows the fortunes of a group of innovators and their projects over more than 10 years, as they take brilliant ideas from the lab to the market place. Readers are given an exciting insight into the challenges of the competitive world of science the race to be first, the courtroom dramas and the ultimate achievements inside one of New Zealand's leading research companies, Industrial Research Limited. A review by Vicki Hyde CRSNZ: The Cooper Column: 'the need for male teachers http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15129 The number of male teachers in our primary schools is tiny and getting smaller. The trend is accelerating because male teachers have a high average age so more are retiring than coming in. Thus many children, perhaps most, will go through primary school without a male teacher. There is some argument that this lack of male teachers does not matter because a good teacher is a good teacher and gender has nothing to do with this. In some ways this is a powerful argument. It is supported by a number of studies, which have shown that teacher quality is more important than anything else, even class size. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEARNZ2002 'Mountains of Mana' - 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/ 'Wordsmith 2.0' an integrated toolbar in MS Word providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz Reach out to international educators through ASCD http://www.ascd.org/aboutascd/internationalwebsite/index.html?schooldaily Read&Write 6 Gold - just released toolbar for literacy and study support http://www.texthelp.co.nz/ ******************************************* 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 **********************************************************
