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Articles: Teaching & Learning

Disney's Planet Challenge Heroes

News Update
In Disney's Planet Challenge, students nationwide are asked to identify an environmental issue in their local community and come up with a solution that they will manage and document from start to finish.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, Sep 2010
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project-based-learning

The Push for Public Preschool

Feature
More districts are seeing the advantages of school readiness and preparing youngsters for their K12 careers.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Jul 2010
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achievement gap

Farm Fresh or Fries: How Much Is Good Nutrition Worth?

News Update
Washington faces reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act this fall.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jul 2010
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federal policy
nutrition

Professional Development in an Era of Budget Cuts

News Update
We asked our advisory panel of administrators what their districts are doing for professional development as they face tighter budgets.
Eric A. Clayton
District Administration, Jul 2010
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funding
online

New Study Shows Racially Segregated Schools Not Equal

News Update
A new study reports poor performance of minority students, regardless of race or ethnicity, in schools that have mostly minority students since NCLB implementation.
KeriLee Horan
District Administration, Jul 2010
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achievement gap
at-risk
Latinos
NCLB
student achievement

School Health Has Many Faces

District Profile
Last year, Arkansas gave Springdale (Ark.) Public Schools an award for wide-ranging policies and educational programs that promote the health of students, their families, and school staff.
Mary Johnson Patt
District Administration, Jul 2010
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healthy schools

STEM Education Can Help Prevent the Next Disaster

News Update
The gulf drilling explosion on the Deepwater Horizon caused an unprecedented disaster. The most sustainable and forward-thinking answer to prevent the next disaster may lie in education.
Eric A. Clayton
District Administration, Jul 2010
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engineering

Race to the Top or to the Bottom?

Supervisors Opinion
Overhauling teacher evaluation systems has the potential to undo some of the good work of past reforms.
Eamonn O'Donovan
District Administration, Jul 2010
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NCLB
Race to the Top
teacher evaluation

Letters

Letters
Feedback from Our Readers
District Administration, Jul 2010

The Next Generation of Science Standards

News Update
As the nation prepares for common core standards in math and English language arts, a framework to guide new science standards is getting closer.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Jun 2010
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assessments
science curriculum

Spotlight on Adolescent Literacy

Research Center
Recent studies call for increased funding.
Stan Bumgardner
District Administration, Jun 2010
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reading curriculum

Study Finds K12 Educators Unprepared to Teach Personal Finance

News Update
A new report finds that although a majority of K12 educators believe that financial literacy is an important content area, only a small minority feel qualified to teach it.
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
District Administration, Jun 2010
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21st-century learning
finance

The Missing Link: Uniting Researchers and Practitioners for Mathematics Curriculum

News Update
A new report from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) aims to find common goals between mathematics researchers and practitioners.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jun 2010
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data driven decision
math curriculum

STEM Education Can Help Prevent the Next Disaster

News Update
It is within the academic realm of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that the foundations for future disaster-aversion could be built.
Eric A. Clayton
District Administration, Jun 2010
Tags: 
math curriculum
science curriculum
student achievement
technology

SPECIAL REPORT: States of Debate: The Die-Hard Communicator

Feature
Margaret Smith, the superintendent of Volusia County (Fla.) School District, uses her collaborative leadership style to get the job done.
Victor Rivero
District Administration, Jun 2010
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communication

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