Teacher Quality Mandate Remains Big Challenge for States

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Teacher quality mandate remains big challenge for states

CNN .com from the Associated Press 2006

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/08/16/teacher.quality.ap/index.html

Schools are struggling to meet the mandate of the No Child Left Behind law to have highly qualified teachers in core academic classes by the end of the 2006–07 school year. Read more . . .

America’s Best Graduate Schools.

News and World Report

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm

Each year U.S. News and World Report investigates, and then ranks, the top graduate schools in the nation. Read more . . .

Back to School, With Cellphone, and Laptop

By Jeffery Selingo

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/technology/17basics.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

Electronic gadgets are not just for the middle and high school student; elementary students have returned to school with full backpacks.

Read more . . .

Students grade online ed programs

By Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6494

A new resource about online distance programs from OnlineDegreeReviews.org allows teachers to post, read reviews, and gain valuable insights about online programs options. Read more . . .

Is Support for Funding and Testing Fading?

Public Agenda 2006

http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/realitycheck06/realitycheck06_main.htm

Public Agenda, an opinion research organization that dedicates itself to finding out what Americans really think, finds that more money and smaller class size rank higher in priority for most Americans than standards and testing. Read more . . .

Redefining Professional Development: Schools Can Become True Learning Communities for Teachers

http://view.exacttarget.com/?ffcb10-fe9b10707664077c7c-fe5b1c72706d037f7517-fefc1575706602

The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement/Newsletter February 2006

What are the characteristics of a high-quality professional development experience? Read more . . .

It Takes More Than Schools to Close the Achievement Gap

By Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=It+Takes+More+Than+Schools+to+Close+the+Achievement+Gap&srchst=nyt

There is growing research that says that influences other than school play an important role in student achievement. Read more . . .

An Interview with Stacy De Broof: Get Those Kids Organized !!

EducationNews.org

http://www.educationnews.org/writers/michael/An_Interview_with_Stacy_De_Broof.htm

Stacy De Broof, president and founder of Mom Central, Inc., and best-selling author, talks about the relationship of good organization and school performance. Read more . . .

U.S. Department of Education Awards $11.8 Million for 31 Grants to Help Recruit, Train and Retain New Teachers

Department of Education Press Release August 2006

http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/08/08042006.html

The Department of Education is awarding over 31 grants to help high-need school districts recruit, hire, and train qualified paraprofessionals and recent college graduates, who have not majored in education, to teach.