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Science News May 17, 2003 Janet Raloff |
School Lunches are Struggling to Earn High Marks In the nation's schools, the presence of sweet, high-fat snacks in vending machines and on cafeteria lines are undercutting efforts by those institutions to improve the nutrition of U.S. youngsters. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Berger & Gunn |
Challenging Districts to 'Put Reading First' When it comes to the legislation known as Reading First -- a law with profound implications for how our children will learn to read -- the administration has backed up its words with forceful policy, its policy with unprecedented amounts of money, and its money with a plan for vigilant enforcement. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Denis P. Doyle |
Data-Driven Decision-Making "Data-driven decision-making": the term falls trippingly off the tongue. It has become a school-reform mantra that is celebrated but widely misunderstood, and is often ignored (despite its hype) or actively feared. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Neah J. Lohr |
Implementing the Complexities of NCLB Wisconsin's approach to overcoming the law's challenges and closing the achievement gap |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Bloomfield & Cooper |
NCLB: A New Role for the Federal Government An overview of the most sweeping federal education law since 1965 |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Matthew Miller |
Q&A: Ruben Lopez, Florida's Chief Technology Officer How is Florida dealing with the No Child Left Behind act? |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Assessment and Accountability Assessment and accountability are not new to educators, but they have been brought to the forefront as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires states to conduct annual mathematics and reading tests in grades 3-8. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Making Sense of NCLB For a careful observer of trends in education, key elements of the No Child Left Behind Act were probably not an enormous surprise. |
IDB America April 2003 Paul Constance |
An army of volunteer teachers Mexican youths volunteer to teach school in isolated rural villages, earning scholarships and vivid memories in return |
IDB America April 2003 Paul Constance |
Great expectations How two young volunteer teachers in Mexico earned the support of skeptical parents. |
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