Pre-College

Magazine articles on education and school administration grades K-12.

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Science News September 25, 2004	Quick Flicks The BrainPOP Web site boasts more than 200 animated movies with accompanying comics and activities that answer students' questions about science, math, health, and technology.
ifeminists September 22, 2004 Glenn Sacks	Start of School Very Different for Parents of Boys, Parents of Girls Modern schools are not boy-friendly. This can be seen from the time boys enter school, when many of them are immediately branded as behavior problems.
Sports Central September 21, 2004 Mark Chalifoux	Hazing Leaves Freshman "Beat Down" Hazing can be separated into two categories; hazing to build unity on a team and then the kind of hazing we see in the news lately, the insanely abusive and sick things that go on when kids take it too far.
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Michelle Conlin	The Stepford Kids Juliet Schor's book Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture describes the disturbing penetration of corporate marketing into the schools.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2004	How Many Colleges Should You Apply To? The more, the merrier -- within reason, of course (because many have application fees).
T.H.E. Journal September 2004	Videoconferencing for K-12 Classrooms: A Program Development Guide Designed for teachers, administrators, technology coordinators and library media specialists, this book describes the setup and use of standards-based interactive videoconferencing utilizing IP and ISDN networks.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Sue Cooper	Computerized Practice Tests Boost Student Achievement By taking practice tests four to five times prior to the state testing, students are showing significant improvement within their deficit areas. More important, the students are enjoying themselves.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Wendi Takemoto	K-12 Portal Brings Honolulu Community Together A centralized, collaborative portal is bringing the widespread community this school together to share values, ideals, thoughts, learning, life experiences and "ohana" (i.e., family values and camaraderie) - anytime, anywhere.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Creg E. Williams	Update on The School District of Philadelphia Due to the implementation of what will be a long, sustained reform effort, results of higher levels of achievement by Philadelphia high school students were seen.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Maria Cornelli	Videoconferencing Programs Let Students Explore the World Without Leaving the Classroom For every successful videoconferencing program, there is another successful and rewarding learning experience for students.
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