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What schools need to do to get low-income parents involved in children's education
Contrary to prevailing myth on parent involvement, parents of low socioeconomic status want to be involved in their high school students' educations just as much as parents with higher incomes and more education, according to a national study of . . . keep reading

St. Louis superintendents make suggestions for changing NCLB
The Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, a consortium of 65 area public districts, has developed the following list of suggestions for improving No Child Left Behind. The 15 sugg . . . keep reading

How educators talk to each other can influence outcome of reforms

Fast kids, slow kids and lazy kids. Educators would never use such labels within earshot of students because they know the power of language to influence how students feel about themselves and about their ability and desire to learn. . . . keep reading

Integrating math and social studies: 'Ten Black Dots' and September 11

To find the time to teach social studies and science to elementary school students, educators have had to become highly resourceful at integrating these subjects with reading instruction. But, teachers have found it much more . . . keep reading

Grade 1-5 summer reading program fails to boost fall reading achievement scores
File this one under research that doesn't always back up what seems to be common sense. A new study in the Journal of Educational Psychology finds that students who read more books ove . . . keep reading

Key issues in RTI implementation
Many educators are still asking the question, what is RTI, and working to develop a strategy for RTI implementation. . . . keep reading

Study of four popular reading interventions fails to answer $10 million question
It was going to be the next best thing to a Consumer Reports-like review of four of the most popular reading intervention programs: Spell Read Phonological Auditory Training (P.A.T), Corrective Readin . . . keep reading

National math panel puts focus on pre-K to grade 8 readiness for algebra
Calling early proficiency with math the "new literacy," the National Mathematics Advisory Panel says U.S. schools must take steps now to build the foundation for algebra in pre-K to grade 8. "Most . . . keep reading

BLOG: In cold storage
So many high schools have them: A place where students go to make up work because of extended absence, or because they couldn't make it in a regular class environment, or because they just ret . . . keep reading

Reading intervention targets middle schoolers
Middle school students lacking in basic reading skills rarely get the intervention they need on these skills because their teachers and peers are busy working to meet the curriculum objectives for . . . keep reading

Classroom management strategies for novice teachers
Classroom management is difficult enough for the veteran teacher, but for the novice teacher still learning how to execute a fresh lesson, handling the unpredictable events of the classroom is esp . . . keep reading

How to use positive behavior supports with unresponsive students
Schools would rather not play the bad cop. Increasingly, they want to give students positive behavior supports (PBS) to prompt and reinforce desired behaviors instead of punishing undesirable beha . . . keep reading

Study questions whether boys see male teachers as role models

A new English study questions the notion that male teachers are important role models for boys. When 400 boys and girls in the UK, ages 10, 11, 14 and 16, were asked to identify their role models, only 2.4% named a teacher; most children identified relatives and friends . . . keep reading

Eight lessons from No Child Left Behind and eight recommendations for change
Five years after Congress passed No Child Left Behind (NCLB), two researchers say there are eight lessons to be learned about why the law's remedies don't work. They make eight recommendations for how . . . keep reading

Four indicators educators can use to identify potential dropouts in 6th grade
Potential high school dropouts can be identified as early as 6th grade with four simple indicators, according to a study of 13,000 Philadelphia school district students . . . keep reading

Teaching critical thinking most effective when tied to specific content, knowledge
Teaching critical thinking as a set of skills separate from any specific content or from a domain of knowledge is not an effective way to do it, says one researcher. In recent years, many schools have taught critical thinking as a separate set of skills in across-the-curriculum programs, the author writes. But to be taught effectively, critical thinking needs to be "nested" in subject matter, . . . keep reading

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