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 Adult ‘Buddies’ Boost Confidence, Skills
Today, when teachers at Barnum School find a student who is struggling, they ask the coordinator of the school’s “Barnum Buddy” program to find an adult buddy for that child. The one-on-one attention has proven very successful in boosting students’ skills.
 Remembering, Supporting the "Forgotten Middle"
Many of today's students are what educators call "average," not distinguishing themselves academically, yet not doing poorly enough to warrant attention. One educator says these "forgotten middle" students have been ignored too long.
 Evelyn-Cortez Ford’s Coaching Teachers To Be Leaders
Teachers can learn to take on leadership responsibilities, and principals are in a great position to provide job-embedded leadership development for teachers by creating a vision for teacher leadership; capitalizing on teachers' strengths; and celebrating successes.
 Emma McDonald
Today’s students need more than one person to guide their education -- they need a team.
 Brenda Dyck
Times have changed since the days when we traveled to lab schools to watch exemplary teachers in action.
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Getting a Job
If you're looking to land a principalship (or assistant principalship), you know the challenges involved. But there are things you can do to give yourself a leg up on your competition for the job. The articles in this archive share stories and practical tips that might just give you an advantage others don't have.
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Ed Heads
Education World shares education headlines in the news.
Five States Develop Green Curriculum
Five states have committed to developing green career and technical education initiatives. Those states will create secondary and post-secondary programs that will lead to certificates and associate and bachelor degrees. 06/24/2009
Texas Rejects Plan to Adopt National School Standards
Texas has decided to steer clear of a national effort -- involving 46 states -- to develop uniform "common core" standards that spell out what K-12 students should be taught in English and math. 06/23/2009
Extreme Book Club Pulls Students In
Extreme Read brings students, parents and teachers together to talk about books they agreed to read together. The book club has been singled out as a great way to involve parents. 06/24/2009
Subsidized Lunch Program Surges in Sacramento County
In a sign that the recession is increasing child poverty, the rate of Sacramento County students taking subsidized lunch grew faster this school year than any of the prior 15 years, new figures show. 06/24/2009
Spelling and Writing Strategies for Students With Dyslexia
For students with dyslexia, the ability to perform at grade level alongside peers in the classroom and later at college depends not only on reading abilities but writing and spelling tasks as well.06/23/2009
RTI in Math Deemed Challenging
A new federal practice guide for educators lays out recommendations for making the RTI approach work in math as well as reading. Educators agree that applying RTI to math is challenging -- but worth the effort. 06/21/2009
Program Teaches Engineering in Elementary School
A class in South Florida is teaching elementary-school students the basics of computer science and robotics, subjects that program founder Lucy Tamez hopes will better prepare them for high-school science. 06/22/2009
See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.
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