2007
Top Ten
Admin Desk
Articles
Principal Stunts Fuel Reading What might your students do to see their principal throw cow chips, spend a night on the roof, or get slimed?
Backpacks Feed Hungry Kids
This special program makes sure kids function well at school by making sure they don’t go hungry at home.
It’s Only a Test Testing is here to stay, so here are some practical tips to help principals make test day goes smoothly.
Longer School Days Adding time to the school day and year has helped some schools improve scores, flesh out curriculum.
Teacher’s Room Makeovers Volunteers take on the job of making over rooms and teacher lounges, surprising and delighting school staff.
Social Studies Fairs Inspire young historians by giving them an opportunity to showcase their work.
Military Vets Now Serve as Teachers Troops-turned-teachers share the rewards and difficulties they have encountered in their new careers.
3-Minute Walk Throughs This approach enables principals to become more involved with curriculum and better support teachers.
Clean Schools Limiting the use of chemicals can result in cleaner buildings, higher attendance, and more learning.
Twenty-Five Ideas… For celebrating American Education Week in November.
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FROM THE “PRINCIPAL FILES”
Education World’s “Principal Files” principal team responds to monthly questions. The result: some of the most popular and practical articles on the Web, including these from 2007.
MEET OUR COLUMNISTS
Each year, our Administrator’s Desk columnists -- all experienced school leaders -- challenge and motivate us to improve our approaches and our schools. At the end of 2007, we are proud to spotlight some of their most inspiring work.
Pete Hall
Hall’s efforts at turning around one underperforming school earned him ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award. In his Education World columns, Hall challenges all school leaders to always strive to be a better you!
George Pawlas
A principal educator and author of The Administrator's Guide to School-Community Relations, Pawlas shares ideas to help principals create successful schools in his monthly Pawlas on PR columns.
Paul Young
A former national Principal of the Year and past president of NAESP, Young brings a unique perspective on school leadership and a cheerleading spirit to his Young@Heart columns.
PARTNERS FOR
STUDENT SUCCESS
 Education World has teamed up with the National Network of Partnership Schools to share the stories of schools that are bringing together parents and the community to help ensure student achievement. These three are among the 20 success stories Education World editor Cara Bafile told in 2007.
Dr. Seuss Literacy Night Is the Cat's Meow
"Guess Who's Coming to Lunch" at School?
Kids Fill ‘Passports’ With Practical Math
THE PRINCIPAL POET
 Ivan Kershner, known to students and colleagues alike as Mr. Ivan, has been writing poetry for more than 40 years. His poems should ring familiar to all educators. Click a title below, and enjoy!
Bringing Elephants to School
One Child Left Behind
The Teacher’s Messy Desk
WEEKLY ADMIN FEATURES
FROM EDUCATION WORLD
 Take Five
Each week we take 5 minutes to share five quick tips. In 2007, we offered advice for planning effective and fun staff meetings, recognizing and celebrating student achievement, offering advice to help first-year teachers succeed, and much more.
How I Handled… Principals share “lessons learned” from their experiences.
Exceptional Events A year of school-wide events that spotlight students and involve parents.
 Instant Meetings Are staff meetings getting to be a drag? Here are three dozen principal-tested ideas for meetings that work.
Grant of the Week Check out the latest additions to our Grants Center. And check back often because we post new grants each week.
From Our Leadership Archive Dozens of articles offer professional development for school leaders.
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