Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1PDDju28137; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:13:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:13:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNECEKJCPAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:790] Morning Tid bits X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2197 Lines: 54 Hello all! Here are some interesting Tid Bits from the Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast. TIPS FOR GRANTSEEKING TEACHERS Grantmakers are eager to fund teachers' ideas for creative, hands-on learning. But, to be successful at winning grants, it's important that teachers match their idea with the funder's priorities, clearly explain a need and a solution, show wide-ranging benefits, and focus on results. In this issue of FoCAL Points, you can find eight tips for turning creative ideas into convincing grant proposals. http://www.publiceducation.org/cgi-bin/downloadmanager/publications/p98.asp My daughter would jump for joy: SACRED COW: SHOULD WE GET RID OF HOMEWORK? Ron Wolk reports that as student, father, and grandfather, he has found homework to be a practice that distracts kids from more important pursuits, wastes the time of all involved, and turns too many evenings into fractious encounters between parents and their children. In the absence of truly constructive homework, he writes that kids should be playing games, reading for pleasure, hanging out with friends, practicing the guitar, helping little old ladies cross the street, and doing other activities they don't perform in school. Mr. Wolk is the founder of Education Week and a Public Education Network board member. http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tmstory.cfm?slug=06persp.h13 More information in this article than you can read in a week! NO STATE LEFT BEHIND: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ESEA 2001 Implementing the reforms embodied in the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will be a tall order. Only 15 states currently have testing programs that meet the new requirements. This new ECS report summarizes the law, includes information about timelines and funding levels, looks at states' readiness to implement provisions of the new law and provides key questions for policymakers to consider. http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/32/37/3237.doc Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40202-4251 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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