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 h4RCIoC29600; Tue, 27 May 2003 08:18:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 08:18:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003701c32449$2fa682c0$35881a0a@famlit.net> 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:1567] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3133 Lines: 64 Good Morning! From:PEN Weekly NewsBlast for May 23, 2003 Public Education Network [PEN@PublicEducation.org] Uhmm... LEAVING TEACHERS BEHIND ACORN has published a study documenting problems in the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. (NCLB) The report analyzes data from 24 states and 73 school districts, and finds that the Bush Administration and the U.S. Department of Education are selectively following through on the promises made under NCLB. The most important of these promises was to make sure that every child has a highly qualified teacher. NCLB also promised that teachers would be equitably distributed. The Administration has deliberately pushed states and school districts to comply with other provisions of NCLB while ignoring the two key requirements related to teachers. The Bush administration has pushed states to implement NCLB provisions related to school choice, supplemental services, and academic testing. The choice and supplemental service provisions uproot students and take money out of school district funds, which could be used to train and retain more qualified teachers. The report concludes that the Administration has not worked with the states to create the plans and definitions necessary to place a highly qualified teacher into every classroom, as the President committed to do when he signed the bill into law. http://www.acorn.org/acorn10/betterschools/releases/ltb.htm I recommend the resources in this article...good stuff. CONNECTING WITH FAVORITE BOOKS Today, the lives and works of authors are made more accessible through portals that aggregate author material from all over the Web, allowing students and teachers to study, be inspired by, and connect with the people behind their favorite books and characters. Perhaps the richest and most exciting of these hubs is TeachingBooks.net. The goal of the site is to give all educators easy access to children's book authors and authoritative teaching resources. The huge multimedia children's literature database uses "cutting-edge technologies to connect educators and families with authors, books and authoritative teaching materials," said Nick Glass, who, before launching the site, was an educator and a bookseller. Glass is rightly proud of his accomplishment. He calls TeachingBooks "the ultimate children's literature portal -- indexing by author, title, subject and grade, all multimedia programs and resources about trade books that are currently freely available on the Web." Among the gathered goodies are teacher guides (more than 3,200!), National Public Radio interviews, a wealth of multimedia links, and authors' personal websites -- more than 6,500 links that are continually updated and checked for reliability. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/columnists/joyce_kasman_valenza/5863 031.htm Have a great day! Jon Lee Senior Training Specialist Project Manager for Design and Development NIFL-Family Listserve moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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