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News for Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Slide Show: A Circus Visits a School in Rural India |
Teaching Students to Trust Each Other and Work Together
A stint in the circus transforms students' confidence, interaction, and class performance. Running away not required.
Readings, Viewings, and Listenings
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Career Programs Stress College, Too, and Give Students a Leg Up, Study Says
An evaluation of nine career academies has found that eight years after graduation, participants had significantly higher employment and earnings than similar students in a control group.
-- New York Times
Related Edutopia audio: Career Academies in Public Schools
Teachers' Schools Flunk Math Prep
Elementary school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, finds a study by the National Council on Teacher Quality. -- USA Today
Related Edutopia video: Continuing Education Adds Up
'Promise' Energizes Hurting Michigan Community
Within months after a group of anonymous donors promised free college tuition to students who graduate from the local school district, an economically depressed city saw signs of a resurgence. -- USA Today
Related Edutopia article: Grow Students' Opportunities Through Private Partnerships
See more Readings at Edutopia.org 
Audio: Denver School Tries Reinvention as Reform
School administrators said starting fresh was the only way to fix this school's problems. -- NPR
Related Edutopia article: Let's Fix the Mess We've Made of Urban Public Schools
For more audio, visit Listen Up at Edutopia.org
Video: Barber Cuts Down Dropout Rates
A barber in Southern California is trimming more than hair. By encouraging kids to read, he is helping cut down illiteracy and dropout rates. -- CBS
Related Edutopia article: A Boston Initiative Reaches Out to Truants
See more Viewings at Edutopia.org
Opportunities and Resources
The George Lucas Educational Foundation Grant Information List
Circus of the Kids
(circus learning for students)
Building Learning Communities Conference (July 16-18; Boston)
No Student Left Indoors's Take a Cloud Walk
(free downloadable book about meteorology for kids)
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Grants (deadline August 1; $500-$8,000 worth of new or refurbished musical instruments)
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