Table of Contents | July 2007

Editor's Note: Bringing School to the Information Age

The new reality is that the public-education system is no longer the only, or the paramount, place where we go to learn.

Letters: The GED Is A-OK

The General Educational Development diploma deserves respect.

Dispatches: "She Used to Be Pretty": Schoolyard Harassment Goes Online

The wounds cyberbullies cause can run deep.

Sage Advice: Relating to High Tech

Your students are growing up in a world immersed in high tech. You (most likely) didn’t. How do you relate?

Ask Ellen: Managing Mentors

Developing a strategic plan for selecting and training mentors, as well as providing sanctioned time for mentoring, is essential.

Pop Quiz: John Lithgow

"I would like to see ten times as much money put into education, and see it well spent."

Features

Learning Curves: The Best-Laid Plans Can Go Awry -- Amen!

Seven accomplished people share their personal stories.

The Sky's the Limit: Kids' Top Tools for the Classroom

We asked students, “What tech do you want to see in class?” Here’s what they came up with.

Room to Learn: Trailer Bash

Learning through filmmaking.

Cool Schools

Auto Motive: Teens Build Award-Winning Electric Cars

A Philadelphia career academy fosters a drive to learn.

How to Extend School After Hours and Beyond the Texts

This after-school program is more informal and interactive than what happens in school, but it offers its own challenges for teacher preparation.

Design

The Fine Art of Choosing an Architect: Hiring a School-Savvy Designer

Mistakes can happen, but hopefully not to you. Here's what you need to know.

Heart and Soul

Lighting the Way: Pictures Help People See from Another Point of View

Photography is a revelation, and a learning tool, for visually impaired students.

Head of Class

Get On the Bus: A Political Unit on Wheels

An eye-popping mobile civics lesson arrives just in time for election-year politics.

Home Pages Help Homework: Kids Prefer Online Research

Seventy-one percent of teens say the Internet is their primary source for information for completing their most recent school project or report.

Tech Teacher: Cut Through the Web Noise

RSS feeds help sort out the new from the mold.

Take Pains to Document Your Health

The best medical record is one you keep yourself.

The Phantom of the Optical: An Online Illustration Trove

BibliOdyssey gives entrée to a gorgeous and idiosyncratic gallery of rare art.

Mediterranean Mystery Solved: An Ancient Artifact Counts

Modern technology cracks the code of "the world's first computer."

Hot Stuff: Resources for Teachers

A teacher's guide for Spike Lee's Hurricane Katrina documentary, plus PBS for teachers, TeacherTube, and a remote for an interactive whiteboard.

Field Trips: Events for Educators

Places to go, things to do, people to see.