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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.
Little Shop of Physics: A Mobile Hands-On Science Program Captivates
Room to Learn: Trailer Bash
Room To Learn: Mystery Science Theater
Where Have All the Principals Gone?: The Acute School-Leader Shortage
Intelligent Design: Immersing Students in Civic Education
A New Learning Day: After School Is No Afterthought
It Takes a Planet: Education Is a Common Thread
Free Radicals: Loosening the Reins on Education
Kimberly Oliver: National Teacher of the Year
Taking Back the Class: Teach to the Test? No Way!
Summer School Nation: Vivid Vacation Pursuits
Readers' Survey 2006
The Daring Dozen: 2006
Why Johnny (Still) Can't Read: Schools Meet the Challenge of Producing Teen Readers
Fighting for Fitness: Educational Institutions Step into the Ring
Lost in Translation: Reaching Out to English-Language Learners
Synching Up with the iKid: Connecting to the Twenty-First-Century Student
Time Out: Rethinking the Hours America Spends Educating
What Works: Using Our Time Wisely to Support and Improve Public Education
F for Assessment: Standardized Testing Fails
Brave New School: Teaching Disabled and Nondisabled Students Together
The Daring Dozen 2004
Full House: As Las Vegas Grows, So Does the Need to Accommodate Its Students
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
Room to Learn: Trailer Bash
Learning through filmmaking.
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 the students came up with.
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 & 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
Vital Statistics: Documenting Your Health
The best medical record is one you keep yourself.
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.
Mediterranean Mystery Solved: An Ancient Artifact Counts
Modern technology cracks the code of "the world's first computer."
The Phantom of the Optical: An Online Illustration Trove
BibliOdyssey gives entrée to a gorgeous and idiosyncratic gallery of rare art.
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.
Get On the Bus: A Political Unit on Wheels
An eye-popping mobile civics lesson arrives just in time for election-year politics.
