Table of Contents | June 2008
Up Front: What Works in Public Education
Together, we can save our schools.
Feedback: Useful Skepticism
Big concerns about the big test.
Dispatches: Beat the Cheat: Teaching Students (and Parents) It's Not OK to Copy
When a teacher takes a stand against plagiarism, the ensuing showdown can be painful.
Sage Advice: Getting IT Right in the Classroom
What kind of tech support do you have at your school?
Ask Ellen: TLC Through PLCs
Professional learning communities enhance knowledge and teamwork.
Pop Quiz: Jeff Corwin
The "Animal Planet" host talks the talk of ecology and environmental preservation.
Features
Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner
How tech-obsessed iKids would improve our schools.
All the Right Moves: Fresh Methods to Keep Kids Active
Roll over, dodgeball. Bold new activities put the fizz back in phys ed.
Shark Tale: Learning to Treasure the Ancient, Endangered, and Misunderstood Predator
A traveling marine biologist in a snappy sharkmobile fosters stewardship for the ocean's fragile ecosystem.
Cool Schools
Rigor and (Civil) Rights: Helping Mississippi Students See Beyond the Delta
The Freedom Project uses the hard-fought history of racial equality to inspire power and perseverance.
How to Build Instruction Around Your Region's History
Find surprising teaching opportunities for hands-on learning in underresourced areas.
Design
Big Easy, Meet the Big Apple: New York City's Cooper-Hewitt Museum Reaches out to New Orleans Schools
From devastated New Orleans they came, to learn and to heal.
Heart and Soul
Room to Grow: A School on the Subcontinent Celebrates Creativity and Environmentalism
In the hardscrabble farmlands of rural India, dance and song help build pride for impoverished children.
Head of Class
Get in Gear: A Tech-Driven Twist on Drivers' Ed
High tech auto safety starts when kids can barely reach the brakes.
By the Numbers: Math Anathema
The experts (and most kids) declare U.S. math education "broken."
Immunity Gap: A Growing Number of Concerned Parents Exempt Children from Required Shots
As more parents refuse vaccines for their kids, health officials worry.
Hack Attack: Do-It-Yourself Projects Enhance Learning
Some inexpensive tech tricks yield big classroom dividends.
Paean to Poetry: An Island of Sanity Amid the Daily Media Storm
Garrison Keillor brings stanza and sonnet to life with the Writer's Almanac radio show.
Hot Stuff: Media for Educators
G-rated search, a browser for autistic children, free online ecology and alternative-energy games, electronic science labs, and a new, affordable, lightweight PC.
Field Trips: Events for Educators
Find out how game playing enhances learning, plus the Public Charter School conference, the NECC's national ed-tech blowout, and more.
