Fostering deeper engagement and opportunities for students to take charge of their own learning can be a challenging task for teachers.
Here are some articles to help guide you through the various challenges that lie ahead.
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| Link | Topic |
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| Move Over Schoolyard Bullies | Recess coaches put PLAY back into the playground, emphasizing game rules and good sportsmanship to help kids burn off energy and return to class eager and ready to learn. |
| Inside Guantanamo | Despite hardship, teachers achieve excellent results at little-known U.S. schools in Cuba. |
| The Art of Learning | An after-school arts program in Virginia that provides at-risk girls with a mentor and an artistic outlet. |
| Rights Watch - Mauled on MySpace | Federal courts curb the power of school officials to punish student Internet speech |
| Time Is On Their Side | A Massachusetts school has figured out how to make longer days work for everyone. |
| Square Pegs | Kids with Asperger Syndrome are hoping you'll help them find a place in the classroom that fits just fine. |
| Rights Watch: Cyber Speak No Evil | In a flood of lawsuits, students are challenging punishment for ridiculing teachers and principals in cyberspace. |
| Why Carlos Went Back to School | Research shows that students who see their culture represented in the curriculum get the most out of it. |
| Teaching Teachers to Reflect on Race | As America's schools grow increasingly diverse, powerful educators can't be 'colorblind.' |
| Address Unknown - Educating Homeless Students | How do you assign homework to a kid without a home? |
| Six Miles in Pasadena | Strike up the band! For students at the Ohio State School for the Blind, marching in the Tournament of Roses parade is just another step forward. |
| Four Jobs in One Day | Bookkeeper, lunch lady, classroom aide, and crossing guard -- it takes four different jobs to put together a single living wage. |
| Student Death--The Empty Desk | When tragedy strikes down a student, the whole school community must respond. |
| The Power of One | Thousands of gay and questioning students are dropping out of school, but you can help keep them there. |
| Local Partnerships to Transform Priority Schools | Partnerships between priority schools and their communities help students succeed-in school and in life. |
| 21st-Century Learner | See how educators are employing the best in education technology to keep students engaged. |
| Stop Blaming Teachers | Those who scapegoat teachers may have much to gain, but students have much more to lose. |
| Let's Talk About Sex (Education) | What do kids really think about abstinence education? Their answers here. |
| Merry...? Happy...? | If teaching the holidays has you at a loss, don't fret. We have ideas for making it work. |
| A Desert School Blooms | How National Board Certification helped transform a low-income school. |
| The Making of a Master Educator | It takes learning from colleagues, listening to students, and lots of time. |
| Cash for Grades? | PAYING students to make good grades and high test scores? See where it's happening, and why. |
| School Preparedness | Educators face plenty of daily mini-disasters, from mysteriously missing homework to antsy second graders that will not sit still. But when real emergencies unfold, school personnel and students have to be prepared. |
| Taking the Lead | Member-led innovation has students defying labels. |
| From Third Year to 30+ | The challenges in education may not change too much over the years, but an educator does. |
| Testing Changes Course | A New Era is Here. Are Schools and Teachers Ready? |
| Legal Controversy Over Lesson Plans | Who owns your work? Probably not you. Why your selling your lesson plans online could land you in a legal lurch. |
| The Long and Winding Road | Follow the route to school improvement taken by one California elementary school and learn more about the promising journey of a Washington State reservation school. |