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*******Teacher's Resource Newsletter - April 2008*******

Dear [member-name_first],

April 22nd is Earth Day, presenting a terrific opportunity for teachers to get students excited about protecting our planet. The Earth Day Network website (http://ww2.earthday.net/~earthday/node/12)has several resources for teachers including climate change lesson plans, the history of Earth Day, and virtual online tours of Walden Pond and Tijuca Forest National Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

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You can also find information on a $500 climate change Educator Grant and how to apply.  Elmer's Glue is sponsoring their Elmer's Glue Crew Recycling Program (http://www.elmersgluecrew.com/) as a fun way to teach your students about recycling. You and your students can enter to win hundreds of prize, and the website features project ideas to teach kids about conservation. 

April is also National Poetry Month. You can help your students learn all about this literary form on the www.poets.org (http://www.poets.org) website. Here you will find an answer to the question, "What is National Poetry Month?" The site has a plethora of resources for teachers including curriculum units and lesson plans, a teacher discussion form, lists of poems to teach, a spring book list and much more. You may also wish to check out the Poetry Teachers website (http://www.poetryteachers.com) which has poetry activities, theater, and a section on how to teach poetry.

*****************Poem of the Month**********************

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. 

					- Joyce Kilmer

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*******************Education News***********************

Free Tutoring Failing to Help Needy Kids
USA Today
Federally mandated public after-school tutoring isn't always reaching the children it's intended to help, research suggests — and when it does, it doesn't always help as much as it could.
Full article online at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-03-25-tutoring_N.htm

Obama Open to Private School Vouchers
The New York Sun 
Senator Obama said this week that he is open to supporting private school vouchers if research shows they work.
Full article online at: http://www.nysun.com/news/national/obama-open-private-school-vouchers

Many Muslims Turn to Home Schooling
The New York Times
Across the United States, Muslims who find that a public school education clashes with their religious or cultural traditions have turned to home schooling.
Full article online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/us/26muslim.html?ref=education

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Courses in the Works - We are continually developing new courses to meet your continuing education needs. Courses we are currently working on include Leadership for Learning and Family Centered Services. As each course is released, we will announce it in the monthly newsletter.

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