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Education
News
Get the latest education news
and headlines here! Please note that some of
these links may expire after a week or
so, and some of the sites might ask you to
register the first time you visit.
Deciding When Student
Writing Crosses the Line
The New York Times
After the Virginia Tech killings, creative writing teachers think about how to react to violence in their students’ work.
Hillary Seeks "Education for
All"
The Washington Times
The New York Democrat joined U2 singer and activist Bono and other lawmakers in introducing the Education for All Act.
Melinda Gates Calls for More
Emphasis on Education
NPR.org
Melinda Gates, co-chairwoman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about the organization's new $60 million education initiative.
Teacher cleared of wrongdoing
in urination incident
CNN
School officials on Tuesday cleared a science teacher who was accused of forcing a 14-year-old boy to urinate into a bottle during class, saying the eighth grader acted on his own.
Some Georgia school districts
to offer Bible classes
CNN
Georgia's public schools walk a delicate line as they decide whether to offer the nation's first state-funded Bible classes -- measuring the difference between preaching and teaching with the likelihood of costly lawsuits looming for those that miss the mark.
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Dear [member_name_first],
May 8, 2007 is National Teacher Appreciation Day to
honor the important role teachers have in educating
our children and shaping our community. The first
National Teacher's Day was established in 1953 at
the urging of none other than first lady, Eleanor
Roosevelt. If you are a superintendent or principle
and want to show appreciation to your teachers, visit
the National Parent Teacher Association
website for some inspiring ideas. For
those of you who are teachers, we hope you find yourself
surrounded by appreciation and celebration--we know
you deserve it! Another important holiday, Mother's
Day, is celebrated May 13th. Help your students show
appreciation to their mothers or other important
caregivers in their lives by writing letters, making
cards or other craft projects to honor them. Learn
about the history of Mother's Day and share it with
your students by visiting the Mother's Day Central website.
We
also wish to express our heartfelt condolences to
the Virginia Tech community in the wake of the tragic
violence that took 32 lives just last month.
Helping
Children Cope with Anger
Dr. Leah Davies,
M.Ed.
 All
human beings experience anger. But children, in particular,
have difficulty channeling their strong emotions
into acceptable outlets. Anger is a response to a
real or perceived loss or stress. It results when
a person's self-esteem, body, property, values or
sense of entitlement are threatened. It is often
a reaction to feeling misunderstood, frustrated,
hurt, rejected or ashamed.
Children
often blame other people or events for their anger
instead of assuming responsibility for it. If children
do not learn how to release their anger appropriately,
it can fester and explode in inappropriate ways or
be internalized and damage their sense of self-worth.
When children express their anger inappropriately,
it may mean that they lack coping skills to deal
with their emotions in positive ways.
Click
here
to read the full text of this article
(word format).
Visit Dr. Davie's website: www.kellybear.com
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Behavior in Schools, register
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Understanding
Aggression
Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom
This
course
includes topics on violence, aggression in the classroom,
youth gangs, aggression in sports and on television,
how drugs and alcohol play a role in aggression and
violence, and "hot spots" that tend to breed aggression
and violence. It is designed to help school personnel
become more aware of the causes of aggression and
ways to evaluate it and intervene before it turns
to violence in the schools.
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VESi
News
Online
Courses - VESi courses will be available
online by Fall 2007! We are excited about this development
because online courses will allow students to work
on their course from any computer at any location.
Additionally, student scores will be safe and secure
even if the computer they are using crashes because
they will be stored and backed up on our servers
instead of the student computer.
 Reading
First -
Our Reading First series is currently available through
the following universities:
• Seattle
Pacific University
• University of the Pacific
• University of California,
San Diego
• Delta State University
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• Valdosta State University
This
is a three-course series that address
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that
requires the use of scientifically-based research
in remedial reading programs that receive federal
funding.
The purpose of this course series is to help improve
your knowledge of science and the scientific process
and to lay the foundation for effective reading
instruction. It will teach you about learning to
read and reading to learn, in addition to providing
an introduction to reading assessment. The knowledge
provided in this series will help you become a more
informed consumer and an even better advocate for
your students.
Courses
in the Works - We are continually
developing new courses to meet your continuing education
needs. Courses we are currently working on include
Educational Psychology, Infant & Toddler Mental
Health, and Self-Care for Clergy. As each course
is released, we will announce it in the monthly newsletter.
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