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Tess Nacelewicz of the Portland Press Herald tells of the first schools in the Maine Laptop Initiative to receive their new computers in Schools unpacking the laptops. Two Washington Post articles tell of a Maryland study about the readiness of children entering kindergarten in that state: New Site for Mac OS X Labs A new site that lab administrators may want to visit is macosxlabs.org. The site intro bills it as "the web site for the Higher Education Mac OS X Lab Deployment Initiative," and, "Our goal is to simplify the task of installing and maintaining Mac OS X in a computer lab." Software Update Daniel Ethier has updated his Gradekeeper software for Macintosh and Windows to version 5.3. ACR Time Postings and updates to this site will undoubtedly be brief and irregular over the next two weeks (March 11-22). I'm into the time period where I must conduct an annual case review conference for each of my special education students to prepare their IEP (Individualized Educational Plan) for next year. If you have suggestions, news ideas, etc., please . |
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ACR Time Postings and updates to this site will undoubtedly be brief and irregular over the next two weeks (March 11-22). I'm into the time period where I must conduct an annual case review conference for each of my special education students to prepare their IEP (Individualized Educational Plan) for next year.
Just when I thought I had this update wrapped up, I decided to take a peek at NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. It turned out to be this smashing photo of colliding cosmic winds. The Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive carries a long list of space photos and drawings, each with a short explanation that is usually readable by middle school students and above. Pertinent Columns Anita Lienert tells of the continuing debate in Michigan over special education costs in Does special ed drain schools? A column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Ohio Schools get $31 million grant from Gates, others. The grants will be used "to redesign existing high schools or to create new, smaller schools in six to eight cities," and to "increase graduation and college attendance rates by aligning reading and math curricula from the first days of elementary school through high school. " Terry Moe, writing in Education Next, alleges that the Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools produces skewed results on the issue of vouchers due to the wording of the questions. His Cooking the Questions? column provides a rational. The Washington Post's Vouchers: Was a Poll Question "Cooked"? also covers the story. Boston Globe staffer Susan Milligan reports that the coalition that pushed the education reform package through Congress last year appears to be coming apart this year in light of President Bush's proposed education budget. In Bush's '02 education team disbanding over '03 cuts, Milligan notes that "Bush's onetime allies on the education legislation are angry that dozens of federal education programs reauthorized by the law are slated for reduced or zero funding." Associated Press writer Philip Brasher tells of a a government-commissioned study that alleges 20% of free lunch recipients don't actually qualify for the program. In School Lunch Program Doesn't Help All, Brasher paraphrases Department of Agriculture undersecretary Eric Bost as saying millions of ineligible children are reaping a benefit for which their families don't qualify. American Association of School Administrators associate executive director Bruce Hunter said the Bush administration is just looking for a way to cut school spending: "For every child who is enrolled who ought not to be there is a child who is not enrolled who should be." A press release from the Teachers' Insurance Plan notes funding, rather than religious views, fueled opposition to school vouchers in School Vouchers Get Low Grades. SchwabLearning.org Updates New items this week on the SchwabLearning.org site include:
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