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Table of Contents | July 2006
Editor's Note: Keeping Curriculum Whole
As NCLB gains momentum, schools and communities must fight against narrowing curriculums.
Letters: A Site (and Magazine) for Sore Eyes
Thanks!
Math and Science Rock: Hands-On Learning Is Music to Students' Ears -- and Minds
Educating Hearts and Minds: An Interview with George Lucas
Kids Count: Young Citizen-Scientists Learn Environmental Activism
Little Shop of Physics: A Mobile Hands-On Science Program Captivates
Room to Learn: Trailer Bash
Room To Learn: Mystery Science Theater
Where Have All the Principals Gone?: The Acute School-Leader Shortage
Intelligent Design: Immersing Students in Civic Education
A New Learning Day: After School Is No Afterthought
It Takes a Planet: Education Is a Common Thread
Free Radicals: Loosening the Reins on Education
Kimberly Oliver: National Teacher of the Year
Taking Back the Class: Teach to the Test? No Way!
Summer School Nation: Vivid Vacation Pursuits
Readers' Survey 2006
The Daring Dozen 2006: Our Heroes
Why Johnny (Still) Can't Read: Schools Meet the Challenge of Producing Teen Readers
Fighting for Fitness: Educational Institutions Step into the Ring
Lost in Translation: Reaching Out to English-Language Learners
Synching Up with the iKid: Connecting to the Twenty-First-Century Student
Time Out: Rethinking the Hours America Spends Educating
What Works: Using Our Time Wisely to Support and Improve Public Education
F for Assessment: Standardized Testing Fails
Brave New School: Teaching Disabled and Nondisabled Students Together
The Daring Dozen 2004: Our Heroes
Full House: As Las Vegas Grows, So Does the Need to Accommodate Its Students
Sage Advice: Dinner with Margaret Spellings
You're sitting next to U.S. education secretary Margaret Spellings at a dinner party. What do you say to her?
Features
Taking Back the Class: Teach to the Test? No Way!
Options abound for going off script.
Outlaw Educators: Taking Education Outside the Box
Creative teachers mix unconventional methods into their lesson plans.
Drawing Art into the Equation: Aesthetic Computing Gives Math a Clarifying Visual Dimension
An evolving teaching method applies the theory and practice of art to computing and problem solving.
Teacher Preparation: Learn from the Masters
Wild kids. Demanding administrators. The NCLB. Preparing for the rigors of the classroom requires learning from a master teacher.
Cool Schools
Somewhere, Over in Crenshaw: Music Makes a Difference
A music academy teaches harmony -- for a song.
Creative License: Using Art as a Medium for a Well-Rounded Education
At Oxbow School, art and research magically interweave.
Design
Getting Beyond the School as Temple: What Do We Expect from Our Schools?
Our concept of community schools must evolve -- rapidly and intelligently.
Heart & Soul
Learning from the Pros: Experts Help Students Move from School to Career
Animation students link up with professionals for modern-day mentoring.
Muse: Kid Power: The Roots & Shoots Program
"This is what I want every child to understand: Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you."
Head of Class
25 Percent: Men Who Teach
The United States' grand total.
Play Time: The Game of Learning
Fun must be a big part of the school day.
Junior Clicks: Where Kids Can Go for Info
Comparing the features of several kid-friendly search engines as well as such hot buttons as drugs, sex, and violence.
Extra Credit: Goodies for the Teacher and Student
Great things for the class -- tested in our secret underground labs.
Field Trips: Events for Educators
Places to go, people to see, things to do.
Curriculum Comics: Teachers, Can You Relate?
Teacher vacation cartoon.
Next Stop: The Goldfish Bowl
Fun pet tricks.
A Dropout No More: One Woman's Remarkable Comeback
A teenage Kimi Kean felt no connection with school. Now she runs one.
Recess
All Bod, No Boat: Row Your Heart Out Without Getting Wet
The Concept2 Indoor Rower may provide the best at-home workout ever.
On the Road, on the Cheap: Get Around Without Going Under
Teacher travel discounts let you journey lightly -- at least in the wallet.
Sunny SoCal: Great Beaches, Great Food, Great Weather . . . Get Going!
So many pleasures, so little time, in San Diego.
