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Table of Contents | October 2005
Editor's Note: Growing Up Tech
Most kids today have never known a world without the Internet.
Letters: Changing How Students Feel About Learning
Some ideas on how to change students' outlook on education.
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: Effective Technology
What technology is most effective in the classroom?
Features
Tech Made Easy: Keeping It Simple in the Classroom
It's not all about gadgets and gear.
Visually Speaking: Keeping the Arts Alive
A new language of visual literacy and expression has taken hold. Now its time to add it to the classroom.
No More Books: Laptops Take the Lead
PCs replace textbooks at one forward-thinking school.
Extracurricular Learning: Media as a Medium in Education
Technology use outside of class results in self-tutoring and shared results.
Reality Bytes: Student Filmmakers Tell It Like It Is
Digital learners have their own tech tales to tell.
Tech Savvy at Seventeen: Tech Integration for Students -- By a Student
A high school senior proves the power of gadgets in the classroom.
Synching Up with the iKid: Connecting to the Twenty-First-Century Student
Educators must work to understand and motivate a new kind of digital learner.
Cool Schools
Going Sky High: Students Take Learning to New Levels
An interest in aeronautics leads students to Aviation High School, where academic pursuits take flight.
How To: Build a Theme-Based Curriculum
Whether you want to develop your own theme-based school, or just a theme-based curriculum within your school, here are a few issues to keep high on your radar.
Design
Way Beyond Fuddy-Duddy: New Libraries Bring Out the Best in Students
Good things happen when the library is the place kids want to be.
Heart & Soul
Grounded: A Lack of Funds, and NCLB, Can Mean Fewer Field Trips
Budget cuts and test-score mania mean fewer field trips -- and fewer connections to the outside world.
Muse: Teaching Character: Learning From Memorable Mentors
Sometimes it's not what you learn, but how you learn it.
Head of Class
QT on the AAP!: Or, Quiet on the Acronyms and Pseudonyms
Have a child in school? You may need a translator.
458 Bucks: Teacher Out-of-Pocket
Every teacher needs a giving tree.
Easy Reading: A Breakthrough for the Reading Disabled
A new font for dyslexics makes sentences a snap.
Field Trips: Events for Educators
Places to go, people to see, things to do.
Extra Credit: Goodies for the Teacher and Student
Great things for class -- tested in our secret underground labs.
Flight School: Educators Get Their Heads in the Clouds
Teachers go airborne, get weightless, and pump up their students.
Recess
To Sleep . . . Perchance?: The Benefit of a Good Night's Rest
No snooze is definitely not good snooze.
Like History?: Ten Great (Nontextbook) History Books
Discover the allure of events past with these classy chronicles.
Kickin' It: Adults Can Play, Too
Kickball games aren't just for kids.
The Mild Ones: Scooters Make Sense
Ditch your SUV for one of these gas-saving, easy-to-park rides.
Highway Hues: You Won't Feel Blue on This Vacation
The Blue Ridge Parkway's autumnal foliage beckons.
