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Focuses on strategies of Juli Kwikkel, an elementary principal, to cope up with the paperwork required in complying the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Storm Lake, Iowa. Requirements for NCLB-related grants; Number of enrolled students in his school; Aspects that NCLB is particular with.

The article evaluates the Cutout Maker 1800 paper cutter from Variquest.

The article offers preview of the products, including School and District Apps by SchoolInfoApp, Parent Notices from TransACT, and Education Pro Color Poster Maker by Epson from Bright White Paper.

Focuses on the relevance of research term papers to the study of history. Reluctance of history teachers to assign long term papers to students; Difficulty of reading and rating of term papers for teachers; Tendency of teachers to assign essays, opinion papers and summaries of readings.

The article discusses how digital games are making their way into classrooms worldwide which signals a shift in the way video games and simulations are used in learning situations. Most games used in schools are digitized versions of curriculum and students have similar experience in the games as with using and working on a paper worksheet. It cites the classroom as the perfect place where children reflect on sophisticated thinking while playing the games. INSET: Playing in the Sandbox.

The article looks at policies and programs in U.S. high schools designed to make students' senior year more rigorous and better prepare them for college. It states that by senior year, many students have already earned a majority of the required credits, have been accepted to college, and lack the motivation to focus. Initiatives designed to enrich the final year of high school include increased course loads, early graduation incentives, and senior projects such as papers and presentations.

The article discusses parental involvement in education in the U.S. and examines how education policies proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration in their paper "Blueprint for Reform" may alter family engagement in schools. It explores how funding for Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs), which are federally mandated parental information support groups, may be altered and examines the importance of parental involvement in the reform of failing schools.

This article reports that special education can eat districts alive. This was confirmed by Clark Easter, founder and chairman of 4GL School Solutions Inc. It devours 20 percent to 25 percent of the average district's budget with only 11 percent to 12 percent of students. Many special education teachers spend nearly half of the day buried under piles of paper. Inequitable resource allocation, staff burnout and turnover and near zealous focus on compliance rather than instruction further complicate the scene. A handful of districts have deployed technology-based special education management systems to save time and money and better serve special education students. INSET: The Software Checklist.

The article offers six important decisions that a district leader should make while accepting electronic payments from parents. These include accepting an electronic (e-) check through ACH as safer mode than accepting paper checks, passing credit card transaction fees along to parents to maximize cost savings of e-payments and using PayPal electronic payment solution for making payment.

The article reports on North Grenville District high school, which is located north of the border in Kemptville, Ontario, but by placing palmOne handheld wireless computers in the hands of its 35 teachers this school about 45 minutes south of the Canadian capital Ottawa has moved to the heart of a brave new world. This fall, North Grenville High installed a new WiFi wireless network. And currently, the school is upgrading its palmOne fleet to WiFi-enahled Tungsten G models and adding eSIS software from MediaX that will let teachers take attendance with a click. Physical education teacher Sean Kelly uses his handheld to assess his students according to rubrics for skills in various sports. He estimates that he saves a half hour for every skill set he evaluates, compared to the paper and pencil routine he used to go through.

Information about several papers discussed at the District Administration Web Seminar Digest on October 17, 2017 is presented. Topics include the use of new technologies such as makerspaces, drones, and robotics to K12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs. The web seminar featured several speakers including Kim Alexander, Salvatore Menzo, and Paula Love.

The article evaluates the Learniture Adjustable-Height Active Learning Stool, Cascade two-sided Whiteboard, and iC 30 compact cart from classroom equipment providers School Outfitters, Smith System, and LocknCharge.

The article discusses the paper "Policing in Schools: Developing a Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools," from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which argues that schools need a formal governing document for school resource officers (SRO). It is suggested that without a document SROs might not understand their role in the larger educational context. The paper can be found at the ACLU's web site located at www.aclu.org/racialjustice/edu/40816pub20090824.html.

The article features several professional books for educators. They include "Suffer Little Buggers," by Macks Raffeltree, "Extra-Action Analysis for Supervisors," by Flunder and Flunke, "The Mounted Saurus Handbook," by Maria Mountsaurus, "Taxonomy of Educational Objections," by B.S. Boom, "Differential Calculus in Comic Form," by Jerry Boomer and "The Sand Papers," by Ima Teeny.

The article informs about a white paper pertaining to formative assessment mechanism, to examine the classroom activities. According to Edmundo Gonzalez of Software Technology Inc., there are teachers who have never used it, but once they start there is no going back. Formative Assessment and Its Uses for Improving Student Achievement is a new white paper commissioned by STI to study the evidence that these types of short, frequent tests result in improved instruction. Its conclusion: Research indicates that good, well-developed formative assessments do impact student learning, particularly for low achievers.

The article evaluates education technology products including the PowerLite Presenter projectors by Epson, a software program called The Geometer's Sketchpad by Key Curriculum Press which has image editing and algebraic and geometric functions, and an interactive whiteboard with dual touch by Smartboard Technologies.

The article offers suggestions on how U.S school districts can save money. Topics discussed include reduction in special education staff through attrition by 10 percent in order to save the time that special education teachers spend in meetings and paper work, flexibility of federal grants that can help districts achieve budget goals and impact of financial crisis and depletion in government stimulus on per-pupil spending.

The article discusses approaches states can make to implement Common Core State Standards during the transitional phase. Business as usual is where districts buy hard-copy textbooks, administer annual student assessments on paper and deliver in-person professional development to teachers. Bare bones is the cheapest option which include using open-source materials and the balanced implementation mixes the two approaches and includes instructional materials with teacher self-published texts.

In this article the authors discuss issues associated with the use of computers in education and argue that reforms to pedagogical approaches are necessary in order to enable students and teachers to use technology in an effective and collaborative manner. They comment on the tendency for many teachers to use computers as a substitute for pen and paper in direct instruction models and also explore concerns regarding school district policies requiring students to provide their own mobile learning devices.

The article discusses "The Future of Information Technology," a white paper by the U.S. Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) regarding topics associated with information technology in schools including cloud computing, data virtualization, and student-owned technology.

The article discusses "Pathways to High Performance: Turning Around Underperforming Public Schools," a white paper which chronicles the educational reform of the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The article discusses how the use of technology in education parallels traditional classroom activities. The author suggests that blogs function as interactive versions of student journals and that electronic mail communication is similar to school pen pal programs. He suggests that social networking websites build on previous classroom social activities and that the creation of wikis reflect the drafting process for research papers.

The article discusses a robotics program proposed for Portsmouth, Virginia public schools. The program is designed to expose students to science, technology, engineering and math in ways not traditionally utilized. Students would engage with Lego Mindstroms NXT robots and the accompanying programming software that allows them to control the robot's behavior. The project would involve students writing papers and developing PowerPoint presentations to discuss what they have learned.

The article discusses the changes that the U.S. Supreme Court made to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and how this will impact school districts that must archive electronic correspondence and materials. The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has created a white paper that explains the changes to the law and is called "School Districts, Data Retention, and Federal eDiscovery Rules: The Case for a Full E-mail Archiving Solution Now."

The article reviews a paper cutter from Provo Craft.

The article offers information on the integration of physical activity programs with physical education programs in schools. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) nonprofit organization provides a position paper on guiding administrators through the integration process. NASPE also provides information on employee wellness programs.

The article highlights the benefits of technology-enhanced formative and interim assessments in the white paper from CTB/McGraw-Hill. This has emphasized their ability to accelerate learning among all students and help to close achievement gaps. The special report was entitled "Promoting Student Achievement Using Research-Based Assessment with Formative Benefits," delves into several independent studies to demonstrate that technology-enhanced formative assessment.

The article profiles the Stidham Public Schools in Oklahoma. The public schools is at the forefront of technology integration in the state, with a 1:1 laptop program that provides every student from pre-K through eight grade with access to a computer throughout the school day. Superintendent Bart Banfield has engineered the year-old laptop program, leading about 90 minutes from Tulsa, in the shift from paper to pixels.

The article reports that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has released the policy paper, "Creating schools our nation needs," which examines the impact of public charter schools can have on the United States education system. Alliance President Nelson Smith calls for a "new schools" strategy that would use charter laws to produce high-quality public schools in communities that most need them.

The article reports on the publication of "WritingNext" by the Alliance for Excellent Education in the U.S. It aimed to identify effective instructional practices and aid administrators and educators on writing instruction. Moreover, the authors of the paper listed three practices that will affect on students' skills which include explicit instruction in writing strategies, precise and systematic education in summary writing and collaborative writing.

The article focuses on the annual Memory Matters project introduced by eight grade English teacher Laurie Capponi at Wellwood Middle School in Fayetteville, New York. Students go on field trips to see real-life examples of memorials. After the trips, they select a person or event to memorialize and write a research paper about it. Then, the tangible memorial they created will be presented through a formal speech.

The article presents an interview of Michael Petrilli, vice president for national programs and policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. In response to a question on the provisions of defining a highly qualified teachers, he said that with the highly qualified teachers provision, the U.S. has gone back to old-fashioned, top-down regulation focused on paper credentials instead of on student learning. When asked about how to fix this system, he replied that the best way to figure out who is effective is to look at the gains students make over time and reward those teachers.

This article presents information on Larry Nyland, Ph.D Superintendent, Marysville Schools. He says that he brings together people who are passionate about student learning. Building a successful school system is something he tackled on paper when developing a superintendent preparation program for a Seattle university. It covers the need for positive relationships among staff and in the community. Two months into the job, Nyland learned his human resources director failed to give staff timely evaluations, then fudged dates to hide it.

The article informs that students in a Maryland High School will have a tough time if they try to doctor their report cards. River Hill High School in Howard County became one of a growing number of schools to use paper with a watermark to prevent students from altering their social studies, math or English marks on report cards. A 2001 study by the Center for Academic Integrity found 74 percent of high school students said they cheated at least once on a test. Karen Clifford, an executive board member of the center, says the issue has not been given enough attention at the secondary level.

Reports on the cost of updated version of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act on federal spending in the U.S. Identification of disabled students; Reduction of paper works for teachers; Approval of the bill by the Senate.

Investigates the involvement of various students to the cheating incident in Chicago, Illinois. Accounts on the inability of school personnel to ensure the security of test papers; Details on the test clues provided by teachers to the students taking the exam; Measures taken by education administrators to reprimand and punish violators.

Celebrates the 100th anniversary of the school newspaper 'Current Events.' History of the newspaper; News covered by the paper; Aim of the publication to enhance student test scores.

Reports that the U.S. Supreme Court decided that teachers can continue the age-old practice of asking students to swap papers and grade one another's work.

Focuses on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality of students correcting one anothers' papers. History of the legal fight; Questions on the whether the court should dictate classroom administration; Support of the National Education Association on peer grading.

The article discusses the use of whiteboards as an alternative to the iPad tablet computer in classroom environments to facilitate social learning activities with autistic students. Topics include the whiteboard's positive impact on student behavior according to educationalist Lisa DeRoy, audio-visual enhancements offered by education companies such as SMART Technologies, Luidia, and eInstruction, as well as interactive whiteboard technology according to Kathleen McClaskey of EdTech Associates.

The article evaluates IdeaPaint, a paint coating which creates a surface that is available for use as a dry-erase board.

The article presents a profile of Neil Leist, the superintendent of Ohio's Clermont Northeastern Schools (CNE), and examines how he has saved money for the district through business partnerships and acquiring used office supplies. It describes how he and his administration collect recycled and used office goods to save money, presents comments from CNE treasurer Brian Switzer on Leist's money saving practices, and discusses Liest's book "Superintendent Savings Strategies."

The article reviews the Mimio Interactive whiteboard that is manufactured by Mimio.

The article reviews the ActivBoard Mobile System that is manufactured by Promethean.

The article reviews the eBeam Edge and Engage portable interactive whiteboard system that is manufactured by Luidia.

The article reviews the Classroom Stimulus Bundle, which includes a CP-D10 short-throw projector, StarBoard FX-77GII whiteboard, and a mount for the projector, made by Hitachi.

The article evaluates the Hitachi Starboard FX Duo 88 whiteboard projection display.

The article evaluates the Panasonic whiteboard projection screen UB-8325EW.

The article evaluates the Smart Technologies 680i whiteboard projection system.

The article introduces product reviews for whiteboards used in classrooms. Interactive whiteboards offer a touch-sensitive display and connect with a digital projector and computer. The article also explores options such as mounting equipment and accessories used to support instruction and engage students.