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AASB E-News
March 29, 2007
--MANY TEACHERS SEE FAILURE IN STUDENTSÕ
FUTURE
--EXPERTS: TESTING COMPANIES BUCKLING
UNDER NCLB
--JUNEAU LOOKS TO RESHAPE EDUCATION
--SCHOOLS PRO-ACTIVE IN ADDRESSING GANG
ACTIVITY
--KODIAK BEGINS IN-HOUSE SEARCH FOR
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
--ONLINE WORLD ISNÕT ALWAYS SAFE FOR KIDS
MANY TEACHERS SEE FAILURE IN
STUDENTSÕ FUTURE
Ask a teacher whether her students are on track to earn a
college degree, and sheÕll probably say ÒSure.Ó Grant her anonymity and you my
get a different point of view. In a wide-ranging survey released Tuesday,
nearly one in four teachers in urban schools paint a sobering picture of
students there. They say most children Òwould not be successful at a community
college or university.Ó See full story here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-03-26-teacher-study_N.htm
To see the full survey,
visit http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/38100/38081.pdf
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EXPERTS: TESTING
COMPANIES BUCKLING UNDER WEIGHT OF NCLB
To motivate juniors on last AprilÕs
assessment exams, Springfield High School offered coveted lockers, parking
spaces near the door and free prom tickets as incentives for good scores. But
the incentives at the central Illinois school went unclaimed until earlier this
month, when Illinois finally published its 2006 test scores – more than
four months after they were due. See full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/25/nclb.standardized.test.ap/index.html
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JUNEAU LOOKS TO
RESHAPE EDUCATION
Parents, educators
and students, trying to draw and comprehensive picture of Juneau with two major
high schools, face a lot more work at the drawing board. A 35-person steering
committee is considering public comments on five education proposals, with a
goal of bringing a single plan for reform of high school education to the
Juneau School Board in May. See full story here (may require registration):
http://juneauempire.com/stories/032807/loc_20070328021.shtml
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SCHOOLS PRO-ACTIVE IN
ADDRESSING GANG ACTIVITY
Public school pupils increasingly engaging in gang talk and
gang dress have policy makers thinking of ways to clamp down on gang activity
before it turns ugly. Fairbanks Police Chief Dan Hoffman assigned four officers
to monitor gang behavior in the community and in the schools. The school
boardÕs policy review committee is working on an anti-gang policy, and
community meetings are underway. See full story here:
http://newsminer.com/2007/03/29/6199/
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KODIAK BEGINS
IN-HOUSE SEARCH FOR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
The Kodiak Island Borough School
District will conduct an in-house search for a superintendent to fill the job
for one year while the district prepares a broader search for a new top
administrator who would arrive in July 2008. The current superintendent, Betty
Walters, is leaving after 10 years in the post. See full story here:
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=4538
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ONLINE WORLD
ISNÕT ALWAYS SAFE FOR KIDS (COMMENTARY)
A computer expert lives in my house. She
is only 11 years old. Admittedly, I am thrilled that she can help me figure
things out when I am stumped by the laptop that seems to sometimes rule my
life. Other times, I am terrified. So when Andre Layral with the Association of
Alaska School Boards came to the Denali Borough School District to talk about
kids and parents and the Internet, I was an eager attendee. See full commentary
here:
http://newsminer.com/2007/03/28/6178/
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