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Table of Contents | November 2004
Editor's Note: Thinking Outside the Box to Support Our Schools
In these days of insufficient funding for education, let's not forget to support our teachers and use our resources to help schools be the best they can be.
Letters: Dream or Possible Reality?
Ideas are one thing. Implementing them is another.
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: The Challenge of Childhood Obesity
How can we alleviate childhood obesity?
Features
A New Way of Learning: Innovative School Models
Progressive secondary school programs focus on personalized education, development of self-esteem, and cultivation of learning and life skills.
High School's New Face: Can Smaller Be Better?
No longer limited to the classroom, educators move to close the gap between school and the real world.
The Muddle Machine: Confessions of a Textbook Editor
An exposé of the politics of educational publishing.
The Daring Dozen 2004: Our Heroes
Forget capes or disguises. These heroes of education are changing the world with nary a superpower between them.
Cool Schools
Six Feet Wonder: Learning From the Ground Up
Nothing excites a kid's curiosity like a trip to a nearby graveyard.
You Oughta Be in Pixels: Discover the Photographer in You
Quick tips for choosing and using a digital camera.
Design
Common Dreams: Turning Empty Space Into Inspiring Classrooms
Turning empty space into inspiring classrooms
Creating Classrooms: It Takes a Village -- and a Museum
Combine a school, a museum, and a global corporation, and you get a learning environment like no other.
Heart & Soul
Fear Factor: Harassment Hurts
The effect of bullying goes beyond simple schoolyard scuffles to cause lasting emotional wounds.
Under the Big Top: Teaching Students to Trust Each Other and Work Together
A stint in the circus transforms students' confidence, interaction, and class performance. Running away not required.
Muse: The Power of One: A Teacher Can Make Every Child Feel Important
Children need someone who says, "You mean something." Often, that person is a teacher.
Head of Class
Secretarial Pool: A Role Defined
What does the word secretary really mean?
Books Banned: Bring on the Laptop
This Arizona high school ushers in technology and sends textbooks to the curb.
Jargon 101: Adding to the Word Pool
You can make a difference in what you read.
DonorsChoose.org: A Better Way to Give -- and to Receive
A nonprofit Web site allows teachers to post requests for projects or supplies that potential patrons can then select to fund.
Online Applications: A Hit With College Hopefuls
The benefits of applying for college online.
Still Weighty: The Long Road to Lighter Packs
No lessening of the load in sight.
Recess
It's in the Bag: A Tote for Every Task
Be organized -- and look good, too.
Italian Ice: Visiting Venice in Cooler Climes
Forget the summer crowds -- Venice in the fall and winter is every bit as charming as in the warmer months.
The Great Brain Boom: Understanding How Humans Think
The author explores the possible reasons why humans think and communicate the way we do.
Homo Habilis: Bringing Back the Handy Human
Great ideas for you creative types. And great reading anyway for those of you who aren't.
Box Sweet: Apple Gets Right to the Core of Sleek Technology
The computer company that never rests has done it again.
