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| Home -- What's New -- Archives -- Archives 2006 |
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| 8/14/2006 |
6/8/06 |
6/8/06 Ten Lessons the Arts Teach With the current emphasis on testing under No Child left Behind, the arts is getting squeezed out of the school curriculum. But, the reality is that the arts provide many valuable lessons for children and enable them to develop complex and subtle aspects of the mind. In this article, Elliot Eisner outlines "ten lessons" that illustrate how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. Arts education is important to children's overall development. http://www.naea-reston.org/tenlessons.html |
5/5/2006 The Public Speaks Out on No Child Left Behind . A Summary of Nine Hearings| September 2005 - January 2006 http://www.publiceducation.org/2006_NCLB/main/index.asp |
5/1/2006
A national task force on public ecuation has called for major reforms to the nation's public education system. Top on the list of improvements is increasing the amount of time students spend learning. The task force, called "Renewing Our Schools, Securing Our Future," outlined a wide range of policy recommendations that go far beyond the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act. Task force members believe that if all of their policy recommendations are implemented, every child would receive the ecucation needed to sustain the nation's economy and recommended addressing shortcomings within our educational system with more and better uses of learning time. The full report outlines a comprehensive plan for closing the learning gap, from preschool through post-secondary education, among America's students and with others across the globe. Read more... |
2/15/2006 Are Parents and Students Ready for More Math and Science? Business and political leaders, worried that U.S. schools aren't challenging enough, are launching major campaigns to improve math and science education. But when it comes to math and science education, parents and students think things are just fine, thank you. Read more... |
2/15/2006 Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over students' private contact information to military recruiters. If a school does not comply, it risks losing vital federal education funds. Read more... |
2/14/2006 The core goal of the Kansas Parent tool program is to provide tools to parents and make sure their children learn the values that lead to a life. http://www.parenttools.ks.gov/ |
| 2/14/2006 SURVEY SAYS PARENTS AND STUDENTS SATISFIED WITH CURRENT MATH/SCIENCE EDUCATION As the math and science achievement of American students continues to lag behind the international competition, business leaders, educators and President Bush in his State of the Union address are all launching major campaigns to improve math and science education for the nation's students. http://www.publicagenda.org/research/pdfs/rc0601.pdf |
| 2/14/2006 WENDY D. PURIEFOY, PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION NETWORK, COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S PROPOSED FY 2007 BUDGET Read the article... |
2/14/2006 Guide to Tests Spring brings the annual rite of standardized testing to classrooms around the nation. Check GreatSchools resources to help understand what the tests mean to your child and your school. Find out more... |
2/14/2006 Secretary Spellings has announced that States that do not quite reach the 100 percent goal by the end of the 2005-06 school year will not lose federal funds if they are implementing the law and making a good-faith effort to reach the HQT goal. To learn more, you can access Secretary Spellings' letter to Chief State School Officers at: http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/051021.html. To learn more about the requirements for teachers under No Child Left Behind, you can access the revised "Highly Qualified Teachers and Improving Teacher Quality State Grants" Non-Regulatory Guidance at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/legislation.html#guidance. |
2/14/2006 Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards-Based Education State Policies on Standards-Based Education Over the Past Decade Found to Have a Positive Relationship With Gains in Student Achievement. Report Finds Significant Gains for Poor and Minority Students Since 1992, With Some States Leading the Pack Read more... |
2/14/2006 GiveKidsGoodSchools.org is a project of Public Education Network which seeks to build public demand and mobilize resources to provide quality public education for all children. http://www.givekidsgoodschools.com/ |
2/14/2006 Title I States Test Limits of Federal AYP Flexibility This report, which analyzes recently approved state NCLB accountability plan amendments, finds that states are continuing to find new ways to calculate adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act in order to raise the number of schools and districts that meet the law’s student achievement targets. Read more... |
| 2/14/2006 Ten Lessons The Arts Teach. With the current emphasis on testing under No Child Left Behind, the arts is getting squeezed out of the school curriculum. But, the reality is that the arts provide many valuable lessons for children and enable them to develop complex and subtle aspects of the mind. In this article, Elliot Eisner outlines "ten lessons" that illustrate how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. Arts education is important to children's overall development. For more information see: http://www.naea-reston.org/tenlessons.html |
| 2/14/2006 |
1/24/2006  Kansas Fatherhood Coalition Presents The Fourth Annual Statewide Kansas Fatherhood Summit March 19-21, 2006 Download brochure in English Download brochure in Spanish |
1/18/2006  Check out the first Fitness For Life Parent Newsletter. With information such as Updates on Fitness for Life Project, Tips on PE and Nutrition, Upcoming Events, and Tips For Supporting a Healthy School Nutrition Environment. Click here to download. Also visit the Fitness For Life website at http://fitness.nekesc.org |
1/11/2006 The IDEA Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of our new website at www.ideapartnership.org. The website reflects the collaborative work of more than 55 national organizations, as well as other federally-funded regional and technical centers. http://www.ideapartnership.org/ |
1/11/2006 Why Public Schools? Currently, our nation is engaged in a healthy and high profile debate regarding the quality and content of the education that our children will need in the 21st century. Unfortunately, some of the politics involved in that debate have misrepresented the successful overall performance of public education. Read more... |
1/11/2006 |
Click
here to see current updated version on
the KSDE website Just For Parents: A Guide To Kansas Curricular Standards Click on specific grade to download PDF 30 KB These documents, from the Kansas State Department of Education, available in English and Spanish, explain in understandable language what core curriculum and standards Kansas students are responsible for learning at various grade levels. 9/6/2006 9/6/2006 8/16/2006 8/16/2006 |
