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Blog Entry: The Value of Exchanging Tips About Online Resources
Using music across the curriculum is just one of the many ideas you can find online and share with colleagues.
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Readings, Viewings, and Listenings
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Algebra Expansion Pegged at $3.1 Billion
California's schools will need an additional $3.1 billion annually -- $2,100 more for every middle school student -- to implement the governor's new eighth-grade algebra testing requirement, California state superintendent of public instruction Jack O'Connell said Tuesday. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Related Edutopia article: Aesthetic Computing Gives Math a Clarifying Visual Dimension
Seniors See Summer School as an Opportunity to Get Serious and Graduate
By the time other seniors began collecting their caps and gowns for the graduation ceremony at their high school in Queens, Jose David Bedoya knew he would not be joining them. -- New York Times
Related Edutopia article: A Push for True Summer School
School Program Puts Focus on Graduation, Not Grades
Faced with increased state and federal pressure to improve graduation rates, and constrained by tight budgets, Prince William educators are using an unconventional strategy to help stragglers get their diplomas in four years without having to spend money to hire more teachers. -- Washington Post
Related Edutopia poll: Should schools be allowed to pass marginal students?
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Court Reverses, Declares Homeschooling Legal in California
A California court Friday reversed its previous ruling and decided that most forms of homeschooling are legal. -- USA Today
Related Edutopia article: Court's Homeschool Decision Imperils Online Learning
College Board to Debut an Eighth-Grade PSAT Exam
The test, expected to be released in 2010, aims to identify talented students and get them into college-prep classes early. But many critics say students already face too many tests and too much stress. -- Los Angeles Times
Related Edutopia video: Beyond Standardized Testing
Fun and Games and Academics, Too
An initiative links community centers with schools. -- Boston Globe
Related Edutopia article: The Countee Cullen Community Center
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Opportunities and Resources
The George Lucas Educational Foundation Grant Information List
HotChalk's LessonPlansPage.com (more than 3,500 free lesson plans)
DoSomething.org's Increase Your Green School Competition
(registration deadline October 13; first-place prize $1,500 grant banner, plaque, eco-friendly gift bags, chance for visit by the biotour bus)
The NEA Foundation Learning and Leadership Grants (deadline October 15; $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups)
The Magna Awards
(deadline October 15; grand prize $3,500 contribution from Sodexo School Services)
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