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For students, a right to be mean online?	With schools meting out discipline for what they see as cyber-bullying, some courts, parents and free speech advocates are pushing back.	Technology	1/10/2010
Service Learning Projects	Trying to tie your curriculum into real life applications that your students can learn from? Help your students make a difference in their community with a service learning project.	Service Learning	1/10/2010
Critical Issue: Finding Time for Professional Development	Reform requires that teachers learn new roles and ways of teaching. That translates into a long-term developmental process requiring teachers to focus on changing their own practice. The problem is, where do teachers find the time for change in their already busy schedules?	Teachers	1/10/2010
Helping Teachers Teach Well	In virtually every state in the country, reform efforts are dramatically raising expectations for students, and consequently, for teachers. In response to these reform initiatives, educators are being asked to master new skills and responsibilities and to change their practice.	Teachers	1/10/2010
How Gender Affects Learning	A Virginia school separates students by gender to improve learning. CNN's Kiran Chetry reports.	Trends	12/9/2009
Old West lessons change students' lives	When Ann Moore read "Cowboy Ethics," a book about what Wall Street bankers can learn from the Old West, she instantly identified it as the perfect teaching tool for her at-risk class of seniors at Cherry Creek High School, where half the kids had learning disabilities and one-third spoke English as a second language.	Teachers	12/9/2009
Troubled Teens Explore Their Artistic Side	A San Francisco program for juvenile offenders fosters creativity, literacy, and freedom of expression through hip-hop.	Project Based Learning	12/9/2009
Hip-Hop Helps Teach Everything from English to Algebra	Like many 16-year-olds, Amir Ali spends a lot of time after school talking with friends about sports, girls, and music -- specifically, hip-hop music. But last year, during his sophomore year at Lynwood High School, in Lynwood, California, Ali noticed a drastic shift in these spirited afternoon after-school conversations.	Project Based Learning	12/9/2009
Rapping Math Teachers Bring It	The math rap will get stuck in your head: "Fractions, fractions, lights camera action." And your students will laugh as they learn from Mr. Duey, the rapping math teacher .....	Project Based Learning	12/9/2009
Male primary teacher numbers decreasing	Falling numbers of male teachers in primary and nursery schools means a lack of positive role models, say experts.	Teachers	12/8/2009
Web Safety Taught In Schools	Primary schoolchildren in England will soon be taught about staying safe online, as part of a new government strategy.	School	12/8/2009
Inspired reporter launches effort to open school	In August, journalist Toby Young announced he wanted to set up a new type of 'free' school for his West London neighbourhood where access to a good education was not based on income. But he soon discovered it was a complicated process with his idea not being welcomed by all. This is his story so far.	School	12/8/2009
After school program successes	After-school programs at De Anza Elementary in Baldwin Park keep students, faculty and even families focused on education.	School	12/8/2009
Athletes Highlight Education as Key to Their Success	Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets and Myron Rolle, former Florida State football player and current Rhodes Scholar, share their personal stories to encourage students to take responsibility for their education.	Trends	12/8/2009
Applications Now Available for $3.5 Billion in Title I School Improvement	U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the final requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools.	School	12/8/2009
Benefit Of A Mentor: Disadvantaged Teens Twice As Likely To Attend College	Two findings from a new national study reveal the power of mentors, particularly those in the teaching profession.	Trends	12/7/2009
Learning by Imagining: How Mental Imagery Training Aids Perceptual Learning	Perceptual learning -- learning by repeated exposure to a stimulus -- can occur by mental imagery as much as by the real thing.	Trends	12/7/2009
NPR - What Makes A Teacher Qualified?	American schools have been trying for decades to improve teacher quality, with mixed results. Over the next year, NPR will explore those efforts, and look at the latest crop of teachers entering the profession.	Trends	12/7/2009
Nontraditional Teachers May Be In Mich.'s Future	The promise of federal funds is pressuring Michigan to loosen those rules and allow teachers with alternative certification	Trends	12/7/2009
Voting Begins on "I Am What I Learn" Video Contest	Since September 21, hundreds of students across the country have responded to the President's call to take greater responsibility for their education by creating videos explaining why education is important to their future.	Technology	11/24/2009
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