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Even in Summer, There’s
Schoolwork (Virginian-Pilot, August 16) Though required reading lists often weigh toward the classics, some try to get contemporary. That's OK, said Niki Locklear, chair of the Secondary Section Steering Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. "I always try to find something that the students would find relevant to their own lives or what's going on in the world. The whole idea is to get them back into wanting to read." Required reading keeps young minds agile over the summer, teachers say, and eases the transition back to school. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=90701&ran=188764 |
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School Rigor? Bring It On, Students Say (USA Today, August
9) Almost nine in 10 students say they would work harder if their high school expected more of them, a new survey finds. Less than one-third of students say their school sets high academic expectations, and most students favor ideas that might add some hassle to their life, such as more rigorous graduation standards and additional high-stakes testing. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/ 2005-08-09-students-standards_x.htm
Read the survey 2005 State of Our Nation's Youth Report
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More College Graduates Going Directly
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(Education Week, August 11) (free registration required)
Read the report Elementary/Secondary School Teaching Among Recent College Graduates: 1994 and
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Electronic portfolios are designed to capture a student's college experience much more broadly, campus leaders said. Because it encourages students to make connections between class work and extracurricular activities, by asking them to consider broadly what they're learning, e-portfolios push students to see education as a constant process, instead of something confined to the classroom, said Trent Batson, an English professor at the University of Rhode Island. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/education/
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Supporting Adolescent
Literacy Adolescents read in multiple ways, and their texts range from specialty magazines and Web sites to popular and classical literature. It is important for teachers to recognize and value the multiple literacy resources that students bring to the acquisition of school literacy. See "A Call to Action: What We Know About Adolescent Literacy and Ways to Support Teachers in Meeting Students' Needs." http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/read/118622.htm |
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Call for Program Proposals: Literacies for All Summer Institute Program proposals are now being accepted for the 2006 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 13-16 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Print out, complete, and mail the proposal form to NCTE today! The deadline is January 20, 2006. Visit http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Profdev/conv/2006/2006WLUCall.pdf Register for NCTE's Two-Day Workshops on Teaching Writing! Discover strategies and techniques for effective writing instruction in a series of two-day workshops from NCTE. You'll learn what quality writing programs look like at the secondary level, how to create a supportive context for writing, methods for assessing quality writing in a time of testing, and much more. For more information, visit http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/workshops/writing/
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