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Getting Past Black and
White Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel and short story and "the man who popularized the sophisticated literary attack on racism." NCTE member Jocelyn Chadwick is cited. TIME, July 3, 2008 |
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Reading First Program Could Be on Its Last Legs The U.S. Senate has voted along with the House to kill the controversial Reading First Program. NCTE Past President Joanne Yatvin is quoted. USA Today, July 1, 2008 |
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Cite Check J. Scott Armstrong of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Malcolm Wright of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, have studied academic papers and found errors in citations from misquotes to erroneous conclusions. Inside Higher Ed, July 8, 2008 . . . In the States "KIPP's New East End Campus Welcomes 89 Fifth Graders": At least four more schools will open this year. Houston Chronicle, July 1, 2008 "Failure Not an Option for Middle School Kids": Miami Herald, July 8, 2008 Undocumented Students Have a Degree of Anxiety Though protected in school, Miguel, an undocumented immigrant who took 15 AP classes in high school and graduated from UCLA with a double major in English and Chicano Studies and a B-plus grade point average, will have difficulty finding a job. Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2008 Illegal Immigrants Face Threat of No College Several states are refusing in-state tuition to students who entered the country illegally with their parents but lived and attended school in the state. USA Today, July 6, 2008 Education Makes a Fleeting Appearance in Presidential Campaign Minnesota Public Radio, July 7, 2008 Poor Kids' Teachers Earn Less in Metro The Tennessean's analysis of Nashville teacher salaries and experience shows that in Nashville, as in many cities, the newest teachers with the least experience teach in the lowest performing school. The Tennessean, July 6, 2008 More Words Make Better Readers HABLA (Home-based Activities Building Language Acquisition) community outreach specialists work with parents and their toddlers to build the children's language skills in preparation for school. The Orange County Register, July 2, 2008 Technology Reshapes America's Classrooms Laptops, online classes, libraries but no more textbooks, family involvement, collaboration, and one-on-one communication are all parts of a vision for schools of the future. The New York Times/Reuters, July 7, 2008 . . . More on Technology "Edison Moves Into Online-Learning Market": Education Week, July 1, 2008 "Study: Laptop Use Tied to Higher Student Scores": Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 6, 2008 |
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Education without Racism,
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Two articles in this week's INBOX focus on
what the future holds for U.S. college students who are illegal immigrants:
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Compile: One-Stop
Shopping for Composition Research If you teach writing in a high school or college setting, you should know about Compile. NCTE INBOX blogger Traci Gardner explains why in this week's NCTE INBOX Blog. |
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Modeling Writing Strategies Element 4.2.4 of the Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches explains that "Literacy coaches know and model strategies for supporting students with the writing process and the characteristics of different types of expository and imaginative writing" (22). These resources provide ways to model and explore such writing process strategies with students and colleagues:
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at Your School Propose a resolution that may be voted on at NCTE's Annual Convention. If passed, proposed resolutions become part of the Council's position/philosophy on questions related to the teaching of English and can assist the Council in developing action programs. Resolutions must be postmarked by October 15.
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Did
you know that sense of the house motions made at NCTE conventions were
often serious affairs? While today sense of the house motions are rarely
offered on monumental issues, at the 1973 NCTE Convention in Philadelphia
it was a different scenario. John Berger of California moved to
"support the impeachment of President Nixon and particularly call for
Mr. Nixon to account for his misuse of the English language and for his
having engaged in certain 'illegal' acts." The motion failed.
