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Middle Level boys reading research materialsThe Secondary Section of NCTE welcomes all high school teachers and high school teacher educators concerned with English studies, language arts, and literacy in the Secondary School classroom.

 

 

English Journal 98.2 (November 2008)The Secondary Level Journal is the English Journal.  The English Journal  is NCTE's award-winning journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. It presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language, and includes information on how teachers are putting the latest technologies to work in their classrooms. Subscribe to the English Journal!

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Introducing the NCTE Spring Web Seminar Series
NCTE is excited to announce the Spring 2009 Web Seminar Series. Whether you're participating on your own or planning professional development for an early-release day, you'll find these sessions informative, interactive, and a great value especially since everyone in your school can participate through one connection. . . at one low fee.

 


What's New in Education

+Online school implements game-based course eSchool News June 5, 2009 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59030


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Anthony Mullen: 2009 National Teacher of the Year Teacher Magazine June 3, 2009 http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2009/06/03/anthonymullen.h19.html?tkn=OMZFWVc8L%252Ff3FtZyiE8F1BAhY5UYDKYuMOJO

 

+Technology Nudges School Books To The Back Shelf

 The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) (6/4) http://www.theledger.com/article/20090603/NEWS/906045001/1005/NEWS02?Title=Technology-Nudges-School-Books-To-The-Back-Shelf

 

Pool of teachers being depleted
May 19. 2009 - San Diego Union-Tribune
http://ednews.org/articles/pool-of-teachers-being-depleted.html

Report: Homework unlikely to help younger students
The Toronto Star (5/4) http://www.thestar.com/article/628873

 

Public-school critics may rally if stimulus funds don't improve education
USA TODAY (5/4) http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-05-04-stimulus-schools_N.htm

 

Advanced Placement Secures Online Niche
Online Advanced Placement courses, which offer college-level material to high school students, are at the forefront of the online education movement.
(Education Week) March 26, 2009 http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/03/26/26ap.h28.html?tkn=N%5bWFI8oqGKA%2BjvIvyen89wka%2BdoFOsqbHejZ

 

Discussion groups help students make better choices Journal-Sentinel March 16, 2009 http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/41350367.html


Texas anti-evolution mandate could change textbooks nationwide: The Texas Board of Education is
The Wall Street Journal March 23, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123777413372910705.html

Rewards for Students Under a Microscope  The New York Times March 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/health/03rewa.html?ref=education

 

State Senate hears bill on censorship
The Daily of the University of Washington March 3, 2009 http://dailyuw.com/2009/3/3/state-senate-hears-bill-censorship/

School IT support: Overworked...and understaffed eSchool News March  2, 2009 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57513

 

Getting boys on the same page

Wilmington News Journal March 1, 2009
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090301/NEWS03/903010379/1006/NEWS&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

 

For some, helicopter parenting delivers benefits

Boston Globe March 3, 2009
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/03/for_some_helicopter_parenting_delivers_benefits/

Educating 'Middle-Skill' Workers  Inside Higher Ed February 27, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/27/brookings

Survey: College vital but less accessible

USA TODAY  February 4, 2009  http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-02-04-college-costs_N.htm

 

Scholastic Accused of Misusing Book Clubs
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/books/10scho.html?ref=education

Georgia teachers guilty of 'grade inflation'
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  February 3, 2009 http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/02/03/student_testing_teacher_scores.html

Desperate School Districts Are Eager for Stimulus Money
New York Times
By JOHN MOONEY
The stimulus bill approved by the House of Representatives - and a similar measure before the Senate - could prove a boon for public education.

L.A. Teens Graduate Despite Adversity
Tevin Bradley ran with the wrong crowd, started doing drugs when he was 14 and picked fights so frequently that he was kicked out of a continuation school for troubled teens. So when the 17-year-old received his high school diploma Saturday, it symbolized not only academic achievement but also a radical life change.
Los Angeles Times (12/14) http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-graduation14-2008dec14,0,1202788.story

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