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- Summer program gives ninth-graders a head start on high school
 More than 600 rising ninth-graders in Minneapolis are earning high-school credits for attending summer school. The district's six-week Fast Track Scholar program offers 11 classes, only three of which are remedial. The other eight allow students to get a head start on their high-school courses. The program also gives students an idea of what to expect in high school, program coordinator Elizabeth Bortke says. Minnesota Public Radio/text and audio
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- Why is bullying so bad in middle school?
Many observers were stunned last week when four middle-school students near Rochester, New York, taunted an elderly bus monitor. How could they be so cruel? "Kids can be aggressive and mean at any age or any stage," said psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig, "but when kids are younger, they haven't fully developed perhaps their ability to understand the impact they have on others. It's more of a self-centered existence. It's a hallmark of adolescence, an over-focus on the self." MSNBC/Health Today
(6/22)
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Trying to understand the bullying of the bus monitor: Who was to blame for the recent bullying of a bus monitor in Rochester, N.Y.? Dr. John M. Grohol, a psychologist, writes in this commentary about the six factors that contributed to the incident and what the school and the students' parents could have done to prevent it. PsychCentral.com
(6/21)
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- Making progress toward a 21st-century education
Continuing to define a vision for a "21st-century education" and the skill-set it comprises is the subject of this blog post by teacher Adam Bellow. Important shifts in education are under way, Bellow writes, with a move toward anytime-anywhere learning that utilizes technology as well as the world outside the classroom. "I feel (and hope) that education will continue to become more about questions rather than answers. Passion and inquiry should drive education, because they drive imagination and innovation," he writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education
(6/25)
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- How to start using social media in school
Social media in schools was a topic of discussion at SocialEdCon, Saturday's kickoff event to the International Society for Technology in Education conference, writes blogger Betty Ray. While many schools block social media and some teachers are wary of such websites, Ray offers several tips to help teachers use Facebook, Twitter and other sites in the classroom. She suggests teachers connect with others from the school community on social media websites, start small, get parents to buy in, keep personal and professional accounts separate and stick with it. Edutopia.org/Betty Ray's blog
(6/24)
- Is technology interfering with math learning?
 Learning math is hard work, Konstantin Kakaes writes in this opinion article, and the increasing use of technology intended to make math easier for students is detrimental to their understanding of difficult concepts. Technology, he writes, can't replace a teacher who cares about students. "Software is especially bad for smart kids, who are held back by its inflexibility," Kakaes writes. Slate
(6/25)
- Training, sharing ideas are keys to effective technology use
Students at Springdale Elementary School in Stamford, Conn., learn geography by participating in an activity called Mystery Skype. At nearby Turn of River Middle School, math students use a classroom-response system to answer questions while creating a bar graph of their replies. These activities and others are the result of initiatives that created professional learning communities within the district and provided opportunities for teachers to learn best practices from others nationwide, Stamford district officials say. The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)
(6/25)
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- District adds fresh fruits, whole grains to summer meals
An Iowa school district is offering free summer meals for the fifth year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program. However, the district will make the meals healthier this year and use fresh vegetables from a school garden. "We will have more fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains than in years past," said Alan Mehaffy, food-service supervisor. "We will also go to more recipes from scratch to reduce the sodium content in the foods." The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
(6/23)
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- Conn. school districts are urged to submit turnaround plans
The Connecticut State Department of Education has invited four urban school districts to submit turnaround plans for schools to be considered for the Commissioners Network, a program created by the state's new education reform bill to serve as a vehicle for turning around 25 of the state's worst performing schools. The four schools -- one in Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwich and New Haven -- are in the bottom 10% of Connecticut schools and have been designated for at least four years as "in need of improvement" under No Child Left Behind. The Hartford Courant (Conn.)
(6/22)
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- What about the student awards we don't give?
 Eighth-grade teacher Laura Klein writes in this blog post about her school's end-of-year student awards and the students who inevitably win them. Where are the awards, she asks, for those students who don't fit into convenient categories but who deserve recognition? "I want an award for the student who was brave enough to stand up to her peers when someone was being teased, and for the student who finally had enough confidence to stand up for himself," Klein writes. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
(6/25)
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