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What's News
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Six months after tragedy,
Amish open new school in Pennsylvania
Six months after a gunman killed five students at an Amish school
in Pennsylvania, the Lancaster County community has built a new
one-room schoolhouse, The Intelligencer Journal reports. To read more, click
here
As the Detroit school board tries to decide whether to close
buildings in response to declining enrollment, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
says he wants to establish more charter and private schools in the
city.To read
more, click here
The new high school planned for Newton, Mass., could be the
most expensive ever built in the state, The Boston Globe reports.
To read more, click
here
A sorority chapter at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.,
that was accused of kicking out members based on their looks is suing
in an effort to get reinstated a the university. To read more, click
here
For a
daily dose of education headlines, click here.
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Feedback
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Is longer
better?
Last week, we asked about lengthening the school day to help
boost student performance. Here is some of your feedback:
- "The answer is not longer school days," says an administrator from
Michigan. "What is needed is the elimination of the entire concept of
what a 'school day' consists of. There are activities that must be
scheduled, but for the most part students should be able to 'log in'
their time throughout the year when it is most convenient and desirable
for them to do so. Think about it--students could work at school (you
could limit the classes that could be taken at home over the Internet)
in self-made groups. Studying with friends promotes learning. Parents
and students would be more at ease, especially in the morning. In order
to advance to the next higher grade level, a student can apply to take
the advancement exams and if they pass, they advance to the next level.
No more 'everyone advances at the same time' mentality, because we all
know that is not the case. Once a child reaches a point where he or she
applies to the 10th grade, they decide whether to advance in a college
prep program or begin a
career/technology program that prepares them for an actual job that they
can perform. The ability to make this happen exists today, all we need
to do is to have the guts to make it happen."
Click here to see
more reader feedback
This week, Detroit's mayor is pushing for more
charter and private schools in the city. Do you think this is a good
idea?
A. Yes. With the public school system in
disarray, students in the city could benefit from a wider range of
school choices.
B. No. More charter and private schools in
Detroit would further undermine the already struggling public school
system and make it harder for the district to improve.
C. Other.
What do you think?
E-mail your answer and any other comments HERE
and we'll publish them in next week's Schoolhouse Beat.
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Silent Knight Fire Alarm Systems
Through its Farenhyt program, Silent Knight offers fire alarm systems
with integrated voice evacuation capabilities. With enough capacity to
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From the Magazine
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Now online from
American School & University:
Years ago, a public school district's role was confined to children
from kindergarten through 12th grade. Today, the programs offered by
school districts have expanded significantly: community education, early
childhood, senior centers, special-education programs, early-childhood
education, social services, innovative partnerships with public and
private entities, and more....
Click
Here to read the entire article, "Facility Planning: New
Directions"
ALSO:
According to a report in The Journal of the American
Medical Association, nearly 15 percent of children age 6 to 19 have
some degree of hearing loss in one or both ears. Put that together with
modern-day noise in the classroom and it's clear that speech
intelligibility is an important factor in the learning process....
Click
Here to read the entire article, "Tech Talk: Sound Advice"
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Tired of Cookie-Cutter Schools?
A new Web site from the American Institute of Architects provides an
insider's look into how New Jersey City University and their AIA
architects reclaimed an abandoned commercial laundry turning it into a
vibrant new Charter High School. Watch how they worked at howdesignworks.aia.org.
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Construction Corner
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Maine district looks to
build new school in Buxton
Maine School Administrative District No. 6 has drawn up
plans for a new elementary school in Buxton, The Portland
Press Herald says. To read more, click
here
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, is
renovating and
adding onto its library, The university says. To read more, click
here
The Fayetteville (Ark.) school district has proposed an
extensive renovation of Butterfield Trail Elementary School, The
Springdale Morning News says. To read more, click
here
To view the web's most extensive portfolio
of outstanding education construction projects, visit the new and
improved SchoolDesigns.com.
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Bonds & Levies
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60 voters enough to pass
$750 million bond issue
With 60 out of 74 voters approving, the Folsom Cordova
(Calif.) Unified School District has won approval of a $750 million
bond proposal, The Sacramento Bee says. To read more, click
here
For the sixth time, votes in the West Central Valley (Iowa)
district
have rejected a bond proposal that would have paid for a new high
school, The
Des Moines Register says. To read more,
click here
The Columbia (Mo.) district is seeking approval today of a
$60 million bond proposal, The Columbia Tribune says. To read more, click
here
The Elmbrook (Wis.) district is asking voters today to
approve a $108.8 million bond package to renovate and expand its two
high
schools, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says. To read more, click
here.
For more news on school bonds and referendums,
visit American School & University's Daily News Headlines.
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Stats Corner
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Higher
calling
- 675,624: Number of full-time postsecondary faculty at Title
IV degree-granting institutions, fall 2005
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, "Employees
in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005"
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Calendar
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Upcoming
events:
April 10-13: National
Catholic Education Association, 104th annual convention,
Baltimore
April 14-17: National School Boards
Association, 67th annual conference, San Francisco
April 14-17: American
Association of Community Colleges, 87th annual
convention, Tampa, Fla.
May 3-5: American
Institute of Architects, national convention and design exposition,
San Antonio
For more upcoming education-related events and
conferences, visit our online
calendar.
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