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Safety and Security, School
(see also Bullying,Terrorism, Tragedy, Violence)
- Safeguarding Laptops and Their Contents
- Preventing a School Hostage Crisis in the U.S.
- Crafting A Workable Cell Phone Policy
- A Crash Test in Drunken Driving
- An e-Interview With Youth Violence Expert James Garbarino
- Schools Combat Violence
- Is the Teacher in the Classroom Next Door a Convicted Felon?
- Safe Schools: Four Web Sites Help Administrators Address a Complex Issue
- Guide Helps Schools Guard Against Violence
- Anonymity Spurs Students to Report Potential Violence
- Badge, Please? Schools Turn to ID's to Enhance Security
- Preparing For The Worst: Why Schools Need Terrorism Plans
- Secret Service Report Targets School Violence
- Learning to Head Off Violence
- Texas Firm Creating Bank of School Safety Information
- Dismantling the Devil's Workshop
- New Web Site Enhances Successful Safety Curriculum
- Strategies to Stem School Violence
- The School Shooter: One Solution Doesn't Fit All
- Information Sharing to Make Colorado Schools Safer
- FEMA Program Helps Schools Develop Emergency Response
- Restraining Orders: How Can Schools Respond?
- Are Our Children Safe In School?
- A Slow Healing: Jefferson County Schools Move On
- School Resource Officers Seeing Results
- Schools, States Review Cell Phone Policies
- Making Peer Mediation a Part of Campus Life
- Good Morning! -- A.M. Announcements Build School Community
- Using Satellites to Track Wandering Students
- To Close or Not to Close: A Superintendent's Winter Worry
- Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: Preventing School Vandalism
- Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: Dealing With School Vandalism
- Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: Preventing Student Aggression
- Tattle Tales
- A Safe and Orderly Environment
- Using Student Ears, Eyes to Stop Crime
- Improv Team Acts to Curb Violent Behavior
- WatchDOGS Unleashed on Schools
- Dealing With Angry Parents
- Improving School Environments Through Green Cleaning
(see Teachers, Salaries of)
- More Schools Turn to Extended Days
- The School Day: Fitting In Everything Requires Creative Scheduling
- Block Scheduling: A Solution or a Problem?
- Around the Block: The Benefits and Challenges of Block Scheduling
- The School Day: It's Not a Race; Let's Change the Pace!
- Chicago, Rochester Offer Flexible Graduation Options
- Making Memories All Year Through
- "Survivor" Fosters Community Through Friendly Competition
- State Your Mission: Creating Mission Statements that Work
- Use a Daily "School Pledge" to Build Community
- Rise and Shine with Morning Assembly
- Does Your School's Atmosphere Shout "Welcome!"?
- Yearlong Themes: Principals Use Them to Build Spirit, Achievement
- Got Motto? -- Twelve Slogans to Help Build School-Wide Community
- Saving Kids from Stress
- Best Bulletin Boards: Principals Share Favorite Hallway Displays
- Bulletin Boards: Powerful Teaching, Community-Building Tools
- Getting the Most Out of School Counselors
- Principals Share Programs That Work
- If You Were Handed a $10,000 Windfall
- Reformers, School Leaders Work Closely to Improve Schools
- Counseling: A School Improvement Tool
- Students Clean Up Their Act and "Dare Not To Swear!"
- Has the Threat of Lawsuits Changed Our Schools?
- States Step Up Efforts to Reduce School Segregation
- Familiar Ground: Traditions That Build School Community
- Logos Help Schools Define Missions
- Is Your School's Culture Toxic or Positive?
- Today's School Nurse: More Than Just a Person Who Bandages Knees
- School Psychologists' Changing Roles, Responsibilities
- 50 Signs Your School Is a Great School!
- The Social Context of Education -- 1997
- Department of Defense Schools: Their Secret Weapons for Success
- Work Ethic Earns Texas School National Spotlight
- Citizens Speak Out on Public Education
- Americans Give Public Schools High Grades
- Predictions for Education in 2006
- Dealing With Angry Parents
- School-to-Work: Connecting Schools and Career Decision-Making
- Florida Meets the School-To-Work Challenge
- School-to-Work: Connecting Schools and Career Decision-Making
(see also Budgets, Facilities, Leadership, Reform, Rural Schools, Safety and Security, Schedules, Standards, Urban Schools) Schools, Partnerships With Businesses
- Need School Supplies? - Ask and You Shall Receive!
- Executives Get an Education as Principals for a Day
- 'Adopted' Classes Thrive with Personal, Financial Support
- Detroit School Repair Program: A Model for Others
- School-Business Partnerships That Work: Success Stories from Schools of All Sizes
- Businesses Provide Supplies, Grant Money
- Are Smaller Schools the Answer?
- Reform Means More Than Just Small
- Grants Allow Schools to Develop Small Communities
- When Size Matters: Making Big Schools Feel Small
- Are Smaller Schools Better Schools?
- Large Schools Should Take Lessons from Small Schools
- Saving a Community's Heart: The Small Rural School
(see also Science Lessons, Science Articles)
- Student Showcase Highlights Science and More
- The Slinky Paradigm: How One Science Teacher (Eventually) Created Another
- Teachers Significantly Impact Girls' Science Views
- Author Makes Science Readable, Enjoyable
- Science Subject Center, Teacher-Submitted Science Lesson Plans Coding and Quilting the Elements
- Why Are Chicago-Area Students Tops in the World in Math and Science?
- Math and Science Achievement: It Starts With Better Teaching!
- Science Teachers at Home on the Web
- High Schools Introduce Engineering
- Toshiba's ExploraVision Launches Student Researchers
- David Willey: "Mad" Scientist, Stunt Man, and Physics Instructor
- A Study of Inventions Promotes Thinking 'Outside the Box'!
- How to Put on a Great Science Fair!
- Online Science Site Teaches Students to Solve Real-Life Problems
- Scientists Pan Middle School Physical Science Texts
- Teacher Promotes Blood Donation Education
- Lab Work Demystifies DNA
- Students Digging Forensics
- Sheila Tobias on Re-Thinking Teaching Math, Science
- Former Astronaut George 'Pinky' Nelson Champions Science Literacy
- Students' Inventions Combine Creativity, Science, Technology -- and Earn Rewards!
- Discover Mars
- Integrating Technology and Science
- New Approach to Teaching Math, Science Spurs Gains
- Helping Children Become "Well Aware"
- World's Tallest Woman Tell Kids "It's OK To Be Different!"
- Advice About Middle School Advisories
- Can Adults Praise Children Too Much?
- 99 Ways to Say 'Very Good'
- Teachers, Students Walk in One Another's Shoes
- Students Teach Students: Using Student Essays To Build Coping Skills and Self-Esteem
- Ten Activities to Improve Students' Self-Concepts
- Self-Esteem, Class Pride
- Rallying Cry from a "Champion for Children"
- "Souper Bowl" Connects Kids to Their Communities
- Growing Caring Citizens Through Good Works
- Kids Can Help Too
- Orphan Train: A Social Studies Project that "Clicked" with Students!
- Community Service: Opportunity or Exploitation?
- Senior Pals: Bridging the Generation Gap with Technology
- Students Learn While Helping at Soup Kitchen
- Service Learning in Action Across the Grades
- Is Community Service a Waste of Time?
- Young Authors and Artists Collaborate on Humanitarian Project
- Close-Up: Four Schools With Award-Winning Service-Learning Programs
- Getting Kids to 'Do Something'!
- Kids Count Clams to Spur Community Cleanup
- Service Projects Help Students Find Their Voices
- Earth Inc. -- A Service-Learning Lesson Plan
- "I Never Knew I Could Be A Hero": Thoughts on Service Learning
- Service-Learning Thrives Despite Less Funding, Time
- Lessons in Service Learning
- Programs Connect U.S. Students, Orphans Abroad
(see also Pregnancy, Teaching About) Sick Schools
(see Facilities)
- The Yin and Yang of Learning: Educators Seek Solutions in Single-Sex Education
- Single-Gender Classes: Are They Better?
- Girls and Boys Together?
- Are Your Students Sleep Deprived?
- Power Napping Refuels Weary Students
- Teens Explore Effects of Sleep Deprivation
- It's About Time (and Sleep): Making the Case for Starting School Later
(see Report Cards)
Social Sciences Subject Center, Social Sciences Lesson Plans, Teacher-Submitted Social Sciences Lesson Plans, History, Teaching About)
- Top Teacher Ties History to Current Events
- Social Studies Fairs Inspire Young Historians
- Making Social Studies Work for At-Risk Kids
- Advancing the Need for International, Global Studies
- Growing Caring Citizens Through Good Works
- Advancing the Need for International, Global Studies
- Every School Should Have a Playground Map!
- GeoGame = Geography + Fun
- A "Boring" Lesson in Geography
- Playground Maps Are an Endless Source of Fun and Learning
- Timelines: Timeless Teaching Tools
- Five Times Five: Five Activities for Teaching Geography's Five Themes
- Twenty-Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events
- Ten Great Activities: Teaching with the Newspaper
- It's News to Me: Teaching Kids About the Newspaper
- Read All About It! Ten Terrific Newspaper Lessons
- We've Got News for You! (News Activities, That Is)
- Schools Celebrate Martin Luther King and His Dream
- Social Studies Fairs Inspire Young Historians
(also see Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Gifted Education, Inclusion)
- Resources to Help Reach and Teach Autistic Students
- Helping Schools Do What's Best for Special Ed Kids
- Teaching Special Kids: On-Line Resources for Teachers
- Will the Government Fund Its Commitment to Special Ed?
- Teaching Special Kids: On-Line Resources for Teachers
- How Can Teachers Help Shy Students?
- Helping Blind Students 'See' the Stars
- Taking JayJo to School
- Teamwork Counts (A Lot!)
- Making Inclusion the Norm
- Documentary: U.S. Students No Match for Peers in India, China
- Leveling the High-School Field
- Setting Standards in Our Schools: What Can We Expect?
- Administrators Praise Three-Minute Walk-Throughs
- NEA Launches NCLB Reform Effort
(see also Teaching, Effective Strategies)
- Kids Learn Better With a Song in Their Hearts
- Community Scavenger Hunt Teaches Research Skills, Much More
- Applying Differentiated Instruction
- Lean Regime: A District Cuts Almost Half Its Administrators
- Boosting Test Scores: "Principal" Strategies That Work
- Principals Share "Best Meetings of the Year"
- Student-Centered Learning: The First Steps Are the Hardest Ones
- Hold an Interest Fair: Broadened "Science Fair" Taps All Subjects, Students' Interests
- Teaching About Current Events
- Tackling Big Projects: No Wonder Students Get Frustrated!
- No-Grade Assignments Open Up Student-Teacher Communication
- Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats!
- More (Short) Tests Can Help Learning
- Somebody Needs You: Larry Bell
- Always Strive to Be a Better You: Pete Hall
- Student-Led Conferences: A Growing Trend
- Student-Led Conferences Successful in Elementary, Middle Grades
(see also Mobility)
(see also Testing )
- Mapping Instruction With Interim Assessments
- No Time for Reading -- A Lesson Learned at Gunpoint!
- Voice of Experience: Digging Beneath the Surface of Assessment
- RAND Report Questions Texas Test Gains
- Assessment Reform: Are We Making Progress?
- National Testing: Prepare for a Battle
- Close-Up: Voluntary National Tests
- More (Short) Tests Can Help Learning
- This Is Only a Test
- Beyond Standardized Testing: District Focuses on Assessing the Whole Child
- Top Administrator Focuses on Standards, Achievement Gap
- Test-Stressed Out: Strategies for Improving Attitudes, Scores
- Big Test Pep Rallies: 2, 4, 6, 8 -- Taking Tests and Feeling Great!
- Test-Stressed Out: Strategies for Improving Attitudes, Scores
- Saving Kids from Stress
- This Is Only a Test
(see also Critical Thinking)
- Teachers Link Juggling to Improved Academic Skills
- Chess, Anyone? -- Chess As an Essential Teaching Tool
- The World Almanac: A Tool for Building Study Skills
- Beat the Clock! Lessons in Time Management for Middle Graders
(see also Sub Station: Tips and Resources for Substitute Teachers)
- Schools Respond to Substitute Shortage
- Solving the Substitute Shortage, Part 1: Four Rules to Keep Your Best Subs Coming Back
- Solving the Substitute Shortage, Part 2: Exploring Other Options
- There's No Sub for a Good Sub Plan!
- Sub-Searching Made Easier
- Substitute Survival: Tools You Can Use
- Substitute Teachers Gain National Voice
- Planning for a Substitute Was Never This Easy
- Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: While You Are Out
- Setting New "Sub" Standards
- In A Sub's Shoes archive
- A Son Became a Soldier, and a Dad Became a Teacher
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