Education Humor With Regina Barreca "…It’s hard to write sincerely interested, personally invested, and seriously detailed evaluations of kids who, by this point in the school year, we most sincerely, personally, and seriously want to lock in the supply cabinet until the final bell rings.”

No Educator Left Behind
What happens when schools pass students just to keep the failure rate down?

Read About It What is Understanding By Design?

Education World
In the Classroom
Click to read Lessons from Our Nation’s Schools, Whatever It Takes, In A Sub’s Shoes, and Teaming Up to Achieve series.

This Week’s Survey Question Some schools have reported students using peanut products to bully kids with allergies. Should students be charged with a crime for deliberately exposing allergic students to peanuts?   Last Week’s Survey Results With only a month or two at most left in the school year, which best describes the main element of your plan for the balance of the school year?

School Doodle What I meant to say is…thanks.

Issues Spotlight 1 Field trips
Issues Spotlight 2 Teaching physical education
Issues Spotlight 3 Fitness
Issues Spotlight 4 Wellness

Whatever It Takes Spending a year with a seventh grade team at Bennet Middle School brought back memories, instilled new lessons, and evoked admiration. And it was a chance to share lessons from a school dedicated to doing whatever it takes.

NCLB Updates A federal judge dismissed the final piece of Connecticut's 2005 lawsuit challenging the cost of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Turnaround Tales Expanded reading time at South Clearfield Elementary School has helped all students, but particularly those who still are learning English. Twenty percent of the students at South Clearfield come from homes where Spanish is spoken.

Fit To Be Taught, Vol. 37 Principal gets staff, students running and walking after school; efforts grow to bring locally-grown produce to school cafeterias; one-quarter of U.S. kids don’t meet vaccination schedules; Wisconsin kids learn about healthful eating and exercise.

News for Kids A drought and other factors have scientists worried that Lake Mead could dry up.

Wire Side Chat Spurred by a government report warning about the effects of overeating and inactivity among children, education and health officials formed Action for Healthy Kids, a group that works with schools to promote more healthful lifestyles for youngsters.

ED Scoops Education news headlines for busy educators.