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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

Salaries
(see Teachers, Salaries of)

Schedules, School

• 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

School-Based Enterprises

• School Stores Teach Lifelong Skills

School Community

• 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

School Improvement

• 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!"

School Issues

• 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 Supplies

• Businesses Provide Supplies, Grant Money

School-to-Work

• 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

Schools
(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

Schools, Size of

• 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

Science, Teaching
(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"

Secretaries

• Showing Appreciation on "Secretaries Day"

Self-Control

• Teaching Self-Control: A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior

Self-Esteem

• 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"

Service Learning

• "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

Sex Education
(see also Pregnancy, Teaching About)

• Is Abstinence a $135 Million Subject?

Sick Schools
(see Facilities)

Single-Sex Education

• The Yin and Yang of Learning: Educators Seek Solutions in Single-Sex Education
• Single-Gender Classes: Are They Better?
• Girls and Boys Together?

Sleep Issues

• 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

Social Promotion
(see Report Cards)

Social Sciences, Teaching (see also
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

Special Education
(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

Staff Development

• Use Personality Types to Structure Staff Development

Standards, Schools

• 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

Strategies
(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

Stress, Reducing

• Principals Offer 30 Ways to Fight Stress

Student-Centered Learning

• Student-Centered Learning: The First Steps Are the Hardest Ones

Student-Led Conferences

• Student-Led Conferences: A Growing Trend
• Student-Led Conferences Successful in Elementary, Middle Grades

Students
(see also Mobility)

Students, Assessment of
(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

Students, Stress Relief for

• 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

Students, Support Programs

• For Hungry Kids, Backpacks Lighten Load
• Advisories Inspire, Motivate Students

Study Skills
(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

Substitute Teachers
(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