Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g8A2udX14817; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:56:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:56:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3591AC8A.48804FE3.00169211@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dirose7@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:194] Clips and Cross-posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2076 Lines: 51 Dear Colleagues, These are several interesting articles...enjoy reading. FAMILIES AS CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS IN EDUCATION - National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University. In this paper, Henry Levin and Clive Belfield, suggest a new way of viewing families as "contractual partners" in education, that is, having families agree to certain obligations. http://ncspe.org/ocpap/op_pa_detail.php?pap_id=00044 TIME FOR LEARNING In a case study titled "Looking Through the Hourglass," Michelle Carr examined the ways teachers and students spend minutes and hours. When teachers have too little time or misuse the time they have, she concluded, they hurry through planning, cram whole curriculum topics into short units and lessons, and rush students through their studies. "The most important thing I learned," she said, "is the power a teacher has to slow time down so students can think, ponder, question, and truly learn." Some educators blame an overflowing curriculum and new testing requirements for a squeeze on time. Others blame inexperienced teachers for wasting instructional time on routine administrative tasks. According to Susan Black, the best practices associated with teaching and learning are respectful of time without being a slave to time. Still, school leaders should help teachers think about managing academic learning so it's more productive. http://www.asbj.com/current/research.html MY YEAR AS A TEACHER Larry Slonaker, a seasoned news reporter, took leave during the 2001 school year to fulfill a longtime goal of teaching. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/living/education/3935242.htm >From OVAE Welcome to the first edition of OVAE Review. OVAE Review is a biweekly update from the Office of the Assistant Secretary at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. The full text can be viewed at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/news/orev090602.html Have a nice day. Diane Rosenthal Assessment Moderator Executive Director LVASG Stamford, CT (203)324-5214
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