Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gA5EMfX21326; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:22:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:22:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEAEMLDEAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1318] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2590 Lines: 66 Hello and sorry...for the long hiatus...but even work-a-holics need a break every now and then! Have you all been to this site for updated news and articles on the subject of reading? If not you should visit! http://www.readingrockets.org/lp.php?SID=3 From: ASCD Smartbrief Buffalo, N.Y., teachers say testing eats into instruction time Teachers in the city say they may have to devote up to six weeks over the course of a year to test preparation, which takes up valuable instructional time. A group of teachers is investigating the matter to find a solution that would require less of a time commitment. The Buffalo News (N.Y.) (11/4) http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021104/1003414.asp Miami-Dade voucher program has defectors One in four students who chose to leave "failing" public schools have left their new private schools in the Florida county. The return of students to public school systems is occurring across the state. The Miami Herald (11/4) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4430976.htm From: Connect for Kids Weekly-November 4, 2002 www.connectforkids.org Parent Involvement Contracts-Another Kind of Discrimination? Parent involvement is a good thing-but is it fair to make it a requirement for participating in enriched classrooms or special activities? The Education Week article, "Rules of Engagement" looks at what happened when one child asked this question in Spokane, Washington. http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=09spokane.h22 General Accounting Office Reports Lack of Evidence on Privatizing Education Do privatized schools do a better job in involving parents or improving student achievement than their counterparts? This GAO report says we can't yet know because there is too little rigorous research. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0311.pdf Hooray! American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Conversation over TV Citing the importance of early brain development and language in its February 2001 policy statement on children and the media, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no television for children under age 2, and that total media time (TV, video games and videotapes) for children ages 2 and above be limited to no more than 1 to 2 hours of quality programming per day. The academy also recommends removing televisions from children's bedrooms. http://www.aap.org/policy/re0043.html Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237. Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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