Recently added articles from Phi Delta Kappan:
Graduate more students.(Highlighted & Underlined)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Reducing the nation's dropout rate is a top priority of the Obama-Duncan team, and a new report says it's time for the federal government to seize the initiative and make significant progress in getting more students to complete high school. Graduating America: Meeting the ...
Closing one child's gap.(The Editor's Note)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Several years ago, I was privileged to spend an hour a week mentoring Natavia, a 4th grader in Detroit. She had been held back a year because of poor reading skills. When I gave her a book at Christmas, I learned it was the first book she had ever owned. The challenges in this ...
Test or exam.(The Learned Word)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... When students hear the words "Books away, pencils out!" they know testing is imminent. But test yourself with this: Which came first, the test or the examination? You get a gold star if you recognize test as the newer term: Its educational application dates back little more than ...
Teach the girls.(Highlighted & Underlined)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... "When a girl gets educated here and then becomes a mother, she will be less likely to let her son become a militant or insurgent. And she will have fewer children. When a girl learns how to read and write, one of the first things she does is teach her own mother. The girls will bring home ...
From the editor's bookshelf.(The Learned Word)(Why School?)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Why school? BY MIKE ROSE NEW PRESS, 2009 At a time when so much of the discussion about education centers on accountability and compliance, Mike Rose challenges readers to consider the broader and deeper meaning of education. In his words, "How we think about and voice the ...