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RESEARCH
HEADLINES
1.
Study: Second, third-generation Hispanics get farther in school
Journal Star (Lincoln, Neb.)
A new study conducted by the
University of Nebraska at Omaha reveals that nearly 74 percent of the
state's first-generation Hispanic immigrants do not have a high school
diploma, compared to 26 percent of second-generation and 19 percent of
third-generation Hispanics.
2.
Finding math hard? Blame your right parietal lobe
Science Daily
Scientists are moving toward a better understanding of what causes
dyscalculia (difficulties in mathematics), which affects around 5% of the
population. Using magnetic stimulation of the right parietal lobe,
scientists were able to temporarily induce dyscalculia in subjects who
normally performed well in mathematics. By isolating the portion of the
brain responsible for dyscalulia, scientists will be able to uncover methods
of diagnosing and treating the disorder.
RESOURCES & EVENTS
3.
Final PEAK Afterschool event in St. Paul, MN
National Partnership for Quality Afterschool
Learning
McREL and the
National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning present the third
and final PEAK (Practices that Engage and Attract Kids)
Afterschool Event on May 3–4 on the University of Minnesota campus in
St. Paul. Focusing on Homework & Technology, this hands-on workshop will
teach participants how to:
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Use
the National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning's online
toolkit for professional development
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Design
professional development sessions they can take back to their site
and implement immediately
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Gather
additional
resources to enhance their homework and technology enrichment
activities
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Network
with
other afterschool practitioners
4.
National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)
NECC
More than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media
specialists, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and
students from all over the world are expected to attend this year's
NECC conference June 24–27 in Atlanta, which focuses on technology's
role in developing 21st-century learners. McREL presenters will include:
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Leveraging Technology for Science Inquiry: McREL Research-based
Professional Development,
presented by Matt Kuhn
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Technology in the Content Areas: Elementary Science,
presented by Elizabeth Ross Hubbell
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Defining a Technology-Supportive Environment: Preparing a
Foundation for Research,
panel discussion including Howard Pitler
5.
Summer Professional Development
McREL
Announcing the McREL Summer 2007 Professional Development series! Choose
from among nine sessions held at our training facilities in Denver. Learn
how to apply insights from McREL’s popular ASCD titles — including
Classroom Instruction that Works,
Dimensions of Learning, and
School
Leadership that Works — to such challenges as improving
science instruction, curriculum design, closing student achievement gaps,
and leading school improvement.
6.
North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation launches Ribbon of Hope
mini-grants program
North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation is launching a new Ribbon of
Hope mini-grants program. Over the next three years, the Foundation will
award mini-grants of $25,000 to North Carolina community-based nonprofit
organizations to support local programs in health, science, and education.
McREL is collaborating with the Foundation to collect and manage mini-grant
applications and evaluate the program.
NEW FROM McREL
7.
Meet the needs of emergent readers: Bert and Ernie to the Rescue!
Media Infusion
In this online article, posted on the PBS Teachers Web site (www.pbs.org/teachers), McREL Senior Consultant
Elizabeth Ross Hubbell describes how teachers can use free, online
resources to give students multiple exposures to and practice with
concepts—a strategy shown to have a positive influence on student
achievement.
8.
Faces of Addiction educationally enhanced® DVD
TV
Junkie
McREL, Scope Seven, and Deep Ellum Pictures have teamed up to create a
teacher guide, interactive lessons, and other classroom materials to
accompany the award-winning documentary
TV
Junkie: Faces of Addiction. The educationally enhanced
materials capitalize on the teachable moments in the film, which
chronicles the story of Rick Kirkham, a national correspondent for
Inside Edition, and his intense personal struggle with
substance abuse.
9.
Power Walkthrough™ seminar
McREL
This two-day seminar from McREL's Educational Technology team shows
administrators how to gather longitudinal data in classrooms using a
series of highly effective and efficient 3- to 5-minute visits. The
seminar helps school leaders turn their regular classroom observations
into Power Walkthroughs by using hand-held devices loaded with McREL
software based on
Classroom Instruction that Works.
REPORT ROUNDUP
10.
Million Dollar Babies: Why Infants Can't be Hardwired for Success
Education Sector
In the past decade, the belief that providing advanced learning
opportunities to infants and toddlers will increase their chances for
success has spawned a new multi-billion dollar industry. This report,
however, finds no evidence that exposing newborns and toddlers to
classical music, foreign-language classes, or other intellectual
stimulants will make children any smarter. Likewise, there is no
evidence that, once past the third year of development, the opportunity
to enhance a child's mental development has ended.
11.
Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2006
Council of Chief State School Officers
This report examines key education policies of all 50 states affecting
elementary and secondary education policy. State-by-state information on
content standards, curriculum, teacher assessment, and administrator
licensure are also included in the report.
12.
Impacts of Four Abstinence Education Programs
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
A report on the effects of abstinence education programs found that the
programs had no effect on students' sexual abstinence. The report also
found that youth who completed these programs were no more likely to
have unprotected sex, which critics of abstinence education feared.
McREL IN THE
NEWS
13. April 20
McREL is expanding
We have added several new staff members to our dedicated team of
professionals recently:
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