this Education Week

NCLB
Choice Option Going Untapped, But Tutoring Picking Up
Districts are paying scant attention to the provision of federal education law that allows students in low-performing schools to transfer elsewhere, though more are providing children with the supplemental services to which they are entitled. Includes the table NCLB: States Report on Progress
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TEACHER BLOG
Betsy Rogers, 20-year teaching veteran from Alabama, and the 2003 National Teacher of the Year, is now working at the "neediest school" in Jefferson County, Alabama, and keeping a blog of her experience there.
In this week's entry, she finds herself asking: "Am I the right person to work at this school? Can I really help and have an impact? Do I have what it takes?"
Read her answer, and post your comments, questions, and insights.

TALKBACK
This week's topic: Is NCLB Making History of Social Studies?

Experts are seeing an increasing trend to devote more class time and instruction to reading and math, as well as other core subjects deemed crucial by state and federal mandates. As a result, subjects such as social studies and civic education are experiencing a decrease in curriculum resources.

Is the No Child Left Behind Act's emphasis on reading and writing squeezing social studies from its place as a primary course of study? What role should social studies play in schools today? How can curriculum demands be balanced in schools?
TalkBack to us.

Also, join these ongoing discussions:
# Revamping High Schools
# Schools' Use of Tracking Devices
# The Future of Vocational Education