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Marshall Memo 241 - June 230, 2008 | | 1. | In-the-moment assessments in physics instruction - an oldie but goodie articlen | | 2. | Building learning into an organization | | 3. | How to fulfill the drives that motivate employees | | 4. | A Pennsylvania district targets failing middle-school students |
Marshall Memo 240 - June 23, 2008 | | 1. | Dylan Wiliam on using minute-by-minute and day-to-day assessments | | 2. | Students who pretend to understand when they don't | | 3. | Teachers give candid advice to a first-year principal | | 4. | What would get more girls to study physics and engineering? | | 5. | Rhode Island's performance-based assessments for high-school seniors | | 6. | Children's book recommendations | | 7a. | Route 21 website | | 7b. | Crossword-creating website |
Marshall Memo 239 - June 16, 2008 | | 1. | Jay McTighe on three roles teachers can play in their teams | | 2. | Helping English language learners navigate U.S. group dynamics | | 3. | Helping young people find purpose | | 4. | Zero-tolerance discipline policies - problems and alternatives | | 5. | Delaware's new system for evaluating principals | | 6. | Young teacher leaders hit the wall | | 7. | Combat pay for teaching ninth graders? | | 8. | Comics-making website |
Marshall Memo 238 - June 9, 2008 | | 1. | Amitai Etzioni on moral education in schools | | 2. | Teaching the big ideas of science and lighting a fire in students' minds | | 3. | Three C's for improving urban science education | | 4. | The power of a science lab in a Kansas elementary school | | 5. | Twelve qualities of powerful professional learning | | 6. | What will it take to get the best teachers into the neediest schools? | | 7. | What do students need to be ready for college success? | | 8. | Too much test prep, too late, doesn't work | | 9. | Preparing for a teacher interview | | 10a. | Safe Internet surfing | | 10b. | Kid-friendly browsers | | 10c. | Online ecology game | | 10d. | Physical education video |
Marshall Memo 237 - June 2, 2008 | | 1. | Cultural shifts to launch successful professional learning communities | | 2. | The seven stages of teacher teamwork | | 3. | Five key conditions of PLCs | | 4. | Judith Warren Little on effective teacher teams | | 5. | Freeing up principals to be instructional leaders | | 6. | How can educators make their meetings more effective? | | 7. | Developing self-regulation in elementary school students | | 8. | CD-ROM storybooks in the classroom | | 9a. | Turnaround schools | | 9b. | Spanish sayings, tongue-twisters, and riddles | | 9c. | Online language learning | | 9d. | French slang | | 9e. | Latin “Mad Glibs” |
Marshall Memo 236 - May 26, 2008 | | 1. | Why are all the newbies teaching ninth grade? | | 2. | An analysis of three effective high-school reform models | | 3. | Findings from the business world about implementing ideas effectively | | 4. | A Georgia “core knowledge” school struts its stuff | | 5. | Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe on teaching for understanding | | 6. | Douglas Reeves on not using grades to leverage attendance | | 7. | How are Millennial teachers different from Gen-X and Boomers? | | 8. | Teacher book groups enrich professional practice | | 9. | A deaf tutor's advantages teaching English | | 10. | The treatment of Islam in ten world history textbooks | | 11. | What are the most important factors in pre-school classrooms? |
Marshall Memo 235 - May 19, 2008 | | 1. | Twelve symptoms of a school in decline - and what can be done | | 2. | Four recommendations for turning around underperforming schools | | 3. | Preparing students for new 21st-century literacies | | 4. | The importance of teaching advanced vocabulary to young children | | 5. | Are one-to-one laptop programs effective? | | 6. | Who are the most famous Americans? | | 7. | Preparing in high school for the world of work | | 8. | Counselors as key leaders in anti-bullying efforts | | 9. | A cry for broader, deeper high-school social studies | | 10. | Information on child sexual abuse | | 11. | Arts websites |
Marshall Memo 234 - May 12, 2008 | | 1. | Five virtues for school principals | | 2. | Is supervising the heck out of teachers the answer? | | 3. | Using “reflective assessment” to improve students' retention | | 4. | How can teachers teach so students remember? | | 5. | Stepping up math and science teaching in U.S. classrooms | | 6. | Making time the variable in high-school math courses | | 7. | Building middle-school students' momentum | | 8. | An Alabama inclusion model for middle-school special-needs students | | 9. | Why hasn't Reading First boosted students' reading comprehension? | | 10. | A science lesson-planning format | | 11. | Earth sciences website |
Marshall Memo 233 - May 5, 2008 | | 1. | E.D. Hirsch on the elementary antecedents of high-school achievement | | 2. | Douglas Reeves on effective leadership of literacy instruction | | 3. | Howard Gardner on excellence, engagement, and ethics in U.S. schools | | 4. | A study zeroes in on the shortcomings of “critical friends groups” | | 5. | Teaching African-American students to “translate” to formal English | | 6. | A Kansas high school welcomes its new ninth graders | | 7. | An Iowa high school beefs up senior year | | 8. | Minimizing teacher absenteeism | | 9. | High student mobility - what can schools do? | | 10. | How board games build preschoolers' math understanding | | 11. | Collecting and analyzing data on youth services | | 12. | A map showing carbon emissions across the U.S. |
Marshall Memo 232 - Apr. 28, 2008 | | 1. | What brain research says about learning, health, exercise, and stress | | 2. | An expert comments on resilience and happiness | | 3. | Getting the best teachers to the students who need them the most | | 4. | Giving the children of poverty a fair shake | | 5. | Ruby Payne on boosting disadvantaged students' achievement | | 6. | The potential of full-service schools - and lessons learned | | 7. | School refusal behavior and what schools can do | | 8. | Putting books in students' hands over the summer | | 9. | Are real-world math examples helping kids learn? | | 10. | College Summit video |
Marshall Memo 231 - Apr. 21, 2008 | | 1. | How a sense of efficacy affects teaching and learning | | 2. | The ingredients of effective professional development | | 3. | Transactional strategies instruction for reading | | 4. | Five elements in students' motivation to read | | 5. | Using read-alouds in high-school ELL classes | | 6. | Websites where students can post their own book reviews | | 7. | Keys to an effective early-childhood literacy program | | 8. | The value of play for early-childhood students with special needs | | 9. | How principals can support student teachers | | 10. | Assessing a school's parent outreach and involvement | | 11. | Kindergarteners lead parent conferences with PowerPoint scripts | | 12. | The best response to the “What is your weakness?” interview question | | 13a. | Get it, Got it, Go! A preschool growth measure website | | 13b. | Websites where students can post art projects | | 13c. | Evaluating websites | | 13d. | Conducting an arts audit |
Marshall Memo 230 - Apr. 14, 2008 | | 1. | Strategies for keeping promising new teachers in the profession | | 2. | Analyzing the costs and benefits of educational improvement strategies | | 3. | The five roles of transformational leaders | | 4. | Dealing with staff members' illnesses and tragedies | | 5. | Can assistant principals get beyond the three Bs? | | 6. | Using students' “Daily News” stories in primary-grade ELL classes | | 7. | Emphasizing output with English language learners | | 8. | “Write talks” as a springboard for student writing | | 9. | Combating obesity in the cafeteria and the gym | | 10a. | You don't need to run marathons to stay in shape | | 10b. | Biography website | | 10c. | Library of Congress website | | 10d. | United Nations website | | 10e. | Math fun facts website | | 10f. | Arctic exploration website |
Marshall Memo 229 - Apr. 7, 2008 | | 1. | Teacher teamwork and results at Adlai Stevenson High School | | 2. | Is the five-paragraph essay a good formula for student writing? | | 3. | Homework: Issues of fairness and effectiveness | | 4. | One way for principals to follow up on mini-observations | | 5. | Ten myths about brain-based learning | | 6. | A New York high school successfully detracks | | 7. | Tracking and a widening achievement gap in North Carolina | | 8. | Tough love in Cheektowaga, New York | | 9. | How computers can help achievement | | 10. | Acing a predictable interview question | | 11. | The impact of class size on students' on-task behavior | | 12. | Comprehensive sex education: does it work? |
Marshall Memo 228 - Mar. 31, 2008 | | 1. | Are the “math wars” finally over? | | 2. | Focus, rigor, and coherence in math standards | | 3. | What do strong learning standards look like? | | 4. | The special reading skills needed in each secondary content area | | 5. | Primary students signal their comprehension strategies | | 6. | A program to get preschool students writing their own books | | 7. | The impact of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) | | 8. | The importance of field trips | | 9. | Further insights on bullying | | 10. | How teacher absences affect student achievement | | 11. | Why is smoking linked to educational attainment? |
Marshall Memo 227 - Mar. 24, 2008 | | 1. | The importance of a clear, concise strategy statement | | 2. | Deciding what maters and sweating the details | | 3. | Richard Elmore on effective professional development | | 4. | Small steps to bringing your life into balance | | 5. | The art of paraphrasing well in meetings | | 6. | How to avoid getting blindsided by bad news | | 7. | School board member guidelines from Arkansas | | 8. | Dr. Seuss story maker |
Marshall Memo 226 - Mar. 17, 2008 | | 1. | Basketball and track coaching - implications for the classroom | | 2. | Developing optimism and efficacy | | 3. | Douglas Reeves on strategic planning | | 4. | Character education that addresses both good and evil | | 5. | Rethinking bully-prevention programs | | 6. | Do the arts make children smarter? | | 7. | A media literacy course in a New York middle school | | 8. | Alarming statistics on sexually transmitted diseases | | 9. | Smaller primary-grade classes and the achievement gap | | 10a. | Web-based chemistry questions | | 10b. | A test review website | | 10c. | Websites for first-year teachers |
Marshall Memo 225 - Mar. 10, 2008 | | 1. | Ten keys to managing time and priorities effectively | | 2. | More time management tips | | 3. | Helping failing high-school students catch up | | 4. | Flexible modular scheduling - how it works | | 5. | A Marine Corps officer handles a troublemaker | | 6. | A zero-tolerance policy on drinking at high-school sports events | | 7. | Clear video explanations of wikis, blogs, and such |
Marshall Memo 224 - Mar. 3, 2008 | | 1. | Are all-boy and all-girl classrooms better? | | 2. | Addressing the “quiet” problems of at-risk youth | | 3. | Systematically teaching academic vocabulary in middle schools | | 4. | What's the difference between reading skills and reading strategies? | | 5. | Phonemic awareness in Spanish helps improve reading in English | | 6. | Using readalouds to build content knowledge and vocabulary | | 7. | Supporting students who have epilepsy | | 8. | Course-management systems | | 9a. | The serious business of play | | 9b. | A startling statistic |
Marshall Memo 223 - Feb. 25, 2008 | | 1. | David McCullough on leadership | | 2. | Keys to giving students feedback | | 3. | Invisible principals - and what they can do about it | | 4. | Douglas Reeves on improving grading practices | | 5. | Getting students researching and thinking on their own | | 6. | The value of debate for secondary-school students | | 7. | Classroom routines to structure students' thinking | | 8. | Findings from a new poll on homework | | 9. | Teaching students to “d-code” works of art | | 10. | High-quality school websites |
Marshall Memo 222 - Feb. 18, 2008 | | 1. | Arthur Costa on five ways to deepen classroom thinking | | 2. | Keys to teaching for understanding | | 3. | An artist's suggestions for energizing classroom instruction | | 4. | E.D. Hirsch on curriculum, skills, and standards | | 5. | E.D. Hirsch on test prep | | 6. | Alarming findings on teen smoking | | 7. | New thinking on physical education and health | | 8. | More on exercise and achievement | | 9. | A computerized way to detect concussions | | 10. | A parent reacts to a standards-based report card | | 11. | Frederick Hess on collective bargaining agreements |
Marshall Memo 221 - Feb. 11, 2008 | | 1. | Eric Jensen, an advocate of brain-based education, makes the case | | 2. | Robert Sternberg offers a critique | | 3. | Dan Willingham joins the debate | | 4. | Judy Willis offers more cautions on using brain research | | 5. | Eric Jensen responds to his critics | | 6. | How explaining something to Mom helps children learn | | 7. | Advice for those who mentor new principals | | 8. | The limits - and importance - of educational research | | 9. | Research reviews of dropout-prevention programs | | 10. | How much freedom should new teachers have with the literacy curriculum? | | 11a. | MIT courses online | | 11b. | A report on teacher evaluation | | 11c. | The Doing What Works website |
Marshall Memo 220 - Feb. 4, 2008 | | 1. | Dealing honestly with race in schools | | 2. | A process for handling difficult meetings | | 3. | An Illinois high school takes on “senioritis” | | 4. | Effective vocabulary instruction in middle schools | | 5. | Implementing block scheduling | | 6. | Dealing with bullying at the secondary level | | 7. | Mix It Up at Lunch Day to get students out of their cliques | | 8. | The crucial role of arts education | | 9. | Psyching middle school students for college | | 10. | Recent college graduates help high-school students aim for college | | 11a. | Geography knowledge website | | 11b. | Math help website | | 11c. | NASA website | | 11d. | Plagiarism and copyright website | | 11e. | Middle-school practical math website | | 11f. | Math teaching videos | | 11g. | Adolescent literacy website |
Marshall Memo 219 - Jan. 28, 2008 | | 1. | Malcolm Gladwell looks at intelligence and I.Q. tests | | 2. | Holding our ground against achievement-lowering test prep | | 3. | The curriculum gap that widens the achievement gap | | 4. | Ways to get students reading at home | | 5. | Can one urban school's success be transferred to other schools? | | 6. | “Response to intervention” in Iowa | | 7a. | Another incredible Hans Rosling video | | 7b. | Primary-grade literacy website | | 7c. | Website for teaching the First Amendment | | 7d. | Website with NBC News archives |
Marshall Memo 218 - Jan. 21, 2008 | | 1. | Insights on effective physical education programs | | 2. | How can we get elementary students to be more physically active? | | 3. | Research on boosting teaching and learning | | 4. | Ideas on improving teacher evaluation | | 5. | Jay McTighe on making classroom assessments effective | | 6. | Student humiliation in middle schools - and what to do about it | | 7. | Student-led, teacher-supported parent conferences in Anchorage | | 8. | Middle-school students give advice to their teachers |
Marshall Memo 217 - Jan. 14, 2008 | | 1. | Robert Marzano on the art and science of good teaching | | 2. | Fluency and speed: a chicken-and-egg question in literacy | | 3. | Suggestions for managing angry and aggressive students | | 4. | Improving staff collegiality by using the Myers-Briggs | | 5. | Teacher interview questions tapping candidates' prior experiences | | 6. | Do high-ego leaders produce better results? | | 7. | Kids pick their own Newbury Award winners | | 8a. | Twenty great children's books | | 8b. | Websites featuring real-world math | | 8c. | China's meteoric rise in historical perspective |
Marshall Memo 216 - Jan. 7, 2008 | | 1. | Debunking the myth of the “model minority” | | 2. | Getting Asian-American students talking more in classrooms | | 3. | Advice on rewarding students for their work | | 4. | Effective use of interim assessments in a San Diego high school | | 5. | Can strategic plans help? | | 6. | How useful are “walk-throughs”? | | 7. | A new checklist for assessing elementary classrooms | | 8. | The new instructional leadership | | 9. | The do's and don'ts of principal mentoring | | 10. | The qualities of a good mentor | | 11a. | Classic children's books | | 11b. | Exploration history websites | | 11c. | A contest on growing plants on the moon |
Marshall Memo 215 - Dec. 31, 2007 | | 1. | A college student gets it - and tries to pass the message along | | 2. | How can we help adolescents avoid risks? | | 3. | Effective interim assessments in two Newark schools | | 4. | “Teacher learning communities” supporting formative assessments | | 5. | Suggestions for giving feedback to students | | 6. | Getting students involved in assessing their own work with rubrics | | 7. | Zeros are not an option in this school | | 8. | Should we grade students on current or end-of-year expectations? | | 9. | Making good use of extra learning time | | 10. | Middle schools or K-8 schools: does it make a difference? | | 11. | How is the presidency like the principalship? | | 12a. | Six-trait writing website | | 12b. | Having fun with English website |
Marshall Memo 214 - Dec. 17, 2007 | | 1. | An idea that's saved thousands of lives - and could help schools | | 2. | Tapping into students' creativity, practical skills, and wisdom | | 3. | Orchestrating experiences and class discussions that get at big ideas | | 4. | Thomas Guskey on effectively following up on formative assessments | | 5. | Getting students involved in formative assessments | | 6. | A South Carolina high school gets students reading over the summer | | 7. | A Nebraska high school refuses to let students fail | | 8. | Arizona schools that are effective with Latino students | | 9. | Lessons from the Jena, Louisiana noose incident | | 10. | After-school toolkit |
Marshall Memo 213 - Dec. 10, 2007 | | 1. | How to make brainstorming sessions truly productive | | 2. | How effective leaders use stories to inspire the troops | | 3. | Four tips for facilitators | | 4. | A way to engage English language learners in classroom discussions | | 5. | Giving middle-school math students a choice of difficulty level | | 6. | A California elementary school swings for the fences | | 7. | A high school involves parents in their children's work | | 8. | Alarming HIV and AIDS statistics | | 9. | A follow-up on an ADD/ADHD study | | 10. | Why peer tutoring often produces disappointing results |
Marshall Memo 212 - Dec. 3, 2007 | | 1. | Closing social-class achievement gaps in math | | 2. | Increasing minority enrollment in higher-level math classes | | 3. | Improving math problem-solving achievement | | 4. | What it takes to implement a district-wide vision over time | | 5. | Helping English language learners master math terms | | 6. | Supporting the vocabulary development of ELLs | | 7. | Why it helps to be bad at something to teach well | | 8. | A world-class astronomer reflects on her career | | 9. | Do laptops help? | | 10. | Math websites |
Marshall Memo 211 - Nov. 26, 2007 | | 1. | Richard DuFour on loose-tight leadership | | 2. | Persuading teachers to buy into professional learning communities | | 3. | Why Singapore's students do so well in math | | 4. | Marilyn Burns on helping struggling students master math | | 5. | Do manipulatives help students understand math? | | 6. | How to make math more compelling in secondary schools | | 7. | Does co-teaching in inclusion classrooms work? | | 8. | An online vocabulary quiz that raises money for the hungry |
Marshall Memo 210 - Nov. 19, 2007 | | 1. | Early behavior problems do not doom a child to failure | | 2. | Effective vocabulary teaching in kindergarten | | 3. | Genes, race, and intelligence | | 4. | How American and Chinese teachers respond to their students' errors | | 5. | A structure for mastering middle-school math vocabulary | | 6. | Teaching students to write | | 7. | Thomas Guskey on effective professional development | | 8. | Character education done wrong - and right | | 9. | “Smart and good” - integrating character and performance goals | | 10a. | Professional learning community website | | 10b. | Video archive online |
Marshall Memo 209 - Nov. 12, 2007 | | 1. | How do students learn history, really? | | 2. | Dealing with cellphones and wireless laptops in classrooms | | 3. | How a California school district focused and improved | | 4. | Preparing all students for college | | 5. | Green Bay, Wisconsin shows public school students the way | | 6. | Teaching high-school science students to read for understanding | | 7. | Using reading strategies to improve content-area achievement | | 8a. | 21st-century skills website | | 8b. | Websites on blogs and wikis |
Marshall Memo 208 - Nov. 5, 2007 | | 1. | Good judgment - what it looks like on the ground | | 2. | Bringing coherence to district improvement efforts | | 3. | Douglas Reeves on good coaching | | 4. | How to raise big money for your school | | 5. | More advice on raising and managing funds | | 6. | Early diagnosis of vision problems | | 7. | Warning students about “the choking game” | | 8. | Supervising Generation X | | 9. | Follow-up conversations after classroom visits | | 10. | Sorting out quality research from ideological claptrap | | 11. | The effects of racially diverse classrooms and schools | | 12a. | Darwin's theory attacked and defended | | 12b. | Online leadership profile | | 12c. | Lesson plans on racial understanding |
Marshall Memo 207 - Oct. 29, 2007 | | 1. | A school decides it will refuse to let students fail | | 2. | A San Diego high school systematically develops vocabulary | | 3. | Successfully converting large high schools into small schools | | 4. | Counteracting “stereotype threat” in middle schools | | 5. | Number sense: the key to helping struggling elementary students | | 6. | “Response to intervention” for quicker, better delivery of services | | 7. | Once a poor reader, always a poor reader? Not! | | 8. | Do we need a longer school day and school year? | | 9a. | Dynamic history maps website | | 9b. | Music and lyrics for all subjects | | 9c. | Little Rock websites | | 9d. | Constitution website | | 9e. | AVID article | | 9f. | For high-school students: Be the first in your family to go to college |
Marshall Memo 206 - Oct. 22, 2007 | | 1. | Carol Dweck on praising for effort, not intelligence | | 2. | What makes an effective middle-school reading program? | | 3. | Key factors in good pre-school programs | | 4. | Intervening in middle school and ninth grade to prevent dropouts | | 5. | Answers to legal quiz | | 6. | The elements of a strong K-8 science program | | 7a. | Professor Garfield website | | 7b. | Learning toolbox website | | 7c. | Cornell notes website | | 7d. | All Kinds of Minds website | | 7e. | Social studies website | | 7f. | Science simulations website | | 7g. | Periodic table of elements website | | 7h. | Exploratorium website |
Marshall Memo 205 - Oct. 15, 2007 | | 1. | Closing the achievement gap in Brookline, Massachusetts | | 2. | Advice for handling interviews with reporters | | 3. | What should teachers and principals know about school law? | | 4. | Ethical guidelines for the use of surveillance cameras in schools | | 5. | Three things that low-income students need to succeed in college | | 6. | What does college readiness look like? A new report | | 7. | Improving the odds for students whose families move frequently | | 8. | Which DIBELS subtests are most useful for first graders? | | 9. | The goals of public schools | | 10. | Should No Child Left Behind be radically re-thought? | | 11a. | Online language practice | | 11b. | Help setting up a blog |
Marshall Memo 204 - Oct. 8, 2007 | | 1. | Formative assessments as an integral part of teaching | | 2. | How Finland's schools work to prevent student failure | | 3. | Less is more? Four ideas for American schools | | 4. | Helping middle-school students get organized | | 5. | Using insights from the military to improve student achievement | | 6. | Single-sex classrooms in South Carolina | | 7. | What makes first-born children smarter? | | 8. | Alfie Kohn on ways that schools foster cheating | | 9. | Using skill sheets to monitor students' writing progress | | 10. | Online access to books and children's book illustrations | | 11a. | Live Google clouds | | 11b. | Historical maps online | | 11c. | Tomasito's Mother Comes to School | | 11d. | Teacher resources online | | 11e. | Finding original sources online |
Marshall Memo 203 - Oct. 1, 2007 | | 1. | Richard DuFour on real professional learning communities | | 2. | The science of stamina - managing our energy | | 3. | Quirky children - are they just different or do they need help? | | 4. | Strategies for improving middle-school classroom discussions | | 5. | Walking in the shoes of students with disabilities | | 6. | Books that turn on young readers | | 7a. | A history teacher's website | | 7b. | A virtual thesaurus | | 7c. | Authors' websites |
Marshall Memo 202 - Sept. 24, 2007 | | 1. | Project-based learning done wrong - and right | | 2. | Four cautionary notes on schools-within-schools | | 3. | How teacher leaders can have optimal impact in classrooms | | 4. | Teacher leaders - the why and the how | | 5. | Ten roles for teacher leaders | | 6. | A Texas teacher talks about reading | | 7. | Getting to root causes with “five whys” | | 8. | Early failure prevention in Oklahoma | | 9. | A principal's beginning-of-the-year message | | 10. | Four keys to high achievement | | 11a. | Teacher Leaders Network online | | 11b. | Technology information website | | 11c. | Computer teachers' website |
Marshall Memo 201 - Sept. 17, 2007 | | 1. | Starting small to make big changes | | 2. | Teacher professionalism and common assessments in high schools | | 3. | Effective discipline across racial lines | | 4. | Teachingc Internet research skills to middle-school students | | 5. | Ways to get balanced participation in meetings | | 6. | Should we give students second chances with their writing? | | 7. | Two examples of literacy leadership | | 8. | One more nail in the coffin of traditional professional development |
Marshall Memo 200 - Sept. 10, 2007 | | 1. | A theory about homework | | 2. | Strategies for turning around a culture of despair | | 3. | Eight ways that arts classes can broaden children's education | | 4. | Uncovering the hidden intelligence of children with autism | | 5. | What high schools can do to prepare students for college writing | | 6. | New online computer games | | 7. | Setting up classroom blogs | | 8. | Underestimating the ability of shorter kindergarten boys | | 9a. | Supporting student with cancer | | 9b. | High-school lesson plans on race |
Marshall Memo 199 - Sept. 3, 2007 | | 1. | Four keys to effective parental involvement | | 2. | “Pre-mortems” are better than post-mortems | | 3. | Pittsburgh's summer program for rising ninth graders | | 4. | Consumer information on reading programs | | 5. | Writing instruction: what works for adolescents | | 6. | Helping students understand algebra via four key concepts | | 7. | Jonathan Kozol's advice to novice teachers | | 8. | Bridging the gap in warring societies | | 9. | An actress's book to help girls get serious about math | | 10. | Service learning ideas |
Marshall Memo 198 - Aug. 27, 2007 | | 1. | More on effective urban schools from Karin Chenoweth | | 2. | Building a customer-service orientation in schools | | 3. | The best way to teach thinking | | 4. | Can schools tap into the potential of Facebook, MySpace, wikis, etc.? | | 5. | Information on obsessive-compulsive disorder | | 6. | Scoring your school's technology program | | 7a. | New listings in the What Works Clearinghouse | | 7b. | Enhancing after-school programs |
Marshall Memo 197 - Aug. 20, 2007 | | 1. | Key questions to guide school improvement | | 2. | Five success principles for African-American male students | | 3. | From the mouths of babes | | 4. | A California middle school's full-court press on reading | | 5. | Three ways to get students reading | | 6. | Sure-fire read-alouds for the elementary and middle grades | | 7. | A Virginia school changes its approach to test preparation | | 8. | Supporting high achievers in heterogeneous middle-school classrooms | | 9. | Steps to effective discipline | | 10a. | Questions for a student in trouble | | 10b. | Rapid tobacco addiction |
Marshall Memo 196 - Aug. 13, 2007 | | 1. | Avoiding three common errors in school-improvement planning | | 2. | Will New York City's student cash incentives program work? | | 3. | Is retaining struggling students in kindergarten effective? | | 4. | Key factors in early reading instruction | | 5. | The impact of a service-learning project on fifth graders | | 6. | Stamping out clichés in student writing | | 7a. | A masterful graphic presentation | | 7b. | TeacherTube | | 7c. | Translation software | | 7d. | Online author audio clips | | 7e. | Healthy schools website | | 7f. | Diabetes information website | | 7g. | A new book about a successful Maryland school |
Marshall Memo 195 - July 23, 2007 | | 1. | A high-school English unit on how language reveals character | | 2. | Including children with autism in regular classrooms | | 3. | Helping districts focus on their core mission and theory of action | | 4. | Effective schools in South Africa | | 5. | Summer learning loss | | 6. | Criteria for high-school computer reading programs | | 7a. | Parent involvement study | | 7b. | Hurricane Katrina documentary and curriculum |
Marshall Memo 194 - July 16, 2007 | | 1. | How Asian teachers polish lessons to perfection (an oldie but goodie) | | 2. | Making the mission statement REAL (another oldie but goodie) |
Marshall Memo 193 - July 9, 2007 | | 1. | Important news about the brain's plasticity | | 2. | Leaders who make sure they hear the bad news (an oldie but goodie article) | | 3. | The ultimate test for a leader: failure | | 4. | Using cognitive coaching to help students improve their writing | | 5a. | Virtual field trips | | 5b. | Virtual monument tours |
Marshall Memo 192 - July 2, 2007 | | 1. | Can schools teach critical thinking? | | 2. | How fifteen schools beat the odds | | 3. | What does it take to achieve at very high levels? | | 4. | How can a verbal learner teach students who are visual learners | | 5. | Realistic rules for cell phones |
Marshall Memo 191 - June 25, 2007 | | 1. | Ways to get students to give their best (an oldie but goodie article from 1993/94) | | 2. | Can “mindfulness” help students slow down and be less violent? | | 3. | Are single-sex schools the answer to black male underachievement? | | 4. | Unintended consequences of fluency monitoring in reading classes | | 5. | Beyond fluency | | 6. | The What Works Clearinghouse rates character education programs | | 7. | Teaching students to be critical consumers of media messages | | 8. | Brief reviews of graphic novels |
Marshall Memo 190 - June 18, 2007 | | 1. | Ruby Payne - victim-blamer or class explainer? | | 2. | Rick and Becky DuFour on what professional development might be | | 3. | The new professional development - it's all about results | | 4. | From “inservicing” teachers to fostering professional learning | | 5. | Five educators talk about effective professional development | | 6. | Five conditions under which teacher learning will flourish | | 7. | Five pitfalls in conventional staff development | | 8. | Three ways to personalize learning in high schools | | 9. | The role of “citizen facilitator” in meetings |
Marshall Memo 189 - June 11, 2007 | | 1. | How frequent quizzes can improve long-term memory | | 2. | Teaching algebra with a social conscience | | 3. | The professional development potential of classroom videotapes | | 4. | Rating whole-school improvement models | | 5. | Bill Gates on conquering complexity with a five-step process | | 6. | Is Sounder a good novel for classrooms? | | 7. | High-school biology websites |
Marshall Memo 188 - June 4, 2007 | | 1. | Why do children favor those they see as lucky? | | 2. | Helping teenagers make good moral decisions in a crazy world | | 3. | How schools can build students' resilience in five key areas | | 4. | How schools can support high-risk students with special needs | | 5. | The shape of better testing to come? | | 6. | Getting the right “grain size” in test reports | | 7. | Involving parents in their children's education via a website | | 8. | How participation in sports helps young women achieve in science | | 9. | A principal's summer book club with his teachers | | 10. | Evaluation tools for after-school programs |
Marshall Memo 187 - May 28, 2007 | | 1. | Leaders who thrive on complexity to create better solutions | | 2. | Carol Dweck's work on acquired versus innate intelligence | | 3. | Teaching debating in middle-school content-area classes | | 4. | Effective school-wide programs to prevent bullying | | 5. | Missouri educators use podcasts to reach and excite their students | | 6. | Douglas Reeves suggests three interviewing approaches | | 7. | How is college like a sleepover? | | 8. | The benefits of a longer school day | | 9. | Twins - separate or together in school? |
Marshall Memo 186 - May 21, 2007 | | 1. | Involving students in the improvement process | | 2. | Four keys to high-impact teaching | | 3. | Advice on interviewing teachers | | 4. | New research on obesity - and its implications for educators | | 5. | Using Universal Design for Learning to reach all students | | 6. | Working with students who have Tourette's Syndrome | | 7. | Professional development that promotes better use of assessments | | 8. | Reducing the isolation of special-education teachers | | 9. | Tracking high-school graduates |
Marshall Memo 185 - May 14, 2007 | | 1. | How teacher leaders can support interim assessment data analysis | | 2. | The added value of added time | | 3. | Purging math classrooms of four practices | | 4. | Questions that get at the beauty of mathematics | | 5. | A Texas school experiments with an online math program | | 6. | When should teachers blow the whistle on violent student writing? | | 7. | Are laptop programs worth the expense? | | 8. | Ideas for tapping into teachers' “deep smarts” | | 9. | The limits of brain research | | 10. | School-based mental health supports |
Marshall Memo 184 - May 5, 2007 | | 1. | The inner life of employees - and how bosses affect it | | 2. | Teaching - and measuring - vocabulary | | 3. | Eleven ways to improve students' writing | | 4. | The perils - and potential - of formative/interim assessments | | 5. | A New Mexico district boosts elementary reading achievement | | 6. | Interim reading assessments in Boston | | 7. | Does the DIBELS accurately identify students at risk of failure? | | 8. | Dancing up a storm in gym class | | 9. | A review of The Power of the Positive No by William Ury | | 10. | Protocols online |
Marshall Memo 183 - Apr. 30, 2007 | | 1. | Lessons from 15 highly effective schools | | 2. | Studying the learning curve in improving schools | | 3. | An Arizona high school shows the way | | 4. | Helping first-generation college students succeed | | 5. | Heterogeneous grouping in International Baccalaureate courses | | 6. | Alternatives to “zero tolerance” discipline policies | | 7. | The limits of hands-on math manipulatives | | 8. | Learning to touch-type in the elementary grades | | 9a. | Annotated book lists | | 9b. | A third-grade podcast | | 9c. | More student Web work |
Marshall Memo 182 - Apr. 23, 2007 | | 1. | The brutal facts about educational research | | 2. | How children learn | | 3. | Resilient principals - how they deal with adversity | | 4. | Being a less frantic leader | | 5. | Professional development that fosters adaptive teaching | | 6. | Ethics 101 | | 7. | Accountability without tears | | 8. | Preparing students to be successful in college | | 9. | Violence prevention |
Marshall Memo 181 - Apr. 16, 2007 | | 1. | Ten ineffective classroom practices | | 2. | Mel Levine on the skills needed by high-school graduates | | 3. | A student campaign to squash offensive language | | 4. | Pay-for-performance: necessary but not sufficient | | 5. | Power to the principal! | | 6. | Exercise and the brain | | 7a. | Leadership toolkit online | | 7b. | Online teaching and learning resources | | 7c. | Plagiarism websites | | 7c. | Plagiarism websites | | 7d. | Rhode Island curriculum website | | 7e. | Investor education materials online | | 7f. | “Raised by Women” |
Marshall Memo 180 - Apr. 9, 2007 | | 1. | Teaching “grit” - the key qualities of persistence and self-discipline | | 2. | Finding the right balance between literary classics and newer books | | 3. | Cooperative learning as a brain-friendly learning mode | | 4. | Structuring literature circles for ELL students | | 5. | Six strengths of resilient school leaders | | 6. | Pros and cons of the co-principalship model | | 7. | Grooming assistant principals for the big time | | 8. | Eleven practical tips on substitutes | | 9. | Intelligent computer tutoring programs˜ | | 10. | A study of American elementary classrooms | | 11a. | Online science museum | | 11b. | Another science website | | 11c. | Grade 7-12 math and science teaching prizes | | 11d. | Web sharing of favorite middle school lessons and strategies | | 11e. | Teen book website |
Marshall Memo 179 - Apr. 2, 2007 | | 1. | Mike Schmoker on key levers for improving teaching and learning | | 2. | Five steps to building a diverse learning community | | 3. | Douglas Reeves on turning school improvement plans into reality | | 4. | Larry Cuban on the real test of a reform strategy | | 5. | How doctors mess up - and what it can tell us about schools | | 6. | Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering on productive homework | | 7. | Second graders shunning a classmate: what to do? | | 8. | Warning adolescents about the “choking game” | | 9. | Time management 101 | | 10. | Pointers on reaching out to a corporate partner | | 11a. | Starting with what you can do | | 11b. | Wisdom from NYC middle schools | | 11c. | Thirty ways to celebrate National Poetry Month |
Marshall Memo 178 - Mar. 26, 2007 | | 1. | Caveat emptor on educational software | | 2. | Common assessments and teacher teamwork in Nebraska | | 3. | An Ohio district launches professional learning communities | | 4. | Using coaches effectively in South Carolina | | 5. | A New York district gets teams meeting three ways | | 6. | What a boss should provide | | 7. | Research on after-school and summer programs | | 8. | A meeting agenda that focuses on results | | 9. | A Navajo reservation school has it both ways | | 10. | The Marines' mission-based orders | | 11a. | Lifting the veil | | 11b. | What it takes in middle school | | 11c. | Reading Recovery research | | 11d. | Do you know what a fifth grader knows? | | 11e. | Lessons from “American Idol” |
Marshall Memo 177 - Mar. 19, 2007 | | 1. | “Professional learning communities” in a Michigan district | | 2. | An Illinois high school shifts the conversation to results | | 3. | Marilyn Burns on “peeling the onion” with struggling math students | | 4. | Five ways to help failing students succeed | | 5. | Ideas from the U.K. on combating self-harm | | 6. | Advice on applying for grants | | 7. | How some students are using MySpace, Facebook, etc. |
Marshall Memo 176 - Mar. 12, 07007 | | 1. | The power of feedback | | 2. | Closing the achievement gap with the right kind of literacy instruction | | 3. | An alternative to teaching whole-class novels | | 4. | A pen-pal program in Chicago and Washington, D.C. | | 5. | An advisory program in the Bronx | | 6. | Monitoring early literacy progress in Canada | | 7. | Duking it out on the value of homework | | 8. | More thoughts on what makes homework productive | | 9a. | Teaching geography in history courses | | 9b. | Indian education website | | 9c. | Websites on technology for special-needs students |
Marshall Memo 175 - Mar. 5, 2007 | | 1. | Keys to creating a professional learning community | | 2. | Math fundamentals in the primary grades | | 3. | Parrot math versus real math | | 4. | Critical reviews of reports from ideologically driven think tanks | | 5. | Dealing with an angry parent | | 6. | A professor reflects on her life with autism | | 7. | Think before you hit “Send” | | 8. | What's behind the fourth-grade slump? | | 9a. | What's the difference between dribbling and reading? | | 9b. | A jerk by any other name | | 9c. | Stressed out in Belfast |
Marshall Memo 174 - Feb. 26, 2007 | | 1. | Lessons from Virginia's “school turnaround specialist” program | | 2. | Using “balanced scorecards” in schools | | 3. | Anxiety and its effect on students' math performance | | 4. | What brain research says about early reading instruction | | 5. | Phonics advocates respond | | 6. | Integrating the arts into the core curriculum | | 7. | Ideas for implementing a co-teaching program | | 8. | Differentiating instruction for a student five years below level | | 9. | Answers to the quiz on ADD/ADHD in last week's Memo | | 10. | The differential impact of not getting enough sleep | | 11a. | Nipping unethical behavior in the bud | | 11b. | A school-family-community partnerships toolkit |
Marshall Memo 173 - Feb. 19, 2007 | | 1. | How can we help students do their best work on state tests? | | 2. | Differentiated instruction - watching the masters at work | | 3. | A new view of attention-deficit disorder | | 4. | Best practices using data | | 5. | Fighting the myth of the “model minority” | | 6. | Self-discipline as a variable in girls' achievement | | 7a. | Whom do you trust? | | 7b. | Online fundraising resources | | 7c. | Usable knowledge website | | 7d. | Student research help online | | 7e. | Renewable energy website | | 7f. | Middle-school science website | | 7g. | International communication website | | 7h. | Global awareness resources |
Marshall Memo 172 - Feb. 12, 2007 | | 1. | What schools can do to influence students who witness bullying | | 2. | How are formative reading assessments like Apgar scores? | | 3. | The case for teacher-led professional development | | 4. | School phobia: what should be done | | 5. | Making math relevant in vocational classes | | 6. | Knowing what you're learning - and why | | 7. | Chester Finn takes on the fatalists | | 8a. | Which elementary math programs work best? | | 8b. | Art enrichment online |
Marshall Memo 171 - Feb. 5, 2007 | | 1. | Peter Senge and colleagues on four key leadership capabilities | | 2. | A description of how authentic leaders develop | | 3. | Writing for freedom | | 4. | An English school's “best practices” for its highest-risk students | | 5. | Keys to importing the best ideas to your school | | 6. | Effective use of computer animations to teach science concepts | | 7. | Which is more important, package delivery or a child's education? | | 8a. | Arts education handbook online | | 8b. | Molecular microscope images | | 8c. | A podcast on Byzantine rulers |
Marshall Memo 170 - Jan. 29, 2007 | | 1. | What will it take to close the achievement gap? | | 2. | Which is the best alternative to middle schools: K-8 or 7-12? | | 3. | The best way to improve adolescents' self-esteem | | 4. | Can a single lunch period work in a large high school? | | 5. | The principal as technology leader | | 6. | Time management tips from England | | 7. | Wireless “clickers” |
Marshall Memo 169 - Jan. 22, 2007 | | 1. | Eight steps to high-achieving schools | | 2. | Preventing early reading difficulties | | 3. | What's needed to get advisory groups working well | | 4. | Ways to avoid the need for retention | | 5. | Using case studies in professional development | | 6. | How principals can ensure first-rate professional development | | 7. | A checklist for staff handbooks |
Marshall Memo 168 - Jan. 15, 2007 | | 1. | Neutralizing “stereotype threat” in middle-school students | | 2. | Acting courageously without being foolish | | 3. | Six misconceptions that trip up new managers | | 4. | A guide to networking | | 5. | Improving high-school science labs | | 6. | Using writing in mathematics classrooms | | 7. | A definition of math literacy | | 8. | If you need a friend, get a dog | | 9a. | Teaching and learning website | | 9b. | Teaching and learning website | | 9c. | High-school math on the Web and TV | | 9d. | Online lesson planning |
Marshall Memo 167 - Jan. 8, 2007 | | 1. | Are we all bigots? And does it matter if we just behave? | | 2. | Questions leaders might ask themselves | | 3. | Early, systematic teaching of sophisticated vocabulary | | 4. | The value - and limitations - of teaching reading strategies | | 5. | Five ways to increase student writing in math classes | | 6. | Chronic procrastination and work avoidance - what people can do | | 7. | Precocious sexuality on stage in a suburban middle school | | 8a. | Discovery box websites | | 8b. | Why study science? |
Marshall Memo 166 - Jan. 1, 2007 | | 1. | What it takes to get high achievement for all students | | 2. | Doug Reeves's suggestions for improving school culture | | 3. | Using the “Learning Cycle” to teach difficult science concepts | | 4. | A three-step process for improving middle-school science learning | | 5. | A report on improving high-school science labs | | 6. | Should upper-elementary teachers specialize? | | 7. | Using science and literacy instruction in tandem | | 8. | Combining reading instruction with social-emotional learning | | 9. | Ten questions to assess parent involvement | | 10. | Doing right by “star” teachers | | 11a. | Web resources for teachers | | 11b. | Science ideas on the Web |
Marshall Memo 165 - Dec. 18, 2006 | | 1. | Formative assessments and final grades - are they compatible? | | 2. | Learning from higher-performing countries' science teachers | | 3. | What science teachers need to know | | 4. | Preventing failure before student are referred for special education | | 5. | Keys to effective youth mentoring | | 6. | Diminishing returns from conventional reading instruction? | | 7. | Report on successful charter high schools | | 8a. | Online help teaching evolution | | 8b. | Online science courses |
Marshall Memo 164 - Dec. 11, 2006 | | 1. | Teaching blind people to use canes - and what it can teach others | | 2. | Lesson study thrives in a California elementary school | | 3. | A teacher-led study group in Colorado | | 4. | Does hands-on science teaching prepare students better? | | 5. | Do small schools produce higher achievement? | | 6. | Getting an impartial analysis of educational programs and products | | 7a. | Fractured fairy tales online | | 7b. | National Geographic maps online |
Marshall Memo 163 - Dec. 4, 2006 | | 1. | “The curse of knowledge” | | 2. | Rick Stiggins on what good formative assessment can accomplish | | 3. | Social-emotional learning programs in secondary schools | | 4. | What is school climate? How can we improve it? | | 5. | Helping struggling readers catch up | | 6. | “Extreme” jobs | | 7. | Tough love from managers | | 8a. | History online resources | | 8b. | Google resources for educators |
Marshall Memo 162 - Nov. 27, 2006 | | 1. | What will it take to close the achievement gap? | | 2. | Under what conditions do boys learn more? | | 3. | Grant Wiggins on “intelligent grouping” versus tracking | | 4. | James Popham on formative assessments | | 5. | The case for a weekly principal's memo | | 6. | How to build trust in a school | | 7. | Differentiation 101 | | 8. | What principals can do about steroid use | | 9a. | Math and science lessons online | | 9b. | Special-needs planning resources |
Marshall Memo 161 - Nov. 20, 2006 | | 1. | A radical reform plan for new and restructuring schools | | 2. | Piloting an innovative reading assessment for elementary ELL students | | 3. | Do single-sex classrooms and schools produce better results? | | 4. | The “big ideas” of Indian education in Montana | | 5. | Fighting stereotypes about Native Americans | | 6. | Five pedagogical standards for English language learners | | 7. | Checking for understanding with classroom “clickers” | | 8. | Five factors that propel students to success | | 9. | Daily physical exercise for students in North Carolina | | 10. | Grant-writing advice and websites | | 11. | Formative assessment graphic |
Marshall Memo 160 - Nov. 13, 2006 | | 1. | Hidden problems that afflict middle-school girls | | 2. | How a high school reduced its course failures by 1,000 | | 3. | Eight ways to improve adolescent literacy achievement | | 4. | Do timed reading speed drills improve student achievement? | | 5. | Laying students' science misconceptions to rest | | 6. | A middle-school advisory-group program in Omaha | | 7. | Using short stories to combat bullying | | 8. | Blogger no-nos | | 9. | Cool technology websites |
Marshall Memo 159 - Nov. 6, 2006 | | 1. | Ronald Ferguson on the black-white achievement gap | | 2. | How relevant is brain research to educators? | | 3. | Richard Elmore on more effective use of time in American schools | | 4. | A New York City high school's alternative discipline process | | 5. | Rick DuFour on teacher collaboration for student achievement | | 6. | Music as an essential “liberating art” | | 7. | What makes formative assessments work - and not work | | 8a. | Free children's books online | | 8b. | A writing contest with a difference | | 8c. | Two good magazines for children |
Marshall Memo 158 - Oct. 30, 2006 | | 1. | The role of schools in reducing economic inequality in the U.S. | | 2. | Areas where principals can make the most difference | | 3. | Effective writing instruction in middle and high schools | | 4. | Students write better when they know what they're writing about | | 5. | A California high school uses the Toulmin model to teach writing and logic | | 6. | Making optimal use of the six-trait writing rubrics | | 7. | A riposte to Fitzhugh on non-fiction writing | | 8. | The case for better sex education for American teens | | 9a. | Art museum websites | | 9b. | MERLOT website | | 9c. | A website on ancient Mesopotamia |
Marshall Memo 157 - Oct. 23, 2006 | | 1. | What the research says about good teaching of vocabulary | | 2. | Self-defeating literacy practices in the name of higher test scores | | 3. | Making literacy skills an integral part of content-area instruction | | 4. | Developing critical thinking in struggling high-school readers | | 5. | Teen readers' book choices | | 6. | Ideas to stimulate poetry-writing in the classroom | | 7a. | Best practices website | | 7b. | History and current events websites | | 7c. | U.S. history website | | 7d. | Website on after-school science resources | | 7e. | Free classroom posters on writing | | 7f. | Teaching from movies website |
Marshall Memo 156 - Oct. 16, 2006 | | 1. | What happens when teachers don't immediately correct students' errors? | | 2. | A different kind of high-school education | | 3. | Learning progressions for a more coherent science curriculum | | 4. | Can a “no cut and all play” policy work? | | 5. | Five dysfunctional time management approaches | | 6. | Differing teacher and parent views on parent involvement priorities | | 7a. | Red-faced in New York | | 7b. | Math skills websites | | 7c. | Online lesson plans | | 7d. | A Minnesota school's creative website | | 7e. | Online professional development | | 7f. | Classic books online |
Marshall Memo 155 - Oct. 9, 2006 | | 1. | Which tools work best to change schools? | | 2. | Leadership advice from a symphony orchestra conductor | | 3. | Successfully facilitating teacher team meetings | | 4. | Getting enough sleep | | 5. | Boy brains and girl brains: what teachers can do | | 6. | Should high schools stop offering Advanced Placement courses? | | 7. | A missing ingredient in the high-school curriculum |
Marshall Memo 154 - Oct. 2, 2006 | | 1. | Grant Wiggins on teaching so students can transfer what they learn | | 2. | A better approach to test preparation (an oldie but goodie article) | | 3. | School refusal behavior - what's behind it and what can be done | | 4. | Dealing with cyberbullies and other online hazards | | 5. | An Arkansas district deals with parent challenges to library books | | 6. | Key characteristics of successful dropout retrieval programs | | 7. | Ideas for rethinking the K-8 science curriculum | | 8. | Big ideas for a school health curriculum | | 9. | Is Reading First working? |
Marshall Memo 153 - Sept.25, 2006 | | 1. | What are a principal's highest-leverage activities? | | 2. | Advisory programs in middle and high schools: problems and promise | | 3. | Why friendship is not the best criterion for forming teams | | 4. | How to avoid “parking lot syndrome” after staff meetings | | 5. | Effective implementation of new professional development ideas | | 6. | Capitalizing on students' strengths | | 7. | Key values underlying successful differentiation of instruction | | 8. | Questions to guide content teachers when they assess ELL students | | 9. | Using picture books in middle school | | 10. | Co-teaching to support ELL students in St. Paul | | 11a. | Does a teacher's gender matter? | | 11b. | New NCTM math expectations | | 11c. | Singapore Math | | 11d. | Restating purpose |
Marshall Memo 152 - Sept. 18, 2006 | | 1. | Mel Levine on teaching to students' strengths | | 2. | Carol Dweck on increasing student motivation | | 3. | Doug Reeves on pulling the weeds before planting the flowers | | 4. | Professional development: how do we know if it's really working? | | 5. | A principal radically reshapes her faculty meetings | | 6. | Closing the boy-girl achievement gap in one Colorado school | | 7. | How caring pays academic dividends | | 8. | Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences: some cautions and some ideas | | 9. | Preparing students to succeed in advanced high-school courses | | 10a. | A high-school redesign toolkit | | 10b. | A back-to-school asthma plan |
Marshall Memo 151 - Sept. 11, 2006 | | 1. | Getting past “walking on eggshells” on race, gender, etc. | | 2. | E-mail: how to keep it under control | | 3. | The case for using rubrics to evaluate teachers | | 4. | Keys to successful middle schools | | 5. | School safety in a Cambridge, Massachusetts high school | | 6a. | What about science and social studies? | | 6b. | Online literacy resources |
Marshall Memo 150 - Sept. 6, 2006 | | 1. | A protocol for discussing articles in faculty meetings | | 2. | How principals can support teacher data teamwork | | 3. | Building resilience in high-risk students | | 4. | Keys to improving long-term retention of what's taught | | 5. | What can large high schools learn from the small-schools movement? | | 6. | Thinking outside curriculum boxes | | 7. | Vancouver, Washington works to improve secondary literacy instruction | | 8. | Sizing up state standards | | 9. | Online homework support for students | | 10. | How can the arts support democracy? |
Marshall Memo 149 - Aug. 28, 2006 | | 1. | Asking the right questions when teaching reading (an oldie but goodie article) | | 2. | Short classroom visits - a powerful professional development tool | | 3. | College essays that work | | 4. | Sorting out the purposes of grading | | 5. | Testing: the good, the bad, and the ugly | | 6. | Can computers grade student writing? | | 7a. | A website that d |
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