Regina Barecca “Neither the fancy new credential nor the well-rehearsed script…necessarily prepare you for the ‘blind date’ quality of that first meeting with this year's new students. Your new class will be -- shockingly enough -- new. And you'll be a new teacher."

No Educator Left Behind How will we know if Reading First is working?

Read About It What is Problem-Based Learning?

Cooking with Joy Joy Rotondi offers tips for quick and tasty dishes.

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This Week’s Survey Question A school district in Mississippi recently banned teachers from communicating with students by text messages or through online social networking sites. What do you think of this policy?   Last Week’s Survey Results Did the high cost of gasoline force you to cut back on traveling this summer?

School Doodle Guess which teacher had the most extreme summer.

Fit To Be Taught, Vol.42 Schools honored for anti-obesity efforts; green cleaners catching on in schools; program introduces students to healthful eating habits, foods; doctors say more teens need meningitis vaccine.

News for Kids Windmills, which used to dot the landscape, are making a comeback.

Issues Spotlight 1 Environmental efforts
Issues Spotlight 2 Incentives for teachers
Issues Spotlight 3 Sleep issues
Issues Spotlight 4 Online safety

Education Studies and Reports Are Laptops Improving Student Learning? Maine middle-schoolers enjoy using laptops, but test scores have not increased much since they were introduced in 2002. NCLB NCLB Standards Straining Some Schools An increasing number of schools in such states as Kentucky and Minnesota are finding it harder to meet tougher NCLB standards, data shows. Special Education Study to Examine Diet, Autism Link Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center are undertaking one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as some parents have claimed. See more education news headlines in our EDscoops Archive.

Wire Side Chat Teenagers confronting adult-world issues probably wish there was simple advice for their grown-up questions. Retired educator William Lee Swisher has put together a short guide for adolescents that touches on finances, relationships, and responsibilities.

Teaming Up To Achieve A district in crisis can’t keep doing the same things the same way and expect change, Hartford’s superintendent of schools Dr. Steven J. Adamowski said. He has called for a system of school choice with more autonomy for higher-performing schools.

NCLB Updates Wondering what’s going on with the No Child Left Behind Act? Peruse our list of news stories about the federal law.

Turnaround Tales A large urban school with a diverse population, Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon, N.Y., nevertheless posts scores above those in wealthier neighborhoods. A management style that supports teachers helps make the difference.