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Tell us if you think the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is working.  Why is it working?  Is it closing the Achievement Gap? If it isn’t helping the education system, what are the options?  We would like to hear from you!

Check out Teachers.net for some great articles for current and former educators.  Add an attribute that you think a teacher needs to be effective.
http://teachers.net/gazette/MAY08/archive/

Counseling students and alumni are invited to the Counseling Wine and Cheese Reception on Wednesday, August 25 at the Education Building in Baltimore from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.  This event is sponsored by the SOE’s Student and Alumni Counseling Association (SACA) – Homewood Chapter.
To RSVP for this event, please email soe.students@jhu.edu.
We hope to see you [...]

Valuable tips for educators this year in Teachers.net.  Dont’ miss these other articles:
Ten Tips to Deal with Difficult Parents Effectively
Five Tips to help Children Develop their Natural Gifts
Practical Tips for  Teaching Elementary Writing
Word Wall Tips

Teachers.net has some fun articles about the history of the pencil, and space toilets. These are considered general articles written by Tim Newlin of TimTim.com.  Enjoy!
Chinese Royalty and Cedar Wood, The History of the Pencil
Space Toilets
Digital Pens & Touchscreens
A World of Zippers
The Dance of the Honeybees

“Leadership is not about telling someone what to do; it’s about teaching them to think. Meet Roxanne Forr, M.S. ‘96, principal of Cecil Elementary, a Blue Ribbon School in Baltimore.  Read more…

Paul Miller taught math for many years but never kept count. But on Thursday, Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. awarded Miller, 93, a calculus teacher at Ner Israel High School, for his 75th year of teaching.
Teacher Honored After 75 years in the Classroom - Baltimoresun.com

Public Affairs Specialist position available in the U.S. Department of Education. Resume and applications are due by June 25. For more information about the position, go to U. S. Department of Education, Jobs, Federal Career Intern programs – PDF.

The Center for Talented Youth – CTYOnline – has summer openings for qualified part-time instructors for its Young Readers distance education courses. Great opportunity for recent grads (or soon-to-be graduating students) with a master’s in writing, reading, or related discipline. For more information go to One  Stop.

Congrats to Brian Rainville MAT ‘08, Baltimore City Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year for 2010!

Five-year veteran wins city Teacher of the Year – baltimoresun.com

The 17 roses that adorned the desks of Brian Rainville’s third-grade classroom at Maree G. Farring Elementary/Midde School symbolized why he was named Baltimore’s Teacher of the Year on Thursday morning.The [...]