January 2011

Music in Schools

January 24, 2011

The question at the heart of this booklet is whether time should be alloted during the school time for music education.  Music is an important part of our lives, but how important is music education compared to language arts, math, science and social science?

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Exercise in School

January 24, 2011

It is a given that students, everyone, should exercise during the day.  But with all that schools are trying to accomplish in the school day, should time be set aside for PE?

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School Time

January 24, 2011

With talks of extending the school day and/or school year, what are some of the point view in this issue?

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Looking “Within” the Lexile for More Guidance: Word Frequency and Sentence Length

January 24, 2011

Freddy Hiebert

Teachers should use the lexile rating as an initial piece of information, much like a check of someone’s temperature. A temperature can be high or low for lots of different reasons. The average sentence length and average word frequency gives teachers more specific information that is useful for decision-making.

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Editorial Board

January 4, 2011

Martha Adler University of Michigan, DearbornVictoria Appatova University of CincinnatiKathie Bach Apex LearningMarco Bravo Santa Clara UniversityDevon Brenner Mississippi State UniversityJanelle Cherrington ScholasticJanet S. Gaffney University of AucRead More »Editorial Board

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