Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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From: "ECS e-Connection" <e-connection@ecs.org> To: RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL Created: 8/8/2001 9:42 AM Subject: ECS e-Connection 08/08/01 Message: Welcome to the "e-Connection" from the EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES, a weekly e-mail publication with links to key education information. Please give us feedback by replying to this e-mail. ********************************************************** * * * Editor's note: To view these articles and * * link to the materials cited, please visit * * the ECS e-Connection page on the ECS Web site: * * * * CLICK HERE: * * http://www.ecs.org/ecs/e-connection * * * ********************************************************** ********************************************************** ------------------------ WHAT STATES ARE DOING ------------------------ NORTH CAROLINA legislators have passed a bill requiring the state board of education to eliminate "unnecessary and duplicative paperwork" in public schools. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ws State and local policies that restrict teacher mobility are counterproductive in the effort to keep quality teachers in the classroom. DELAWARE, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA and the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, organized as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project, are working to ease the teacher shortage in the region by working toward full regional licensure reciprocity, pension portability for teachers and the development of regional standards for alternative certification. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ws The TEXAS legislature has passed a bill empowering the state board of education to require students in kindergarten through grade 6 to participate in up to 30 minutes a day of physical activity. Exemptions must be provided for students who are unable to participate because of illness or disability. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ws ------------------------ GOOD READS ------------------------ "Building a New Role: States and SCHOOL FACILITIES," a new three-part report by Education Week, examines the changing role of the states in addressing the nation's need to build and modernize its public schools. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#gr The National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiatives, an eight-year federal effort to improve MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION in urban schools, paid off in higher test scores and increases in the number of minority students taking high-level courses, according to an analysis of the project. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#gr The combined value of the human, financial and in-kind resources provided by SCHOOL/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS is an estimated $2.4 billion a year, according to a new report by the National Association of Partners in Education (NAPE). The number of school districts nationwide engaged in partnership activities increased from 51% to nearly 70% in the past decade, the NAPE study shows. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#gr ------------------------ ECS PUBLICATIONS ------------------------ ECS has released "Education Finance in the States: Its Past, Present and Future," a series of issue papers focused on past trends, current events and future possibilities in the realm of SCHOOL FINANCE. The first two papers available are: "The Status of School Finance Today" and "21st Century School Finance: How Is the Context Changing?" http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ep ------------------------ UPCOMING EVENTS ------------------------ The COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOLS will hold its 45th Annual Fall Conference October 17-21, 2001, in Norfolk, Virginia. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#um ------------------------ OTHER USEFUL WEB SITES ------------------------ Reading Online, a peer-reviewed journal of the International Reading Association, is a leading online source of information on LITERACY research and practice in K-12 classrooms. http://www.ecs.org/html/newsMedia/e-Connection.asp#ow ---------------------------------------------------------- If you do not wish to receive this weekly communication, please reply to this e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\ECS e-Connection 08_08_01\Mime.822
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