InvolverMaybe some fresh ideas here, or do we know about this guy already? Adam Fletcher Talks About Students As Partners In Learning Meaningful Student Involvement.. interesting ideas about involvement, engagement.
Other links here, also blog
mj
Local schools are mapped here
(Not sure if this is the best format, but you can click on a flag to see which school it is, and click on a name to see where it is):
MJ
A group calling itself the “Typo Eradication Advancement League” has set out on a year-long journey across America to combat irritating grammatical errors. The aim of Jeff Spokane and friends is to “make the US a safer place for spelling”. “We carry a supply of erasers, chalk, and white-out fluid and correct errors wherever we see them”, says Spokane. “Our efforts are not always appreciated. We were once thrown out of a bar for trying to correct a sign that said “cake’s.”
From ‘The Week’
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The Hot Topic for VoiceBox 17 will be ‘linking with the schools’ extended community’. I am looking for case studies of schools that are connected to Youth Councils, so if you know of any, please flag them up in Netsuite by adding a new note:
In the General tab, click on User Notes and add a New Note with type: ‘SC link to local community’, putting any other comments in the memo.
Thanks
Mark
From Wikipedia:
This was my understanding, but a recent press release from DCSF referring to Secondary Moderns says
(in England only)
Are they both right?
mj
It Was Asbestos Times, It Was the Worst of Times
from Daily Grist 24 June 08: U.S. Supreme Court clears way for asbestos-company trial
MJ