January/February 2004

Teacher Magazine, Vol. 15, Issue 04
Classroom Technology A Man of Letters
In a class with no walls, a teacher has an epiphany about the importance of detail in writing.
Daniel Robb, January 1, 2004
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21 min read
Budget & Finance What's Wrong With This Picture?
A saucy calendar has some Oregon men, aged 40-70, posing to raise money for the local school district.
January 1, 2004
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1 min read
Student Well-Being Off-Sides
Some student athletes no longer think high school sports offer the best shot at grabbing a scholarship or a recruiter's eye.
January 1, 2004
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4 min read
Curriculum Reviews
Learning as craftmanship, the erosion of school authority, and middle-school muddles.
January 1, 2004
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety Point Guard
With a clipboard at his side, Harlem chemistry teacher Timothy Hearn metes out merits and demerits as part of a behavior system that keeps his students on task.
Patrick J. McCloskey, January 1, 2004
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26 min read
Education Kids' Books
Joyce Carol Oates explores a family in crisis; plus, the Polish ghetto, Irish immigration, and puppy love.
January 1, 2004
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5 min read
Education Awards
Following are application deadlines for awards, honors, and contests available to teachers. Asterisks (*) denote new entries.
January 1, 2004
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4 min read
Education Grants
Following are application deadlines for grants and fellowships available to individuals and schools. Asterisks (*) denote new entries.
January 1, 2004
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12 min read
Education Events
Following are dates for workshops, conferences, and other professional development opportunities for teachers. Some events may include administrators, policymakers, parents, and others. The list is organized by region, though some events are national meetings. Registration deadlines may close before the date of the event. Asterisks (*) denote new entries.
East | Midwest/Plains | South | West
January 1, 2004
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7 min read
Education For Your Students
Following are application dates for student contests, scholarships, and internships. Asterisks (*) denote new entries.
January 1, 2004
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14 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Flight Path
Teachers at New York City's Aviation High School give students a firsthand look at their careers.
Heidi Ernst, January 1, 2004
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17 min read
Education Colleagues
One teacher makes sewing a profitable exercise.
January 1, 2004
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1 min read
Education Briefs

Trash Talking

Outraged parents of special education students at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Washington, are causing a stink over the unpaid janitorial tasks their kids performed for a work skills class this past year. The students collected trash and sorted recyclables, often while other kids teased them, according to the Associated Press. Unrepentant school officials claim that custodial work is a common career for people with disabilities and say they may assign the tasks again.
January 1, 2004
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1 min read
School Climate & Safety Interview: Unclenching the Fist
Ben Coccio, director of the feature film Zero Day, advocates opening school doors to dissipate the self-absorption that leads to violence.
January 1, 2004
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6 min read
International Dispatches
MALAYSIA
Striking Legislation: Malaysian educators need spare the rod no longer. The government of this Southeast Asian nation approved caning as a form of school discipline in October, the Malaysia General News reports. Under the new regulations, principals may grant specific teachers the right to cane undisciplined students. The teachers must comply with certain conditions, such as not meting out punishment in public, because, as education minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad explains, "Teaching through shaming someone, to me, is not the right thing to do."
January 1, 2004
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2 min read
Law & Courts Responsible Party
By day, Caitlin Heidemann is a typical 17-year-old high school senior. By night, she's a school board member with full voting rights on issues ranging from curricula to teachers' salaries.
Denise Kersten Wills, January 1, 2004
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10 min read
Classroom Technology Identity Crisis
An online school raises questions about public funding.
Andrew Trotter, January 1, 2004
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3 min read
Law & Courts Opinion Rights and Rituals
Another skirmish in the culture wars reaches schools.
January 1, 2004
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3 min read
Education Opinion Overheard
"No Black Need Apply."
—Lettering on a mock flier, which advertised openings for advanced placement teachers, anonymously distributed this past summer to faculty at Boston Latin School in Massachusetts. In October, Boston Latin teacher Gregory Turpin, who is African American, admitted that he had authored the flier to draw attention to the lack of AP class assignments given to black colleagues.
January 1, 2004
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1 min read
Special Education Opinion Excerpt: Free To Be
A school reaches problem kids without drugs or labels.
Chris Mercogliano, January 1, 2004
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10 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters
  • Dated Data
  • Peace of Mind
  • Measure of Worth
  • Learning Curve
  • Sporting Chance
January 1, 2004
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10 min read
Special Education Opinion Embarrassment of Riches
Special-needs students face uphill battles everywhere.
Susan Senator, January 1, 2004
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7 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Day by Day
Subs are well-advised to learn patience—and some German.
Gwyn English Nielsen, January 1, 2004
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6 min read