April 2, 1997
Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 27
Student Well-Being
Physical Attraction
The sounds of rock 'n' roll echo throughout the gym as a step-aerobics class warms up. Feet stomp to the beat as they march in unison up, down, front, side of the plastic benches that have become so familiar in health clubs around the country.
Budget & Finance
Small Towns, Big Success
The town of Brooklyn, nestled in rolling hills amid corn and soybean fields, is in many ways typical of America's rural heartland.
Student Well-Being
Adding Fun to the Games
Traditional physical education programs often emphasized team sports or activities that students found boring or irrelevant, such as rope climbing.
Education
Community Resources
The initiative of one elementary school in Oxon Hill, Md., to address the needs of students during the out-of-school hours has improved student performance and increased parent involvement.
Standards
Opinion
How To Close the Achievement Gap
The recent political eruption over the Oakland, Calif., school
district's decision to recognize "ebonics" leaves fertile ground for
change in its aftermath.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Black-White Scoring Gap Not Due to Services Cut
Assessment
Opinion
How Proficiency Tests Fall Short (Let Me Count the Ways)
Fourth grade with Mrs. Voyer: I was one of her 48 students in a
combined 4th/5th grade class. An ambidextrous teacher, Mrs. Voyer
taught one grade aloud while the rest of us were working on seatwork
that kept both our minds and fingers occupied.
Standards
Opinion
Acting and Understanding
The last 15 or 20 years of the 20th century in America have seen a
modest growth of interest in "service learning," along with an intense
and almost rabid enthusiasm for additional "academic learning."