| Vol.
I, No. 3 | Winter
Solstice & Holidays | Dec.
15th, 2000 |
Links
to Learning & Education On-Line
The amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we
post a few links in House & Home to sites that might interest you.
Sometimes the links will be related to one another ... sometimes
we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case, we think
we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be
of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the
bustle. ... Links to
Vermont's Action Planning Guide, VT-NEA, and more ...
The following
links will take you to info about Action Planning and the Vermont NEA. If
you missed last
month's links, you may want to check them out, since they provide valuable
additional resources for focusing on school quality and improvement. ... Action
Planning Guide Last month we ran a link to the
"Action Planning Guide" that took us to the site where you could
compile and download charts of school and student performance. This is
a link to the actual full text of the State's Action Planning Guide -- an
8-on-line-page document ... plus a link to Appendices, a Glossary, and a
Bibliography that, as of this writing, were still not posted. {We'd
also checked a couple of months ago.}.
Despite this drawback, and
whether you agree with Act 60 or Action Planning or not, it's a worthwhile
visit. Why? Because if teachers are too often constrained to
teach to the test, then administrators and school boards may be too
constrained to structure schools and school goals according to this
plan. So without knowing the plan, you'll be left in the dark.
There
are some good features of the State's Dept. of Ed. site. This one
isn't among the best; but it is an important document. For that reason
alone, we give it ...
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. Vermont-NEA If
for no other reason, the Vermont NEA site is important because you should
know what the state chapter of the largest teachers union is thinking.
But it's important for other reasons, as well. The
Vermont NEA Home Page contains numerous side links to such things as
Approaches to School Violence, Reading Lists for Kids, Vermont-NEA
Board Profiles, Front Page Stories, Education Links, and Holocaust and
Resistance Studies. And in the big print, there are links to Who We
Are, Opportunities for Educators, Advice for Parents, and Support for Kids. The
NEA is a critical organization when it comes to school performance and
school reform. If you're at all interested in such things, you can't
afford to ignore this site.
Rating **** [4 stars].
. 21st
Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) [Dept. of Ed.]
In
conjunction with our review of the Access
CVU project, we thought some of you might be interested in the site
for the federal program that funded the CVU effort and others like it ...
both around Vermont and across the country.
In addition to the CVU
project, there were also 10 other school and district projects funded in
Vermont: Washington West Supervisory Union, Barre City School
District, Barre Town Middle and Elementary School, Putney Town School
District, Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union, Twinfield Union School
District, Rutland City Public Schools, and two in the Burlington School
District.
The 21st Century CLC site contains a database searchable
not only by state, but by urban/rural, times of service, grade level served,
or keyword.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
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If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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