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Update Knocking on Doors in Texas Over the past two years, Houston
Independent School District volunteers and school officials have brought
back to school roughly 800 dropouts out of 250,000 students. And last May,
250 of the ex-dropouts gradu- Learning How to ated, according to
SFGate.com. Houston is the largest school district in the U.S. to get
volun- Survive After School teers to knock on doors of dropouts to get
them back to school. now i ng how to verbalize goals, learning how to act,
K and in the end, getting a successfull job are some lessons students are
learning under a new training program. At Sacramento New Technology High
School, Radio-Full Classrooms a charter school under the New Technology
Foundation, part of the students' education will involve learning the Job
Journey transitional skills program, which is just over ad io warnings of
an impending storm can save R a year old and exists in eight states.
lives, or at least limbs. So the Homeland Security T he New Technology
Foundation has 24 high schools Department has decided to provide $5
million to in seven states. High Tech High programs in California ensure
short-range radios are in every public school, used the program's model
when it opened a few years according to boston.com. ago, says foundation
CEO Susan Schilling. The National Weather Service, which is part of the T
he New Technology schools, which have no more National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, than 400 students each, are focused on 21st
century operates more than 950 short-range radio stations. learning where
teachers do team teaching, such as inte- It was initially designed to
deliver weather warn- g rat i ng English and history as well as science
and math, i ngs, but now it covers terrorism, abducted children and and
students use technology to do projects while they derailed trains carrying
toxic materials. Weather experts cover required state standards. The kids
are doing the will assist school officials in how best to use the radios.
work in the context of projects and that makes the learn- NOAA pointed out
that more than 10,000 major i ng relevant to students, says Schilling.
thunderstorms, 2,500 floods and 1,000 tornadoes hit Using the Job Journey
at Sacramento New Technology the U.S. every year, along with hurricanes.
High is just another benefit. Sacramento New Technol- og y High School
holds kids accountable and so does Job Journey, says Barbara Dwyer, CEO
and founder of the Job Journey. It will be taught to sophomores during the
course of the day, she says. T he Job Journey is the kind of program our
students STAT BLAST have asked for to learn what employers are looking for
and how to market their strengths, says Paula Hanzel, Nearly 63% of urban
students principal of Sacramento New Tech High. report feeling safe at
school. Pa r t of the program has students list qualities they possess and
then has them think of real situations in the But nearly 20% believe other
past that prove those qualities, such as when they went shopping and
returned $10 to a cashier who miscounted students carry weapons in school.
their money and accidentally overpaid them, Dwyer says. S ourc e : What We
Learn, National School Boards Association's Council w w w.thejobjourney.or
g of Urban Boards of Education 16 November 2006 District Administration
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http://SFGate.com
http://boston.com
http://www.thejobjourney.org
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - November 2006
Contents
Editor's Letter
Update
Inside the Law
Curriculum Update
Administrator Profile
District Profile
SAT Trends
Broad awards top urban prize
Boston's Perseverance
NCLB's Purity
Why No Child Left Behind is here to stay
COVER STORY: Is Bill Gates a Good School Leader?
Does K-12 Make Sense?
Arthur Levine on teacher education
An IEP for every student?
Teacher Education: Time to Tame the Wild West
The Individual Academic Plan
Speaking Out
David Thornburg on
Professional Opinion
Problem/Solution
Research Corner
Computer Literature
New Products
By the Numbers
District Administration - November 2006
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