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e-Learning for Educators - Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools: In this workshop, participants will be exposed to many of the tools of the Read/Write Web and will get the chance to experiment with new tools each week.; Take this course: Begins January 26.

magnet school: Public school of choice that emphasizes a special curricular program designed to attract students from outside an attendance zone in order to enhance desegregation efforts and diversify student populations.
school choice: Legal structure allowing families and children to select a school other than the one assigned by their district. Schools of choice may be established by private firms or organized groups of families or educators; these groups receive public funding on a per-pupil basis.
charter school: A public school of choice, usually created by parents or educators seeking an alternative to traditional public schools. Developers create a contract, or charter, with a sponsoring agency (either state or local school board). In exchange for autonomy from many state and district requirements, charter schools are expected to offer financial responsibility, academic accountability for student performance, as well as innovative and challenging educational practices.
site-based management: Organizational structure that decentralizes authority and increases the autonomy of individual schools. Responsibility and accountability are at the school level, and the decision-making process includes teachers, administrators, parents, and community members.
school improvement plan: Comprehensive school-based plan outlining goals and objectives for ongoing school improvement. Specific measures are determined on a state-by-state basis.

Atop Mount Everest: Ciprian “Chip” Popoviciu stands atop Mount Everest holding the flag designed for this expedition by the Martin GT Magnet Middle School students. Spread out on the snow in front of him are colorful Buddhist prayer flags offered by climbers in thanks for...; Format: image/photograph

Journey to the top of the world: Climbing Mount Everest: This slideshow tells the story of a North Carolina adventurer's ascent of Mount Everest in photos, video, and text, including excerpts from his journal.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Children in Lukla, Nepal: Two children are seen sitting in front of a log building in Lukla, Nepal. The older child is wearing an orange and gray hooded sweatshirt and his arm is draped over the shoulder of the younger child. The younger child is wearing a bright teal blue sweatshirt...; Format: image/photograph

Monkey Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal: The stupa at Swayanabath located on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal is also known as the Monkey Temple. Brightly colored flags are suspended from the golden top of the stupa to the ground. Here Buddhists and Hindus worship side-by-side in harmony. Mount...; Format: image

Project-based learning: Project-based learning is a teaching approach that engages students in sustained, collaborative real-world investigations. Projects are organized around a driving question, and students participate in a variety of tasks that seek to meaningfully address this...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Writing workshops with Microsoft Word: Microsoft Word's reviewing functions enhance communication as students revise drafts of their writing projects.; By David Ansbacher.

Float, sink, flink!: In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Erin Denniston.