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USDE's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative will host its second series of workshops for teachers and principals this summer. Teachers and researchers will share their strategies for raising student achievement and informing teachers of the latest, successful research-based practices. The Teacher-to-Teacher Summer Workshops will be geared toward K-12 teachers and principals. All 2005 workshop sessions are FREE. Breakout sessions will cover the content areas of literacy, reading, mathematics, science, history and the arts. Additional sessions will be held on special education, English-language learners, school leadership, the No Child Left Behind Act, using data effectively, federal grant writing, and teaching strategies that can enable all levels of students to improve academically. Also available, at Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative web site, are PowerPoint presentations from the 2004 summer workshops. For more information, click on the URL link below. The cities and dates are: Cincinnati, June 20-22; Phoenix, June 27-29; Minneapolis, July 11-13; Tampa, Fla., July 18-20; Bethesda, Md., July 25-27; and San Jose, Calif., Aug. 1-3. SchoolsMovingUp's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) site provides resources, services, and tools on key NCLB topics, including select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by major NCLB topics. For more information on teacher quality, go to SchoolsMovingUp's NCLB/Highly Qualified Teachers page. URL: http://www.teacherquality.us/TeacherToTeacher/T2THome.asp |
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