Working with Children
Educational things.
These are all excerpted from the PEN. The PEN NewBlast is a free weekly e-mail newsletter featuring school reform and school fundraising resources. The PEN NewsBlast is the property of the Public Education Network, a national association of 53 local education funds working to improve public school quality in low-income communities nationwide.
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SIGN UP POOR CHILDREN FOR FREE HEALTH INSURANCE
Thanks to the new Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), free
or low-cost health insurance is now available to the children of working
parents. In most states, uninsured children 18 years old and younger whose
parents earn up to $34,100 a year (for a family of four) are eligible.
http://www.publiceducation.org/resources/health.htm
REGISTER TO VOTE VIA THE INTERNET
It is the right and duty of every citizen to vote.
http://www.beavoter.org/
SECRETARY RILEY LEADS AMERICA "BACK TO SCHOOL"
Many schools & communities are planning to use the back-to-school
season to build community partnerships to help improve student learning.
http://www.ed.gov/Family/agbts/
NOT IN MY SCHOOL: TEACHING IN AN ERA OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE
A teacher from Burlington (VT) explores how one unsettling incident
rapidly transforms the culture of a small-town high school.
http://www.lab.brown.edu/voices/2nd2000/violence.shtml
PARTNERING WITH PARENTS IN STANDARDS-BASED REFORM
This site describes parent programs like "Standards 101," principal
coffees, standards-based "Open Houses" and "Back to School Nights."
Also profiled is a parent liaison team that will do "whatever it takes"
to get more parents
involved in student achievement.
http://www.middleweb.com/CSLBfinal/CSLBfinal.html#anchor15568307
HELPING STUDENTS LEARN
This online anthology of articles from the American School Board Journal
collects some of the magazine's best writing about student achievement,
accountability and assessment, and curriculum and instruction.
http://www.asbj.com/achievement/index.html
Facilitating groups
http://usacs2.albany.edu/~GRP.FACL/
Virtual Library of facilitation
Christian Itin's Activity Resource
Organizations
Clinical Sites
Grants and Grant Writing
Grants
Marketplace
GRANT AND FUNDING INFORMATION
"SchoolGrants' State Grant Opportunities"
http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_opps/state_opps.htm
"Web Resources for Education Grant Seekers"
http://www.tier.net/schools/grants.htm
"Technology and Learning Grant Sources"
http://www.techlearning.com/grants.html
"Finding Funding and How to Write Grants"
http://beta.open.k12.or.us/jitt/teacher/funds.html
"Fantastic Free Things for Your Classroom"
http://www.nea.org/grants/free.html
"Resources for Seeking Funding for Playground Construction"
http://boundlessplaygrounds.org/Boundless/services.html
http://www.nikebiz.com/media/n_involved.shtml
http://www.kaboom.org
"Common Reasons Why Good Grants Are Rejected"
http://www.nctm.org/about/toyota/youknow.htm
"Philanthropy News Digest-K-12 Funding Opportunities"
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20000328/funding.html
http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/education.html
"Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy"
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html
"Links to Technology Resources"
http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/technology.htm