Resources

PARTNERS the Partnership's Newsletter

Issue 1 volume 3 Spring 2006
Issue 1 volume 2 Late Summer 2004
Issue 1 volume 2 Spring 2003
Issue 1 volume 1 January 2003

Partnership Work Highlights

Art Education Partnership Project Art PowerPoint
Pam G Taylor, Ph.D. and Jana Dresden, Gaines School kindergarten
teacher build an understanding that art is more than just "stuff",
but rather about our social world and the world of activism.
Click on the Art PowerPoint to learn more!

Links to Informative Articles

Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform
by David C. Berliner
Published by Teachers College Record, August 02, 2005

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0318/p13s01-lepr.html
Meeting on the Same Page-Christian Science Monitor
Urban and suburban parents in Needham, Mass., are exploring racism and
the tensions of school integration through a book club. Without this
group, the arents' only connection would be through their children, who
attend the same elementary schools in this mostly white suburb an hour
outside Boston.

PND Funding for Elementary and Secondary Education http://fdncenter.org/pnd/specialissues/item.jhtml
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October is Funding for Education month at the Foundation Center, and in honor of the occasion we've compiled links to some of the best elementary and secondary education resources on the Web.

CCSD Resources

Links to Resources on After School Programs

Links to Resources on Calendar/Modified Time

Links to Resources on Community & Parent Involvement

Links to Resources on Curriculum

Links to Resources on Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment

Links to Resources on Diversity

Links to Resources on Educator Preparation

Links to Resources on Latino Student Issues

Links to Resources on Leadership

Links to Resources on Partnerships

Links to Resources on Personnel

Links to Resources on Professional Development

Links to Resources on School Facilities

Links to Resources on School Reform

Links to Resources on School Structure Organization

Links to Resources on School Success

Links to Resources on Special Education

Links to Resources on Teacher Recruitment

Links to Resources on Technology

Links to Resources on Testing

Teacher Leader's Network http://www.teacherleaders.org/newsletter.html

Regional Educational Laboratories' School Reform Network www.relnetwork.org/index.html
Across the U.S., a network of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) are supporting educational improvement and reform efforts in communities, states, and beyond-including efforts to make schools more family supportive. The REL website- www.relnetwork.org/index.html -features news, research, and promising practices that state and local educators, community members, and policymakers can access to help tackle the difficult issues of education reform and improvement.

Call Me Mister www.callmemister.clemson.edu
There's a dearth of male African-American teachers in South Carolina. Clemson University is sponsoring the "Call Me Mister" project to recruit, train and place 200 black men in South Carolina's elementary public schools. This site provides information about the program, including background on how to qualify. You can also learn how to donate to the project.

Family Involvement Network of Educators http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine.html
The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) is a national network of over 2,000 people who are interested in promoting strong partnerships between children's educators, their families, and their communities.

http://www.communityschools.org/whatis2.html
Coalition for Community Schools: What is a Community School?