Childhood Education articles from March 2003

Childhood Education archives from March 2003

A positive learning environment approach to middle school instruction.
March 22, 2003... Middle school teachers must be prepared to educate an increasingly diverse population of young adolescents (Manning, 1999/2000). Most of these students will respond positively to instruction, and will interact appropriately with both peers and...

Education and schooling in Hong Kong: under one country, two systems.(reorientation and reform)
March 22, 2003... The 2002 International Focus Issue of Childhood Education focused on children's school experiences around the world. Guest Editors Susan A. Miller and Jillian Rodd located too many excellent articles to include in one issue. Therefore, we have...

Growing up and growing older: books for young readers.(educating children about aging)
March 22, 2003... First world societies are aging. In the United States, for example, a child born in 1900 could expect to live to be 47 years old, whereas a child born today can expect to live more than 77 years (Administration on Aging [AoA], 2002). More years...

Ackerman, Karen Song and Dance Man.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-394-89330-1. New York: Knopf, 1988. $15.00. Up in the attic, grandfather shows the grandchildren a trunk full of mementos from his vaudeville days. Grandfather sings and dances; then, they all dress up and put on a show. This book...

Baker, Sanna Grandpa Is a Flyer.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8075-3033-6. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1995. $15.95. When Anna goes to visit her grandparents, her mother and grandmother drink coffee together while Anna's grandfather takes her flying. The story relates the grandfather's...

Brumbeau, Jeff The Quiltmaker's Gift.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 1-57025-199-1. Duluth, MN: Pfeifer-Hamilton, 2000. $17.95. A generous quiltmaker sews the most beautiful quilts in the world and then donates them to those in need. A greedy king wants one of the quiltmaker's quilts, but she tells the king...

Bunting, Eve Butterfly House.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-590-84884-4. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. $15.95. After a little girl saves a tiny caterpillar from being eaten by a blue jay, her grandfather helps her make a butterfly house to keep it safe. The caterpillar transforms into a...

Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-67-047958-6/ISBN 0-14-050539-3. New York: Puffin, 1985. $15.99/6.99. As a little girl, Alice tells her grandfather that when she grows up, she wants to go to faraway places and live beside the sea. Her grandfather says that she must do...

Crews, Donald Bigmama's.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-09950-5/ISBN 0-685-64817-6. New York: Greenwillow, 1991. $16.00/$3.95. The author describes childhood summer visits to see his grandmother, "Bigmama," who lives in the country. This is a beautifully illustrated story of African...

Demas, Corrine The Disappearing Island.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-689-80539-X. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. $16.00. For her 9th birthday, Carrie's grandmother takes her to Billingsgate Island, which is only visible at low tide. They travel out to the island on grandmother's boat, "Aphrodite." On...

DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-15285-6. New York: Mulberry Books, 1991. $5.95. Each day after school, a young boy stays with his Uncle Willie. Uncle Willie volunteers at a soup kitchen and one day the boy helps out, too. This book illustrates the valuable...

Douglass, Barbara Good As New.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-08739-6. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1982. $3.95. Grady's grandfather is known for his ability to fix just about anything. When a young cousin ruins Grady's prize teddy bear, grandfather takes it apart, sews it back together,...

Gilman, Phoebe Something From Nothing.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-590-47280-1. New York: Scholastic, 1992. $15.95. The story is an adaptation of a Jewish folktale. When Joseph is born his grandfather, a tailor, makes him a blanket. Years later, Joseph's mother wants to throw out the tattered blanket,...

Gray, Libba Moore Miss Tizzy.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-671-77590-1/ISBN 0-689-81897-1. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. $15.00/$5.99. Miss Tizzy is loved by all the children in the neighborhood. They love her, her colorful house and clothes, and all the things she does for them. She bakes...

Hoffman, Mary Amazing Grace.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8037-104002. New York: Dial, 1991. $16.99/$6.99. Grace is a young African American girl who loves acting and wants to try out for the title role in her school's production of Peter Pan. Some of her classmates discourage her, but her...

Lyons, Mary Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-395-72033-8. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. $16.00. This book tells the true story of Philip Simmons, an African American blacksmith. Simmons became a blacksmith at the age of 13, and became famous for his ornamental wrought iron...

MacLachlan, Patricia All the Places to Love.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-06-021098-2. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. $14.95. On the day Eli is born, his grandmother holds him up to the window so that what he first hears is the wind and what he first sees are all the places to love. Everyone in Eli's family...

McCain, Becky Grandmother's Dreamcatcher.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8075-3031-X. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1998. $15.95. Kimmy stays with her Chippewa grandmother while her parents look for a new home. Grandmother teaches her to make a dreamcatcher to keep nightmares away and comfort her during...

Mitchell, Margaree Granddaddy's Gift.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8167-4011-9. Mahwah, NJ: Bridgewater Paperback, 1997. $5.95. This is the story of a young African American girl growing up with her grandparents on a Mississippi farm during the civil rights era. The girl loves her Grandaddy Joe....

Schwartz, David Supergrandpa.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-16296-7. New York: Mulberry Books, 1991. $4.95. This book is based on the true story of 66-year-old Gustaf Hakansson, who defied the odds and competed in a 1,094 mile bicycle race in Sweden. Cycling day and night, Gustaf finished...

Shaw, Eve Grandmother's Alphabet.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 1-57025-127-4. Duluth, MN: Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, 1997. $14.95. For every letter of the alphabet, the author offers a corresponding description of grandmothers. Each description is positive and avoids stereotypes. Some interesting...

Zolotow, Charlotte William's Doll.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-06-027047-0/ISBN 0-06-443067-7. New York: Harper, 1972. $14.95/$4.95. Although William wants a doll, his father gives him a basketball and a train set. His grandmother gets William a doll so that when he grows up he will know how to be a...

Zolotow, Charlotte I Know a Lady.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-11519-5. New York: Mulberry/ Morrow, 1992. $4.95. Every child should know an older person like the one in this book. She works in a garden, takes walks with her dog, gives out candy apples at Halloween, bakes cookies, and waves to...

Zolotow, Charlotte, & Anita Lobel This Quiet Lady.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-688-09305-1. New York: Greenwillow, 1992. $14.00. This book portrays the author's mother from infancy through adulthood. It provides an excellent starting point for a discussion of growing up and growing older, and about family history....

Facilitating the use of informational texts in a 1st-grade classroom.(Illustration)
March 22, 2003... Narrative texts, including trade books and stories found in basals, are commonly used in primary classrooms (grades K-2) for children's reading instruction (Caswell & Duke, 1998). By contrast, much fewer informational texts, such as nonfiction...

Mrs. Bonkers vindicated. (President's Message).(test scores )(evaluating teachers)
March 22, 2003... Once again, I am busy reading the submissions for the National Teacher of the Year. One of the essays that applicants must write is a response to the question of accountability in the teaching profession. It is most interesting to read the...

The benefit of sharing information. (From the Executive Director).(benefits of Association for Childhoold Education International membership)
March 22, 2003... One of my personal goals for is to help all members become better informed about the important work that the Association does on their behalf--first and foremost to benefit children and advance the teaching profession. This is a very ambitious...

Let's go outdoors: promoting developmentally responsive curriculum at outdoor camp. (Vice President's Vista).
March 22, 2003... As ACEI members and education community leaders who promote a holistic child-centered approach to education, Intermediate / Middle Childhood Committee members enjoy sharing vignettes that highlight opportunities for our youngsters ages 9-15....

Peace education flourishes in elementary schools. (Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Network News).(Column)
March 22, 2003... There is an increasing number of programs for schools and classrooms that are designed to help children learn and grow as strong and peaceful individuals in a world of violence. These programs' scope and focus vary, and may include one or more...

Call for Annual Business Meeting & membership resolutions.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2003... The ACEI Annual Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., in conjunction with the Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The ACEI Constitution authorizes members to vote on matters of official business as...

In appreciation: Edith F. Bondi.(Obituary)
March 22, 2003... ACEI lost a great friend when long-time member Edith F. Bondi passed away November 2, 2002, in Houston, Texas. Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1919, Bondi was a dedicated author, educator, translator, and musician. Affectionately known as "Aunt...

Heavy school backpacks may be too much for children to shoulder. (In The News ...).
March 22, 2003... The quintessential picture of a young student slouched forward while toting a burdensome backpack to school is not the image occupational and physical therapists would like to see. School children and teens all over the United States carry...

Rethinking paper folding. (Classroom Idea-Sparkers).
March 22, 2003... Fascination with paper folding as a teaching tool has a history of its own. Folding paper in particular ways to tell a story, create an object, solve a problem, and even establish areas for mini-tasks provides both an intellectual and emotional...

Art education boosts academic achievement, cuts crime, & lowers taxes. (In The News ...).(Rivky's Arts Workshop)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2003... Rivky's Arts Workshop, a New York-based art school, recently commissioned Expanding Horizons to conduct a comprehensive review of published research in order to assess the overall impact of art education and to determine the socio-economic...

"Pennies for the planet" campaign makes "cents" for wildlife. (In The News ...).(World Wildlife Fund)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2003... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is calling all pennies! Once again, the WWF is conducting its "Pennies for the Planet" campaign, which encourages schoolchildren to donate their pennies for various WWF projects. This year, every penny raised will...

Branch activities & awards. (Branch Business).
March 22, 2003... The deadline for submission for all Branch Awards and Grants is March 15, 2003. Please take note of the many awards your Branch can apply for: [check] Best Professional Development Workshop/Conference Award [check] Best Use of ACEI...

ACEI Constitution.
March 22, 2003... At the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, ACEI members will be asked to vote on the following change to the ACEI Constitution. Each member in good standing who is present shall be entitled to one vote (Article IV, Section...

The importance of professional development. (Student Slant).
March 22, 2003... Professional development is something that every teacher encounters almost on a daily basis. Whether it is going to an after-school meeting, attending the ACEI Annual International Conference, or attending a district discussion, professional...

Cyber destinations provide safe harbor for "tweens".(Brief Article)
March 22, 2003... Five new Web sites, targeted to serve tweens--the 16 million kids between 9 and 12 years old--offer everything from advice on school and family issues to a chance to design a snowboard logo. According to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting...

ACEI is a "fit". (Branch Business).
March 22, 2003... During the six years that I have been a member, it has become clear that ACEI is a "fit" for me. As educators, we can choose to join any number of organizations. Some provide us with opportunities to learn more about our profession, while...

NASA resources for educators. (Send For).
March 22, 2003... NASA's Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) was established for the national and international distribution of NASA-produced educational materials in multimedia format. Educators can obtain a catalogue and an order form by...

Calendar of events.
March 22, 2003... March 8-10, 2003: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 58th Annual Conference & Exhibit Show, San Francisco, California. For information call 800-933-2723, or visit www.ascd.org. March 16-18, 2003: National Conference on...

Cleaning up: show children why soap is needed for washing. (When Children Ask "Why?").
March 22, 2003... Children do not know why we use soap for washing. Why not let them show themselves? It is a lesson they will never forget. And everyone will be healthier as a result. Materials: clear cup, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 tbsp...

The rewards and restrictions of recess: reflections on being a playground volunteer.
March 22, 2003... I can hear them before I see them, as squeals of delight precede the group of 1st-graders set free from the confines of the school building. Then, they appear: a swirling mass of smiling, laughing, running children coming right toward me and...

How to know what kids already know: doing research with young children. (Issues in Education).
March 22, 2003... Have you ever wondered about how children grow? How children think? Learn? See? Feel? Or how children will change from one age to the next? Research with young children is intended to help us learn about their abilities and development....

Math anxiety: overcoming a major obstacle to the improvement of student math performance. (Review of Research).
March 22, 2003... In today's high-tech, increasingly connected world, it is important that young children build confidence in their ability to do mathematics. This article reviews the literature on preventing and reducing math anxiety. The authors believe that...

Stories from the heart. (For Parents Particularly).(storytelling)
March 22, 2003... Once upon a time... Those time-honored words are the doorway to another world, a land long ago and far away, where princesses still live and animals still talk. In a time when television, video games, movies, and other activities consume...

Arnold, Ann The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-374-31665-1. New York: Frances Foster Books, 2002.40 pp. $17.00. Alexis Soyer was one of the greatest cooks of the 19th century. His charisma, creativity, intelligence, and social conscience are beautifully illustrated...

Frank, Mitch Understanding September 11: Answering Questions About the Attacks on America.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Black-and-white photographs from various sources. ISBN 0-439-45794-7. New York: Scholastic, 2002. 136 pp. $5.95. This straightforward book, with its black-and-white photographs, poses and answers 11 frequently asked questions about the...

Miller, Debbie S. The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Jon Van Zyle. ISBN 0-8027-8811-4. New York: Walker & Company, 2002. Unp. $17.95. Every March, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race commemorates the heroic journey of 20 men and 160 dogs who, in 1925, braved Alaska's extreme cold, dangerous...

Morris, Ann Grandma Susan Remembers: A British-American Family Story.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Photographs and illustrations by Peter Linenthal. ISBN 0-7613-2319-8. Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 2002. 32 pp. $22.90. One of the six titles in Ann Morris's "What Was It Like, Grandma" series, this book invites readers to travel to...

Pringle, Laurence Crows! Strange and Wonderful.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Bob Marstall. ISBN 1-56397-899-7. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. 32pp. $15.95. This book tells us that the so-called common crow is really not that common at all. They are smart birds, searching for food where people live, yet...

Seuling, Barbara From Head to Toe: the Amazing Human Body and How It Works.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Edward Miller. ISBN 08234-1699-2. New York: Holiday House, 2002. 32pp. $16.95. Colorful illustrations, cartoons, and eye-catching diagrams keep this fact-packed book interesting. Children learn what makes them tick through hands-on...

Vicente, Luis San The Festival of Bones. El Festival de las Calaveras.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-938317-67-9. El Paso, TX: Cinco Punto Press, 2002. Unp. $14.95. What a delightful feast for the eyes and ears! Each page of this book has whimsical illustrations by this popular Mexican artist as well as a poem in both...

Agee, John Palindromania!(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-374-35730-7. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 204 pp. $15.51. John Agee's latest book of clever palindromes (words and phrases that read the same forward and backward) is enhanced by humorous illustrations....

Banks, Kate Dillon Dillon.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-374-31786-0. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 150 pp. $16.00. Dillon Dillon is a 10-year-old boy who hates his name. When he and his family make their annual summer trip to Lake Waban, Dillon finally learns about his past and...

Chesworth, Michael Alphaboat.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-374-30244-8. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Unp. $16.00. All the letters of the alphabet, upper and lower case, help sweet Mellow D find a hidden treasure chest. The story tells of the adventure of building a...

Damjan, Mischa The Clown Said No.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Christa Unzer. ISBN 0-7358-1552-6. New York: North-South Books. Unp. $15.95. First published 40 years ago, this newly illustrated story recounts the tale of Petronius the clown and Theodore the donkey. Petronius and Theodore, along with...

Day, Alexandra Puppy Trouble.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. Paper engineering by Dennis K. Meyer. ISBN 0-374-34992-4. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. $16.95. Fans of Carl, Day's beloved "good dog," will be thrilled to meet his baby brother. Young children will squeal with delight...

Erdrich, Lise Bears Make Rock Soup.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Lisa Fifield. ISBN 0-89239-172-3. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2002. Unp. $16.95. Erdrich's tales of Native Americans engage readers while they promote character education. Principles of leadership, inclusiveness, cooperation,...

Gantos, Jack What Would Joey Do?(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-374-39986-7. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. 229pp. $16.00. In this final installment of the Joey Pigza trilogy, Joey tries to keep his "wired behavior" under control. Meanwhile, his grandmother is dying, he is being harassed by...

Gibbons, Faye Full Steam Ahead.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Sherry Meidell. ISBN 1-56397-858-X. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press. Unp. $15.99. This is a delightful story from an era when life was hard, families and communities were close, and advance notice of special events was communicated by...

Himler, Ronald Six Is So Much Less Than Seven.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 1-887734-91-0. New York: Star Bright Books, 2002. Unp. $16.95. The author's luminous watercolors sensitively reveal the everyday events in the life of an older farmer. Accompanied by his six playful cats, the man eats...

Lees, Stewart The Lucky Sovereign.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 1-57091-488-5. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2002. 32 pp. $15.95. Sam is sailing with his father from England to Jamestown, where they plan on purchasing land. They take along 26 gold sovereigns, including a lucky one that...

Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-439-38880-5. New York: Scholastic, 2002. 189 pp. $15.95. Not a book to set down after one has begun reading, Martin's novel carries a message of understanding and respect. Hattie considers herself an alien, and so she appreciates her...

Pearson, Tracey Campbell Bob.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-374-39957-3. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. Unp. $16.00. Bob, a rooster, sets out on a mission to learn what roosters do. On his travels, he learns many things from the animals he meets. Bob is so busy that he is...

Pringle, Laurence Dog of Discovery: a Newfoundland's Adventures With Lewis and Clark.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Meryl Henderson. ISBN 1-59078-028-0. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. 149 pp. $17.95. Step back in time with Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their dog Seaman. This book tells of the explorers' adventures as they make their...

Rubel, Nicole No More Vegetables.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-374-36362-5. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Unp. $16.00. The co-creator of the Rotten Ralph books has written another entertaining book. Ruthie's mother creatively persuades Ruthie to enjoy her vegetables....

Seely, Debra Grasslands.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8234-1731-x. New York: Holiday House, 2002. 164 pp. $16.95. Thirteen-year-old Thomas Hunter is excited to be invited to live with his father on his Kansas farm. He has longed to go out west and live the life of a cowboy, leaving behind...

Souci, Daniel San The Rabbit and the Dragon King: Based on a Korean tale.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Eujin Kim Neilan. ISBN 1-56397-880-6. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2002. Unp. 15.95. The Dragon King, ruler of the ocean, believes he is ill. The court magician convinces the hypochondriacal king that eating the heart of a rabbit...

Taylor, Isadore Lord of the Kill.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-439-33725-9. New York: The Blue Sky Press. 246pp. $16.95. Sixteen-year-old Ben Jepson is left in charge of the big cats at the Los Coyotes Preserve while his parents go to India to write and photograph a National Geographic story about...

Teague, Mark Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters From Obedience School.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-439-20663-4. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Unp. $15.95. This hilarious story is told through the letters from a dog named Ike and stories from a newspaper, The Snort City Register-Gazette. Ike's owner, Mrs. LaRue, has sent...

Walsh, Ellen Stoll Dot & Jabber and the Mystery of the Missing Stream.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by author. ISBN 0-15-216512-6. New York: Harcourt, 2002. Unp. $15.00. Dot and Jabber, mouse detectives, are on the case again. Although it had stormed the night before, the water from the stream is now missing. Getting clues from animals...

Weigelt, Udo Old Beaver.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by Bernadette Watts. English translation by Sibylle Kazeroid. ISBN 0-7358-1564-X. New York: North-South Books, 2002. Unp. $15.95. Old Beaver has neither the strength nor interest to build dams anymore, so he retires and spends his time...

Wild, Margaret Jinx.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... ISBN 0-8027-8830-0. New York: Walker & Company, 2002. 215 pp. $16.95. Jen is an insecure teenage girl who struggles through many hardships. Trying to understand her father's reason for leaving their family and coping with the death of two...

Winterfeld, Henry Trouble at Timpetill.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Il. by William M. Hutchinson. ISBN 0-15-216306-9. New York: Harcourt, 2002. 199 pp. $17.00. The children at Timpetill thought life would be easy without their parents, but they soon begin to miss them. This humorous and lighthearted story takes...

From La Cenicienta to the ABC's: children's books in Spanish from around the world.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... From the always-popular Cenicienta, to the exaggerated claims and impossible feats of Pai Luchi, to an entertaining approach to learning the letters of the Spanish alphabet, these books, recently published in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and the...

Play and Meaning in Early Childhood Education.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... D. P. Fromberg. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2002. 196 pp. $35.00. Fromberg's book presents a thoughtful approach to play in early education. She frames the book within the context of political pressures that focus on a narrow "transmission of facts"...

Young Investigators: the Project Approach in the Early Years.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... J. H. Helm & L. G. Katz. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001. 131 pp. $18.95. Lilian Katz has been offering innovative and scholarly research in early childhood education for many years. Some of her most recent work has been with the Project...

Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... L. Cuban. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 250 pp. Researchers on educational technology will readily recognize Larry Cuban's name and his oft-expressed sentiment: Teachers in the United States underutilize computers in the...

Working on the Work: an Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... P.C. Schlechty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. 128 pp. $27. "Schools cannot be made great by great teachers' performances. They will only be made great by great student performance," writes Schlechty, CEO, Center for Leadership in School...

Educating and Caring For Very Young Children: the Infant/Toddler Curriculum.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... D. Bergen, R. Reid, & L. Torelli. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001. 191 pp. $42.00 hardcover; $19.95 paperback. This readable book encourages educarers to take a thoughtful, individualized approach to designing responsive infant/toddler...

Biting. (ERIC/EECE Report).(Abstract)
March 22, 2003... This column summarizes recent ERIC documents and journal articles, and highlights some World Wide Web resources, that discuss issues related to the problem of children biting in preschool. For details about ERIC and ordering ERIC documents,...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 22, 2003... The title of the ERIC/EECE Report in the Fall 2002 issue should have been "State-funded Kindergarten Initiatives."