Education Related Articles

California State Board of Education Policy #89-01:
Parent Involvement in the Education of Their Children

National Association of School Psychologist (NASP): Fact Sheets

• Bullying Prevention: What Teachers and Parents Can Do
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Disorders: Roles for School Personnel
• Large Scale Assessments and High Stakes Decisions: Facts, Cautions, and Guidelines
• Positive Behavioral Supports - Information for Educators
• School Psychologists - Partners in Healthcare
• Social Skills: Promoting Positive Behavior, Academic Success, and School Safety
• Threat Assessment: Predicting and Preventing School Violence
• Zero Tolerance and Alternative Strategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators and Policymakers

National Association of School Psychologist (NASP): Brochures

• What Is a School Psychologist?
• School Psychologists: Providing Mental Health Services to Improve the Lives and Learning of Children and Youth
• School Psychology: A Career That Makes a Difference

National Association of School Psychologist (NASP): Handouts

• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Bullies and Victims
• Children's Mental Health
• Defusing Violent Behavior in Young Children
• Depression in Children and Adolescents
• Helping Children With ADHD in the Classroom
• Name-Calling and Teasing
• Response to Intervention: A Primer
• School-Based Mental Health Services and School Psychologists
• Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
• Teaching Young Children Self-Control Skills

National Association of School Psychologist (NASP): Booklets

• School Psychology: A Blueprint for Training and Practice II
• School Psychology: A Blueprint for Training and Practice III

Other Articles of Interest

• Part I: Communication — The Key to Parent/Family Involvement Programs by Patricia Sullivan http://www.pta.org/pr_category_details_1122916501015.html

• 12 Design Principles Based on Brain-based Learning Research
  By Jeffery A. Lackney, Ph.D. http://www.designshare.com/Research/BrainBasedLearn98.htm

• Teaching the Way Children Learn by Beverly Falk http://coe.winthrop.edu/TEPC/research/Articles/FALKARTICLE.HTM#Constructivist

• Schools seek to get parents involved.
  Citing research that shows students learn more if their parents are involved, more schools are developing volunteer programs for parents to get involved with classroom instruction. One good example is the APPLE program in Spokane, Wash., schools, that enables parents to become partners in their children's schooling. Education Week (10/30)
  http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=09spokane.h22

• Alfie Kohn Articles
  Alfie Kohn is one of my favorite authors on education. Here is a website which has a database of articles he has written. At our September 24-25, 2002, Parent Education evenings on K-2 and grades 3-5 math, Rita Hellyer, the presenter, mentioned one of the articles, "Education's Rotten Apples," and it is listed here. Any of the articles from this website will count towards parent education credit. Remember, a review of three articles equals one parent education credit.
  http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/articles.htm
  http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm

• What's Right and Wrong In Character Education Today
  By Eric Schaps, Esther F. Schaeffer, and Sanford N. McDonnell
  We are advocates for character education. We believe that it is essential to students' future success and also to a healthy, humane society. And so we are heartened that character education is now getting its due, after decades of being slighted. But we are concerned about, and critical of, what many are doing in the name of character education. Well-intentioned as these efforts may be, we believe that they will make little difference for students, and thus may soon discredit the entire field. Moreover, they can easily distract us from what really matters in helping students become caring, principled, and responsible adults. http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=02schaps.h21

• First Impressions by Jeff Archer
  In the United States this fall, roughly 190,000 men and women are beginning their first assignments in teaching, a job that one career guide recently rated as more stressful than that of a decontamination technician at a nuclear-power plant. If current trends hold, nearly one in 10 of them will teach this year only; within three years, the attrition rate will double. In the meantime, by some estimates, these first-year teachers will put in 20 percent more hours than classroom veterans as they go about their work. And they will earn on average about $8,000 a year less than other professionals with similar education levels. http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=01teach.h21

• PBS Newshour Debate on Assessment
  An even handed view of the different points of view surrounding the issues of standardized testing. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june01/testing_2-15.html

• The ‘Volvo Effect By Kenneth A. Wesson Before we get too immersed in the details of precisely why standardized- test scores have increased or decreased in a specific school or within a district, several overarching and critically important points should be understood concerning the basic underpinnings of all such assessment tools. http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=12wesson.h20

• Five Ways to Get Smart
  About Test Scores No matter what you think about testing trends, one thing is clear: as long as there is teaching and learning, there will be testing. But how much credit do those charts and numbers deserve? Here are some strategies to keep you on your toes where test scores are concerned. http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/CA/68/improve

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