MSM-78 The Importance of Being Earnest- Getting the Girl, Doing the Math, and Graduating on Time!

Summary: Advisory! Advisory! Advisory! Spread the Word to Stop the Word: Special Olympics is campaigning to get the r-word out of student's vocabulary. They can take the pledge to not use the word on their website. From the Twitterverse: * russeltarr Convert text to a mindmap: http://tinyurl.com/n8nsax * barbs1 Just found. My story maker. Looks like fun http://tinyurl.com/plhpbp * russeltarr EdHeads: Great animations/activities for biology lessons (RT @pwhyte): http://tinyurl.com/qdep4a * russeltarr Fantastic Contraption Game - any use in physics lessons?: http://tinyurl.com/rabl8f (Warning: Can be memory intensive. And addictive . . . :-) ) * kchichester Charter schools hires 8 teachers at $125,000 a year http://bit.ly/97jnl My question is how can they afford to expand? Also, little/no tech? * Griffbuddy RT @shareski: If you ever need an article to send to someone to explain/justify twitter, this might be the one. http://tinyurl.com/pr9qg5 * SimpleK12 Web 2.0 for low-income @ minority students: http://tinyurl.com/aljhy8 * funnelbrain Student generated video flashcards for Environmental Science on FunnelBrain - http://bit.ly/KBxG1 - A cool way to collaborate. * cindybrock I HATE when I cry over Accelerated Reader. Really hoping Tech Support can help me copy classes from last year & not have to do it all by hand * AngelaMaiers 11 yr old difference maker - http://twentyfivedays.wordp... Girls can do just as well at math as boys -- even at the genius level -- if they are given the same opportunities and encouragement, researchers reported on Monday. Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts studies showing girls can do as well as boys on average in math -- but cannot excel in the way males can. "We conclude that gender inequality, not lack of innate ability or 'intrinsic aptitude' But at the top levels, disparities persist and some experts have said this is do to the "greater male variability" theory -- the idea that males in general are more likely to score both extremely high and extremely poorly on tests than girls are. http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/06/01/girls_worse_at_math_no_way_new_analysis_shows/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Education+news Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path A Policy and Practice Brief Robert Balfanz Everyone Graduates Center and Talent Development Middle Grades Program