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Tables of Contents for Edutopia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Foreword
xiii
Introduction: Edutopia--``The Actual Proves the Possible''
xvii
PART 1: INNOVATIVE CLASSROOMS
1
2
A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
3
66
NASA Initiatives Turn Students into Scientists
7
6
Project-Based Learning Online: A Sampler of Projects
13
10
Laptops for Learning
23
8
Handhelds Go to Class
31
4
More Fun Than a Barrel of...Worms?!
35
6
Bugscope: Magnifying the Connections Between Students, Science, and Scientists
41
6
Assistive Technology Enhances Learning for All
47
6
Looping: The Best Kind of Deja Vu
53
4
A Dozen Promising Practices That Work
57
12
B SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING
69
18
An Ounce of Prevention
71
4
A Culture of Caring and Civility
75
4
Reading, Writing, and Social Development
79
4
Emotional Intelligence: Five Years Later
83
4
C ASSESSMENT
87
30
Geometry in the Real World: Students as School Architects
91
6
Urban Academy: Where Testing Is Anything But Standard
97
6
Toward Genuine Accountability: Why Current State Assessments Won't Work, and What They Need
103
8
Appropriate Assessments for Reinvigorating Science Education
111
6
PART 2: INVOLVED COMMUNITIES
117
2
A PARENT INVOLVEMENT
119
22
Cultivating Parent Leaders: One School District's Story
121
6
The Many Meanings of Community Involvement: Sherman Oaks Community Charter School
127
6
Making Connections Between Home and School
133
8
B BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
141
30
Supporting Good Schools Is Good Business
143
6
School-to-Work Seen as Route to More Than Just a Job
149
6
Building a Bridge to Science and Technology
155
6
Scientists in Classrooms Make Sense
161
4
The Virtual Mentor: Business Professionals Go Online with Students
165
6
C COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
171
28
It Takes Many Villages: The International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
173
8
Back to Class for School Board Members
181
4
The Whitefoord Community: Bringing Schools and Services Together
185
8
Community Technology Centers: A National Movement to Close the Digital Divide
193
6
PART 3: SKILLFUL EDUCATORS
199
2
A TEACHER PREPARATION
201
28
The Right Stuff: Curry Graduates Leave College Prepared to Teach
203
6
``Beyond Ready'' to Teach
209
8
Making the Switch to Teaching
217
6
Versatile Handheld Computers Aid Mobile Student Teachers
223
6
B ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
229
28
Supporting New Teachers During Their First Years in Teaching
233
6
Teachers Helping Teachers: The Path to School Improvement
239
6
Information Literacy
245
6
Tapped In: Connecting Communities of Learners
251
6
C LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
257
16
Becoming an Accomplished Teacher in the Twenty-First Century
259
4
North Carolina Principals Go Back to School
263
4
The Digital Superintendent: Selling the Vision to Parents Teachers, and Voters
267
6
Resources
273
6
The Editors
279
2
The Contributors
281