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March 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 6

Reaching the Reluctant Learner

Feature Articles

Perspectives / Educating Jonathan

Marge Scherer

Listen online at http://shop.ascd.org/mp3/el_march2008.mp3

Engaging Students Around the Globe

Reva Klein

Around the world, young people express the same desires, grievances, and reasons to attend—or stay away from—school.

Testing the Joy Out of Learning

Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner

As time spent on testing grows, negative consequences multiply.

Of Whales and Wonder

Kieran Egan and Gillian Judson

How to bring out the imaginative and emotional features of the curriculum.

Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom

Richard Sagor

Ways to inspire in students competence, perseverance, and faith in the future.

When Students Seem Stalled

Betty K. Garner

The student whose disinterest in school is puzzling may need help developing specific cognitive skills.

Turning On the Lights

Marc Prensky

Why schools need to embrace students' technology-infused lives.

The Wounded Student

Kirsten Olson

Help for the underestimated—and undermined—student.

Beneath the Apathy

Gail Thompson

Students who seem apathetic about schoolwork may be masking anger and disappointment.

Sustaining the Fire

Barbara Bartholomew

One must both inspire students and prepare them for success.

Sustaining the Fire: How Do You Motivate the Reluctant Learner?

Barbara Bartholomew

Barbara Bartholomew asks noted educators this question.

Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners

Julie Landsman, Tiffany Moore and Robert Simmons

Behind those students who don't want to learn may be teachers who didn't want to teach them.

What's Relevant for YouTubers?

Johanna Mustacchi

Seventh graders thought they knew all about mass media but were amazed that school could teach them even more.

You Should Read This Book!

Jennifer Hartley

Goals, choice, and focus made her students enthusiastic about reading.

Life Ain't No Crystal Stair

Susan Danoff

Authentic writing about real subjects led students to find their own voices.

Special Topic / Scripted Curriculum: Scourge or Salvation?

Denise Gelberg

Effective lesson plans can be found in many places.

Departments

What Research Says About... / Grade Retention

Jane L. David

Ask About Accountability / Trolling for Tests

W. James Popham

The Principal Connection / Curing the Healthy

Thomas R. Hoerr

Leading to Change / Waiting for NCLB

Douglas B. Reeves

Educational Leadership Themes for 2008–2009

Special Report / Engaged and On Track

Amy M. Azzam

ASCD Community in Action

Best of the Blog

Laura Varlas

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At Your Service

Kathie Marshall

Empowering students through service learning.

Orchestrating School Culture

Linda Inlay

A principal describes how her high school transformed itself.

The Book Trailer: Engaging Teens Through Technologies

Sara Kajder

Students find a new composing space and a real audience.

EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

Copyright © 2008 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development




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