Faculty Lounge

Student Editing

By deeringj@fonddu... - Posted on March 26th, 2012
There used to be an option to have the student edit their post AFTER I read the comment. Is that option still available or am I missing something? Thanks! ...

Hundreds of schools are cheating on tests. Is yours?

By Publisher - Posted on March 26th, 2012
Hundreds of school systems nationwide exhibit suspicious test scores that point to the possibility of cheating, according to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The newspaper examined test results for 70,000 public schools and found high concentrations of scores in school systems f...

Some suggestions for the Future

By nickersonl@kcsd... - Posted on February 17th, 2012
I would love to see the following features added to Teen Tribune... 1. ability for students to Save, then open at a later date and edit a comment or story. Our class periods are not long enough for students to do a good job and save in one sitting. 2. Ability to include a live link to a story or co...

How can I change my email address?

By MelissaDWileyTh... - Posted on January 31st, 2012
My school district has changed email system and I have a new email address. Need to update it with Tween and Teen Tribune. How can I? ...

Teachers take 2nd jobs to pay their bills

By Publisher - Posted on January 25th, 2012
By day, Wade Brosz teaches American history at an A-rated Florida middle school. By night, he is a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness. In Texas, the percentage of teachers who moonlight has doubled, from 22 percent in 1980 to 41 percent in 2010. Brosz took the three-night a week job at the gym afte...

Social Media and Teachers

By jacksonw@duvals... - Posted on January 3rd, 2012
Social Media and Teachers in 2012 by William Jackson, M.Ed. Duval County Public Schools and Edward Waters College Don’t allow frustration in the classroom prompt you to post inappropriate content online in 2012. As teachers begin to make the transition from holiday relaxation spent with family and...

Ways to Use Tween Tribune... and get comments worth reading

By bdhulme@mail.wo... - Posted on December 7th, 2011
As I read through the comments on Tween Tribune, I am usually disappointed. I like that the students are responding to interesting articles and reading them, but feel like teachers need to take time to teach their students how to post worthwhile comments. I know that may sound harsh, but the frequ...

Scrap AYP, says Senate chairman

By Publisher - Posted on November 13th, 2011
The school accountability system at the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act would be completely reinvented under a proposal released Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The measure would scrap the 10-year-old law's signature...

Billion-dollar walk-to-school program to reduce obesity doesn't work

By Publisher - Posted on October 2nd, 2011
It's 9 a.m., and the rush is on. Buses disgorge hundreds of students at one side of Bailey Elementary School in Woodbury, Minnesota. On the other side, parents line up in SUVs to drop off their kids. "Bye-bye," says Silva Theis of Woodbury, kissing her fourth-grade daughter. In the hubbub, no one no...

Students arrested in SAT cheating case

By Publisher - Posted on September 30th, 2011
A prosecutor in New York is investigating whether students in other districts on Long Island took part in a cheating scam on college entrance exams that resulted in the arrest of seven current or former students at a prestigious high school. The arrests were made Tuesday on allegations that one of t...