Advisory! Advisory! Advisory!

1. Duct tape a kid to the wall . . .

2. What's in a cigarette? http://middleschooladvisory101.blogspot.com/

3. The Quiz: http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Quotation-Quizzes/h/Humorous-Quotations-Quiz.asp

From the Twitterverse:

* dianadell Check out this concept of a MID with a three tier screen: http://tinyurl.com/o3lldu Replacement for minis? (MID= Mobile Internet Device)

* olltwit Making more of my ed software programs freeware. I am crazy http://go-education.com

* russeltarr 100 brainstorming ideas to help you think outside the box- http://bit.ly/V7fqd (RT @skipz)

* russeltarr UMapper / Home Excellent tool for creating map quizzes #geographyteacher http://tinyurl.com/otzkz3 (RT @iusher)

* digmo Moodle 1.9.5 is out with new grade book features http://bit.ly/17W6DA

* russeltarr Second Life ideas for the classroom: 3D Immersive War Room http://twurl.nl/0gb3k1

* historynews [History: 1900-2000]: Woman Gets Degree 60 Yrs After WWII Halted Studies http://tinyurl.com/pc8rpf

* shareski Today's big fail http://www.todaysbigfail.co... (Just for laughs)

* shareski The Best Teacher I Ever Had http://bit.ly/skKkp #medialiteracy (Just for serious)

A CRITICAL MISSION: Making Adolescent Reading an Immediate Priority in SREB States

Across the country, states have an obligation to take immediate action to improve

students’ reading and writing skills. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that

each state set policies that will lead to improved practices at the state, district and

school levels. These policies should call for each state to:

* define the specific reading skills students need in order to master each key subject.

* identify the best teaching strategies to help middle grades and high school students develop their reading comprehension skills in each subject.

* ensure that these strategies are applied statewide in all public schools by including them in professional development for current teachers and in preparation and licensure for new teachers.

* provide the extra help that struggling readers need, so that all students read at grade level in the middle grades and high school.

Reading Programs Found Ineffective

A federal study intended to provide insight on the effectiveness of programs for reading comprehension has found that three such programs had no positive impact, while a fourth had a negative effect on student achievement.

In other words, the conclusion is that none of the four programs studied—Project CRISS, ReadAbout, Read for Real, and Reading for Knowledge—is effective.

They concluded that Project CRISS, developed by Creating Independence Through Student-Owned Strategies; Read About, produced by Scholastic Inc.; and Read for Real, created by Chapman University and Zaner-Bloser, had no effect on reading comprehension. In addition, they found that Reading for Knowledge, created by the Success for All Foundation, had a negative impact on the composite test scores and the science-comprehension test scores for students using that curriculum.

http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/education/selectsupplreading.pdf