Newsletter Archives

These articles come from the newsletters of the Society for Quality Education and the Organization for Quality Education. They are in chronological order within their categories, with the most recent article first, and each article has only one link.

Accountability
Expectations     Exit Exams    Need for Change   Bogus   Democracy

Activist Activities
Talk to Friends   Hard Nut to Crack   Creating an Activist   Questioning Authority   Politics
Letter Writing   Strategy   Traditional School   More Letter Writing

Arts
Drawing     Creativity

Attention Deficit Disorder
Ritalin    Amphetamines    Structure   Diagnosis   Phonics   Behaviour   Substitute for Discipline
Violence

Boys
Reading   Teaching Methods   Scotland

Bullying
How to Stop It    Nipping in Bud   Zero Tolerance   Crime Prevention   No Excuses   Discipline

Charter Schools
Cost Effectiveness     Mother Earth's Children    Foundations for the Future   Arizona   Rationale
Effect   Non-Elitist   Perestroika

Class Size
Hard Cap   Bang for Buck   Politics   Quality of Education

Composition
Oral Speech   Underlying Problems   How to Teach   Essays   Direct Instruction

Computers
Need for Pens     Appropriate Use    Inappropriate Use   Critical Thinking   Hype

Curriculum
Physical Education     Great Books    Music   Examplars   Importance

Disadvantaged Students
Project Follow Through   Two-Tier   Helping Them   Politicians   School Choice   Public Schools
KIPP    Scholarships    Politics

Effective Teachers
Technology    Team Approach   Certification   Grade 1 Teacher   Inspirations   Reprofessionalizing
Importance   Plea from High School Teacher   Precision Teaching   Individualized Instruction
Streaming   Themes   Split Grades

French Immersion
Streaming     Grammar    Frenglish

Funding
Value for Money    Public School Fees    Businessmen   School Board Spending   Special Education
Valuation   Achievement   Textbooks   Disparity   Waste

General Knowledge and Vocabulary
Young Children     Disadvantaged Kids    Facts

Good Schools
School for Blacks    Comparisons     Global School   Children First   Montessori   Islamic
Uniforms    Open Court   Management   No-Excuses   Mississippi School
Role of Principals   Traditional School   Flowervale   Brock   Wesley Elementary   Oakdale Park
Evaluation   Feedback   Parkview

Grammar
Older Students     Noam Chomsky    Composition   Best Practices

Hearing
Boys     Acoustics    Too Much Noise   Intelligibility

History and Geography
Importance     Mapwork    Honest History   Lay of the Land   Factual Knowledge

Home and School
Teacher Interviews     School Councils    Classroom Volunteers

Home-Schooling
Conversion     Trivium    Economical   Egalitarian   Outcomes

Homework
Appropriate    Too-Hard     Independence    Effective   Teaching Time

Humour
Drill&Kill     Algebra    Baloney   Latent Learners   Goofiness   Nasal Learners    Authentic Tests
Buttocks-Based Education   Staff Meetings   Research   Whole Language   Educationists
More Whole Language   Marks

Inter-Provincial Comparisons
Alberta Advantage    More Alberta Advantage   Family Background   Quebec

Learning Disabilities
Language Delay     Dysteachia    Special Education   Tutoring Services   Advocacy
Early Diagnosis   Asperger's   Nipped in the Bud   Remedial Vouchers   Meaningless Term
Brain Building   Human Cost of Failure   Reading Recovery   Source of Problems   All Can Learn
Status Quo     Bogus Definitions   Teaching Disabilities   Tips   Purpose

Lessons from Abroad
Finland     India    Holland   Italy   France   China   Switzerland   Sweden   Germany   Australia
Testing   More Switzerland   Denmark   New Zealand   England   World-Class Standards
More New Zealand   Asia

Mathematics
Difficulty   Web-Sites   JUMP   Discovery Math   Easy    Manipulatives    Spirit of Math   
Number Facts Failure   Ability   Conceptual Understanding   Stand and Deliver   Calculators   
More Calculators   New Math   After-Schooling   Manitoba   Drills   NCTM   Valuable
Other Countries' Textbooks   Preparation for University   Curriculum   Ideological

Merit Pay
Value for Money    Incentives    Feedback    Denver   Competition

Ontario School Board Rankings
Catholic Superiority    True Pass Rate     Well-Paid Bureaucrats   Huron-Perth Board
More Well-Paid Bureaucrats   75% Goal   Literacy Test   Math

Parental Issues
Mold    Cafeteria   Closure   Television    Portables     Delphi Technique   Extra-Curriculars
Parental Involvement    Hot Schoolyards   Fund-Raising    Team Spirit
International Baccalaureate   Sex Education   Peer Pressure   Who's the Boss?   Reading Material
Access to Records    Access to Schools   Teacher Interviews   Putting Pressure on Kids

Penmanship
Legibility   Printing   Boys   Preschoolers   Composition   Beauty

Politics
McGuinty Report Card   Central Planning   Mindset   Ignoring Students   One System
School Closing   Literacy Test   Religious Discrimination   Textbooks   Approved Materials
Bureaucrats   Management   Two-Tier Education

Post-Secondary
What Profs Think    Globalization    Liberal Arts    Gender Disparity   Blurring of Roles  
Degree Granting   College-for-All   Weeding Out   Regulated Fees   Poor Preparation
Purpose   Degree Inflation   Undergraduates   Part-Time Students   Tuition Fees   Universality
Academic Skills   Flunking Out

Practice
Genius    Memorizing Poetry   Expertise   Overlearning   Memory Work   Math   Literacy
Drills   Effort

Preschoolers
IQ   Heritage Language   Importance of Conversation   Math   School Readiness

Public Policy
Milton Friedman     Choice is Not Enough     Public-Private Partnerships     Funding Criteria     
Third Way   School Leaving Age   Middle School   Compulsory Education   Economic Growth
Upgrading Teachers   Decentralization   Teacher Co-Operatives   Educational Freedom   Inner-City
Outside the Box   Legal Remedies   Social Cohesion   Profits   Professional Development
Incompetent Teachers   Subsidizing Failure   Differentiated Staffing   Multiculturalism   Roles

Reading
All Can Read   Phonics First    Web-Sites    Brain Research    Remediation Plus   
Contemptuous Dismissal of Research   Catastrophe   Older Students   Beginning Stages
Scotland   Late Bloomers   Three-Cueing System   Comprehension   Learning Styles
Curriculum   More Scotland   Prisoners   Reading Recovery   Bizarre Treatments   
Reading to Learn   Systematic Phonics   Literacy   Whole Language   Grade 4 Slump
Consequences of Failure   Social Injustice   Lindamood   Diagnostic Test   Comprehension
Phono-Graphix    Child Abuse   More Reading Recovery   Juvenile Delinquents   Open Court
California   Teach Your Child

Research
Brain-Based    Myths    Meaningful Teaching   General Principles    Stories
Progressivism   Scaffolding   Teenaged Brains   Coming of Age   Whole Language
More Brain-Based   Fads   Discriminating    Class Warfare   Left-Brain Right-Brain
More Discriminating    Dogma

School Boards
Cloning Success    Consultants   Closing Schools   Abolition   Amalgamation   Value Added
Carver Model   Central Planning   Superintendent   Integrity   Power   

School Choice
Teachers    Toronto School Board    Family Influence   Win Win    Magnets   Equity    Evidence
Quebec   Alberta   Edmonton   Florida   Teachers   Lessons   Fairness   Central Planning
Urban Renewal   Self-Seekingness   Vouchers   Tax Credits   One-size-fits-all   Desire for Choice
Real Choice   More Edmonton   History   Collectivism   Markets   Teachers' Own Children
Help for Disadvantaged Kids

School Councils
Check-Up      Ineffectiveness     Survey   Examples   Nova Scotia   Tips

Science
Web-Sites   Scientific Integrity    Dedicated Teacher   Discovery Learning   Physics
Global Warming   Girls   Pseudoscience   Junk Environmentalism   Importance   Curriculum

Self Esteem
Opinion     Academic Performance    Earned   Tough Love   Opinion   Dark Side

Semestering
Curriculum     Academics    Debate

Sleep
Deprivation     Start Times    Importance

Small Schools
Focus   Better Results    Safety   Ethos

Special Education
Wait Lists    Finland   Black Hole   Other Countries   IRPC's

Spelling
Root Words    Test   Direct Instruction   Spellers   Good Schools   How to Teach

Teaching Practices
General Approach    Importance    Developmentalism    Structure   Precision   Modalities   
Gender Segregation   Memory   Direct Instruction   Learning Styles   Progressivism  
Progressive Methods   Progressive Philosophy   Comparison with Traditional   Emotional Intelligence
Inclusion   Opinion   Gifted Programs   Multi-Aged Grouping   Time on Task   Projects   Open Plan
Principles  Philosophy   Sitting in Rows   Scaffolding

Teacher Training
Waste of Time    Counter-Productive   Best Students   Alternative Certification   Body of Knowledge
Heart of Darkness   Teaching Reading   Turn-Off   Learning-Disabled Teachers

Testing
Basics    Spurring Improvement     Expectations    Bogus Diplomas   Feedback   EQAO/PISA
Learning from Results   Manitoba   Attendance   Teacher Testing   Purpose   Objections
External Standards   Teaching the Test   Good Standardized Test   Myths
Canadian Achievement Tests   Reporting to Parents   Canadian Tests of Basic Skills

Textbooks
Math      Teaching Without    Publishers   Errors   Trivial

Trustees
Lapdogs    Farewell to     Blame    Powerlessness

Unions
School Board Elections   Power Struggles   Merit Pay    Suing Parents    Powerful   Advantages
Problem   Ontario College of Teachers   Dinosaurs   Disciplining Members   Teacher Pay
Prep Time     Membership    Blackmail   Strikes   Confrontational