AIE — Adventures In Education

Dec 15, 2006 - Students invited to aid Katrina recovery. In the 1930s, the government put more than 4 million people to work in two months through the Civil Works Project, a bold step to relieve America's record unemployment and poverty during the Great Depression. (MercuryNews.com)

Dec 13, 2006 - Study: Raise teacher pay to improve education. A new study by education researchers concludes that the best way to improve the quality of teaching is to pay teachers more. And to pay good teachers even more. (NPR)

Nov 28, 2006 - Reading marathon. Students break record for reading aloud. (Scholastic News)

Nov 27, 2006 - Break a world reading record with Charlotte's Web. Walden Media, Paramount Pictures, HarperCollins and other partners are teaming up to "Break a World Reading Record With Charlotte's Web" to break the current reading record in the Guinness World Records database. (Public Library Association Blog)

Nov 27, 2006 - Redesigned Web site features improved resources ''For Familes and Students.'' TG Online provides information to help students and their families prepare and pay for college. (TG Online)

Nov 2, 2006 - Wikis : When are they the right answer? Jason Griffey of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga presented a brief, bright and breezy look at the basics of wikis and their use in libraries to an attentive group of about 60 attendees at the end of day two of the 2006 LITA National Forum. (Library and Information Technology Association Blog)

Nov 1, 2006 - American Library Association holds fourth online election in 2007. For the fourth year, the American Library Association will hold its election online. All paid ALA members as of January 31, 2007, are eligible to vote in the 2007 election. Polls will open on March 15, 2007 (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Oct 18, 2006 - Open libraries: Episode 1. Library Journal's technology editor Jay Datema talks to several of the authors of the Fall netConnect supplement, Libraries 2010, which focuses on how we get to Library 2.0. (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Oct 18, 2006 - Recommended reading: Breaking the glass ceiling. Learn which books a leader of a female executives group would suggest to women seeking to advance in management. (CareerJournal)

Oct 3, 2006 - Early repairs in foundation for reading. To help identify and treat children with severe reading problems earlier, new diagnostic tests are available to measure a child's fluency with the skills that are the foundation of reading. (The New York Times)

Sep 13, 2006 - Banned Books Week. Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. (American Library Association)

Sep 12, 2006 - Over $50,000 available through 2007 AASL awards. "We invite all AASL members to learn about the available awards, grants, and scholarships. By applying, they can share their successes and best practices with the wider school library media community," said AASL President Cyndi Phillip. (American Library Association)

Sep 8, 2006 - Penguin revives the serial novel for online buzz. Penguin is turning to publishing's past to help usher the industry into the modern era, releasing a novel in serial form to create a buzz online before the complete work is released next year. (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 28, 2006 - ''The New Yorker'' on a hard drive. The magazine will soon offer "a collection of all 4,000+ back issues stored on a 3-by-5-inch 80GB portable hard drive." (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 27, 2006 - The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. - winners for 2006 have been announced (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 21, 2006 - Students find their summer all booked up. Aiming to stoke a passion for the written word, schools are issuing mandatory reading lists. (Los Angeles Times)

Aug 21, 2006 - America's best colleges 2007 Find out which schools are No. 1 in this year's college rankings. (U.S. News & World Report)

Aug 20, 2006 - College rankings could use an upgrade. As prospective college students begin their search for the perfect school, U.S. News and World Report has released its annual ranking of American universities. Michael McPherson, a former president at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., suggests ways to make the rankings more useful to school administrators, parents and students. (NPR)

Aug 19, 2006 - Better stock, better libraries. On 14 August 2006 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) published the report which proposes a new stock procurement model for public libraries (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 18, 2006 - Learning at the British Library. The British Library's new website is devoted to promoting the wonders of the book, and to opening up the mysterious and magical qualities of the Library's collection. (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 15, 2006 - 'American ABC:' Back to school in the 19th century. As summer dwindles away and back-to-school time approaches, an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum looks at life around the schoolhouse in the 19th century. (NPR)

Aug 13, 2006 - Librarians without borders call for directors. Librarians without borders is inviting supporters to join its Board of Directors (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 13, 2006 - Search alternatives and beyond. "Despite satisfaction with their methods and results, a majority of searchers don't really know what they're doing — but they have alternatives" by Steven J. Bell for EDUCAUSE Quarterly (Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Aug 8, 2006 - TG redesigns college/career-planning Web site. Site provides more information to help students prepare, pay for college. (TG Online)

Aug 4, 2006 - UC books on Google: a global resource. A proposed deal between Google and the University of California to convert library books into searchable online files could turn UC's 34 million volumes into a global resource. (MercuryNews.com)

Aug 4, 2006 - Copyright suit challenges what's public vs. private. ''. . . And yes I said yes I will Yes.'' These are the famous last words of James Joyce's masterpiece ''Ulysses.'' But they're not the words of his fiercely protective grandson, Stephen James Joyce, who said a definitive ''no'' to a Stanford professor who wanted to write a book about the Joyce family. (MercuryNews.com)

Jul 27, 2006 - Guggenheim study suggests arts education benefits literacy skills. The study found that students in an arts program performed better in six categories of literacy and critical thinking skills. (The New York Times)

Jul 27, 2006 - Careers considered the most prestigious. Americans hold these professions with the highest regard, according to a Harris Interactive poll. (CollegeJournal)

Jul 26, 2006 - On education: In kindergarten playtime, a new meaning for 'play'. Across the nation, there is less time for play even for the youngest students as many schools try to teach reading, writing and arithmetic as early as possible. (The New York Times)

Jul 26, 2006 - Public vs. private school report spurs controversy. A new report from the U.S. Education Department counters the popularly held notion that private schools outperform public schools. (NPR)

Jul 25, 2006 - Most states fail demands in education law. Failure to meet standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act leaves several states in danger of losing some aid. (The New York Times)

Jul 19, 2006 - GOP unveils school voucher plan. The Bush administration and Republican legislators yesterday proposed a $100 million national plan to offer low-income students private-school vouchers to escape low-performing public schools. (Washington Post)

Jul 19, 2006 - Colleges make way for internships. College administrators nationwide have become concerned about access to internships at all socioeconomic levels. The solution, they say, is to provide financial assistance. (The New York Times)

Jul 18, 2006 - P.A. company's innovative software helps developmentally disabled. Sixteen-year-old Tristan Bence has been learning to read for 10 years. But because of autism, he's struggled with sequencing sounds and letters, even though he likes reading and knows the alphabet. (MercuryNews.com)

Jul 13, 2006 - Upper grades, lower reading skills. Teaching reading has long been considered the job of primary grade teachers. But some educators are calling for more attention to be paid to the reading needs of middle and high school students, many of whom are struggling to master this critical skill. (Washington Post)

Jul 10, 2006 - National initiative publishes expanded English-Spanish glossary of terms relating to access to higher education A consortium of organizations from throughout the nation has released the second edition of an English-Spanish glossary of standard terms relating to access to higher education. (TG Online)

Jul 10, 2006 - Man who died at 30 inspires legacy of learning. When Anuj Mohan was a boy, his parents — who both hold doctorates — told him he needed a good education if he wanted to make a difference in the world. (MercuryNews.com)

Jul 9, 2006 - Long haul to acceptance. Seventeen years ago Sharon Hanley arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy and made history as one of the first female undergraduates. (Washington Post)

Jul 9, 2006 - The new gender divide: At colleges, women are leaving men in the dust. A quarter-century after women became the majority on campuses, men are trailing in more than just enrollment. (The New York Times)

Jul 8, 2006 - Event tailors college prep advice to hispanic teenagers. Wilberg Rivera raised his hand again and again. Do you have to be poor to qualify for grants, he asked, and is it true that you won't get docked points if your facts are wrong in your SAT writing sample? Where, he wanted to know, is Haverford College? (Washington Post)

Jul 9, 2006 - It's a top-grade achievement. Many graduates of charter high school never thought they'd receive their diplomas. (Los Angeles Times)

Jun 29, 2006 - Book donation for gulf coast summer reading initiative. The Department of Education and First Book Senior donated 250,000 volumes to schools, community libraries, and homes in hurricane-affected communities across the Gulf Coast. (U.S. Department of Education)

Jun 26, 2006 - Publisher joins Katrina relief effort with eBooks donation worth more than $1 million. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one of the world's largest science, technology and medicine book publishers announced a donation of eBooks to seven of the New Orleans' universities. (EurekAlert!)

Jun 26, 2006 - Summer, one page at a time. Whether it's a visit to frontier-era Montana, a pulpy page-turner, or a trove of trivia, the notable books of summer offer a tour of territories unblemished, unearthly, and unexpected. (USNews.com)

Jun 26, 2006 - Books for kids that battle brain freeze. Summer kid lit has solutions to every possible kid catastrophe, from stir craziness to pirate envy. Plus your li'l readers might even learn something. (USNews.com)

Jun 26, 2006 - Lemony's laws of summer. "SUMMER IS A MISERABLE SEASON." That is the verdict of noted children's book author Lemony Snicket. (USNews.com)

Jun 19, 2006 - Comic-book class causes buzz. Kids at Herrera School for the Fine Arts in Phoenix are reading a hot new comic book created by seventh- and eighth-graders. (azcentral.com)

Jun 8, 2006 - Education leaders explore future of higher education Representatives from all sectors of education met on the campus of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln this week to focus on the future of higher education and how to anticipate and meet students' needs through 2020 and beyond. (TG Online)

May 13, 2006 - TG Textbook Awards available for students affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita TG's Public Benefit Grant Program, a philanthropic initiative of TG, has set aside $500,000 to help students whose education was interrupted by Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita. (TG Online)