Articles from Leadership (January 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A better approach to testing: teacher-friendly technology tools help educators track student performance on state exams, district benchmarks and classroom tests.	Smith, Franklin		1557
Accelerating learning: time to pick up the pace! We need to accelerate the learning of many of our students, and technology is the tool that can help us do it.	Simkins, Michael		1752
Coming together: one district's inquiry: by pooling its resources and insights, this district came to a fuller understanding of what its gap looks like and how to close it.	Storms, Barbara A.		2094
Healthy students, strong schools: as medical expertise expands and student needs grow, this district's Medical Advisory Board remains an indispensable component of district services to students.	Simmons, Tami		1086
How "smart data" helps English learners: with new methods of collecting and evaluating data, tracking student progress and finding effective instructional strategies is faster and easier.	Benadom, Erika		1367
Inoculating against low achievement: our job as educators is to mitigate the effects of adversity by accelerating achievements and building resiliency.	Karns, Michelle		3197
Investing in preschool: evidence continues to indicate the powerful effects of high quality preschool programs on children's later academic success.	Johns, Tina		1597
It takes a community to close the gap.	Carsten, Sandra	Editorial	454
Solving a "wicked" problem: knowledge management systems can create new educational environments where resources are expended on proactive activities, such as closing the achievement gap.	Giberson, Nancy		1954
Too many students fall over achievement 'cliff': the achievement gap is more like a cliff--one that too many students fall over. The cliff is our inheritance, but not our sole responsibility.	Manthey, George		476
What matters most in closing the gap: some of the differences between schools that have closed the gap and those that have not run counter to general expectations, this study found.	Symonds, Kiley Walsh		2503