District Administration - December 2012 - (Page 2)
Contents
december 2012
F e at u r e s
STEM
Fab Lab: Using Technology to Make (Almost) Anything! 34 High school students learn career-shaping skills through groundbreaking fabrication laboratory. Alison DeNisco
lEarning
Neuroscience in Schools 40 Improving learning capacity for young students. Ron Schachter
Food SErviCE
34
BrIeFINGs
12 News Update
• People Watch • First Parent Trigger Law Enacted • Healthy Lunch Backlash • Replacing Lunch Money with Hand
Three Squares at School 49 Federal legislation keeps district kitchens open for dinner. Ed Finkel
produCTS
Top 100
Lauren Williams
Scanners • School Turnaround Policies Ineffective, Report States • A Debate Over Union Rights in a Post-Chicago Nation
DA Readers Choose Innovative Products of the Year 57
Technology from The cIo perspecTIve
DIsTrIcT cIo
84
• First-of-its-Kind Database for Ed and Tech Policies • Public Media Takes on the Dropout Crisis
20 Special education
84 Cio nEwS • Smartphones Shift STEM Learning to the Field • Report: Digital or Bust by 2017
• Spend Less, Achieve More? • Sustainable PD for Special Ed Teachers
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