CUBE's Urban Edge E-Newsletter
CUBE's e-newsletter, the Urban Edge, comes out on the 1st and 15th of each month and provides updates from around the nation impacting urban education. The glean of news, research, blogs, and other education related information is intended to share the success stories to help improve CUBE districts by learning from one another. To subscribe, email
Kevin Scott, Member Services Manager of CUBE.
Resources
- CUBE Edge 3-1-10
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Topics linked to in this edition include: A new program for high school dropouts, a mayor leading in San Antonio, more talk on standards, and recent blogs interesting to CUBE. Also, CUBE news, and more.
- CUBE Edge 2-15-10
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Advanced Placement and improving scores, E-rate changes, teacher training, and the impact of snow days on students who receive free and reduced lunch. Also, CUBE news, and more.
- CUBE Edge 2-1-10
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Five keys to urban school success, changes coming to NCLB, charter schools and unions, and Chula Vista uses RTI to help student achievement. Also, CUBE news, and more.
- CUBE Edge 1-15-10
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Race to the top funds, a new majority in the south, private school students leaving means public school enrollment increases, and more.
- CUBE Edge 12-15-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: NAEP news, new reports on education in the media, charter schools, a blog-debate, and how Baltimore uses mentors in middle schools. Also, CUBE news and more.
- CUBE Edge 12-1-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: reauthorization of ESEA, Donuts with dad in L.A., a parental engagement program in Milwaukee, the Gates Foundation grantees, and CUBE News.
- CUBE Edge 11-15-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Race to the Top Fund deadlines and details announced, a student in Memphis is the new "Today Show" reporter, the Harlem Children Zone success, and more.
- CUBE Edge 11-1-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: A study about how teachers feel about their jobs, a look at innovation, the pre-k achievement gap, and CUBE News.
- CUBE Edge 10-15-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: NAEP results released, Sec. Duncan's advice on RTTT funds, Pittsburg restructures HR, Charlotte Mecklenberg changes the way the do their annual report, and CUBE News.
- CUBE Edge 10-1-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Strange policitcal partners, re-vamping ESEA, Orange County (CA) math program credited for impacting scores, textbooks taking a back seat to primary sources, and CUBE News.
- CUBE Edge 9-15-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: Sec. Duncan writes for ASBJ, Newark's urban academy, President Obama's back to school speech, Bill Gates broadcasts on MTV and Nickelodean, Fort Worth goes green with their buses, and CUBE News.
- CUBE Edge 9-1-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: The L.A. school board votes to expand choice, St. Paul (MN) announces a new goal, Charter Schools in AZ, Houston's sexting policy, and more.
- CUBE Edge 8-15-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: A 6th grader from a CUBE district interviews President Obama, guidelines for this unique time in education, managing data in schools, and a longer school year for some students.
- CUBE Edge 8-1-09
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Topics linked to in this edition include: News from the Dept. of Education, Bill Gates gives advice on data decision making, H1N1 watch, and a look at the Harlem Children's Zone.
- CUBE Edge 7-15-09
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