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Welcome!
What is
Urban Edge?
Urban Edge is a service that provides CUBE districts
with relevant information to help your awareness of education issues around the
country. We will glean news sources, blogs, research studies, and NSBA's wide range of expertise for timely information that guides CUBE districts in making sound decisions. From
Washington...
Another
Look at the Election
With just a few weeks to go before election day,
this is one of our last chances to look at the
candidate's positions on education. Due to the
financial crisis, education is not getting the press
coverage it deserves. Two national media
outlets have recently compared McCain's and Obama's
positions on education-we hope education comes up as
a topic in the final debate tonight.
Link
to NPR's All Things Considered 10/5/08
Link
to USA Today 10/14/08
E-rate Discounts will add Web Safety Requirement
If your district receives e-rate discounts on
telecommunications and internet access, you will
also be required to teach students about web safety.
Both the House and the Senate have approved the bill
and President Bush is expected to sign it into
law. The bill stems from a two year attempt to
protect children from on-line chat rooms and other
areas where predators exist. Since many
attempts at a 'silver bullet' to solve the safety
problem by filtering content does not work in
schools, educating children was the logical next
step.
Link
to eschoolnews 10/13/08
News
from CUBE Districts
Brownsville
Recognized Again
Brownsville Independent School District
in Texas was awarded the Broad Prize for Urban
Education. Just two weeks after receiving the
CUBE Award for Urban School Board Excellence, the news was
announced yesterday in New York City.
Brownsville was one of five finalists for the Broad
Prize, including CUBE districts Miami-Dade and
Broward County in Florida, and will receive a million
dollars in scholarship money for graduating high
school seniors. As we covered in the last
edition of the Urban Edge, their success is impressive.
Broad
Press Release 10/14/08
Award
Edition of Urban Advocate
Pittsburgh
Promise goes beyond Tuition
The Pittsburgh Promise, a program that gives
up to $40,000 to individuals who graduate from
Pittsburgh high schools just expanded where the
money can go, including books, room fees, and meal
plans. This is an improvement over the way the
plan formerly worked and should help more needy
students. The first group of 750 students
using the plan are freshmen in college now, and most
of the money for the Pittsburgh Promise comes from
grants and outside organizations.
Link
to Pittsburgh Post Gazette 10/8/08
Groundbreaking
Virtual Schools for Florida
Starting next year, a student in Florida will
be able to go to school from kindergarten through
12th grade and never have to worry about getting to
an actual school building. Florida currently
has some virtual schools, but will begin putting
more emphasis on this model. Other states
have tried similar measures, and Palm Beach County's
virtual school principal justifies the idea by
stating, "this is a new world, and children
have different learning modalities."
Link
to Palm Beach Post 9/28/08
NSBA
News
Election
2008 - Have you asked your congressional candidates
what they plan to do for education?
Join us for a Webinar on Friday, October
17. To register, click this link:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/219508982
Learn how to make
an effective case for public education with your
candidates. NSBA created the Elect
Education toolkit specifically to help school
board members bring education to the forefront of
the congressional campaigns in their states and
districts. Learn firsthand how to use the
toolkit in your community and make your voice heard
in this upcoming election.
School Board
News has added a daily and weekly recap for your
use. Click here
to find a brief summary on what's happening around
the country in education.
Meetings
Minute
The
CUBE Annual Conference in Las Vegas was a great
success and we have posted all available content
on CUBE's Conferences
and Meetings web page. All of
CUBE's prior meeting materials are also available on
line, in case you were not able to attend or need to
cite something you read or heard at our meetings.
NSBA
Annual is coming to San Diego--Housing Opens October
16th!
Click here
to make housing reservations in the CUBE block at
the Manchester Grand Hyatt online. This link will
only allow you to make reservations in the CUBE
block at the Manchester Grand Hyatt AFTER
you register for the conference and receive your
housing ID number. If you wish to stay at a
different hotel for the conference, you must go
through the regular housing link found on the NSBA
Annual Conference website located at www.nsba.org./conference.
For a glimpse at what CUBE will be programming at
NSBA Annual, click here.
Disclaimer
Links
on the Urban Edge are subject to change or
become inactive after a period of time. Please
be aware that CUBE has no control over links to
other organizations or entities.
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