These stories are from the fifth issue of Changing Schools in Long Beach
-- a tabloid newspaper published by the Focused Reporting Project. This
is our first full-color issue and it is posted in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
(878k). You will need the Acrobat Reader software (free
at this site) to view the issue. If you would like a paper copy, an
email request and include your postal address. [HINT: If you'd like
to print this file, set your print or page-setup setting to 80%.]
The contents of this special issue on the standards-based classroom
include:
Introduction: Creating a Standards-Based Classroom
Francine Curtis: Rich and Rigorous History Teaching
Dean Marolla: "Math Isn't Very Easy But It Sure
Is Fun" (Download a modular math
unit.)
Stacy Cassanave: In Planning Lessons, Standards Come
First
Back to the "Changing Schools in Long Beach"
index
"Creating the
Standards-Based Classroom" (PDF file)