Explores issues of access, gender, and collaboration as they relate to a middle-school class and its magazine project that developed the school's first online literary and art magazine. Presents one way that writing for online publication fits within a language-arts curriculum. Addresses ways collaboration between a university teacher, a…

A consortium of Chicago-area school districts obtained special permission to administer the Third International Mathematics and Science Survey (TIMSS) to consortium students so it could evaluate how its students stacked up against their international peers. TIMSS officials and the U.S. Department of Education are encouraging other districts and…

This article presents a model of an effective unit of study in which music played a vital role. The unit of study was created and implemented in a New York City middle school, and students examined an African American community in the borough of Brooklyn. The unit enabled students to explore the history, heritage, and culture of a local community…