Volume 5 Number 2
City Kids:
What Helps Them Thrive
articles • departments • colophon • upcoming issues
Welcome to Anchorage, a Northwest city that attracts new residents from all over the world. Yagga Touray, pictured here, relocated with her family from West Africa two years ago and is now an eighth-grader at Clark Middle School.
Photograph by Denise Jarrett
ARTICLES
In This Issue
Lessons from the Cities
Even in the livable Northwest, urban school districts are no strangers to challenges.
How To Spell Success • Resources for Teachers, Principals • Urban Northwest: By the Numbers
The Superintendent Who Listens
Ben Canada works ’round the clock to bring Portland Public Schools back to health.
Searching for a North Star
The Education of an Angel
In a poor neighborhood of Seattle, an extraordinary gift gives children a chance at success.
Allies for Education
A City Fit for Kids
Boise invites its youngest citizens to shape the city of the future.
Scaling Up the Positives
Teachers Wanted: Must Like Snow
Recruiters invite adventurous teachers to consider Anchorage, where students speak 85 languages and wilderness is a mountaintop away.
A Hero’s Welcome
Tony Hopson gives children what they need to thrive in a community where hope has been in short supply.
DEPARTMENTS
What Works
In the Library
Voices
Dialogue
Northwest Education Magazine
Quarterly magazine of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Executive Director/CEO:
Dr. Ethel Simon-McWilliams
Editor:
Lee Sherman
Associate Editor:
Suzie Boss
Issue Editor:
Suzie Boss
Contributing Writers:
Denise Jarrett, Samantha Moores
Graphic Production:
Denise Crabtree
Graphic Design:
Dan Stephens
Proofreading:
Catherine Paglin
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
Telephone (503) 275-9500
E-mail: webmaster@nwrel.org
NWREL Web Site: http://www.nwrel.org
Watch for upcoming issues
Spring Issue
The Principal's Role in School Reform
Summer Issue
Professional Development: Making Good Teachers Better
Fall issue
Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools: Teaching Students to Take Care of Themselves
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