Good book

Suzanne Collins' novel The Hunger Games will be in theaters soon. It is a great book and should be a great movie. What other books that you have read should be made into movies? Why? Who do you visualize starring in the movie?

Highly qulaified and effective teachers

In this world of pushing the requirements of  No Child Left Behind including the idea of schools having 100% highly-qualified teachers teaching students, determining what highly qualified means can be a problem. In your opinion what does it mean for a teacher to be highly qualified and effective?