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1 hr ago | English Dong-A

Seoul High School Implements 'Green' Education

Kang Dong-il, 17, a junior at Yeongdeok High School in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, is always in a hurry after his last class ends at 4:20 p.m. every day.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

6 hrs ago | www.amazon.com | Michael Strickland

Haircuts at Sleepy Sam's: Michael R. Strickland, Keaf Holliday

Haircuts at Sleepy Sam's , Michael R. Strickland, Author, Keaf Holliday, Illustrator

Boyds Mills Press.

EXCERPT: Editorial Review From Publishers Weekly: Three brothers take a Saturday morning trip to Sam's barber shop in this affable if slim story, narrated by the youngest sibling. Though their mother sends them with a note instructing the barber not to trim her sons' Afro cuts too short on top, the boysAand SamAhave a different style in mind.

Strickland, who has compiled several poetry anthologies for children, shapes credible dialogue and gives his narrative a bouncy cadence: awaiting their turn in the barber's chair, the brothers "watch the men cut hair and talk, cut hair and joke, cut hair and argue, cut hair and laugh, cut hair and boogie to the oldies on the radio."

Holliday's (First by Secondhand) 1970s' palette underscores Mom's old-fashioned ideas and the barbers' banter about boxers Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Rendered with airbrush and pastel chalk, his pictures showcase the animated expressions of the characters with close-to-photographic clarity against faded backgrounds of chartreuse, mauve and beige. Ages 4-8.

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Related Topix: Painted Post, NY

10 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Free discussion for parents and professionals: Educational testing for special needs students

Putting the pieces together in educational assessments. Photo courtesy of the Law Offices of Bonnie Z. Yates Title of Event : Why Are Assessments So Important? Date of Event : Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 Time : 6:30pm - 9:00pm Location : Los Angeles Meeting & Event Center, Encino Room 10601 W. Washington Blvd.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Encino, CA, Standardized Testing

14 hrs ago | Lubbock Avalanche

Liberty Learning Center puts students in charge of their own educations

Called by God and armed with unwavering determination, Cheri Isett built a school not with brick and mortar but instead with a bedrock belief that education should be of the students, for the students and by the students.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Austin, TX

19 hrs ago | North Jersey Media Group

Pruzansky: New Jersey leaves private education behind

Josh Pruzansky is the executive director of Agudath Israel of New Jersey, a regional affiliate of Agudath Israel of America, a broad-based Jewish advocacy group.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, School Vouchers, Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

SC fugitive pleads guilty to shooting officer

Federal prosecutors say a South Carolina man is facing a possible 30-year prison sentence after admitting to shooting a law enforcement officer.

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Related Topix: Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro

MSNBC

Obama uses money to urge school changes

Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in school reform grants, the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Madison, WI, Madison Metro, Standardized Testing

Myrtle Beach Online

New group helps US monitor swine flu shot safety

Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Family, Kids, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Nevada Appeal

PARENTING: It's app time - college that is, not iPhone

If you're throwing around the term "app" a lot but it has nothing to do with iPhones, you must have a high school senior in the family working on a college app.

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Related Topix: Family, Parenting, Teenagers, Standardized Testing

Dallas Blog

State standards low, says U.S. Education Dept.

A few years ago, a Texas public school student could pass standardized tests in math and science while getting less than half the answers right.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education Etc., Mathematics, Science

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Mankato Free Press

Honor band prepares for performance

Mankato Loyola senior Amanda Nusser was among three Loyola seniors to take part in the honor band.

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Related Topix: Mankato, MN, Gustavus Adolphus College, Education Etc., Standardized Testing

JoongAng Ilbo English News

Stick to education principles

Concern is rising nationwide over the government s education policies. A few days ago, Lee Ki-su, president of Korea University and chairman of the Korean Association of Private University Presidents, criticized the current education system, saying, The Lee Myung-bak administration s education measures started out emphasizing competitiveness and ...

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Related Topix: Lee Myung-bak, Standardized Testing

Myrtle Beach Online

Stimulus saved, created 16,000 Ga. education jobs

A new federal report shows that more than 16,000 Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus funding.

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Related Topix: Duncan, SC, Education Etc., Mark Sanford, US Governors

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Register for Dec. 12 ACT by Friday

The next ACT achievement test will be administered Dec. 12 at Lincoln High School.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Staunton Daily News Leader

Deeds would put children, education first

Virginia needs a governor who will put education and children as a priority. Creigh Deeds has a history of being an advocate for children and public education.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Standardized Testing, Opinion

Denton Record-Chronicle

Students from Nepal form a growing kinship at community colleges in North Texas

At home in Katmandu, Nepal, Pankaj Karki researched colleges in the United States.

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Related Topix: Texas, Irving, TX, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Standardized Testing

Sun Nov 01, 2009

CiteULike

From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools

The term refers to the disparities in standardized test scores between Black and White, Latina/o and White, and recent immigrant and White students.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing

Hat City Blog

Anger in the wrong direction

Today's letter to the editor from Maureen Garry underlines one of the many problems with our school system, which Gary Goncalves raised during his campaign, and you'll hear more about after the elections.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Danbury, CT

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

USC President Steven Sample to Step Down in August

USC President Steven B. Sample, who dramatically boosted the university's academic prestige, financial resources and civic engagement during nearly 19 years as its leader, says he will step down from the post next summer.

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Related Topix: August, CA, Los Angeles Metro, University of Southern California, Standardized Testing

CSIRO Publishing

An overview of mountain meteorological effects relevant to fire behaviour and bushfire risk

School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Standardized Testing

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