There are books that students read, enjoy, and put on the shelf for another time, and then, there are books that people can’t put down, won’t stop talking about, and obsess over. The books in the latter category enjoy a cult-like following, often going on to create multiple books in a series, movies, lots of merchandise, and clubs and organizations in person and online
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Top 10 Books With A Cult-Like Following
It’s easy to think of celebrities as people who luck into careers and wealth, but the truth is far more interesting: Most of the famous people you know started out working hard in school, pursuing other passions before becoming famous or else returning years later to complete the schooling they’d missed in the first place.
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25 Celebs Who Have Graduate Degrees
According to a recent article in HHN Magazine , some hospitals are offering employees choices and flexibility in work schedules to help retain the staff. A practice that has become very common in the corporate world over the past few years, flexible scheduling helps employees maintain a healthy balance between work life and home life
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Flexible Work Schedules at Hospitals?
The Islam in the West Program of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies is looking for a graduate student (or an advanced undergraduate) to assist with data processing and analysis for a study of religion and politics. read more
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Data Processing and Analysis for a Study of Religion and Politics
Going to a 4 year college right out of high school isn’t the only option available to high school graduates. There are many alternative options to this traditional, standard choice and it’s important to explore all the sufficient substitutions before making the right decision for you. Community colleges can be a great transition before applying to bigger, better schools you may not be ready for financially or academically.
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The Untraditional College Route
From Peter Kirsanow on National Review’s “The Corner:” President Obama’s statements regarding the proposed Ground Zero mosque are the latest in a series of indicators that we are at a very peculiar pass: We have a president who doesn’t get America. For the first time in history we have a president whose default setting is in opposition to the general sensibilities of the American people. His behavior too frequently suggests that he’s playing a cosmic joke on Americans’ essential decency, considered patriotism, and belief in American exceptionalism.
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Our Anti-American President
The saying goes that politics is just show business for ugly people, but the men and women on this list were attractive enough — or maybe just persuasive enough — to succeed in both fields. Politics and showbiz are two separate but equally viable routes to money and power, so it's no surprise that some stars decide to try their hand at public policy when they're looking for a career change.
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15 Successful Politicians Who Were Celebrities First
So Many Texts, So Little Time (DISCLOSURE: I got a Kindle last year so my usual “book a week” pace has increased dramatically. Below is a list of what I’ve gone through since June 1.) I bought 50 copies of Seth Godin’s Linchpin to give out to every high school kid I know.
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Steve Peha responded to Summer Reading on August 16, 2010 02:45 PM
Above all, it’s doable I just finished a truly extraordinary book, “Schools Cannot Do It Alone” by Jamie Vollmer. A convert to public education, with the perspective of a successful businessman who once thought he knew best, Vollmer lays out the challenges public schools face, the transformation needed and some very real ways we must actually achieve the goal of excellence. His solutions are radical, sensible, and above all, doable
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Anne L. Bryant responded to Summer Reading on August 17, 2010 09:32 AM
The Brand-New and the Provocative The best book I have read in the past year has yet to be published, but will be out in October. It’s written by an economist out of the University of Washington, and surprisingly it isn’t by Dan Goldhaber but his colleague Dick Startz, who is at the mid-point of his career but is a newbie on education
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Kate Walsh responded to Summer Reading on August 18, 2010 09:12 AM
Hybrid learning books & clicks A recent post on the Education Next blog by Paul E. Peterson caught my eye: “Will we have the best courses online in five years?” Peterson muses on the prediction, made a few years ago by Clay Christensen and Michael Horn in their must-read Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns), that half of all high school courses will be taken online by 2019
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Deborah McGriff responded to Summer Reading on August 18, 2010 02:03 PM
How It’s Being Done We’re lucky to work in a field with a lot (!) of excellent writing – statistical analyses, political recaps, opinionated blogs, inspiring start-up stories, and an endless Tweet-stream.
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Ellen Winn responded to Summer Reading on August 18, 2010 04:45 PM
Non-Work Related Books I generally try to take a break from just work-related education reading in the summer. In addition to catching up on old magazines that pile up, here are the non-work related books I read, followed by a couple of edubooks I did, too
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Andrew J. Rotherham responded to Summer Reading on August 19, 2010 10:55 AM
The Courage to Read This Book I just finished my annual re-reading of Parker Palmer’s “The Courage to Teach.” Published in 1997, the book successfully predicted the most gut-wrenching aspect of education reform: teachers and their practice struggling against the effects of government policies. But Palmer did more than identify the problem, he proposed a solution for teachers (one that I don’t think anyone else has proposed), a solution that, if teachers took it seriously, would shake reform to its core.
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Steve Peha responded to Summer Reading on August 23, 2010 12:28 PM
An Equity Must-Read: How It’s Being Done It would be hard to say I’m unbiased in recommending a book by veteran education journalist and Ed Trust senior writer Karin Chenoweth. But How It’s Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools is a must-read for everyone committed to the goal of education equity. It provides valuable insight into the impressive achievements of eight high-minority and high-poverty schools from various settings across the country—schools that defy the ill-conceived notion that achievement gaps are inevitable
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Kati Haycock responded to Summer Reading on August 23, 2010 03:22 PM
My List I couldn’t resist weighing in this week even though I will be brief. I won’t attempt to share descriptions or commentaries on my picks given that they are likely familiar to most readers.
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Deborah A. Gist responded to Summer Reading on August 27, 2010 10:53 PM
Talk to an admissions or academic advisor for clarity and confirmation on the next steps, also it wouldn’t hurt to find a nonprofit director or supervisor in your local area and ask them about their profession.
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Interested in Nonprofit Management? Read on!
Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, issued the following statement agreeing with President Obama’s remarks on the Cordoba House project in Lower Manhattan: “We agree with the President both in his support for the Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan and his belief that to oppose the project is at odds with the fundamental principle of religious liberty that our founders built into the DNA of this country.” “We commend the President for rising above the politics of the moment in a manner that befits the dignity of his office. Those politicians who have chosen to pander to baser instincts look even more petty in comparison to the President and Mayor Bloomberg.” Click here for J Street’s original statement on the Cordoba House Controversy
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J Street agrees with President Obama on Cordoba House
Do you want to quit your job? If so, you are not alone. While the job market is at its worst since the Great Depression, there is a surprising amount of buzz about people wanting to quit, and even planning to quit, their jobs. … Read Full Post
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Do You Want to Quit Your Job? You Are Not Alone
Back in the day, it used to be very, very hard to shop around for just about anything. Before computers and the internet, you had to physically shop around. You had to visit all of the local stores and check the prices out with your own two eyes, and that took a lot of time. It was understandable, back then, for you to simply buy your products at the nearest outlet and save yourself some time. Now, though, with the power of the internet at your disposal, you do not have an excuse for failing to shop around. Nowadays, if you want to save yourself some money, all that you have to do is conduct a few simple search queries. Not familiar with this method of shopping around? Read on. Let us say that you are trying to find the self storage facility that is closest to where you live. To do this, all that you are going to have to do is pull up a digital mapping service and input your address. Run a Search Nearby query to find the facilities that are close to where you live, and use the ruler tool to determine precisely how far away they are. No longer are you going to have to waste your time driving out to an office that is way too far away from your home. Now, from the comfort of your computer chair, you are going to be able to make a fast judgement call. Of course, you are also going to want to use your computer to get a feel for what your local facilities are offering. IF, for example, you know that you are going to need a moving service and a moving truck at the end of the day, then you are going to want to limit your search to the self storage facilities that can offer these kinds of services. While they are going to be slightly harder to come by, they are going to drastically simplify your list of chores at the end of the day. When you do not have to run all around town to rent your truck and get your moving service, you save yourself hours and hours of time. That, of course, is quite important when things start to get a little bit hectic.
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Shopping In The Good Ol Days