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The Pitfalls Ahead Despite Secretary Duncan’s best efforts, I think it is going to be difficult to generate momentum for ESEA reauthorization in 2010 for four reasons: Policies: There is growing bipartisan consensus around important reforms such as increasing the number of high quality charter schools, changing approaches to human capital (including pay for performance), and focusing aggressive interventions with the lowest performing schools. But far trickier and more difficult is getting consensus around a new accountability framework to replace AYP — how much should student growth versus student proficiency be a factor in judging school performance? Could states add…

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John Bailey responded to ESEA In 2010? on February 1, 2010 07:31 AM

Politics and substance create divisions Reauthorizing NCLB in 2010 will be a very difficult task. One reason is the many other time-demanding issues occupying Congress. Did you note how often President Obama asked the Senate to pass something the House had passed

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Monty Neill responded to ESEA In 2010? on February 1, 2010 05:01 PM

Build Momentum I don’t think that Secretary Duncan and President Obama are breathing new life into the effort to reauthorize NCLB as much as using their leadership to build momentum for Congress to undertake the task. Both the president and secretary have been promoting changes in education on an ongoing basis. Education is an important domestic issue and the longer it takes to fix the problems with NCL, the more states will have to deal with a growing number of school districts falling into the sanctions provision of the law

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Gina Burkhardt responded to ESEA In 2010? on February 2, 2010 11:36 AM

Get the Dropout Numbers Right! Ms. Browne-Dianis keeps repeating the allegation that graduation rates hover around 50% for children of color and that NCLB hasn’t helped. I don’t know whether NCLB has helped or not, but the real data are much better than she says and they’ve improved since NCLB passed.

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Sandy Kress responded to ESEA In 2010? on February 2, 2010 02:38 PM

Have President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan breathed new life into the effort to renew the No Child Left Behind law this year? Although congressional action this year had seemed unlikely, the Obama administration has pushed hard in recent days for lawmakers to move forward on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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The lizard brain adores a deadline that slips, an item that doesn’t ship and most of all, busywork. These represent safety, because if you don’t challenge the status quo, you can’t be made fun of, can’t fail, can’t be laughed at. And so the resistance looks for ways to appear busy while not actually doing anything

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Modern procrastination

  Fatigued, he bides there, glum, in the desert Tim Hortons simulacrum, that mirage of home dragged out the tail end of a C130 Hercules and opened for business. In his PVC lawn chair, he pours… Continue reading this article at http://www.walrusmagazine.com

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For the Fighter Pilot Made Redundant by Unmanned Drones by Jesse Patrick Ferguson

The Bologna Process has led to several systemic reforms in European higher education, including new degree structures, credit s…

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Transatlantic recognition issues: seeking new directions in the twenty-first century article by E. Stephen Hunt

According to the New York Times, Internet-based learning programs are gaining a significant amount of popularity among those who are trying to learn a new language. Not only does the Internet offer learners a convenient way to learn a new language from the comfort of their own homes, it is also able to provide innovative

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Using the Internet to Learn New Languages

Annette writes: I went on an interview today and at the end of the interview the hiring manager tells me that I would be too bored in this position. He totally caught me off guard, and I honestly could not respond to his comment.

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Countering Employer’s Assertion That She’d Be Bored in the Job

Surprise of surprises that there is a MCA Minister and leader who could bestir from their political comatose stage to notice current developments around them. The MCA paper The Star today reported the MCA vice president Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha as commenting that “the ‘internal bleeding’ of Pakatan Rakyat is just the beginning of a

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MCA Ministers and leaders are the “politically walking-dead” in Malaysia

In his opening speech for the International Conference on Religion, Law and Governance in South-East Asia on Saturday, the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the tremendous force of religion must be harnessed to advance social and national unity. He said: “A sign of our times is that religious and spiritual values take on

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Cabinet must condemn and take action against Jakim’s insubordination and open insurrection against Najib’s 1Malaysia concept

During his State of the Union address, President Obama made clear that he is still looking toward a future where education in the United States undergoes a major overhaual that includes allowing the federal government to play a more significant role in education. According to experts, however, it isn’t likely that the president will see

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New Administration Takes Steps Toward Federal Educational Reform

by M. Bakri Musa The side-by-side commentaries by Anwar Ibrahim and Najib Razak in the recent Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal illuminated a couple of salient points, in particular, the state of Malaysian journalism and the quality of our leadership.

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Anwar And Najib – Up Close and Very Revealing

The University of Minnesota saw an increase in the number of classes taken online in the 2008-2009 school year, up 14 percent from the year before. In addition to an increased number of students, the University has added 174 classes and sections to the online program since the 2007-08 academic year.

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Number of online classes increasing – Danielle Nordine, University of Minnesota Daily

A small school in Maharashtra has incorporated unique methodology of edification for their students even if they do not wish to attend the classes in person, by providing web cam facility in the classroom.

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Teaching via webcam proves beneficial for students in Maharashtra – ANI, Simple Thoughts

Earlier this week, I wrote about my need for a speedy solution to my Learning Management System debacle. I received plenty of encouragement to jump on the Moodle train (and with good reason – I’ve seen a lot of really successful implementations embraced by teachers and students), but in the end, some talking with school principals and teachers led me in a different direction

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Solving my LMS debacle – Christopher Dawson, Education.zdnet.com

Also sometimes referred to as naval architects, marine engineers are involved in the designing of maritime crafts including naval ships, oil tankers, submarines and other related seagoing crafts and equipment. The work of a marine engineer is quite diverse, owing to the wide range of crafts and floating equipment. Depending on their interest and the diverse marine engineering career possibilities, these engineers may also choose to specialize in the designing and construction of a specific ki

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Marine Engineer: Job Description, Education & Career Prospects

If you’ve got an idea worth spreading, I hope you’ll consider this random assortment of rules. Like all rules, some are made to be broken, but still… You can name your idea anything you like, but a google-friendly name is always better than one that isn’t.

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Random rules for ideas worth spreading

Anonymous writes: Just got out of a job interview. If you interview with multiple people at the same time, is it okay to individually send the same letter to all members of the panel? Thanks for your help.

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Send Same Thank-You Letter to All Players in a Panel Interview?