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Salamander Designs, Home Theater Furniture-Maker, A Chameleon In Changing Market
The Hartford CourantSalvatore Carrabba was supposed to be a doctor. His father and grandfather were doctors. In the first few years after college, he was studying organic chemistry and physics so he could score well on the medical school entrance exams while managing his...Tags: Science and Technology, Furnishings and Furniture Industry, Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Electronics
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Group urges teachers' raises based on student achievement
A local advocacy group is pushing for teachers' raises and bonuses based on whether instructors are willing to take on difficult assignments and on whether they deliver measurable student achievement gains. The proposals are part of two policy papers...Tags: Students, Education, Antonio Villaraigosa, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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How to bridge the male education gap
Los Angeles TimesIn the discussion of how to boost the education and skill levels of the American work force, one central issue is rarely addressed: the gap between male and female achievement. The reality is that the slowdown in U.S. educational gains is predominantly...Tags: Career and Workplace, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Sociology
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Editorial: Parents have to be involved in their kids education
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett sought to swivel the spotlight this week away from the 49 underused Chicago schools that will close soon and back on the 632 that will not. Byrd-Bennett unveiled a five-year "action plan" to help kids...
Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Academic Progress
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Teachers object to TeWinkle principal's reassignment
Teachers from TeWinkle Middle School protested a plan to reassign their principal at a school board meeting Tuesday night. At least eight employees from the campus and one school board member complained they'd been shut out of the decision-making...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Mountains, Landforms
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Avoiding the summer slide
When you're both a parent and a schoolteacher, there's a good chance that how you choose to fill your child's days over the long, lazy summer will be studied by those around you. With so much attention in recent years paid to the dreaded "summer slide,"...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Science and Technology, Teachers
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Bridging the male education gap
In the ongoing discussion of how to boost the education and skill levels of the American workforce, one central issue is rarely addressed: the gap between male and female achievement. The reality is that the slowdown in U.S. educational gains is...
Tags: Columbia University, Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Labor Markets
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Outside reviewer picked to study ISTEP troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An outside group is reviewing Indiana's ISTEP+ troubles after computer problems disrupted test-taking for thousands of students last month, Indiana schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz said Monday. The National Center for...
Tags: Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, McGraw-Hill Incorporated
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NHHS senior swaps prom for Ironman
Instead of attending her senior prom, Newport Harbor High senior Kelsey Christensen competed in the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii triathlon on June 1. Christensen, an 18-year-old and 2013 top-15 graduate at Newport Harbor, was the youngest female participant in...
Tags: Dresses (clothing), Triathlon, Services and Shopping, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Marshall grads make the grade
Marshall Fundamental School celebrated a record-setting graduating class during commencement ceremonies on Thursday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Marshall's class of 2013 completed more Advanced Placement courses — which can count for...
Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Faith and Values: The role of schools in developing emotion intelligence
June is the season of graduations. Whether completing elementary school, middle school, or high school commencement serves as a time to think about the future and to reflect upon the past. We prepare for where our children are headed in life and we...Tags: Religion and Belief, Schools, Whitehall, Mental Health, South Whitehall Township
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FCAT reading, algebra results for 2013 improve
FCAT results for 2013 show Florida students performed better on two key exams, with a higher percentage passing the state's 10th-grade reading test and its algebra 1 exam than last year, according to details released this morning. This year, 54...
Tags: Students, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Biology, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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