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New U.S. Math, English Standards Drafted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:07PMMore Rigorous Guidelines Designed to Raise Expectations of Student Achievement
New Textbook Views American Government Through Racial, Ethnic Lens Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:35PMDURHAM, N.C. -- A newly published textbook offers a new perspective on American history that is largely absent from other textbooks – namely the important contributions of African Americans to U.S. government.
Cover Story: ’This is my dream job’ Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:20AMThe guy responsible for bringing Bill Gates to speak in Des Moines last October is Frank Swoboda, who is 29 years old and one of four people under 35...
Breaking News Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:14AMOdd news: Monkey on the lam in Florida 03/09/2010 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials.
Ethnic Studies resolution passes School Board unanimously Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:40PM“How can I learn who I can be, when I don’t even know who I am? Ethnic Studies provides me the foundations to learn who I AM!” declared Monet Wilson, a Y-MAC leader at Balboa High School. The San Francisco School Board’s unanimous vote marks a victory for Ethnic Studies in high schools 40 years after the historic trail-blazing fight that brought Ethnic Studies to San Francisco State.
Studying off the label Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:37PMBy: Ian Larson Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series investigating how some University of Minnesota students use drugs to excel in different fields of interest. The third part will focus on students who use questionable weightlifting supplements to gain an edge. Mark often faced the decision of studying to earn an A or going out to party with his friends. In the end, Mark, a ...
Austin CVB: Spring activities have sprung in Austin Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:23AMAre you ready for spring? It's coming, and the calendar says only two more weeks of winter left.
Making up for lost time Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:59AMI recently found a long-lost copy of my undergraduate paper. Instead of a thesis, I was able to seek permission from the Ateneo’s Department of English to submit a creative writing folio instead. I came up with a collection of essays which I called Suns and Dragonflies. This was in 1996-1997.
Economy drives return to class Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:36AMFifty-two-year-old Judy Plank is ready to get back on her feet.Today, Plank is attending the University of North Texas as one of the many nontraditional students seeking to launch new careers. More than 4,500 of UNT's 28,500 undergraduate students are classified as nontraditional.
Get the memo: New forms of note taking offer better versatility Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:03PMAmazon and Apple have created two new “smart pads” – the Kindle, from Amazon, and the iPad, from Apple. Though still new inventions, both the Kindle and the iPad are already gaining in popularity on college campuses because of their effectiveness, their “greenness” and their multi-faceted capabilities.
Officials: No option to seeking tax hike Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:11PMThere’s a hiring freeze on 16 vacant positions in the central office, and Bibb County school officials are considering buying “e-books,” the digital equivalent of printed books, to help cut costs.
Not by the Book Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:12PMWITHIN the next two decades, books as we know them will likely become curiosities, artifacts of an old way of life.
Professors discover new prime number Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:39PMOn the south wall of the Union Atrium, a large poster hangs-almost 15 feet long. At first glance, it merely looks like a gray blur, but it's actually a number-one of the largest known Mersenne prime numbers, with more than 9.8 million digits. This monstrous number was discovered by Curtis Cooper, computer and mathematics professor, and Steve Boone, associate dean of the College of Arts ...
PSU Education Funding Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:47PMIs there Enough?
Students decry plan for hike in tuition, fees Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:30AMStudents "reluctantly" support hikes because the alternative would be cuts to programs and services.
Students decry plan for hike in tuition, fees Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:30AMStudents "reluctantly" support hikes because the alternative would be cuts to programs and services.
Engineering alumnus serves Thai villagers Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:23AMBy: MALLORY CORKERY, Correspondents He wakes up before the sun rises. He carries his bucket down the bamboo steps and through the jungles of Thailand. After two miles of hiking through the bush, he scoops up a full bucket of water and turns around. He arrives at his one-room hut just in tim...
Engineering alumnus serves Thai villagers Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:23AMBy: MALLORY CORKERY, Correspondents He wakes up before the sun rises. He carries his bucket down the bamboo steps and through the jungles of Thailand. After two miles of hiking through the bush, he scoops up a full bucket of water and turns around. He arrives at his one-room hut just in tim...
E-readers may be next generation of textbooks Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 9:22AMAs spring quarter approaches in just a few weeks, many students will purchase their books at the DePaul University bookstore, where new and used copies are available, while more frugal students will order from Web sites such as Half.com and Amazon.com.
The death of Women's History Month Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:27AMThinking back to those U.S. history textbooks we all had in the seventh grade, it’s hard to remember more than a chapter devoted to the lives of women.
Big change proposed for taxes Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:26AMMichelle Vo, left, checks out Hanifa Mumin, from St. Louis, at Jay International Food in south St. Louis city on Thursday. "I want to know how people would benifit" said Mumin of the proposed change to income tax.
Census 2010: Universities, Colleges Push To Get Students Counted Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:22AMST. PAUL, Minn. It was 5 p.m. in the lobby of the library of Metropolitan State University, and Clara Ware was sitting behind a table covered with pens, notepads and buttons with the Census 2010 logo, calling out like a sideshow barker.
Frustrated Strivers in Pakistan Turn to Jihad Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:15AMLAHORE, Pakistan -- Umar Kundi was his parents' pride, an ambitious young man from a small town who made it to medical school in the big city. It seemed like a story of working-class success, living proof in this unequal society that a telephone operator's son could become a doctor.
Generation of frustrated strivers wages jihad on Pakistan Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:13AMPakistan is in the midst of a youth bulge, with more than a million people a year pouring into the job market, and the economy — at its current rate — is not growing fast enough to absorb them. Only a tiny fraction choose militancy, but acute joblessness exacerbates the risk.
Paging all books Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:02PMMARSHALL - A book store is coming to Marshall. Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is taking donations of used books of all kinds so it can open a book store and lounge at The Village, its store at 309 East College Drive, Suite 307, across from Freedom gas station. "All age groups, all types and all topics," said Jeff Schemmel, a SIFE member.
Credit cards to face changes Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:57AMThe Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, which went into effect on Monday, aims to reduce credit debt for people under 21.
'Unrecognised schools hardly have any teaching' Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:23PMUnrecognised schools have been given three years to fix their infrastructure and five years for their teachers to get the necessary qualifications, says Kapil Sibal.
Textbook Rentals Save Students Money Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:58AMFind out about a new program at San Antonio College that will allow students to rent textbooks.
School integration through the eyes of those who lived it Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:52AMToday their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren attend schools and colleges based on their ability and hard work, rather than the color of their skin.
Tribute | Dorothy Jackson Taylor, 103, was dedicated to God and students Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:13PMWho : Dorothy Jackson Taylor, 103, of Independence. When and how she died : Jan. 21, from natural causes after suffering a broken hip.
Comedians material acts as social critique Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:06PMTextbooks are not often used as a source of inspiration. Of course, there is always the possibility that the content of a textbook could mean something more to the reader than a compilation of information to be memorized. But with their rigid language, lack of poetry, contrived structure and mysteriously high prices, these over-sized attacks on the college student bank account are not the stuff ...
Schoolwork is hard work Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:00PMWith my youngest off to university, I decided this was the year I would fulfil my own academic aspirations and return to school.
Just what is chemical philosophy? Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:03PMEric R. Scerri (2008) Collected Papers on Philosophy of Chemistry. Imperial College Press, London. ISBN-13 978-1-84816-137-5: ISBN-10 1-84816-137-9: 248 pages. Price: $101 / 56. Reviewed by: Joseph E. Earley, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. What has philosophy to do with chemistry? Robert Boyle (1627-1691) a founder of modern chemistry had a low opinion of ...
Lindsay Carroll: College Debt: Falling in the Middle of the Loan Spectrum Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:16AMI took out a private $15,000 loan to pay for a year of school and chip away at rent and food costs. I don't qualify for federal or state loans, so I'm not sure what the interest rate will be once I start paying it back.
Budget cuts will touch every child's experience in Northern San Joaquin Valley Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:31AMAfter three years of sizable drops in state funding, the 2010-11 school year promises to see decimated programs.
UD plans Main Street bookstore Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 2:59AMThe University of Delaware campus wraps around Newark's downtown area, but plans to relocate the school's bookstore to Main Street would be the first time in recent memory that UD has had a retail presence along the city's main drag.
Do cell phones contribute to global warming? Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:26PMIn the middle of our conversation, Kurt Wimer opens one of his five notebooks, shakes his head and says, “We are so doomed.” A few years ago, Kurt, 52, wouldn’t have thought that. He was busy hanging drywall or repairing roofs or even designing trash bins. Then a fall laid up the Cedar Rapids native, and he [...]
Can Republicans Govern? Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 1:42PMRecent electoral successes, including Scott Brown's landmark victory in Massachusetts, have positioned Republicans once again for a role in governing, and far sooner than they might have supposed. But are they ready to govern? It all depends, for the problem with many Republicans (and I am a Republican) is that they, along with liberals, subscribe at a visceral level to The Narrative.
National Academy of Engineering elects 68 members and 9 foreign associates Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 9:53AM( National Academy of Sciences ) The National Academy of Engineering has elected 68 new members and nine foreign associates, announced NAE President Charles M. Vest today.
Ambassador touches on big issues Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:06AMAs Dean of Schreyer's Honor College Christian Brady opened the first Honors Faculty Colloquium, Ambassador Richard Butler sat listening to his accolades quietly.
Whatever NCAA imposes on USC probably won't be unprecedented Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 2:01AMThe NCAA committee that will meet beginning Thursday to determine the fate of USC athletics will do more than hear testimony, look at the evidence investigators have gathered and ponder the university's response.
From College Hill to Kilimanjaro Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:41PMBy: Brian Mastroianni Ulyana Horodyskyj GS won’t let a few bruises keep her at sea level. Last October, the geology graduate student suffered a concussion from a bicycle accident on Brown Street. She was not wearing a helmet during the accident and was treated with nine ...
THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES: Giving up the goodies for Lent (and to save money) Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 4:36PMothers also read... What can you give up? The season of Lent is upon us and it takes me back to being a young Catholic child practising the holiday of constraint and good, old-fashioned self-depravation.
Woman’s Day magazine shares stories of how libraries help in tough economic times Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 4:15PMCHICAGO –Woman’s Day magazine’s March issue profiles four women who used the resources at their libraries to save money and accessed library resources to cope with economic tough times.
Rent to learn Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:24AMBy: Shane Damico Off campus, online bookstores lend texts for less As students try to stretch strained budgets, interest in textbook rentals is growing and more companies are offering the service....
The art of note taking Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 11:09PMGone are the days of highlighting key phrases in used textbooks, underlining pertinent facts in notes, and doodling hearts and stars on the corners of lecture notes.
Speaker presents best and worst of American presidents Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 6:18PMRunning through a synopsis of African-American history from the beginnings of the United States, former public school teacher and Denver University professor Gwendolyn Scott offered details that aren't often found in textbooks.
Literacy program sponsors book swap Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:14AMLooking for a good book to read? Tired of reading the same old book? Then come to the Village Mall on Saturday for the Reader’s Route third annual Book Swap.
Pro: Safe, useful lockers teach students responsibility Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 11:49PMTo some students, lockers remain a key part of high school life.
Friends of the Oviatt library to raise funds with a used book sale | Daily Sundial Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 5:22PMFriends of the Oviatt Library will be sponsoring a used book sale to raise funds for the library. Cindy Ventuleth, director of Development at the Oviatt Library, said the sale on Feb. 16 starts at 9:30 a.m. and goes to 3:00 p.m. The money raised will be used to buy new materials for the library.