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California Schools Educators Retirement System and Lionstone Group Create Investment Fund
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CSTRS) is the second largest public pension fund in the nation, providing retirement, disability and survivor benefits to California schools educators. Over 776,000 kindergarten through community college educators are members of the CSTRS, which currently has an investment portfolio of $142 billion.Keeping quality educators in the California schools is of primary concern to everyone in the state.Read more…Chicago Schools Opens Its First Virtual Elementary School
The Illinois State Board of Education has approved the state’s first virtual public elementary school, the Chicago Virtual Charter School. The Board acted against State Superintendent Randy Dunn’s recommendation to disapprove the Chicago schools application, as well as against the opposition of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union, by voting a five-to-four approval.Though virtual schools already exist in the United States, they usually are high schools.Read more…Philadelphia Schools Gains New Institute for Teacher Diversity
The Philadelphia schools need to improve the effectiveness and diversity of their teacher workforce. Currently, 85 percent of their students are African American, Latino and Asian, but they have only 38 percent teachers of color.After discussions initiated by Congressman Chaka Fattah with School Reform Commissioner Sandra Dungee Glenn, Philadelphia schools’ secretary of education, President and CEO Dr.Read more…Certificate Programs from Natural Healing Schools
A Certification Program from a Natural Healing School imparts a level of expertise that can qualify the student for entry-level employment in many fields. As the alternative healing practices of Natural Healing Schools are gaining acceptance in all fields of medicine, many health care professionals are seeking certification to enhance their knowledge, skills, and employability.Health care professionals and others who are interested in holistic healing can find a wide variety of certificate and diploma courses offered by Natural Healing Schools, Colleges and Universities.Read more…Are Teenagers really Small Adults?
Up to now we have called it common-sense – the knowledge that teenagers are not quite human. Sure, they look like us, almost speak the same language, but they act more like chimpanzees, great-apes and bonobos.This not one of those humorous articles with tongue-in-cheek, where we both know the joke and the punch-line.Read more…Health Care Natural Healing Schools
Interested in learning about Health Care from a Natural Healing School? You can choose from numerous schools, colleges and universities offering an alternative health care education in a wide variety of fascinating fields.Today's practices of medicine and health care are no longer confined to traditional Western medicine.Read more…Graduation Tests: States Require School Curriculums to Show Results Through Testing
This year the Ohio Graduation Test will have its first profound impact on graduating seniors in Ohio's school districts. For the first time, high school students who do not pass the test will not be conferred a diploma, ending the long standing, "you can catch-up in college" mentality.To be sure, the remedial course designations at Ohio's colleges and universities will continue to meet the need of the roughly 65% of high school students who choose to attend post secondary education, but for those who simply need the high school sheep skin, it has just become much harder to receive.Read more…Study Strategies: Improve Your Learning
What is 'method'? Method (from Greek methodos or met hodos meaning "way across") is a word which entered English in 1541 via French and Latin, and is defined as 'a series of steps taken to complete a certain task or to reach a certain objective'. Scientists use the scientific method to define the procedures related to research and study in scientific fields.Read more…Study Strategies II: Improve Your Learning
Have you established your overall study goals? Once you've determined your study goals, it's important to look at your study habits to ensure you are giving yourself the best opportunity to achieve your goals. The following tips will help you to get the most out of each study session:1. Set up a Study ScheduleTo set up a good schedule, look at how many hours per week you want/need to contribute to study, keeping in mind the study goals you want to achieve.Read more…In Praise of Teachers
My son just took a job teaching high-school English in St Louis (hi, Ben) and my sister-in-law teaches at-risk kids in Indianapolis (hi, Carol), and that started thinking me thinking about the role of teachers in my life and in our societies, so it seemed only fair to write down my admiration for them and their effect on kids.Try this experiment for me: without thinking, write down the five people who have most influenced your life. I'll bet that at least one, and more likely two of them were teachers of one sort or another.Read more…Learning Spanish – A Useful and Colourful Language for Anyone to Learn
One of the world’s most used languages, spoken by approximately 400 thousand people worldwide, Spanish is very popular for people wanting to learn a second language. It is spoken on all continents, notably Europe and South America.Learning a language can be done in several ways.Read more…Know What Einstein Said?
Albert Einstein: the sixteen laws of personal discovery.It is more fun than Scrabble or the NY Times Crossword Puzzle – which I can never get right.Flashing a searchlight on quotes of a great-man or woman through their letters, biographies and speeches, is a dance through their lives.Read more…Educational Deficiency Anemia
Our corporate educations have left gaps through which one can drive a truck. People believing a diploma, equivalecy degree or college degree testifies they have completed an education. In truth, it has barely begun.Read more…Charter Schools Are Not All Created Equal
Many charter schools are great and some are not so great. When a charter school does good that they must use public relations to promote their successes because when a charter school does bad the teachers union will promote its failures to the public. Not all charter schools are created equal and there are many things, which make them successful or not successful.Read more…What Administrators Are Looking For In Classroom Teachers
The most important thing that an administrator is in need of is a good teacher that is reliable and able to do the job that is assigned to him or her. This is the most important thing and you must never lose sight of the fact. Everything else is secondary.Read more…10 Tips For Preparing For Your Next Exam
Need help with your next exam? Get pro-active and prepare for success ahead of time with these 10 study tips.1. You need a dedicated study area.Read more…Flashcards as a Learning Tool
Flashcards are wonderful teaching tools. They offer fun, interactive learning for all levels of education for all subject types. Often created by teachers or purchased in educational stores or departments, flashcards can help with memory skills, mathematical skills, advanced discussion work, interaction via games, speaking and listening skills of all ages.Read more…How To Increase Attendance Of Inner City High School Students
The single most important item for the school administration is the school head count. The number one question that the superintendent needs to know is how many students are going to be enrolled in school for the coming year. In order for the District to get funding it has to have head count to justify its expenditure.Read more…Holistic Healing Schools Take an Alternative Approach
Holistic healing schools take an alternative approach to the healing arts, educating students in the use of natural, non-surgical, and drug-free health treatments. Believing in the self-healing mechanisms of the body, holistic healing schools teach alternative health care methods such as hypnosis, meditation, aromatherapy, massage therapy, astrology, Feng Shui, natural and energy healing, spiritualism, yoga, and much more.Holistic healing schools (also known as Natural Healing Schools) are one of the most popular of new age teachings.Read more…Getting a GED
A Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED) is a certification for people who have not yet completed high school. The GED is considered a high school equivalency exam.If you’ve only recently dropped out of 11th or 12th grade and the subjects are still fresh in your mind, you may take the GED without a lot of advance preparation.Read more…
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