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Social Competences

2009-10-12T00:26:00.000-07:00

Schools are under pressure to create safe, orderly and effective learning environments where students acquire social as well as academic skills that will allow them to succeed in school and beyond.

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Early Childhood Education

2009-10-10T07:07:00.000-07:00

What is the best approach for teaching young children? No question could be more pressing as teachers, researchers, and policy makers strive to make sure all children are "ready to learn."

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H1N1 Education

2009-08-30T04:56:00.000-07:00

The fresh flu crisis together with the spread of the H1N1 influenza virus has prompted several people to take more precautions to preserve themselves from infection, especially in areas where cases of the virus have been set firm.

Swine Flu Prevention

2009-08-19T11:57:00.000-07:00

The swine flu news is catching on the spotlight in the media everyday. With the current economy crisis, this form of influenza spreading is definitely hitting more woes on the already black scene.

H1N1 and School

2009-08-10T09:46:00.000-07:00

There is good news and bad news regarding the swine flu. The good news is that the legislature indicates that a vaccine for H1N1 may be available by November. However, the bad news is that flu season most often begins in September. This means that your school age children may be endangered to the H1N1 before a vaccine is ready. So what are the risks and what can you do now to make safe your school age children?

Age of Accountability

2009-08-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

To outsiders, the role of the school superintendent has always been a little mystifying. Most people can explain that the superintendent is the ultimate "person in charge," but what superintendents actually do remains vague.

College Attendance

2009-07-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

One of the motives for seeking an education in the community college is to increase earnings. Because greater income and improved job status are associated with higher living standards, the community college can also act as a bridge to enhanced social mobility.

Teaching Shakespeare

2009-07-21T14:43:00.000-07:00

The Technology in Education 2001 Survey (Market Data Retrieval, 2001) reveals that nearly 70% of schools report that the majority of their teachers use the Internet for instructional purposes, and more than 70% use computers on a daily basis. Parallel to the rapid growth in the number of users of Web sites has been an exponential growth in the number of sites, challenging the efforts of teachers and parents to identify and select the most relevant sites for any particular project (Lu, 1999). This is particularly true for subjects or topics as exhaustively represented on the Web as William Shakespeare and the teaching of his works.

Literature Circles

2009-07-17T00:22:00.000-07:00

Literature circles are a topic of interest to various literacy educators, and their use has been discussed in a variety of academic journals, conference papers, and workshops. Teachers at all grade levels utilize literature circles as a vehicle through which students learn to: think critically about literature, express their ideas in oral and written forms, and better enjoy their literacy experiences.

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2009-07-11T09:56:00.001-07:00

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Vocational Education

2009-07-05T14:14:00.000-07:00

Businesses and education, once seen as competing enterprises, and at times, fundamental enemies, have recently begun to embrace one another to create a more holistic, well-rounded education that satisfies both the demands for skilled employees as well as knowledgeable, or intellectually capable citizens.

Childwood Education

2009-06-30T14:44:00.000-07:00

What is the best approach for teaching young children? No question could be more pressing as teachers, researchers, and policy makers strive to make sure all children are "ready to learn."

Civic Education

2009-06-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

Civic education is the teaching of knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become a responsible and effective citizen of a representative and constitutional democracy. Since the founding of the United States of America ...
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College Degree

2009-06-04T03:57:00.000-07:00

The escalating cost of higher education is causing many to question the value of continuing education beyond high school. Many wonder whether the high cost of tuition, the opportunity cost of choosing college over full-time employment, and the accumulation of thousands of dollars of debt is, in the long run, worth the investment ...

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Higher Education

2009-05-27T03:30:00.000-07:00

Reform initiatives are numerous in American higher education. Their messages and hopes are widely documented through conferences, journals, newsletters, and funded projects. Many membership associations, networks and informal alliances actively promote new directions for higher education.

How People Learn

2009-05-25T11:55:00.001-07:00

At an educational conference last spring, I attended a session focused on the potential of instructional technology to transform teaching and learning in schools. One of the speakers told a story about his 14-year-old son who, like himself, loved technology toys and always had to have the latest and greatest new thing to come on the market. One day, this son went to school after downloading to his Palm Pilot[TM] the program from the TV remote control.

College Rankings

2009-05-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

The popularity of college ranking surveys published by U.S. News and World Report, Money magazine, Barron's, and many others is indisputable. However, the methodologies used in these reports to measure the quality of higher education institutions have come under fire by scholars and college officials.

Develop English Language and Literacy

2009-05-18T05:52:00.000-07:00

Immigrant students of secondary school age face a number of obstacles as they make the transition to schooling in the United States. In addition to adjusting to a new country and school system, they must also learn academic content in a new language. Because these students come from a variety of ethnic, educational, and economic backgrounds, representing a host of cultures, languages, and educational needs, it is often difficult to provide instruction tailored to their specific needs.

Developing Social Competence for All Students

2009-05-14T03:25:00.000-07:00

Schools are under pressure to create safe, orderly and effective learning environments where students acquire social as well as academic skills that will allow them to succeed in school and beyond. This pressure has emerged from real disciplinary challenges combined with wariness of school violence sensationalized in the media.

Teacher Education at the Community College: Partnership and Collaboration

2009-05-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

The U.S. Department of Education predicts that nearly 40% of public school teachers will retire within the next few years. This prospect, coupled with a dramatic rise in school enrollments, means that the United States can anticipate hiring two million new elementary and secondary teachers in the next decade (Stroup, 2002).

Serving Students with Disabilities at the Community College

2009-05-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

People with disabilities make up the single largest minority group in the United States. Over the past ten years the traditional profile of disabled persons as older, poorer, less educated and less likely to be employed has begun to change. This is due in part to a "dramatic increase" in the number of students with disabilities who are seeking higher education.

Spanish for Spanish Speakers

2009-05-04T22:45:00.000-07:00

The increasing number of students who enter U.S. schools from homes where languages other than English are spoken, and the recognition that proficiency in non-English languages is a valuable national resource, have generated interest in the field of heritage language instruction.

Spanish Learning Strategies

2009-04-25T00:19:00.000-07:00

The learning strategies of language learners have been researched extensively. (See, e.g., Brown, 2000; Oxford, 1990; Rubin & Thompson, 1982; Shipman & Shipman, 1985; Stevick, 1976). This research focuses on English-speaking students learning a foreign language and on non-English speakers learning English.

College Financing

2009-04-13T05:57:00.000-07:00

Like all sectors of post-secondary education, community colleges face the challenge of generating sufficient revenue to uphold their missions.

Stress and Young Children

2009-04-07T15:54:00.000-07:00

Traditionally, stress has been defined in terms of its source (e.g., internal and external) (Marion, 2003). Internal sources of stress include hunger; pain; sensitivity to noise, temperature change, and crowding (social density); fatigue; and over- or under-stimulation from one's immediate physical environment. External stressors include separation from family, change in family composition, exposure to arguing and interpersonal conflict, exposure to violence, experiencing the aggression of others (bullying), loss of important personal property or a pet, exposure to excessive expectations for accomplishment, "hurrying," and disorganization in one's daily life events.