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Malcolm Gladwell in one of his books takes a fascinating look at the efforts to prevent kids from smoking by convincing them that it really isn't cool because of the health threats. The analysis, like all the other material in his books, is very ...
2009-04-05 04:32:00
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ABU DHABI - The Ministry of Education will start a new computerised-testing system this week to assess the skills of the teachers to be appointed at the public schools country-wide, according to a top official at the ministry. Rashid Al Nuaimi ...
2009-04-05 02:37:00
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Kevin Rudd is continuing John Howard's focus on market forces in education, writes Trevor Cobbold. As far as education policy is concerned, the Rudd Government has given John Howard and David Kemp another term in office. It is completing Kemp's ...
2009-04-05 04:46:00
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Oklahoma State University senior Ryan Paul of Tulsa has received the 2009 Goldwater Scholarship. Paul, an aerospace engineering student, graduated from Union High School in 2006. He is the 17th student from OSU to receive the scholarship. More than 1 ...
2009-04-05 04:36:00
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St. George's Observatory will be traveling on May 11 to St. Landry Parish to present a series of programs on astronomy at Opelousas High School. With weather permitting, the astronomers will bring several telescopes to give students a first-hand look ...
2009-04-05 08:32:00
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Sparks native Elmo Martinelli has seen a lot of Truckee Meadows' history in his 77 years, much of it from the window of the one-man Wells Avenue Barbershop which he operated for more than 30 years. He cut the hair and heard the stories, true and ...
2009-04-05 09:58:00
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As market volatility reaches historic highs, investors are responding in various ways, including investing in funds that promise to deliver returns that are either a positive or inverse multiple of a stated index. In a monthly series, Rodney N ...
2009-04-05 09:22:00
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Get to work," Dragone tells them. "Go measure things." It's math as usual for Dragone and her students. But beyond New Jersey's quiet classrooms a battle is shaping up over the best way to teach mathematics to children. In the midst of revamping its ...
2009-04-05 10:12:00
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All sides see urgent need to improve student performance
2009-04-05 09:17:22
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Mike Flatley, son of Tom and Nancy Flatley of Schwenksville, was named to the dean's list at West Chester Univeisity where he is a sophomore majoring in business marketing. Louis F. LaScala, son of Tony and Carol LaScala of Stowe, was named to the ...
2009-04-05 04:50:00
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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama School of Law has admitted a select group of UA undergraduates to next fall’s first-year class without scores from the Law School Admissions Test. If the pilot program is deemed successful, the state’s lone ...
2009-04-05 07:49:00
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DAHLONEGA - North Georgia College & State University is also expanding its summer institute language programs to include Arabic, Russian and French. School officials say the expanded program is the result of the success of last year's Chinese ...
2009-04-05 04:43:00
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Washington, April 5 (ANI): This year, on Space Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in May, NASA and Lockheed Martin's main program would involve signatures by students flown aboard a space shuttle mission. Known as 'Student Signatures in ...
2009-04-05 04:07:00
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Only pedants, fools and opportunists shun the obvious. The criminally obvious thing to say about this immensely important annunciation of a four-volume project is this: at the end of its 782 pages, Samuel Beckett isn’t really Samuel Beckett yet. By ...
2009-04-05 06:59:00
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Winneba (C/R), March 30, GNA - A retired lecturer in Mathematics, Professor Francis Allotey has called on policy makers to appreciate Mathematics as a subject relevant to national development. He said Mathematics "has not been seen as a problem ...
2009-03-30 08:54:00
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