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Legal Outrage of the Day
No Oil for Pacifists | September 25th 2009
You can fire a state University human resources VP for opposing gay marriage, but not a special-ed teacher after killing her own child: Back in June of 2004, Jessica Elgie, a Special Education teacher in Buffalo, was sentenced in State Supreme Court read more
Congratulations to Pittsburgh!
The Phone.com Blog | September 24th 2009
Pittsburgh will be the center of the world this weekend with the G-20 Summit taking place in the city. Much has been written in the last few days about Pittsburgh and how it transformed over the past couple of decades from a steel town to a modern hu read more
A Brainwashing Video of School Kids That Will Make You Vomit
Off The Kufs | September 24th 2009 by Jason Kufs
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."-Joseph Stalin It really does not matter who you support, liberals, conservatives, etc. You HAVE to be disturbed with this video and the indoctrinati read more
Rising Student Loan Debt Testament To Decreasing College Affordab…
Federal Student Loan Consolidation Online | September 23rd 2009 by sharronOlberding
Over the last 10 years, not only have more undergraduate and graduate students been taking out student loans to pay for school, but they’ve been borrowing exponentially more. While some authorities in higher education and financial aid attribut read more
Furloughs Dates for Hawaii’s Public Schools
Hawaii Home Real Estate | September 23rd 2009 by Frank Diaz
HSTA Ratifies Contract With the State of Hawaii On September 22, 2009, the Hawaii State Teachers Association announced public school teachers ratified the collective bargaining agreement with the State of Hawaii. The two-year contract covers school y read more
Updated Musings on Me
Tearing But Whole | September 23rd 2009 by teddydouglas
I got to spend some time enjoying the unspeakably beautiful weather in Central Park. Gotta soak it up before old man winter arrives.I went out with P again. We met "for coffee", but we didn't actually have coffee. We went shopping instead, and then h read more
NYC’s public gaming school enters first semester, teaching with…
Healthy Gaming | September 22nd 2009 by Chris Comeau
From Joystiq: The first semester of New York City’s Quest to Learn began last week on the 9th, with an inaugural class of around 75 sixth graders in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood taking classes that employ games (of all types) in learning. read more
India Budget 09 favors overseas education aspirants
GMAT mentor | September 22nd 2009 by George
If the new budget is any indication, aspiring students of a wide range of higher education programs overseas can avail loans from Indian banks and earn tax benefits too. This is all the more good news for MBA aspirants, since the fee for management read more
“An Inside Look At College Costs”
Educated Nation | September 21st 2009
This is a ponderable piece on the current financial situation colleges and universities have found themselves in. Who benefits from the money coming into a school? Hint: It’s probably not the faculty or the students. Here’s an excerpt: An read more
Walden's Social Entrepreneurship conference featuring Cheryl Dors…
Walden University Alumni Association Blog | September 21st 2009
Walden’s fifth annual Social Change Conference, Social Entrepreneurship: Taking Action, Leading Change, has two phenomenal featured speakers this year: Cheryl Dorsey—President, Echoing Green presents “Be a Social Change Agent through Cross-Sec read more
Defaulting on Student Loans
Fair Loan Rate! | September 20th 2009 by R.MAK
Student loans, for many are the only way for them to take, when wanting to pursue a degree of their choice. Education is no doubt extremely expensive, yet extremely needed. And students just have to resort to taking loans, grants, scholarships, debt read more
Believing Their Own Bull
The Nieghborhood Retail Alliance | September 17th 2009
It really could get interesting, this debate over the Bloomberg education miracle. As Daily Politics points out, the Bloombergistas are taking umbrage over the criticisms that Bill Thompsan has leveled at the mayor's school regime: "Mayor Bloomberg's read more
Can Hollywood transform its fortunes? - Top/Popular National&I…
WHERE ARE YOU? KNOW THE CHANGES ! | September 16th 2009 by sridevi. voduru
Since taking over the running of his father's three drive-in movie theatres in the mid-1950s, Sumner Redstone has transformed the business into one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world - Viacom. Transformers is marching towards tick read more
Higher education as a "privilege"
Malc in the Burgh | September 16th 2009 by Malcolm Harvey
Debate raging over at Jeff's blog on a comment the great man made about higher education. I say raging, it is mostly just me who is taking him to task for it.Comment made by Jeff in his post:Making students pay. Abso-bloomin-lootly. I find it bizarr read more
Financial education: The real solution of financial crisis
Secure Finance 4all | September 16th 2009 by David Nikson
Financial illiteracy is now the main cause of the global financial crisis. From a recent survey it is found that 75% of adults don't know how much to save for retirement. Even half of them don't know about inflation and interest rate. On the other ha read more
Blue Jello Daze: A Back-to-School story of the suburbs
Daisy's Dead Air | September 15th 2009 by DaisyDeadhead
We wanted our young Delusional Precious to have the very best education in the county, although we could not afford to send her to a private school. Besides that, we didn't really think private schools were a good idea from an egalitarian point of v read more
FINRA Concerned About Reverse Mortgages Funding Investments
Reverse Mortgage Daily | September 15th 2009 by John Yedinak
Fox News contributor Gail Buckner writes that as reverse mortgages continue to get more popular, federal regulators are taking notice. “Reverse mortgages in the right circumstances are a good idea for people who need income,” says John Gannon, w read more
Student Debt Increases
Wallet Wise | September 15th 2009 by Rachel Campbell
If you've recently graduated or entered college, chances are you took out a student loan in order to afford it. With the sky-high prices of higher education continually on the rise, it's no wonder that student debt has increased dramatically over the read more
Pledge of Confusion? Schools Wrestle With Flag Policy in Classroo…
Mag's Rag | September 14th 2009 by Thomas Malaglowicz
By Allison PatakiIt's a new school year, but an old fight is brewing in American classrooms. Teachers and administrators around the country are scratching their heads once again over the Pledge of Allegiance. The courts have consistently ruled that s read more
Buying Acer Aspire One AOD250-1706 10.1-Inch Red Netbook – 7.5…
BLOGPOK.COM Products Review Online | September 14th 2009 by aliun
Buying Acer Aspire One AOD250-1706 10.1-Inch Red Netbook – 7.5 Hour Battery Life Netbooks are getting a lot of heat but I figured its mostly people who fear netbooks taking a big chunk of the laptop market away from over priced computers that read more
Pain and Stiffness
Beverly's Journey | September 14th 2009 by Beverly
When I saw the surgeon one of the things that she wanted me to do before I have surgery was to stop taking the nsaids that I take for arthritis pain and stiffness. I knew that she was going to ask me to do this. It was part of the education materia read more
When It Comes To Health Care, If You Are Smart Enough To Drive…
The Gradock Bulletin | September 14th 2009 by rsgrady
So get this, my daughter is taking driver’s education this week. Now I’ve been driving around with her for a year, going gray, losing hair, and generally clinching my buttocks. I am actually quite pleased that once the classroom course is over, read more
Evans 'messed up' Radio 1 stint - Top/Popular National&Interna…
WHERE ARE YOU? KNOW THE CHANGES ! | September 13th 2009 by sridevi. voduru
Chris Evans presented the Radio 1 breakfast show for two years Broadcaster Chris Evans says he "acted like a read more
New X CBSE Board 2010 Grading system
CBSE Examinations 2010 | September 10th 2009 by Ishan
CBSE schools in Goa unhappy over optional board exam PANAJI: Parents and teachers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools in Goa are less than happy over the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry's decision t read more
Charlotte Social Media
bg blog | September 9th 2009 by Jim Cusson
I really dig the way this video begins, asking the question "Is social media a fad? Or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?" Some fun facts from the video that stood out for me: • By 2010 Gen Y (that's read more
Astrology Organizations 101: What are the major astrological orga…
Astrology Tips and Tricks of the Trade | September 9th 2009 by Tima Vlasto
Besides taking classes, reading books and joining groups, there are national organizations that provide education and degrees in astrology, initiate research projects and provide grants. Some protect astrologer’s legal rights and have succeeded i read more
I get to be divisive again!
Making it fun | September 8th 2009 by Liz
Yay! (insert eyeroll here)This started as a thought process on President Obama addressing the nations school children- and moved on in my mind rolling over and over in it until I need to get it out- jumbled mess of nonsensical thoughts that it may be read more
Kids Get that Education!!!
The Barack Obama Evolution Blog | September 8th 2009
Kids Get that Education!!! What a speech! When I heard about this speech that was going to be given today over the Labor Day holiday I was elated and quite excited. I was really proud that our President was taking time out of his schedule to hon read more
Warm end of summer day
Le vert, couleur de la paix | September 7th 2009
It's a wonderfully warm day in September. The DH and DD have gone to the hardware store to pick up some garden edgers that my DD wants for her flower garden. (Still need to post the pictures I've taken of that.) I'm out on the front porch again takin read more
What is Your Choice: Online or Face-to-Face Education
Leadership And Networking | September 7th 2009 by Abhijit Kar
Technological Innovation - internet - is gradually taking over the realm of education, with online education gaining momentum every passing day. No doubt, it's an encouraging development, but long way to go before arriving at evidence based conclusio read more
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