Saturday, August 8, 2009

Circus education is intense

Circus education is intense

A school teacher with a travelling circus says trips to outback Australia are a great education for home-schooled children.


State senators to consider changing law on student scores, teacher evaluations

State senators to consider changing law on student scores, teacher evaluations
In an effort to qualify for federal 'Race to the Top' funds, the Senate's education committee plans to look at a 2006 law that bars use of test scores to evaluate teacher performance.

The state Senate will hold hearings later this month to determine if legislators need to change a California law governing the use of student test scores in order to qualify for competitive federal education reform dollars.



What’s Next For Roku? 5 Suggestions.

What’s Next For Roku? 5 Suggestions.
I love my little Roku box . The Roku Digital Media Player ( $99, Amazon ), which began life as the Roku Netflix Player , streams Netflix content (free for subscribers) and Amazon video on demand (VOD). Standard def was decent, but both are now available in HD (720p). Sure, it’s not Blu-ray but it’s good enough for many. Perhaps, most. And the mighty quick, dead simple interface is a joy to use, providing a better experience than TiVo’s equivalent Netflix and Amazon apps. We know Roku’s got

Socio-economic status plays no major role in cognitive decline in elderly

Washington, August 8 (ANI): A new piece of research has found no link between cognitive decline and socio-economic status in people aged 70 and older. However, the study, led by researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has shown that seniors who have never been married, and widowers, seem to perform more poorly as they age,.Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study of older Americans 70-plus years of age (mean age 75) found that rates of cognitive decli Read more ...