tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55991135238081815662024-03-12T18:18:44.070-07:00Education VaultWhat The Experts Know About EducationCharis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1792125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-2175052424498504952009-11-06T16:01:00.001-08:002009-11-06T16:01:06.867-08:00Education Connection Launches Video Contest for Scholarships and Cash Prizes<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/07/10/1168404/OnlineVideoCompetition.mp4 " >Education Connection Launches Video Contest for Scholarships and Cash Prizes </a><br><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-68136648520937726232009-11-06T08:01:00.001-08:002009-11-06T08:01:11.152-08:00ACE Resources for Lifelong Learning Professionals<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/WhatsHot/College_Adults1.htm " >ACE Resources for Lifelong Learning Professionals </a><br><P>The American Council for Education maintains a useful set of pages for academics who work with adult learners. Included at the ACE site is information about Military Evaluation Programs, Government Relations, and Public Policy. (Of course not very many years ago, most students involved in distance education were included in the "adult learner" category, but today distance education is appealing to more and more younger students.) ___JH</P> <P>_______</P> <P>"For more than 60 years, ACE has helped adults gain access to a postsecondary education. <A href="http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CLLL&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7844">We invite you to find out more</A> about our programs and services."</P> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-14858305949414674152009-11-06T00:02:00.001-08:002009-11-06T00:02:35.645-08:00Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/04/editorial_roundup_excerpts_from_recent_editorials?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news " >Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials </a><br>Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Nov. 3 <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-67236376860205537632009-11-05T18:01:00.001-08:002009-11-05T18:01:11.401-08:00Robert Rines, 87, composer, professor, founder of law center, seeker of ‘Nessie’<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/03/robert_rines_87_noted_scientist_lawyer_and_musician_who_searched_for_nessie?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news " >Robert Rines, 87, composer, professor, founder of law center, seeker of ‘Nessie’ </a><br>Even if Robert H. Rines had never seen what he believed was the hulking hump of a creature break the surface of Scotland’s Loch Ness, his life would have captured imaginations and filled a lengthy resume. <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-38194123629219160202009-11-05T12:01:00.001-08:002009-11-05T12:01:14.760-08:00Stimulus saved, created 16,000 Ga. education jobs<p>A new federal report shows that more than 16,000 Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus funding.</p> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.topix.com/education/2009/11/stimulus-saved-created-16-000-ga-education-jobs?fromrss=1 '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-31919384711784487242009-11-05T04:01:00.001-08:002009-11-05T04:01:09.068-08:00Mainers keep school district consolidation lawMainers have voted against scuttling the state's school district consolidation law. Critics of the law said consolidation should not be mandatory because it doesn't make sense for many small school districts. They also say the law hasn't delivered on promised savings. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/04/mainers_keep_school_district_consolidation_law?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-73083681586052378862009-11-04T22:01:00.001-08:002009-11-04T22:01:08.737-08:00Revere keeps school contraception policy<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/04/revere_voters_keep_school_contraception_policy?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news " >Revere keeps school contraception policy </a><br>REVERE - Revere voters turned down a controversial ballot initiative yesterday that would have ended the practice of allowing high school students to get contraception, including condoms and the morning-after pill, at the school’s health clinic. <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-53502673321521137462009-11-04T14:01:00.001-08:002009-11-04T14:01:21.317-08:00Mainers keep school district consolidation lawMainers have voted against scuttling the state's school district consolidation law. Critics of the law said consolidation should not be mandatory because it doesn't make sense for many small school districts. They also say the law hasn't delivered on promised savings. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/03/mainers_keep_school_district_consolidation_law?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-87410767837995729042009-11-04T08:01:00.001-08:002009-11-04T08:01:20.006-08:00Mainers keep school district consolidation law<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/04/mainers_keep_school_district_consolidation_law?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news " >Mainers keep school district consolidation law </a><br>Mainers have voted against scuttling the state's school district consolidation law. Critics of the law said consolidation should not be mandatory because it doesn't make sense for many small school districts. They also say the law hasn't delivered on promised savings. <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-35676890763338696382009-11-04T03:01:00.001-08:002009-11-04T03:01:15.979-08:00Stick to education principles<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.topix.com/education/2009/11/stick-to-education-principles?fromrss=1 " >Stick to education principles </a><br><p>Concern is rising nationwide over the government s education policies. A few days ago, Lee Ki-su, president of Korea University and chairman of the Korean Association of Private University Presidents, criticized the current education system, saying, The Lee Myung-bak administration s education measures started out emphasizing competitiveness and ...</p> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-54730786091904880212009-11-03T21:01:00.001-08:002009-11-03T21:01:12.866-08:00Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remediesEDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/02/med_nursing_schools_teaching_alternative_remedies?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-19875033492614047122009-11-03T13:01:00.001-08:002009-11-03T13:01:07.661-08:00USC President Steven Sample to Step Down in August<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.topix.com/education/2009/11/usc-president-steven-sample-to-step-down-in-august?fromrss=1 " >USC President Steven Sample to Step Down in August </a><br><p>USC President Steven B. Sample, who dramatically boosted the university's academic prestige, financial resources and civic engagement during nearly 19 years as its leader, says he will step down from the post next summer.</p> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-35445723001073831992009-11-03T06:01:00.001-08:002009-11-03T06:01:12.021-08:00Education Center Online Celebrates Black History Month - Offering Online Education for People of All Races<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/02/12/504656/OnlineEducationGraduation.jpg '>Continue reading ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-10124663761688515752009-11-03T00:01:00.001-08:002009-11-03T00:01:10.304-08:00Mixed results as confidence in schools appears to erodeCity Councilor Michael F. Flaherty Jr., in his quest to unseat Mayor Thomas M. Menino, often rattles off an array of disparaging statistics about the state of the Boston public schools: high dropout rates, too few graduates who finish college, and far too many underperforming schools. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/11/01/mixed_results_as_confidence_in_schools_appears_to_erode?rss_id=Boston.com -- Education news '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-66309189106664282222009-11-02T17:01:00.001-08:002009-11-02T17:01:27.327-08:00Education Center Online Celebrates Black History Month - Offering Online Education for People of All Races<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/02/12/504656/OnlineEducationGraduation.jpg '>Read more ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-70159497644874293392009-11-02T09:01:00.001-08:002009-11-02T09:01:09.294-08:00ZaidLearn--a New Blog about Open Learning Resources<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/ " >ZaidLearn--a New Blog about Open Learning Resources </a><br><P>This promising new weblog by Zaid Ali Alsagoff is devoted to open learning resources around the world; Zaid is located in Malaysia. His blog is especially valuable for its extensive listing of links to bloggers who write about eLearning and its multiple links to Learning Tools, eLearning sites, OpenCourseWare sites, University Podcasts, and Learning Repositories. Zaid is currently at work on a book about effective learning and teaching that is scheduled for release in June 2008. ____ JH</P> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-58598229202692887442009-11-02T02:01:00.001-08:002009-11-02T02:01:08.932-08:00Education Connection Launches Video Contest for Scholarships and Cash Prizes<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/07/10/1168404/OnlineVideoCompetition.mp4 '>Continue reading ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-12013503849056226262009-11-01T20:01:00.001-08:002009-11-01T20:01:09.196-08:00University of California intends to increase financial aid<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~3/urm0Q_9iUyE/la-me-ucaid24-2009oct24,0,3297630.story " > University of California intends to increase financial aid </a><br>President Mark G. Yudof announces plans to raise $1 billion in private funds over the next four years and to expand an existing aid program to more middle-income families. <br><br> As the University of California seeks to sharply increase student fees, its president, Mark G. Yudof, announced plans today to soften the impact with an ambitious campaign to raise $1 billion for financial aid and a policy change widening aid eligibility for more middle-income families. <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/npOdZIEF5pNkNWNMCOOTcy5Q6vo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/npOdZIEF5pNkNWNMCOOTcy5Q6vo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/npOdZIEF5pNkNWNMCOOTcy5Q6vo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/npOdZIEF5pNkNWNMCOOTcy5Q6vo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~4/urm0Q_9iUyE" height="1" width="1"/> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-72367237028007372772009-11-01T14:01:00.001-08:002009-11-01T14:01:11.019-08:00David Wiley's Open Course on Open EducationHere's the link the to wiki syllabus for David Wiley's Fall 2007 course about Open Education. There's still time to sign up for this online course. "The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, and (3) to get you thinking, writing, and dialoguing creatively and critically about current practices and possible alternative practices in open education." Those who don't want to participate in the course will still find value in the online readings and the links to OER sites. ____JH <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Intro_Open_Ed_Syllabus#INST_7150_Introduction_to_Open_Education.2C_Fall_2007 '>Continue reading ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-79614409073661545412009-11-01T08:01:00.001-08:002009-11-01T08:01:06.931-08:00Dom Shambra dies at 70; championed Belmont Learning Complex<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~3/32zfBj0iEvk/la-me-dominic-shambra21-2009oct21,0,4340468.story " > Dom Shambra dies at 70; championed Belmont Learning Complex </a><br>Los Angeles school district insider was known for relishing challenges that would have daunted others. The long-beleaguered Belmont site finally opened last year under a different name. <br><br> Dom Shambra, a consummate school district insider who sacrificed a distinguished career in Los Angeles to champion the Belmont Learning Complex, the nation's most notorious high school construction project, has died. He was 70. <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IaOK31h4zji-WFnR0Y6yE2lijoo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IaOK31h4zji-WFnR0Y6yE2lijoo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IaOK31h4zji-WFnR0Y6yE2lijoo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/IaOK31h4zji-WFnR0Y6yE2lijoo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~4/32zfBj0iEvk" height="1" width="1"/> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-77881943123608958892009-11-01T03:01:00.001-08:002009-11-01T03:01:05.377-08:00Participation in AP exams up 40 percent in five years<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.topix.com/education/2009/10/participation-in-ap-exams-up-40-percent-in-five-years?fromrss=1 " >Participation in AP exams up 40 percent in five years </a><br><p>Since 2005, the number of students at Howard County public high schools taking Advanced Placement examinations has increased by 40 percent, while the number of exams, in various subjects, taken by those students also has increased by 52 percent, according to data released by school officials last week.</p> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-18211717639713547462009-10-31T20:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T20:01:13.428-07:00Job Interview Preparedness<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.educatednation.com/2009/10/27/job-interview-preparedness/ " >Job Interview Preparedness </a><br>Knowing at least fifty of the questions an interviewer might throw at me, as well as solid advice on how I should go about answering them intelligently, reduces my stress level significantly. <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/3425357022_61e7697a8a.jpg"><img src="http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/3425357022_61e7697a8a.jpg" alt="3425357022_61e7697a8a" title="3425357022_61e7697a8a" width="400" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-948" /></a></p> <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.smoothharold.com/50-common-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them/">Smooth Harold</a>, Blake Snow’s alter ego/blog, has an outstanding list of the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.educatednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/34335-50-Most-Common-Interview-Questions-and-Answers2.pdf'>50-Most-Common-Interview-Questions-and-Answers</a>. It’s so good, having access to it makes me feel like a naughty little cheater. Knowing at least fifty of the questions an interviewer might throw at me, as well as solid advice on how I should go about answering them intelligently, reduces my stress level significantly (I prefer not to be caught off guard in situations where everyone is watching me and scoring how well I jump through hoops, climb vertical rock faces, and leap over nether-region-clenching chasms). </p> <p>I’m not currently on the job hunt, but the Gen-Xers (my people, dude) were cursed several years back when some think-tanker told everyone that we would change jobs and careers a stupid number of times throughout our professional lives. Which basically means that by the time I’m in my sixties and will (hopefully) be a decade or so away from retirement, I’ll be able to interview my parents and my grandparents under the table. </p> <p>Of course, they will either be already dead or nearly there, so some will argue that it’s not going to be a fair fight. Whatever. I’ll be so cranky about having to switch career paths and jobs every few years that I will no longer give a flying rat’s ass about the obsolete concept of “fairness.”</p> <p>And what I meant by all that was: Woohoo! Interviews! Go out there and interview your asses off, people! Forward motion is good, and knowing you can nail several of the questions the suits in the tiny room will want you to answer with inimitable aplomb and captivating perfection is such a chest-swellingly marvelous feeling. It’s so good, it’s probably addictive. It’s also totally legal, so go nuts.</p> <p><strong>Posted by Alexa Harrington</strong></p> <p>(<em>image source</em><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nazzanuk/3425357022/">*</a>)</p> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-59830762023153128542009-10-31T12:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T12:01:08.638-07:00Ted Sizer dies at 77; educator built enduring reform movementHis progressive ideas about how schools should be organized and what students should learn helped drive the debates that rattled parents, government officials and educators in the 1980s and '90s. <br><br> Ted Sizer, a former prep school headmaster and Harvard University dean who built an education reform movement that has endured for two decades despite its unfashionable opposition to government- imposed standards and emphasis on deep learning over memorization and regurgitation, has died. He was 77. <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/I-oMr8R2_3jrQokg6mWeSXgKBIA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/I-oMr8R2_3jrQokg6mWeSXgKBIA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/I-oMr8R2_3jrQokg6mWeSXgKBIA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/I-oMr8R2_3jrQokg6mWeSXgKBIA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~4/-ZqhAyiIsJo" height="1" width="1"/> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~3/-ZqhAyiIsJo/la-me-ted-sizer24-2009oct24,0,787693.story '>Read the rest ...</a><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-46992096296991357952009-10-31T07:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T07:01:12.739-07:00State of education: Poor<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.topix.com/education/2009/10/state-of-education-poor?fromrss=1 " >State of education: Poor </a><br><p>One year ago, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell anticipated having $18 billion more to spend on students in the state than his department has today.</p> <br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599113523808181566.post-83870026827217753212009-10-31T00:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T00:01:05.301-07:00Education Consulting Firm To Become Leading Expert in Charter Schools and For-Profit Education Industry<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/11/08/279466/gI_headshot1.jpg.jpg " >Education Consulting Firm To Become Leading Expert in Charter Schools and For-Profit Education Industry </a><br><br>Charis Glosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256014803883123031noreply@blogger.com