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Catholic University Chosen to Host $1 Million Humanitarian Award (Popularity:  )
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Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., president of The Catholic University of America, announced that CUA has been chosen to present the 2007 Opus Prize, an annual $1 million gift awarded to an organization or an individual whose faith-based entrepreneurial leadership helps people in need transform their lives. The nondenominational prize is given annually to honor "unsung heroes" anywhere in the world who work on the front lines to address ...
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Dalbey Education Institute CEO Donates 100 Bicycles to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver (Popularity: )
http://www.dalbeyeducation.com
Just in time for the holidays, Dalbey Education Institute CEO Russ Dalbey donated 100 bicycles and helmets to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Pictured with the 100 bicycles at the J. Churchill Owen branch are (from left) Steve Hegg, 1984 Olympic cycling gold medalist and team director for the Successful Living Professional Cycling Team; Steve Martinez, director of the Owen branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs; ...
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TeacherVision.com, a Popular Teaching Resource for 500,000 Teachers A Month, Relaunches Website Providing Additional Content & Improved Designed (Popularity: )
http://www.teachervision.fen.com
TeacherVision.com, the Internet site used by 500,000 preK-12 teachers every month, is relaunching with simplified navigation, an improved internal search engine, and new content in such popular features as educational graphic organizers, printables, lesson plans, and “Great Stuff for Teachers”, the bi-monthly newsletter that provides timely resources for classroom teachers. New materials include over 5,000 articles and reviews; 1000+ lesson plans in all school subjects; 1000+ printable worksheets, “Books On ...
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AreYouGame.com Commits to Improving Education (Popularity: )
http://www.areyougame.com
Designed to help put money into depleting school finances, the successful online toy and puzzle store, AreYouGame.com, joined forces with Schoolpop.com to contribute a percentage of consumers' purchases to raise funds for schools. Your shopping experiences just became educational! With the help of Schoolpop.com, the leading school fundraiser, people who shop at AreYouGame.com can have 6% of their purchase donated to any school across the country. In order for a ...
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Local Louisiana School Board Praised for Adopting Policy Protecting Teachers Who Teach Evolution Objectively (Popularity: )
http://www.discovery.org
The Ouachita Parish School Board in Louisiana drew praise this week for adopting a Resolution on Teacher Academic Freedom to Teach Scientific Evidence Regarding Controversial Scientific Subjects. The policy states in part that "teachers shall be permitted to help students understand, analyze, critique and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories pertinent to the course being taught." "We're very happy to see them ...
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'Induction Malfunction': How a Mentoring Program Left Novice Teachers Behind (Popularity: )
http://www.authorhouse.com
"Induction Malfunction" (now available through AuthorHouse) is derived from the successfully defended doctoral dissertation of author Dr. Leonid Chernyak. Chernyak's study takes readers on a personal narrative of three novice teachers' perceptions and experiences with a charter school's mentored induction program. His study chronicles what happens when the induction program is purposefully and neglectfully disbanded. Through detailed description and documentation, the teachers' successes, failures, perceptions, experiences, struggles and conflicts are ...
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Australian Universities Invest In Thomson Scientific National Citation Report (Popularity: )
http://scientific.thomson.com
Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that Australia’s Group of Eight have purchased its National Citation Report. The Group of Eight (Go8) represents Australia’s leading research universities. The Thomson Scientific National Citation Report is an electronic database of a nation’s journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The ...
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Kansas City School Buses Getting Latest Safety, Security Technology (Popularity: )
http://www.zonarsystems.com
Good enough is never good enough when it comes to transporting children in yellow school buses," three local school bus officials said today as they announced they are adding the latest safety and security technology to their buses. Glen McMillan, Director of the 150-bus Blue Spring School District said, "We focus every day on making sure that nothing we do becomes so routine that we take our eyes off the ...
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Keystone Oaks High School's Daniel Weber Wins the First-Ever 'National Vocabulary Championship' Pittsburgh Citywide Competition (Popularity: )
http://www.winwithwords.com
Daniel Weber, a 17-year-old senior at Keystone Oaks High School in Pittsburgh, outperformed 96 other local vocabulary high school scholars tonight, winning the first-ever NVC Pittsburgh Citywide Championship. As the local champion, Weber earned $5,000 toward a "529" college saving plan and qualifies to compete in the "National Vocabulary Championship" finals in New York City on February 26, 2007. The National Vocabulary Championship is a nationwide educational initiative conceived by ...
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Orthopedics Surgeons at Rush University Medical Center Perform Total Knee Replacement Surgery on Live, Online Computer Webcast, October 16 at 5 pm, CT (Popularity: )
http://www.rush.edu
Orthopedic surgeons at Rush University Medical Center will perform a Total Knee Replacement surgery which can be viewed online on Monday, October 16, at 5:00 p.m.Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard A. Berger will perform the surgery which features the use of the knee replacement shaped to fit a woman's anatomy The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Aaron G. Rosenberg, also from Rush. Berger and Rosenberg were two of the 12 ...
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