MILLION FATHER MARCH: Dads urged to take their kids to school August 23rd�|�Urban League of Greater Miami � Parents 4 democratic Schools

MILLION FATHER MARCH: Dads urged to take their kids to school August 23rd�|�Urban League of Greater Miami � Parents 4 democratic Schools

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MILLION FATHER MARCH: Dads urged to take their kids to school August 23rd

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August 23rd is the first day of the fall school year for students in Florida, and a day when fathers are asked to step up, and be their for their kids.

The Million Father March, created by the Black Star Project in Chicago, Illinois, encourages dads to take responsibility for getting their kids to school on the first day back to class, and this year, the Miami Urban League is taking the initiative to promote the March in Miami.

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What Are You Doing The Day Before School Starts? - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

What Are You Doing The Day Before School Starts? - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

What Are You Doing The Day Before School Starts?

by Alexander Russo

It's the day before the 2010-2011 school year starts for much of Chicago. What are you doing with your last hours of freedom / imprisonment, and how are you feeling? Are you pretending that it's not happening?

The decline of studying : Macleans OnCampus

The decline of studying : Macleans OnCampus

The decline of studying

By Stephanie Findlay | September 5th, 2010 | 1:16 pm

How university students are spending less time hitting the books while earning better grades than ever

In 2006, Philip Babcock, a labour economist at the University of California, was surfing online when he came across a survey on the time use of undergraduate students at his school that shocked him. He noticed students were reporting perplexingly low studying times. Comparing his own university experience to his teaching experience over the past five years, Babcock had a gut feeling students weren’t studying as much, but remembers thinking, “people are always criticizing the generation that comes after them. Maybe they’re working their tails off.” So he decided to test the hypothesis. In the resulting study, to be published in the Review of Economics and Statistics later this year, Babcock and his co-author, Mindy Marks, found that since 1961, the amount of time an average undergraduate student spends studying has declined by 42 per cent, from 24 hours a week to 14. That drop is found within every

Illegal immigrant has the grades but not the papers �| ajc.com

Illegal immigrant has the grades but not the papers �| ajc.com

Illegal immigrant has the grades but not the papers

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By Laura Diamond

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

To advocates on both sides of the immigration debate, Miriam Torres is emblematic of the problems facing this country.

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Laura Diamond, ldiamond@ajc.comMiriam Torres, 20, an illegal immigrant, was brought here as a child from Mexico by her mother. Torres graduated from Roswell High in 2008 with 4.0 but isn't in college because she can't afford the out-of-state tuition public colleges are required to charge her under Georgia law. Some say illegal immigrants like Torres should be barred from Georgia's public colleges.

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Torres, 20, is an illegal immigrant brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 9. Her family came using short-term tourist visas.

Those who argue for tougher enforcement of immigration laws say she is proof that the country needs to better secure its borders. She attended public school in Fulton County with taxpayers spending more than $65,000 to educate her, according to state figures. Some say that money was wasted because Torres can't legally work here. The money should have been spent on legal citizens, they said.

Others paint Torres as a victim of broken system. She graduated from Roswell High in 2008 with a 4.0 grade point average and would like to attend Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. Activists say the U.S. would benefit from educating and hiring smart, hard-working illegal immigrants. They cite students like Torres to explain why this country should pass federal legislation to make it affordable

Union jobs disappearing at local, state and national levels, UCLA study finds

Union jobs disappearing at local, state and national levels, UCLA study finds

The recession is finally taking its toll on national, state and local unionization rates, according to UCLA's annual report on organized labor.

Following an uptick last year, unionization rates fell between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, by just more than half a percentage point in California and by a full percentage point in the five-county Los Angeles metropolitan area, researchers at UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) found.

"Given the duration and depth of the recession, it was inevitable that union jobs would be hit," said Lauren Appelbaum, the report's lead author and director of research at the IRLE. "Jobs are continuing to disappear, and unionized jobs continue to disappear along with them."

"The State of the Unions in 2010: A Profile of Union Membership in Los Angeles, California and the Nation" publishes on Labor Day, Sept. 6.

Even with the losses, the Los Angeles metro area accounts for nearly half of the union members in California, which is the most heavily unionized state in the nation.

"In recent years, unions in Los Angeles have been at the head of the pack, and they've been having successes that unions are not having elsewhere," said IRLE director Christopher C. Tilly, a professor of urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. "That makes Los Angeles an important laboratory for unions and for labor-watchers."

The findings in the report are based on labor figures in the U.S. Current Population Survey, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S Census Bureau. The UCLA report tracks year-to-year changes in unionization for the nation, California and the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which includes the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, Ventura and San Bernardino.

The Best Sites For Learning About The Birth Of Lord Krishna | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The Best Sites For Learning About The Birth Of Lord Krishna | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The Best Sites For Learning About The Birth Of Lord Krishna Last week, Hindus celebrated Janmashtami, a two-day holiday marking the birth of the god Krishna. Here are a few resources about the holiday that readers might find useful (and accessible to English Language Learners): In pictures: Hindus celebrate ...

Chinese school grows Nonprofit in Castaic goes from 20 to nearly 200 students in about a year

Chinese school grows

Chinese school grows Education: Nonprofit in Castaic goes from 20 to nearly 200 students in about a year

Last year, the Santa Clarita Valley Chinese School opened its doors with 20 students, the majority from Chinese families who wanted their kids to formally learn their native language.

Word soon spread about the unique school, and parents lined up to sign their kids up for the classes at a Valencia tutor center.

A few weeks later, 40 kids were enrolled. By March, the school passed the 150-student mark.

And a year later, the SCV Chinese School counts about 200 students as it has expanded its courses and formed partnerships with two local charter schools.

“People realized the importance of this language,” Principal and Executive Director Jinghong Li said.

More classes, demandThe school, which offers classes for students of all ages on Sundays, eventually outgrew its rented

Downsized Detroit district greets students Tuesday | mlive.com

Downsized Detroit district greets students Tuesday | mlive.com

Downsized Detroit district greets students Tuesday

Sept. 6, 2010, 9 a.m. EDT

Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — The start of fall classes for the Detroit Public Schools is expected to reveal a much smaller district in terms of the number of students and buildings.

There also appears to be a sense of optimism — something missing since the district's poor money management, lack of internal controls and ballooning budget deficit became evident several years ago.

The first day of school is Tuesday, and this fall there is a real plan in place, said Reggie Williams, who is helping with student recruitment efforts as part of the nonprofit Detroit Parent Network.

"There is a new academic plan in Detroit. People are seeing more initiatives take off," Williams said.

The district has set an enrollment target of 77,314 students, which is more than a thousand fewer than attended Detroit schools last spring. The troubled district also faces a budget deficit of $363 million.

State-appointed emergency financial manager Robert Bobb closed 30 schools at end of the past academic year. Some of those schools were aging

Inspector general wants hearing with fair judge

Inspector general wants hearing with fair judge

Case suggests retaliation for queries over money deals by Obama's buddy

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Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin

WASHINGTON – Fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin is asking that his lawsuit challenging his abrupt and apparently illegal dismissal by the Obama administration be reinstated – and he wants a new judge assigned to the case.

A Washington Times editorial published Sept. 1 suggests that District Judge Richard W. Roberts has not presided over Walpin's case with professional impartiality.

The editorial details extensive personal and professional ties between Roberts and Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, the boss of the Department of Justice lawyers defending the administration against Walpin's suit.

According to the Times, Roberts and Holder have been close personal friends for decades.

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Guest column: ISEA is a force for school reform | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

Guest column: ISEA is a force for school reform | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

Guest column: ISEA is a force for school reform

CHRIS BERN IS PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, CURRENTLY SERVING HIS SECOND TWO-YEAR TERM. CONTACT: CBERN@ISEA.ORG. • SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

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You say tomahto, we say tomato. Editorial Page Editor Linda Lantor Fandel, in her Aug. 1 column, says the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA) hasn't played an integral role in school reform. Anyone who has worked with us would disagree.

Reform is any movement, model, curriculum, challenge, directive or action that can bring about change for the better. We at the ISEA have been working toward change for the better since our inception, and we have invested much of our time and resources in reform efforts.

We believe reform includes helping our members improve their practices on the job. We work hard to

Research team: Too much texting leads to problems

Research team: Too much texting leads to problems

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ABERDEEN -- Megan Jordre's cell phone inbox can hold about 100 text messages, and she empties it about three times a day.

"I text a lot," said Jordre, laughing.

Jordre, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, doesn't often stay up late at night texting. But she knows some kids who do.

That worries Byron Utter and Terry Stulken. Stulken said the nationwide issue can lead to problems, including lack of sleep.

Stulken, K-12 principal for Colman-Egan, and Utter, a former Langford and Mobridge educator, make up the Midwest Center for School Safety. The duo, who have about 65 years' worth of educational experience

“The places most likely to harbor aliens” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

“The places most likely to harbor aliens” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

“The places most likely to harbor aliens” The places most likely to harbor aliens is a short, useful slideshow from The Mother Nature Network. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Possible Life On Other Planets.

Students Can Write Book & Movie Recommendations At “Hello Hype” Students can write short (500 characters or less) reviews of books, movies, TV shows, or music at Hello Hype. I’m adding it to The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience.”

What Controls Immigration? It’s The Economy, Stupid | California Progress Report

What Controls Immigration? It’s The Economy, Stupid | California Progress Report

What Controls Immigration? It’s The Economy, Stupid

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By Peter Schrag

It’s hardly news that, like Arizona, many states and scores of cities have been looking for ways to drive illegal immigrants out – ordering cops to detain people who can’t show documents verifying their right to be here, passing measures to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and employers who hire them. And there are the Republicans who want to fiddle with the Constitution to deny children born to illegal aliens birthright citizenship.

So obviously Americans must be panicking because illegal immigration has been spiking, right?

Wrong. A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center, like a similar Census report earlier this year, indicates a dramatic decline not only in the number of people entering the country illegally between 2007 and 2009 -- for Mexicans, it’s down by 70 percent from three years ago -- but in the number of illegal aliens living here, down from roughly 12 million in 2007 to 11.1 million today.

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Mayor of Sacramento Orders New SUV for $50,000; Justified or Wasteful? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

Mayor of Sacramento Orders New SUV for $50,000; Justified or Wasteful? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has a shiny new ride. The Sacramento Mayor had the Sacramento Police Department buy him a new SUV that cost $51,250 according to an invoice reported by News KCRA 3. It has

raised an important question about whether a purchase of this nature is justified, or if this is a waste of city funds. The report states that Sacramento was going to be using the money that was spent on the mayor's new SUV to replace two other police vehicles. Those vehicles were a Ford Expedition and a forklift that is used at the police department's property division. Hopefully they didn't really need that new forklift, because it sounds like there won't be any money left for it.

Johnson has justified his purchase by stating that no additional taxpayer money was used in the purchase of this new SUV, and that it is an effort to help make the city more green in the near future. Oh did we mention that the new SUV comes with a satellite television dish on the roof and a very nice onboard television system? The mayor's office also made sure to point out that no taxpayer money was used to add that television system. It seems that a once in-touch mayor has started to