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Es el momento - Educacion, Becas, Universidades, Aprendizaje

Es el momento - Educacion, Becas, Universidades, Aprendizaje

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NCSE's Scott to be honored by Mizzou | NCSE

NCSE's Scott to be honored by Mizzou | NCSE

NCSE's Scott to be honored by Mizzou

  • May 5th, 2010

NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, on May 15, 2010, in recognition of her achievements in defending the teaching of evolution in the public schools. According to a May 4, 2010, press release from the university:
Scott has served as the executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) since 1987. Under her leadership, NCSE has become the most influential organization in the battle over how evolution is taught in the United States. ... Over the course of her career, Scott has become the leading critic of creationism and intelligent design in the United States and a relentless advocate for the preservation of teaching evolution in schools.
The honorary degree will be her seventh; she received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from McGill University in 2003, the Ohio State University in 2005, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in 2006; Rutgers University in 2007; and the University of New Mexico in 2008.
The honor is especially meaningful for Scott, since she is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she earned her Ph.D. in physical anthropology with a dissertation on dental evolution in pre-Columbian Peru. She previously received the university's distinguished alumni award in 1993.
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This Week In Education Hill: Teacher Bailout Bill Whipsawed By Reformers

This Week In Education

Hill: Teacher Bailout Bill Whipsawed By Reformers

by Alexander Russo
National Journal's Eliza Krigman has this story about the Harkin bailout bill (Ed Reformers Eye Jobs Bill As Vehicle For Change) noting that folks like the Ed Trust and NTP want the funding tied to revamping teacher tenure laws while Harkin just wants the thing passed. There's an interestingly cautious quote from Duncan -- he knows not to get all reformy and piss Harkin off on this one.

Senate: Bethany Little Staying On

by Alexander Russo
Noteworthy if not surprising, Chairman Tom Harkin has named Bethany Little to stay on as his chief education
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Education Business: Major Revelations About For-Profit Schools In PBS Special "College Inc." - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Education Business: Major Revelations About For-Profit Schools In PBS Special "College Inc." - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Education Business: Major Revelations About For-Profit Schools In PBS Special "College Inc."

by CJW
College Inc., a powerful special documentary aired last night on PBS's Frontline, covers the hot topics in higher education and is just too compelling to miss: for-profit schools like Phoenix University and DeVry, how on-line is impacting higher ed, the...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: AERA Boycotts Arizona

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: AERA Boycotts Arizona

AERA Boycotts Arizona

by Mike Klonsky
The 25,000-member American Educational Research Assoc. has joined the growing list of organizations vowing to boycott Arizona in protest of its new immigration law.
"As education researchers, we need to be concerned about the effects this new law may have on fostering an environment of fear with consequences for students' learning, educational achievement, and attachment to and belief in the social institutions of society," said Kris Gutierrez, the group's president-elect and a researcher from the University of Colorado at Boulder.(Debra Viadero, Edweek)

"Fascists"

I've read Fred Hess' report from AERA twice and still can figure out who he's calling, "fascists in flip-flops." Can
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