“What NOT to do: 7 ways to ruin your resume” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

“What NOT to do: 7 ways to ruin your resume” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

“What NOT to do: 7 ways to ruin your resume” What NOT to do: 7 ways to ruin your resume is an excellent list of Yahoo. The 7 ways in bullet points are accessible to ELL’s, though the short explanations might be challenging. Even thought it’s not a perfect match, I’m adding the link to The Best ...

“Ramadan At The World’s Largest Restaurant” “Ramadan At The World’s Largest Restaurant” is a video from The Wall Street Journal. This is how they describe it: *Ramadan is a brisk period for restaurants all over the Islamic world, especially at the world’s largest restaurant in Damascus.* I’m ...

“The Language Olympics” The Language Olympics is a neat infographic showing the languages spoken on each of the continents. Once you go to the link, you have to scroll down to get to it. You’ll pass another infographic related to world languages that I personally find ...

Dallas magnet school parents upset over proposal to let in 'students of promise' | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Dallas magnet school parents upset over proposal to let in 'students of promise' | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Dallas magnet school parents upset over proposal to let in 'students of promise'

06:34 AM CDT on Thursday, September 9, 2010

By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
thobbs@dallasnews.com

Parents who fear that Dallas ISD will weaken magnet school admission criteria and possibly move to a lottery system plan to attend today's school board meeting.

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Students are admitted into magnet schools based on academic performance and various assessments, such as an essay, interview or audition. But trustees today are expected to discuss proposed revisions to the magnet policy.

Trustee Edwin Flores, who chairs the board's policy briefings, said he knew of no proposal for a lottery system and wondered how the idea began circulating.

"In a nutshell, I don't know who invented this stuff," Flores said.

However, he acknowledged that a

EducationNews.org - Some school districts already spending federal aid

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Some school districts already spending federal aid 9.9.10 - Some Utah school districts are heeding legislative leaders’ advice to hold off on spending $101 million in federal cash for schools until lawmakers formally approve and decide how to use it. Others, however, are already

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Arlington officials may ask DA to review $1.5m schools deficit - The Boston Globe

Arlington officials may ask DA to review $1.5m schools deficit - The Boston Globe

Schools deficit at issue

Officials may seek DA’s office review

By Brock Parker

Globe Correspondent / September 9, 2010

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Arlington selectmen may seek an independent review by the Middlesex district attorney’s office of a $1.5 million deficit in the school district’s budget that has surprised and angered a number of town officials.

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The officials, including the School Committee chairman, the town manager, and members of the Board of Selectmen, said they did not learn about the extent of the 2010 fiscal year’s deficit until last month; the budget period ended June 30.

While officials said there is no indication that any misappropriation led to the shortfall, they may invoke an infrequently used law to track overspending by the

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Donations are salve for painful cuts | Thoughts on Public Education

Donations are salve for painful cuts | Thoughts on Public Education

Donations are salve for painful cuts

Adequate state funding is long-term answer

Posted by Rachel Norton on 9/08/10 • Categorized as Advocacy organizations, Revenue and taxes

Every day, the budget picture seems to get worse for schools in California. In the last two years alone, schools have been cut by $17 billion, with another $2 billion in cuts proposed for 2010-11. Schools face cuts to libraries, and arts and music programs, as well as increased class sizes. Not surprisingly, some parents are fighting back by raising private funds to replace lost state funding.

Last spring, a group of parents in Cupertino Union School District raised $2 million to fund teacher salaries and keep their elementary school class sizes low. At San Francisco’s McKinley Elementary, parents are

One-day school week to blame for 77% attendance on first day of school

One-day school week to blame for 77% attendance on first day of school

BY ERIN EINHORN, ROB SGOBBO, BEN CHAPMAN AND MEREDITH KOLODNER
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Thursday, September 9th 2010, 4:00 AM

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Attendance in classrooms was lower than usual on the first day of school Wednesday, due to Rosh Hashanah.

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Almost a quarter of city students played hooky on the first day of classes, snubbing the unusual single-day school week.

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Schools Matter: Challenging the Corporate Media on Education Coverage

Schools Matter: Challenging the Corporate Media on Education Coverage

Challenging the Corporate Media on Education Coverage

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Blog U.: Naming Assumptions - University of Venus - Inside Higher Ed

Blog U.: Naming Assumptions - University of Venus - Inside Higher Ed

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  By Rosalie Arcala Hall September 8, 2010 10:00 pm

  For women in the academy, one’s name is akin to a passport which under no circumstance must you tamper with. Your reputation as a scholar is attached to your name, which when subjected to a Google search, may yield only a few or a substantial number of hits depending on if it is correctly remembered or spelled. Unlike men, marriage pressures women to decide whether or not to make this changed civil status a separate “name reality” from their professional one. It is a tough choice to make.

  Within my age and professional cohorts, I am a statistical outlier. First, I wanted a name that reflects a connection to my husband, a fact that some of my more liberal colleagues find counterintuitive. I also wanted my maiden surname spelled out to honor my local roots. Upon