Iflove Education News and Reviews This Weekend: Education is the First Productivity
USC will disband German department
Basic language courses will still be offered, but critics say the decision to dump majors and minors will hurt the university’s academic reputation.
Cortines to help lead L.A. Unified
By Howard Blume
Veteran educator Ramon Cortines has accepted a job as senior deputy [...]
Iflove Educational News and Academic Indicators This Week: Teaching and Education Resources
Schools news
Elite exam to rival A-levels approved
Critics fear disproportionate take-up by private schools Special report: A-levels
Teachers struggling to survive on income, says report
Increasing numbers of teachers struggling to cope with rising mortgage payments and living costs, according to counselling service
Council uses criminal law to [...]
Iflove Education Reviews This Week: New Schooling Methodology All Round the World
Music industry executive Russell Simmons talks about the Transcendental Meditation in School programme
Prominent business leader and music industry executive Russell Simmons has put his personal stamp on popular culture. Now he is focusing his substantial influence to motivate and change the face of education [...]
Iflove Schooling and Educational Stories: Our Education, Our Future
Egypt: Drive to boost girls’ education
Thanks to a government and UN-sponsored drive to build over 1,000 ‘girl-friendly’ schools in seven Egyptian provinces, thousands of girls now have the opportunity for an education. About 1,063 schools have so far been built and 27,784 students enrolled. The ‘girl-friendly’ schools [...]
10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom - 10 Guides to Choose a Better Kindergarten
Great write up on the 10 signs of a good kindergarten classroom. I’m sure it will be helpful for families who are searching for a kindergarten program. I am a kindergarten teacher with the Memphis City School system in TN. I [...]
Toy Hazard Safety Recalls and Family Education. Looking for information on the latest toy hazard safety recalls that directly affects your family? Well, you have come to the right place! Read on for a summary of ALL toy hazard recalls by U.S. Consumer Safety Product Safety Commission since 1973.
(Listed by date of issue with most [...]
Some ideas for honoring women’s history: Celebrate Women’s History Month
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March is Women’s History Month — at least, it is in the United States. (It’s October in Canada.) March 8, is International Women’s Day. (Why March 8? Read about it here.)
Here are some ideas for how to celebrate, [...]
Chaparral Definition: What and where are Chaparrals?
Chaparral Biome. San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
Chaparrals are dry areas typically found in coastline regions. The landscape is predominated by dense evergreen shrubs and grasses.
The hot, dry conditions create a favorable environment for fires, which occur frequently in chaparrals.
Many fire resistant plants are found in chaparral regions. Some plants [...]
Opponents pray together at the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships
Taber Spani, one of the best high school girls basketball players in the nation, holds hands with two opponents as a coach reads a Bible verse. It is the way each game in the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships begins.
This is more than a postseason tournament [...]
Iflove Education Summary: No Child Left Behind Act: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Destroying Our Children and Schools
There are always two sides to every coin, and in education, many, many sides to any pedagogical issues. This book attempts to dissect some of those issues, criticize and critique and then offer plausible alternatives.
George [...]