Posted by Ssgoldurs on Dec. 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM
This was a spam Email that I received. “Make a difference in schools by becoming a teacher.” “There are many teaching programs available.” Who wants to become a teacher today? Public education is under fire and under scrutiny. People think that teachers are overpaid and underproductive. These same so called...
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Posted by Michelle Berman on Dec. 7, 2011 at 9:35 PM
The Big East has changed its line-up, and this time it seems the changes are going to stick. The new Big East conference will span the country covering four different time zones, spanning the entire United States coast to coast and eventually have a total of 12 teams. The new...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Dec. 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Cut! But away from the schools. Eliminate the Local District Offices. Cut the Beaudry bureaucracy by 90%. Sell Beaudry and Channel 58. Exterminate all outside offices. Sell all cars. Drastically reduce testing. Eliminate work books and go back to pencil and paper work. According to Education Week "the state treasury...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Nov. 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM
Today, Ohio State University hired Urban Meyer as its head football coach. "The contract includes $4 million in base salary, bonuses — for everything from players’ graduation rates to playing in a national championship, up to $700,000 annually — and lump payments in 2014, 2016 and 2018" Public School teachers...
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Posted by Ossurworld on Nov. 18, 2011 at 6:59 AM
The Denver Bronco playbook resembles the now-defunct reader used to teach students how to read. Back in the first-grade for many quarterbacks, they learned how to read defenses with a basic primer. No, we do not speak of the McGuffey Reader that had ties to a handbook for nuclear physicists....
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Nov. 15, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Existing schools in LAUSD could be renamed after musical performers: Evelyn Champagne King Middle School Paul Revere and the Raiders Middle School Lee Dorsey High Hollywood Flames High Tito Jackson High Aretha Franklin High Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds High Jefferson Airplane High Dion and the Belmonts High Clarence Frogman...
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Posted by Mike J on Nov. 11, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Local doctors of chiropractic are sponsoring this amazing website, which offers more than 1,000 fun activities. You can find hiking trails, yoga classes and hundreds of other programs. MyMACWellness.com is the largest listing of healthy-living activities in West- Michigan and the state. The program is a partnership between the Michigan...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Nov. 10, 2011 at 9:11 PM
WHEN IN DOUBT…DIAL 9-1-1 It occurred to me this morning that there are a lot a similarities between the Penn State Football child abuse scandal and the child abuse scandal that rock the Catholic Church several years ago. Established Church = Football Factory Pope = Coach Paterno Cardinal Law =...
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Posted by Ossurworld on Nov. 8, 2011 at 12:54 PM
DATELINE: LITERATURE! If you want to be an English major in college, you may think twice with revelations this year. Oh, those in the know may have known it, but the stunning fact is that sports figures often come from the world of literature. Fiction is a great background for...
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Posted by Jerryphllps246 on Nov. 5, 2011 at 2:01 AM
College students look dissatisfied with the economy in the Unites States. Recent graduate students can’t find jobs in their desired field. With the economy dropping more and more over the past few years what are students going to do after graduation? Fortunately, some students were able to find employment after...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Nov. 4, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Frank McCourt owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is paying his estranged wife Jamie McCourt $637,159 a month. LAUSD continues to pay staff members no longer under contract and instead of firing lemon principals shifts them around or gives them cushy, better paying jobs downtown. The McCourts took money from...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Nov. 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM
"Daily is 573,000 for the six months ended Sept. 30, down more than 5 percent from the prior six-month period, and Sunday is 906,000, down more than 4 percent." Twenty years ago or less the Times daily circulation was greater than 1 million readers. You alienate LAUSD teachers by posting...
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Posted by Juliatouche on Oct. 28, 2011 at 1:09 AM
This is my opinion and opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Any way it appears that the Tea Party organizers and followers like me are disappointed with the new elected “servants of the people for the people” because before the 2010 election we heard an array of promises from...
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Posted by Michelle Berman on Oct. 27, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Jim Carr, now entering his 13th campaign at Rutgers University as director of basketball operations under second season head coach Mike Rice, visited a class of sports journalism students yesterday to share a story so touching that one might even say that it's worth telling 20 more times. Aside from...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Oct. 27, 2011 at 9:05 AM
I don’t like it! How about you? It is 4 times more than the next agency receives from me. I am paying for: Cars and drivers, Downtown administrators who never go to schools, Test preparation materials, Rental offices throughout the district, Assistants to the politicians (school board members), Maintaining the...
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