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Sat, 17 May 2008 05:59:07 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/education.xml http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17476655 The Edgar Award statuette is an oddly made thing, but this one sure looks nice in John Hart's Greensboro office (click image to enlarge) EdCone.com Fri, 16 May 2008 22:10:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17476655 http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17481450 Despite Funding Issues, Public Schools Row On Special to The Washington Post Saturday, May 17, 2008; Page E01 This afternoon, at the oldest and largest high school regatta in the country, a Fairfax County public school boys' rowing team, in its 19th year, washingtonpost.com: Education Sat, 17 May 2008 01:54:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17481450 http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17481449 Graduate Knows All About Carrying a Full Load Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 17, 2008; Page B01 BALTIMORE, May 16 -- There is no easy explanation for how Sylvia Spady-Viney managed to get her master's degree Friday from the University of washingtonpost.com: Education Sat, 17 May 2008 01:54:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17481449 http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17481451 Three young women won the grand prize at Nerdageddon, aka the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta. Natalie Saranga Omattage of Cleveland, Miss., Her biosensors were based on the quartz crystal microbalance, which involves instruments that are portable, relatively inexpensive joannejacobs.com Sat, 17 May 2008 00:57:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17481451 http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17481558 At the Feminist Law Professors blog, the University of Pittsburgh's Anthony C. Infanti offered a quick breakdown of the decision's implications: "I was most relieved to see the court reject the idea that same-sex couples need not be given access to marriage Slate Magazine Sat, 17 May 2008 02:16:50 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17481558 http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17476620 New York Times CNN president Jon Klein says there'd be no good programming reason to move Larry King off 9 p.m. He calls King's show "one of the few appointment viewing shows on television. It takes years and years to build that up." What about Katie Couric? Poynter Online Fri, 16 May 2008 21:37:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17476620 http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_ac360blog/~3/292031679/ Barack Obama and John McCain have been going at it like the general election’s already begun. Warren Jeffs, the polygamous sect leader, was in court in Arizona today. And the authorities in Texas are gearing up for a hearing Monday about the more than Anderson Cooper 360 Blog Sat, 17 May 2008 01:47:27 GMT http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_ac360blog/~3/292031679/ http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17480637 Bush, of course, was speaking on the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary, and toward the end of his speech, he laid out a vision of the Middle East as it might exist 60 years in the future: Israel will be celebrating the 120th anniversary as one of the Slate Magazine Sat, 17 May 2008 01:52:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/journalism/item/17480637 http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17479379 Universities generally have one or more version of campus housing in order to accommodate students, grad students, faculty, married students, etc. University tuition costs vary depending upon whether they are public or private, but are more expensive than Educated Nation Fri, 16 May 2008 23:48:32 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17479379 http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17478264 Though the social justice crowd would disagree with me, Hannah Arendt wouldn’t - education is inherently conservative, and a musical tradition that draws deeply from its own annals, even when describing the present and speculating about the future, is a Education for the Aughts Fri, 16 May 2008 23:05:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17478264 http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17477844 The fifth grade at Clarkstown’s Strawtown Elementary School is conducting a bike donation project tomorrow (Saturday, May 17) for People to People. The students are collecting used bicycles and then, with their parents, will fix them up (fill tires with The Hall Monitor Fri, 16 May 2008 22:56:29 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17477844 http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17475173 Well, the write-up was given in today, without much fuss, thank goodness, although a last minute change did involve me running around the building like a headless chicken, looking for a color printer. Out of all those write-up rooms, offices, staff rooms, Of Short White Coast and Stethoscope Fri, 16 May 2008 20:20:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17475173 http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17471501 In today's podcast, we present reports on the Chinese earthquake rescue efforts, the latest plans for a US military Africa command, polar bears as an endangered species and a review of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian." csmonitor.com: Learning Fri, 16 May 2008 18:54:08 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/generaleducation/item/17471501 http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17467295 Although research should end by finding a primary authority (case or statute) that answers your research question, the best place to start is with a secondary authority or even at the reference desk. Secondary authorities include treatises, hornbooks, law Top Law Student Fri, 16 May 2008 17:13:41 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17467295 http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17467494 On our blog and in public presentations, we have tried to persuade candidates to eschew rankings, which fluctuate frequently (and sometimes wildly), and instead pay attention to fit, which is enduring. Now, as the admissions season is underway at HBS and on mbaMission Fri, 16 May 2008 17:31:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17467494 http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17466913 I won't be featuring the likes of Harvard and Amherst here, but less well-known schools that are worth a look. These are colleges that are up-and-coming or have quirky or creative approaches to education. I begin with the Franklin W. Olin College of About.com: College Admissions Fri, 16 May 2008 12:30:44 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17466913 http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17465349 The Economist notes that there are disputes about the state of the economy and that so far, MBAs seem to be downgrading expectations, but finding offers and secure jobs (no offers being rescinded except for Bear Stearns and few MBAs being laid off after only mbaMission Fri, 16 May 2008 16:48:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/collegeprep/item/17465349 http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17462292 Worse still, a band called The Cuban Boys released a song called “Cognoscenti Versus Intelligentsia,” which consisted mostly of that irritating Hamster Dance sound loop and high pitched yodeling you might recognize as the sped up voice of Satan. Life of a Law Student Fri, 16 May 2008 15:16:08 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17462292 http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17462139 I'll be at PDMA's "Front End of Innovation" Conference in Boston next week. Last time I checked, I couldn't find any other hospital members of the PDMA (Product Development and Management Association). As I interact with this group, I'm definitely stretched hospital impact Fri, 16 May 2008 15:07:06 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17462139 http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17461673 Ian Ayres (Yale) weighs in in support of Chicago's recent move to ban Internet access from the classrooms Brian Leiter's Law School Reports Fri, 16 May 2008 14:32:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17461673 http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17427836 As noted yesterday (see the Update), Chancellor Mark Wrighton of Washington University, St. Louis has defended, in a letter to the university community, the decision to award know-nothing bigot Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree. Following the public Brian Leiter's Law School Reports Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:09 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17427836 http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15710147 In response to your feedback, we will add the following features to each of our ePrep for the SAT study programs: • An electronic scheduler that will pace you through your study efforts. To help make your purchase decision easier, we will also offer courses that are specifically designed and ePrep: Blog Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:30:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15710147 http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17428162 P]eople, especially outside the business world, think that Enron is a story about numbers and complicated financial transactions that you couldn't understand even if you wanted to, but the Enron story is really a story about people.” It was because McLean found the people involved to be the most The Differential Thu, 15 May 2008 15:46:58 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17428162 http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17431890 Although many of you have already celebrated graduation, we here at VLS are gearing up for graduation this weekend. I was warned we live under something of a weather curse here at VLS; a dean was just reminiscing with me about the "one great (weather) graduation", back in 2003, when the Law School Academic Support Blog Thu, 15 May 2008 17:21:49 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/lawschool/item/17431890 http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17413723 Throw amongst those pragmatic concerns the intellectual and long held criticism that organized medicine suppresses the supply of physicians and the scope of non-physician practice and is thus inherently anti-free market. To argue some conspiracy to suppress From Medskool Thu, 15 May 2008 04:30:14 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17413723 http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/14802302 Simply because of the great number who still didn’t have electricity at different times, Crittenden students haven’t had school since Monday was cut short in preparation for the approaching storm. The local scholarships are relatively small and not due for a few months, so I plan on waiting to find ACT Student Blog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:44:37 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/14802302 http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17324535 In addition to pleasant discussions and an opportunity to actual get to know patients, we also have to watch movies! They showed it to us to help us understand the onset of schizophrenia, before the patient is seen in a clinical setting, now that we have seen the acute and residual phases. The Berry Patch Mon, 12 May 2008 18:18:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/medicalschool/item/17324535 http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/16165623 Classes like Fuller's, part of a six-week course run by The College Review, a Beachwood counseling and test prep company, are becoming popular with families seeking a boost. "It's critically important that students prepare for standardized tests," said Randall Deike, vice president for enrollment SAT Tutor Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/16165623 http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15019942 Today's question is [I hope that CollegeBoard does not get mad at me for showing this question - but heck, I tell everyone to read their stuff & buy their book. So, I think that they should be happy with me - I make them money]: A woman drove to work at SAT Tutor Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:16:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15019942 http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15059429 Harvard University . We’ll post a short-cut to our best SAT videos to help you with last minute planning, but we want to call your attention to this video advice: Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and ePrep: Blog Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:21:11 GMT http://news.myspace.com/education/sat_act/item/15059429