Allen's Ambitions Held Up by Va. Campaign

Republican Sen. George Allen had hoped for an easy slide to re-election and, from there, a launching pad to the presidency.

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Immigrants Rely on Patchy English Teaching

For Lidia Veras and Elena Clarisa Sepulveda, the pace of life is achingly slow, weighed down by confusion and delay.

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Ariz. to Pay Schools Over English Lessons

A federal judge ordered Friday that public schools receive $21 million in fines paid by the state for missing a deadline to revamp programs for students learning the English language.

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Ariz. Racking Up Court Fines Over Schools

Roughly six years after a federal judge ordered Arizona's governor and lawmakers to improve programs for students learning English, the two sides are at a potentially expensive impasse.

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Boys are being failed by our schools

An interesting article about gender difference in education. Myself, I know deep down that I need challenges and competition to thrive. I would not do well in a competition-free environment. I would quickly become bored and disinterested.

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Mandate Aside, Private Tutors Aren't Always An Option

When Education Firms Say No, Rural Schools Find It Hard to Obey 'No Child'

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Distance Learning

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about applications, news stories and trends that touch on or are a part of distance learning. So distance learning is the ability for a student to take part in a class without having to physically attend it.

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Sex stimulates intellect

Funny article on how regular intercourse can make you smarter.

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Englisch Sprachschule in Sliema, Sprachschulen für Englisch in Malta,

sehr günstig und gut gegenüber deutschen Sprachschulen. Es wird empfohlen nicht unter 2 Wochen anzureisen uns sehr kleine Gruppen oder Einzelunterricht zu buchen.

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Major decisions for minors - Los Angeles Times

Food for thought for all of who think our education system needs drastic changes

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Babies Can Learn Words as Early as 10 Months

A new study reveals that 10-month-old infants can link words and objects, but only if the object is already interesting to them.

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学中文 (Learn Chinese)

这是我的先文件在中文。 我一点会说中文， 可是，我会说英文因为我是美国人。 我在《New York City》生的， 可是， 我妈妈在《New Jersey》生的。我要学印度文因为我会说印度文不好，可是， 今天我不会学。我喜欢

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The Top 101 Web Sites for Teachers

Interesting blog geared towards educators who use technology. Can't actually find 101 sites here, but the ones listed are worth reading about, nay actually checking out

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You still need that college education

In a few weeks I’ll be finished with my associate degree in business. I decided on business because for that level of degree there really isn’t much else.

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Exploring Global Consciousness and the Holosync Solution

In our second podcast we introduce you to Dean Radin and Bill Harris. Dean Radin is a pioneer in the field of consciousness, intuition, and psychic phenomena.

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The World is Flat AARP Review

Lovely review of Friedman's The World is Flat, from a very different angle that most reviews of the book...

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Memory aided by meaning

This is a very readable article summarizing research on memory that offers some concrete suggestions for those of us who want to improve our memorization abilities.

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Power Learning: Can You Beef Up Your Brain?

A look at the two approaches to the quest for souped-up learning.

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Pluralism: Not as Crazy as it Sounds

For the past week, I have been in Belize, a small, English-speaking Central American country. Although I was largely out of touch with modernity, occasional Internet access brought me to Newsvine's homepage and up to speed with the world.

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Accredited remote learning (ARL), free college education, literacy & halting mass death

Accredited Remote Learning (ARL) enables maximum access, minimum cost, high quality college education for all anywhere in the world and hence more teachers, elevated global literacy and decreased global avoidable mortality (45,000 per day) and under-5 infant mortality (30,000 per

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Lynda.com Launches Podcast Series || The Mac Observer

Lynda.com starting 'HOWTO' podcast series.

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How Old Is Too Old to Learn?

If you wonder if you're too old to learn you probably wouldn't be curious enough to read this. I'm always looking for clever articles that address ageless learner issues and found this one terrific, funny, and easy to read.

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Two Ways to Make a Kid Smarter

If you've ever bought a toy because the box said it was education, this article is for you. It's a bit more educational than most of those toys.

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Create a Learning Culture

If you're interested in improving the culture in your organization (any sort of organization!) you might enjoy this article.

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See What I Mean: The Power of Visual Learning

Explores ways to increase your ability to communicate and educate through the use of visuals and graphics in your writing and design.

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Educated?

When Americans think of education, they inevitably think of school. Americans assign educational value to symbols like high school diplomas, college degrees, and other school certificates.

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Video games 'stimulate learning'

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Learning Ruby on Rails: Part One

This is the first real part of my series of articles on my experiences learning Ruby on Rails. They can act as a guide for those in a similar position, but are mainly a document of how easy it is to pick up Ruby on Rails, and throw out a decent web application with it.

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Dot Mac- Worth $100/yr??

If you are a Mac user, you know Apple spends time thinking up great ways to improve computing. It is no different when it comes to their dot mac service. For a years worth of service, it costs $99.95. Included with the service is 2Gb worth of space on Apple's server.

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