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Obama backs teacher merit pay, charter schools
Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:04 AM EDT
President Barack Obama called for tying teachers' pay to student performance and expanding innovative charter schools Tuesday, embracing ideas that have provoked hostility from members of teachers unions.
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Music can be path to language and math
Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:21 PM EDT
The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion for making school fun.
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A deadly clash of emotions before Oxnard shooting - Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:54 AM EST (The L.A. Times)
The anti-gay taunts and slurs that Larry endured from his male peers apparently had been constant, as routine for him as math lessons and recess bells. The stinging words were isolating. As grieving friend Melissa Reza, 15, put it, Larry lived much of his life "toward the side. .
Report: Jagger target of Hells Angels murder plot - CNN.com
Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:55 PM EST (CNN)
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched by the Hells Angels, a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary claims. Jagger
BBC NEWS | Business | Oil sets fresh record at $103.95
Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:38 PM EST (BBC News)
Oil prices have surged to a new record high in reaction to the falling dollar and fading hopes of more supply. US light, sweet crude jumped to $103.95 a barrel, before giving back some gains to trade at $102.45. London Brent also climbed to a record, hitting $102.
What do we all (lurkers too) want in a social news site?
Sat Mar 1, 2008 11:13 AM EST
It seems like this is as good a time as any to think about and discuss what we want in a social news site, and how we find it (or don't) at Newsvine. Has what you want in a social news site changed over time?
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Response to Newsvine Prank
Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:49 PM EST
Many have requested an official response in regards to the recent set of pranks carried out by 12 contributors. For those of you who may have missed it, or aren't sure what happened, here's a brief breakdown.
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A Contemplation Of Trust in Social Media
Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:37 PM EST
As any frequent reader of this column will note, I am generally reluctant to slip into the first person in my writing and less than enthusiastic when it comes to discussing the "meta" goings on within the Social News community in which I publish.
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Video Reveals Violations of Laws, Abuse of Cows at Slaughterhouse - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:58 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand on their own; drivers using forklifts to roll the "downer" cows on the ground in efforts to get them to stand up for inspection; a …
NPR: The Family Dinner Deconstructed
Seeded on Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:04 PM EST (NPR)
Anna Peisl Dinner conversations rich with explanation and storytelling may help kids learn to read. Zefa/Corbis Morning Edition, February 7, 2008 · About a decade ago, research started appearing on the family dinner, and the news was uniformly good.
Ugly U.S. Economy Strikes Again
Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:33 PM EST
What do you do with a year and a half of experience in marketing at a small ministry and a degree in music education? This is my current situation.
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Imago Andei: Continuing the Discussion About Electric Cars
Seeded on Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:48 PM EST (andrewmeans.typepad.com)
There are several misconceptions about the generation of electricity as it relates to plug-in cars.
Tough times mean people donate much less; Charities report gap in needs, resources
Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:42 PM EST (ledger.southofboston.com)
Food pantries, social service agencies and community organizations are struggling this winter as many businesses donate less money to charity than last year because of the uncertain economy.
Real people on the internet? This ain't your father's world wide web anymore.
Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:05 AM EST
I was in high school when the internet became mainstream in the mid 1990s. I remember checking out chat rooms and bulletin boards and downloading DOOM. Back then, people remained anonymous on the net.
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After a Week of Lurking, I'm Back, and We Have a New Newsviner!
Fri Dec 7, 2007 3:34 PM EST
Last Friday morning at 10:17 AM, my daughter Madelyn came screaming into the world. It was a great moment. Since then I've been trying to stay caught up with work, learn how to change diapers (wipe down, not up on girls), and enjoy everything soft and cute about my little girl.
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NPR : Study: Adoption Not Harmful to Child's Self-Esteem
Seeded on Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:51 PM EST (NPR)
New research challenges the common perception that adoption negatively impacts a child's self-esteem. A study by a Dutch researcher shows that adopted children tend to overcome developmental and emotional problems, and achieve a normal level of self-esteem.
The Tragic Face of Burma
Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:07 AM EST
Before I went to Thailand this summer, I had never heard of a junta. I wouldn't have recognized one if it was running straight at me in an open field.
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Keeping Kids Afloat in a Sea of Troubles
Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:39 AM EST
It's 6:30 in the morning and sleepy-eyed children are walking in holding the hands of their little brothers and sisters to the sound of Enrique singing and playing his guitar.
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More Evidence We've Entered the End of Oil
Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:31 PM EST (Wired News)
There is growing concern within the petroleum industry that we are approaching a limit to the amount of oil that can be pumped each day, and it might arrive before alternative fuels can be adopted on a large enough scale to avert severe energy shortages, the Wall Street Journal …
ABC News: Is It Macy's or Marshall Field's?
Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:03 PM EST (ABC News)
Shoppers are getting all bent out of shape over the name change of their favorite department stores. The protest is loudest in Chicago where the historic Marshall Fields was changed to Macy's. My question: Is this really what we've become passionate about?
A Hard-Knocks Lesson in Relativity
Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:32 PM EST
I'm in the middle of my second week in Liberia and the excitement of going on an adventure has worn off. It's hot and humid, and there's no reliable running water. I've stood under a running shower only twice in the last eleven days, and for only 3-4 minutes each time.
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Optimism in Impoverished Liberia Will Drive the Country's Future
Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:10 PM EST
"Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said when we got into the car. "Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said again when he stopped the car and got out.
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Meeting the Third World for the First Time
Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:34 PM EST
I grew up seeing images of starving children in Africa on t.v. I'm bombarded with them all the time by the media. The images of a world so different than mine have always been interesting, but never engaging.
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A Tale of Two Pregnancies
Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:08 PM EST
My wife is pregnant and the arrival of our "little bundle of joy," as our doctor calls it every time we see him, is imminent - possibly as soon as next week some time.
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Somalia — No Place for a Child
Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:47 PM EST
Abukar Mursal stopped going outside to play after a bullet grazed his back during a soccer game in Mogadishu, the wretched seaside capital where he was born.
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Low-altitude rocket launched in New Mexico
An Orlando, Fla.-based avionics company successfully fired a low-altitude rocket Tuesday at a new spaceport in New Mexico where the state hopes to launch commercial space tourism flights within two years.
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