June 2012
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This is a little personal, but I figure I’m going to marry this girl someday, so I’m not really ashamed to share this.
Tomorrow will be the first time for a long time that I won’t have to fall asleep without the woman I love. That’s pretty awesome, and so is she.
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U.S. Students Know What, But Not Why →
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The first-ever use of interactive computer tasks on a national science assessment suggests that most U.S. students struggle with the reasoning skills needed to investigate multiple variables, make strategic decisions, and explain experimental results.
Paper-and-pencil exams measure how well students can critique and analyze studies. But interactive tasks also require students...
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A backlash against high-stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S....
– Parents protest surge in standardized testing | Reuters
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So how can we improve the situation? The first thing we should do is broaden our...
– I don’t have the energy to decry the repeated slashed funding of the arts right now, but this quote really put things in context. There’s more to it if you click through.
Response: Several Ways We Can Help Students Develop Their Creativity
alien-queen asked: Just saw your post about repaying loans - you say to consolidate all of your loans through the federal government, but there are many people like me who, for example, have $46,000 of private loan debt through Citibank, Sallie Mae, and MRU Holdings that are not affiliated with the government. The federal government will not allow you to consolidate those loans, as best I can tell. Your advice to...
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Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland congratulates... →
You guys don’t even know how egregious this is up here.
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Facebook to show you ads based on your Web... →
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Facebook will soon be using your Web browsing to help decide which advertisements you see.
A new Facebook system will use your activity on other websites to send you what Facebook thinks are ads about your current interests. Advertisers will, in effect, be bidding to get their ads in front of you.
Here’s an example: Say a Facebook user visits a travel website and clicks on a...
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