Senate to devote $1B to fight gangs - Yahoo! News

Senate to devote $1B to fight gangs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070922/ap_on_go_co/congress_gangs

ANSI Inspiration products

For your reference:

http://www.goascent.com/inspiration/default.html

"The Leader in Visual Thinking and Learning"

NASA Engineering Design Challenge - Bring Space Into Your Classroom!

As NASA plans to return to the moon, plant growth will be an important part of space exploration. NASA scientists anticipate that astronauts may be able to grow plants on the moon in specialized plant growth chambers. Come participate and build your own lunar growth chamber in the NASA Engineering Design Challenge!

Through the NASA Engineering Design Challenge, elementary, middle and high school students will:

• Design, build, and evaluate lunar plant growth chambers
• Receive cinnamon basils seeds flown on STS-118
• Test lunar growth chambers by growing and comparing both space-flown and earth-based control seeds

Visit http://www.nasa.gov/education/plantchallenge to register and to receive more information about the NASA Engineering Design Challenge. You can also sign up for the NASA Express listserv to receive e-mail updates about the challenge and other NASA education activities.

Join the NASA Engineering Design Challenge and be part of space exploration by growing seeds flown in space!

September 13, 2007

SRA Class Notes

An online version of SRA Class Notes is available at:
http://www.sraonline.com/mail_downloads/sra_class_notes_spring_2007.html

SRAonline Resources For You

SRA Teacher Network

The SRA Teacher Network is a community of educators who are familiar with SRA products, such as Open Court Reading and Direct Instruction. Members believe in the effectiveness of the programs and want to keep up to date on them. They share their teaching experience with their colleagues. Membership is FREE.

Teach Your Children Well

Woodstock-era baby boomers will recognize a line from a popular song by Crosby, Stills, and Nash, but the thought goes back much further than that. In Deuteronomy 6:7, the Israelites were instructed to teach God's commandments "diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

Reference: Everyday Life in the Bible Times, page 223 of Fascinating Bible Facts
Howard, Jr., Ph.D. and Burge, Ph.D.
1992 Publications International, Ltd., Illinois, USA

Economics and Education

Economic reasons why a nation supports education and training

The workers of some nations have more human capital than those of other nations because some nations invest more heavily in education and training. Nations that spend money and effort on the education and training of their young will develop workers with substantially more human capital than those countries that do not do so. Nations that do not have the financial resources necessary or a tradition of education may produce hard workers, but their minimal human capital limits their value. Singapore created a good, competitive public education system and now has a high personal income average because its workers have superior human capital. West African nations cannot afford to build schools and hire teachers and their human capital remains low.

Much of the human capital of a nation's workforce is acquired when people are young and in school. Increasing a nation's human capital will enable its economy to create more wealth. A nation with a largely illiterate workforce with little or no understanding of math or science cannot efficiently convert its land resources or use its capital machinery effectively. Education and training are absolutely essential to the creation of an efficient economy.The United States has emphasized education and training for years and has one of the highest rates of economic growth in the world as a result. Through an increased emphasis on education, the United States hopes to hold onto its economic advantage. Southeast Asian nations such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand have invested heavily in education and reaped the benefits with high economic growth in the 1990s. They continue to invest in their children today.

Ref. PLATO World View

March 23, 2007

Tools for Teaching

Learn to Decrease Stress and Overwork Student Disruptions Backtalk Helpless Handraising

Learn to Increase Responsible Behavior Independent Learning Time for Enrichment Motivation