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Staying Safe in the School Drop-Off Lane
KickingTiresMy son started Kindergarten last week. After weeks of everyone asking him how excited he was, he very nervously entered the building last Friday. He was a wreck but didn't cry (I might have, just a little), and he ended......Tags: Teaching and Learning, Family
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Newtown official calls for FAU professor's firing
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI'm all for academic freedom and freedom of speech, but there's a not-so-fine line between critical thinking and crackpot lunacy. Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy has clearly stepped over it. Tracy's doubts about the Sandy Hook Elementary...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Teaching and Learning, Florida Atlantic University, Freedom of the Press
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Today's Electric Cars Could Sell for Less Tomorrow
KickingTiresWhen Nissan began taking reservations for the Leaf all-electric car in April 2010, Greg Tyler was among the first to plop down the $99 fee. Nineteen months later, the 59-year-old college professor was handed the keys. "The Leaf was the......Tags: New Products, Consumers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Credit and Debt, Craigslist, Inc.
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Are more Broward teacher layoffs coming?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIn Broward, it's become an unpleasant annual tradition as the school year winds down: Pink slips for teachers. Will the trend continue this year under new Superintendent Robert Runcie? Runcie has said it's his goal to avoid classroom teacher layoffs,........Tags: Job Layoffs, Fines, Teaching and Learning, Punishment, Unemployment
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Dr. Shaq reax: Readers split on Barry U. doctorate
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsDid former NBA superstar Shaquille O???Neal do research worthy of a doctoral degree? Or was this a case of celebrity doctorate lite, with Barry University in Miami cheapening itself by trading off an advanced diploma for a ton of national......Tags: Computer Science, Barry University, Celebrities, Constance Talmadge, National Basketball Association
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Runcie's priorities for Broward schools laudable
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf there's one thing to remember about schools in general and Broward schools in particular, it's this: When change is proposed, somebody's always going to grumble. Doesn't matter if it's school boundaries, bus policies or class scheduling, you're never...Tags: Fines, Teaching and Learning, Students, Punishment
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Gloucester schools substitute teacher list has one supervisor
Who's on Team Gloucester?Supervisor Gregory Woodard is on the substitute teacher list for Gloucester County Public Schools, according to information from the school system. But Woodard has yet to work as a substitute teacher in Gloucester in the 2010-11 school year. Woodard is......Tags: Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Schools
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Top Palm Beach County educators touting Barack Obama
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe race for the White House is taking a turn toward Palm Beach County???s school system. Several local educators, including Palm Beach County School Board Chairman Bill Graham, are hosting campaign events today for Sen. Barack Obama???s presidential...Tags: Political Candidates, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Jupiter, Palm Beach County School Board
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The Heat offers a ticket deal for educators
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe Heat is expecting a big crowd ??? possibly a full house ??? for tonight???s game against the Atlanta Hawks. The team???s won four games in a row and crowds tend to pick up during the holiday season. But filling......Tags: Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Verizon Wireless, Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets
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Lincoln, Obama, Darwin... Sarah Palin?
The SwampMark Silva Happy birthday, Abe Lincoln. Happy birthday, Charles Darwin. Today is not only the 200th anniversary of the birth of the American president who saved the union, but also the 200th anniversary of the birth of the British naturalist......Tags: Sarah Palin, Science, Biology, Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning
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Ron Klein labels his opponent's policies 'radical'
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsU.S. Rep. Ron Klein's campaign on Wednesday blasted positions taken by his Republican challenger, Allen West, as "radical policies" that would hurt South Florida. West's offense: advocating abolition of the federal Department of Education. Klein, a Boca...Tags: Political Systems, Fort Lauderdale, Retirement, Teaching and Learning, Deerfield Beach
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FAU president's resignation no surprise
Given the semester from hell she just endured, it's not surprising that Florida Atlantic University president Mary Jane Saunders quit this week. In the end, Saunders couldn't please anyone and alienated just about everyone: trustees, students, faculty,...
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