Standardized testing

Flickr: Renata Ganoza The focus on scoring well on standardized tests has wedged educators into a difficult spot. Teachers are concerned that a poor showing on the tests will jeopardize school funding, or even their jobs, and often feel they have to suspend everything else in order to focus on test prep. Putting so much energy into one assessment — one that doesn’t give teachers and students any granular, actionable information — takes resources, time, and energy away from other kinds of rich learning experiences. One school district is trying to…
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Education For students

President Obama has said, “the story of the Civil Rights Movement was written in our schools.” Secretary Duncan has echoed that, “education is the civil rights issue of our generation.” This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, and the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches. A recent event brought together more than two dozen students from New York and New Jersey high schools to show the film, Selma, with the film’s…
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MDC College students Portal

Nestled at the northern part of Bohol is a modest but elegant looking college. Mater Dei College offers a harmonious blend of a peaceful rural ambience and a fast-paced technological advancement. Demographically, MDC can be considered a small college with a population of more than a thousand students, but her small size did not deter her from having big visions. In spite of limited resources, she dares to dream-dreams which have been gradually materialized with abundant blessings from Mary, the Mother of God (Mater Dei), the patroness of the institution…
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Cheap clothes Los Angeles

Citadel Outlets near downtown Los Angeles Factory Outlets are stores where manufacturers occasionally offer items at a discount in order to sell off remaining inventory from the previous season. Not everything is on sale, although you can usually find some deals. Most of the outlet stores are clustered in large outdoor shopping centers, but many are too far from Los Angeles to be reached via public transportation. - An open-air mall that contains scores of factory outlet stores where you can find many of your favorite name brands at up to 70% off…
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CAD for students

By Rebecca Goodno MCC Communications Intern Most people scrap their used cardboard. In MCC Instructor Jeff Johnston’s class, they sit on it. Each year, he requires his Computer Aided Design (CAD) students to research, design and eventually construct usable chairs from corrugated paper and glue. The lesson benefits anyone pursuing a career in computer aid design, manufacturing engineering technology and industrial technology, explained Johnston. He laid down the ground rules at semester’s start. Students were grouped into three teams of two-to-three…
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Student Academic Planner

1. I clicked on the CLICK HERE button but nothing happened? SJSU Planner opens in a new browser window or tab. You must disable your pop-up blocker or accept pop-ups from the MySJSU website. See the examples below. 2. Should I build my courses around my breaks, or the other way around? The courses you need or want to take should always drive your schedule. We recommend refining your course choices before adding in your break times. 3. I clicked Generate Schedules and got hundreds of results! Use the filters to narrow down your results. Try the following…
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Students CAD Software

Dunwoody students and faculty are celebrating the installation of the College’s newest piece of equipment- a Kongsberg V20 CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Table. Kongsberg, a division of Esko, Inc. (a valued partner to the Design & Graphics Technology department) manufactures its tables in the Czech Republic and sells them worldwide. The new table and software allows users to design and produce cartons, containers, retail displays, signage and die cut art made from a wide array of materials including paper, plastic and corrugated cardboard…
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Educational Websites for students

Sites for Every Student Rate My Professors - This site is great for college students who re planning their class schedule. It features ratings for more than one million professors around the world. Those professors are ranked by more than 6.8 million students. Backpack - Backpack is the ultimate organizational Web app for college students. It allows users to take notes online, create to-do lists, keep schedules and much more. Study Hacks - Study Hacks is dedicated to demystifying student success. This college blog has become one of the best places…
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Student Websites

Looking to expand your marketing knowledge and stay current with what’s happening in the industry? Here are 12 websites you can bookmark. The marketing potential of wearable technology like Google Glass. The content marketing explosion. The future of text message and mobile analytics. The rise of “social TV.” One thing you can do is bookmark some of these leading marketing websites – and then visit them regularly. Doing so will only enhance the knowledge you’re gaining from your coursework. And, as Renaissance thinker Francis Bacon said more than…
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My UCSD

An art installation, My Meditations End in Reverie, by UC San Diego student Elizabeth Stringer is now on display through May. The exhibition is divided into two parts, located in both the Seuss Room Foyer within Geisel Library and in the Biomedical Library Building entry. With an educational background as a double major in Human Biology and Art Studio Practice, Stringer has found herself within a world of growing rationalism in contemporary science and society. By allowing this mode of thinking to be the guide of passion, she investigates the poetic…
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Dadeschools

Dadeschools – is the official site of Miami-Dade Public School. Its content gives all the information related to Miami-Dade Public School. It is a global school, which has diverse students who come from a wide range of vibrant communities. The students speak in 56 different languages and represent about 160 countries. The school is located at the southern part of Florida peninsula. Based on the tab “school information” on , Miami-Dade Public School is available from elementary school to senior high school. Charter and magnet school are also available…
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Student Community

Powering 3, 260, 836 Edublogs since 2005 Today we re excited to announce we ve rolled out many more new beautiful themes. All these themes are mobile friendly; designed to display nicely on all devices. Bring a fresh, sophisticated look Read more When Edublogs began nearly a decade ago, the idea was to bring blogging to every classroom. Then, a few years later, our Edublogs Campus product was created to provide white label Read more Woah! Today s news is kinda big. We ve made available a new plugin, called Jetpack, which when activated brings…
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