Focus on the Northwest lands magazine a loyal following The Oregonian
MILWAUKIE -- Frank Amato is hooked on two things: fishing and reading. So it seemed like a good idea, 40 years ago, to quit his teaching job and launch a fishing magazine from his parents' Milwaukie basement.
Russia teen sues over evolution teaching AP via Yahoo! News
A Russian court on Wednesday held hearings in an unprecedented lawsuit brought by a 15-year-old student who says being taught the theory of evolution in school violates her rights and insults her religious beliefs.
A new idea: find out what works The New Statesman
When I lived in Africa, watching expatriate friends go down with malaria became a regular event. Sometimes it was a slow slide - aching joints and 24-hour headaches leading to soaring fevers - sometimes a dramatic collapse.
World traveler racks up miles News Leader
Janly Jaggard is seldom bored. The accomplished artist has her hands in a little bit of everything — creating art, renovating houses, photography, gardening and teaching art at the Beverley Street Studio School, to name a few.
School mergers being studied Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Predicting it could become "a hot issue," the state Board of Education yesterday began looking into consolidating schools as a way to save money. The idea, which is still in its early stages, calls for having large schools absorb students from smaller nearby schools with declining enrollment.
Let’s invest in early childhood learning Winona Daily News
Who would ever dream of not teaching a child the first letters of the alphabet n A, B, C or D? What teacher would forget to mention people like the Pilgrims, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln in a course on American history?
Hiring relatives doesn't have to turn into the family feud Daily Record
After four years learning the craft of Web design, Ann-Marie Harrington knew she was ready. What had started in 1994 as a project designed to publish Rhode Island Kids Count reports online became a bit of an obsession, with Harrington teaching herself how to create Web sites night after night.
Conference to focus on spatial thinking The Champaign News-Gazette
The American founders' conception of liberty, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the idea for Land Grant universities like the University of Illinois didn't develop in isolation. Lincoln talked with and wrote to people, for example, who communicated with other people in a set of linkages that made up what we think of today in terms of social networks and networking.
Prof. respected for wise words Penn State Collegian
For 60-year-old Subhash Chander, teaching at Penn State was more than just a job -- it was a passion. "I know he loved to teach," Ankit Chander said about his father who passed away Sunday. "He really enjoyed the actual teaching of it beyond just preparation.
Jimmy Carter to Share His Sunday Morning Bible Lessons in a New Audio Series PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
The first volume in a new series of original audio programs featuring former U.S. President Jimmy Carter teaching Sunday school will be published prior to the Easter holiday, it was announced today by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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