Secretary Spellings moderated a panel discussion on “Educational Options and America’s Cities” at the White House Summit on Inner-City Children and Faith-Based Schools in Washington, D.C More: continued here

ED’s newly launched “Doing What Works” web site added a feature to help educators and administrators with research-based strategies to help boost the achievement levels of girls in math and science. More: continued here

This is kind of the all-around wrap-up post. It covers the lunches, and the only reason I mention lunches is that I actually went to lunch events. The rest is pretty much my final reflection on the experience and my two cents. If you already read the actual session notes and don’t care much for [...]

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills published an ERIC Digest in 1989. It was titled Critical Thinking: Promoting It in the Classroom. It was written by M. Carrol Tama. Although a bit dated, it still seems relevent today for K-12 and higher education teachers.From the site:The NCTE Committee on Critical Thinking and the [...]

The Library at the American University of Kuwait is pleased to announce the opening of two new positions:Reference/Instruction LibrarianResponsibilities: maintains and delivers library services in support of the AUK learning community. Duties include but are not limited to assisting library patrons daily; conducting information literacy sessions; material circulation; interlibrary loan processing; report preparation; assists with [...]

Hesse, Monica. Can You Handle It? Better Yet: Do You Know It When You See It? Washington Post, p. M01, Sunday, April 27, 2008.http://tinyurl.com/63q8y4The article discusses information literacy in the age of “wikiality”, Stephen Colbert’s term for “a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it must be true.” Bernie Sloan ____________________________________________________________________________________Be a [...]

State: OhioGovernment Documents Librarian/Assistant Librarian to manage the federal, Ohio and European Union depository collections, a UN collection and small law collection; ensure compliance with the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) guidelines; provide leadership towards an internet-based collection; encourage use of collection; provide research help in-house and via email, chat and IM (evenings and weekends [...]

Psst! It’s no secret: copying is plagiarism“It is extremely easy for students to make the mistake of cutting and pasting from the Internet,” said Catharine O’Connell, vice president for academic affairs and academic dean at Defiance College. “In the old days, when one had to type in text from a source, there wasn’t as much [...]

I think it’s human nature to want to find one’s place, whether in the grand scheme of life or just within one’s work environment.I’ve been at my job for just under three months and in a way that seems both short and long. Now that I’m starting to get a feel for what is expected [...]

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