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History of US Constitutional Principles...

The Center for American Studies and Research sponsored a lecture entitled ""The History of US Constitutional Principles: Civil Law vs. Religious Imperatives"" by Dr. Donald Sharpes. Dr. Donald K. Sharpes is Professor in the Emeritus College at Arizona State University, and was a former director in the US Department of Education in Washington DC. He has taught at the universities of Maryland, Maine, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Utah State, Weber State and Arizona State. He was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Qinghai Normal University from 1988-94, and was the first American inducted as a Fellow in the China Senior Professors Association. In 2008 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Studies group of the American Educational Research Association. He has authored 18 books and over 240 articles in the social and behavioral sciences, humanities, and teacher education. He has been published in the US, England, Finland, Norway, Germany (in German), India, Malaysia, China (in Chinese), Hong Kong, and Denmark (in Danish), and has lived and worked in the Middle East.

America’s High School Dropout Epidemic...

The United States gets a failing grade when it comes to high school dropouts.

Increase in Illegal Killing of Rhinos in Africa, A...

This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com We received a question from a listener about how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. But it also depends on the interest and training of the teachers, and the goals and budgets of the schools. Schools are almost all connected to the Internet. But some have more technology, and use it more, than others. For example, some schools use computers for activities like video conferencing, to bring the world into the classroom. And some classrooms are equipped with things like a Smart Board, a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large displays for presentations. They connect to a computer and can operate by touch. They can be used for documents or writing or to project video. Some teachers are trying creative new ways to teach with devices like iPods and mobile phones. But educators say the most important thing, as always, is the content. Yet technology can have special importance in some cases. Cosmobot is a therapy robot. It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes. One child who works with it is six-year-old Kevin Fitzgerald. Kevin has developmental dyspraxia; he has difficulty moving his mouth and tongue. He works with Carole Semango-Sprouse as he uses a set of buttons attached to a computer. He can make the silent robot move forward ...

Educational thoughts...

My thoughts on education in America and Asia... and what it means to be a teacher.

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US News and World Report did a study of high schools in the United States and, through some odd formula of their own creation, determined the Top 100 High Schools in the US. NPA of Flagstaff, AZ received #56. This clip comes from the local Channel 2 News at 10pm on Friday, November 30th, 2007. That night, this achievement of NPA received less than one minute of screen time. The weather and possibly of snow received four minutes. The perfect example of Arizona values and why it's amazing that ...

Top 100 High Schools — #56 Northland Prepara...

US News and World Report did a study of high schools in the United States and, through some odd formula of their own creation, determined the Top 100