Posted on January - 04 - 2012
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If you have a child in your life who is beginning to read or struggling to read, there are many ways to help them gain the skills they need to be successful. Sometimes it is difficult to pinpoint an exact method to get them started and to reinforce what is happening at school. Many of the books that you share with your child and that you both enjoy are not appropriate tools to teach them how to read.
The process described in this hub is an approximation of the methods I learned in my teacher education program, developed by one of my professors Dr. Stanley Swartz. There are five basic steps in this process: selecting appropriate texts, read aloud, shared reading, guided reading and independent reading.
As I stated before, not every book that you have in your child’s library is a good choice to enter into this method with.
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Posted on January - 01 - 2012
Chris Grayling admits that youth unemployment is a “very real challenge”
Unemployed young people face a “very real challenge”, Employment Minister Chris Grayling has admitted.
But he said he was determined to get them into work as soon as possible and promised the government would not leave them “sitting there indefinitely”.
His comments to the BBC come a day after figures showed a record 1.027 million 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed.
Labour called for more action to bridge the gap between education and work.
Chris Graylings comments came before the government announced further measures aimed at reducing youth unemployment.
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Posted on December - 31 - 2011
Andres de la Concha, a veterinary pathologist at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, has earned the 2011 TVMDL Director’s Excellence Award in the professional category, Dr. Tammy Beckham, director, announced.
As a professional in the histopathology section at the laboratory’s College Station location since 2004, de la Concha performs necropsies and examines animal tissues submitted by clients. He also prepares reports and consults with clients daily regarding their cases.
“Dr. de la Concha contributes to veterinary medicine by working with his fellow veterinarians to improve the health of Texas livestock and companion animals,” Beckham said. “He has earned recognition statewide and nationally for his service. We are fortunate to benefit from his expertise at TVMDL.”
For the full story on Dr. De La Concha, visit here.
Posted on December - 17 - 2011
As todays City Council hearing on parent engagement wore into its third hour, parents grew agitated that they had yet to deliver their testimony.
After listening to chancellor Dennis Walcott and executive director for family and community engagement, Jesse Mojica, discuss parent engagement with council members for hours, the parents were ready to contribute, but the meeting was scheduled to end at one.
Its really unfair that this wasnt mostly parent voices, Michelle Lipkin, P.S. 199s PTA president, said when she took the mic. Theres a real disconnect between the definition of parent engagement for parents and the definition of parent engagement for the department of education.
That disconnect was made clear as parents and council members agreed that the Department of Education can engage parents all they want, but without power, the engagement is all for naught.
“There’s no big secret in what gets parents involved, Councilman Charles Barron said. It’s
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Posted on December - 15 - 2011
University of Maine industrial ecologist and certified Life Cycle Assessment professional Anthony Halog has received a $150,000 federal grant to create a comprehensive new online database to allow researchers, scientists and industrialists to assess ecological, social and economic implications of new and emerging products, starting with wood-based biofuels.
Halog says the database will benefit Maine and other states with an economic reliance on forestry, and could become a national model for assessing how green new and emerging products are, and what advantages or disadvantages come with the manufacture or provision of various services and products.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a global environmental initiative to assess products from cradle to grave, according to Halog. It objectively examines how much the creation, distribution, use and eventual disposal of products affects natural resources and the environment.
The trend is to make any product environmentally sustainable, says Halog, a School of Forest Resources faculty member.
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