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Accenture Awards Scholarships to Ten Exceptional American Indian Students
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Ten American Indian students from across the United States will continue their education with the help of scholarship funding from Accenture's American Indian Scholarship Fund. The students will be honored this evening at a celebration event being held at the Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC.
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California Gets Serious About Teacher Quality
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Calling the legislation a "roadmap for strengthening the quality of Californias teaching workforce for decades to come," the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning today commended Senate Education Chair Jack Scott, the California Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger for the passage of Senate Bill 1209.
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ATM Machine Toy Takes Financial Education Far Beyond ye Ole' PiggyBank
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"I wish every kid in America could have an ATM," says Dan Henderson, president of Summit toys and the brains behind the toy ATM Machine, which deposits and dispenses real dollars.
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An American Health Crisis: There's No Doctor In The House
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As the U.S. population mushrooms by about 25 million a decade, a national Hispanic physicians group is sounding the alarm bell that unless the nation recruits and trains more medical students now, Americans will face a critical shortage of doctors in 2020 when aging baby boomers will most need medical care.
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Women Scientists Recognised
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UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, congratulated three UQ women who won almost one-third of all Queensland Government Smart Women - Smart State Awards 2006.
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Robert S. Peterkin, Urban Education Leader, Joins PLATO Learning's Board
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PLATO Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTR), a leading provider of K-adult computer-based and e-learning solutions, announced that Robert Peterkin, director of the Urban Superintendents Program and Francis Keppel Professor on Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has been elected to its Board of Directors.
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Junior Doctor Job Fiasco Must Not Happen Again, Says New Medical Students' Leader
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The newly elected leader of the UK's 33,000 medical students has called on the government to ensure that problems which have beset the job application system for UK medical graduates are not repeated.
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California Pre-Med Students Participate In Fourth Annual Pre-Med Conference - 2006
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The American Medical Student Association at American River College (AMSA ARC), part of nation's largest, independent medical student organization, today announces the 2006 AMSA ARC Pre-Medical Conference, an annual event designed to educate and prepare California pre-medical students for entrance into medical school. This conference takes place in Sacramento, CA on the main campus of the American River College.
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Corporate Leaders Gather to Discuss the Future of Public Education
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The Technology Access Foundation (TAF), a Seattle-based, national leader in educating underserved children of color in technology and math, has invited corporate leaders from hundreds of Seattle area companies to discuss strategies for preparing students for the 21st century.
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Karolinska Institutet Prize For Innovations In Medical Pedagogics
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Professor Ronald M. Harden, Britain, has been awarded the 2006 Karolinska Institutet prize for research into the field of medical pedagogics. This is the second time that the 50,000 Euro prize has been awarded, in an effort to elevate the long term quality of medical education in Sweden and abroad.
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Doctors Decline Rep. Thomas' Offer To Increase Medicare Reimbursements In Exchange For Quality
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The American Medical Association and other doctors' groups on Thursday rejected an offer from House Ways and Means Committee Chair Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) to block a scheduled reduction in Medicare physician reimbursements in exchange for participation in a quality of care program, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund To Support Project Suc-SEED At CIIT Centers For Health Research
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The Health Research and Education Foundation (HR&EF) at the CIIT Centers for Health Research (CIIT-CHR) will receive $1,292,511 in funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) to support Project Suc-SEED. Project Suc-SEED is a partnership between CIIT and the North Carolina Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
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Laureate Education, Inc. to Present at BMO Capital Markets Back to School Conference
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Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR), the world's leading international provider of higher education, announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Becker plans to address the financial community at the BMO Capital Markets Back to School Conference in New York.
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Spectrum K12 School Solutions Partners with Software Answers to Provide School Districts
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Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive management solutions for special populations in K-12 education, and Akron, Ohio-based Software Answers, the leader in comprehensive solutions for monitoring student progress in a standards based world, today announced a partnership designed to provide school districts with Spectrum K12's market leading ENCORE! solution.
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New Deputy Chairs For Scotland's Junior Doctors
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Dr Alan Robertson and Dr Katie MacLaren, have been elected as the new deputy chairs of the BMA's Scottish Junior Doctors Committee (SJDC).
(BMA = British Medical Association)
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Seven Leading Scholars Join the Stanford Law School Faculty
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Stanford Law School has announced that seven outstanding scholars have joined the faculty to expand the curriculum and spearhead programs in clinical education, public service and public interest law, international law, and interdisciplinary studies. They are Jeffrey Fisher, Juliet Brodie, Jane Schacter, Daniel Ho, Alan Sykes, Josh Cohen, and David Victor.
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In Teaching Hospitals Do Patients Get Better Care?
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Hospitals where doctors receive training are generally thought of as the most advanced type of hospital. So, for the patient, is it best to be admitted to a 'teaching hospital'? A review of the evidence from international research has concluded that there is no strong evidence that patients in teaching hospitals do better - or worse - than those admitted to other hospitals.
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Medical Education Must Adapt To Society's Changing Attitudes
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What are the challenges facing medical education? This question is discussed in this week's BMJ, ahead of the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education in Europe.
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Most US Medical Students Experience Harassment Or Belittlement
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Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey BMJ Online First
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The Keith Sherin Global Leaders Scholarship Announced Scholarship Named after General Electric CFO
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A scholarship designed to help disadvantaged students attain educational experiences unavailable to them will be named after Keith Sherin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the General Electric Company, the Council for Opportunity in Education announced today.
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Medical Interns Often Work Longer Hours Than Mandated, At Increased Risk For Injuries
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It is common for medical interns to work beyond the recently implemented work-hour limits and be at increased risk for job-related injuries such as needlesticks and cuts, which were associated with longer hours and fatigue, according to two studies in the September issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education.
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Continuing Medical Education (CME) Performance Measures
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Cutting Edge Information's latest research study shows that pharmaceutical companies are still apprehensive to begin tracking the performance and effectiveness of their medical education efforts (http://www.CMEPharma.com).
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PLATO Learning Honored with Five EDDIE Awards for Newest Curricula
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PLATO Learning (NASDAQ:TUTR) today announced that five of its products--Straight Curve(TM) Mathematics, PLATO(R) Earth and Space Science, PLATO(R) Course-Algebra 1, PLATO(R) Course-Geography, and WorldView(R) Economics--have received 2006 ComputED Learning Center Education Software Review (EDDIE) Awards. Straight Curve Mathematics was one of only five products selected for posted reviews.
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PrepMe.com Expert Offer Tips to Improve SAT Scores
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As high school students begin the 2006-2007 school year, improving falling SAT scores and getting into top-tier colleges are top of mind among students and their parents. Ironically, according to the College Board, the class of 2006 posted the sharpest drop in SAT scores in 31 years. This statistic clearly highlights the importance of proper test preparation to stay competitive.
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Kids off to College? There's No Need to Say Goodbye with SightSpeed
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Remember the days when kids went off to college and weren't seen again for weeks and months at a time? Those days are over now that more and more families have access to broadband Internet service and web cams, making video conferencing mainstream at the office and at home.
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K-12 School Districts Deploying Predictive Analytics Software to Boost Student Performance
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As students head back to school, innovative U.S. school districts are harnessing cutting-edge predictive analytics software to enhance academic performance and meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, today reported that school districts in Illinois, Tennessee, Iowa, New York, Alabama, Colorado.
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Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Connect to California
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The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) announced today that both the California State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) are connected to the Digital California tier of the California Research & Education Network (CalREN-DC).
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New Research Shows Boys Learn More from Men, Girls Learn More from Women Teachers
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A teacher's gender has large effects on student test performance, and students' engagement with academic material, reports a new study published in the fall issue of Education Next.
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Orlando Schools Hope to Encourage Healthier Students This School Year
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The Orlando schools will be promoting health and wellness to its students this year. As part of the Orange County Schools, the Orlando schools will implement a new wellness policy that was just approved this month.
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Virginia Police Chiefs Target Virginia Schools Youth for Leadership Training
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After the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado in 1999, the Virginia police departments across the commonwealth quickly introduced tactical training for police and school resource officers (SROs).
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