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Memphis City Schools board says Cash merits bonus
September 26th, 2011
Memphis schools Supt. Kriner Cash passed with flying colors for the last school year, inspiring school board member Betty Mallott and board president Martavius Jones on Thursday to recommend a 5 percent bonus retroactive for two years for a total of $41,250.
In its annual evaluation of the superintendent, whose salary is $275,000 a year, the board gave Cash almost exclusively “good” scores on a ratings scale ranging from “not satisfactory” to “excellent.” But the board postponed the bonus discussion after objections to bonuses in the wake of layoffs and cutbacks in the school system.
The city schools board will disband effective Oct. 1, replaced by a 23-member unified school board to be sworn in Oct. 3, said city school board attorney Dorsey Hopson. He also was recommended for a bonus in the motion that began with Mallott, a retired Holiday Corp. director.
“I think they both deserve a bonus this year,” she said, after board member Dr. Jeff Warren outlined a summary of their evaluations.
Tags: Cash, Cash Merits
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Customer stereotypes and capacity utilisation – at the cinema
September 25th, 2011
The cinema is crowded and waiting for the film. The screen has 150 seats and 148 have been sold – to a very similar customer segment.
There are just two seats left – situated right in the middle of the cinema auditorium. A couple arrives at the desk and buys the last two tickets, grabs some popcorn and wanders into the screen…but will they stay to watch the film theyve paid to see?
A fascinating experiment by Carlsberg. What will your students make of it? How would they react?
Tags: Capacity Utilisation, Cinema
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A short Description on Home School Grants
September 1st, 2011
We can find the home school grant to pay for the learning material, specialized tutoring, computer and books as needed. Most of the parents prefer home school grants based on various reasons. Homeschooling is often a tight budget because of the high expenses. We must know about how the free supplies and grants must be found with our home schooling efforts.
Home school has become the intriguing educational trends of the country. Most of us consider home schooling as an educational success. Unfortunately, this success is not achieved without the costs and the shouldering costs will be challenging for the parents who wish to home school their kids. There are several home school grants. One of them is grants for single mothers which can be helpful to extramarital families.
Neighborhood Canvassing:
Most of the times our neighbors and friends will act as the best grant funding source. We must compile the list of materials and supplies we need per year and get the right cost estimate. Read more…
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Students back in class at Olmsted Academy North after bomb threat
August 25th, 2011
Louisville, Ky. – Students are now back in class at Olmsted Academy North in Louisville. They were forced to evacuate to nearby Iroquois High School Friday morning because of a bomb threat. Officials searched the building and didn’t find anything. The all clear was given and students at Olmsted returned to classes.
Tags: Academy North, Bomb Threat, Olmsted Academy North, Threat
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Back-to-School Cookies – Edible Chalkboards
August 25th, 2011
Okay I know, I know who has time to bake cookies this time of year, right? But, I stumbled across this recipe from Celebrations and thought it was worthy of passing along. Create edible chalkboards with these delish chocolate peanut butter cookies. Personalize the them with any school message or back-to-school saying. Bake the chocolate right into your favorite peanut butter cookie dough frame and inscribe your own text or drawings right on the chocolate! This is a great project for children to create their own chalkboard drawings to give as welcome back teacher gifts, or for teachers to share as a classroom treat. And, they are just FUN!
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (or sugar cookie dough)
2 Hershey’s “Special Dark” (120g) Chocolate Bars
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar (or as needed)
Directions
Preheat oven and prepare peanut butter cookie dough as directed.
Tags: Edible, Edible Chalkboards
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Earning your Diploma at Home
July 28th, 2011
The power of the internet has made a lot of then hard and impossible things happen. While online shopping, business and banking are just three of the things that we enjoy online, there is another service that has greatly benefited us is online education. Since the very first online school started, a lot other followed with their own specialties. While there are online courses where active interaction is called for (video classes) , correspondence education has become more popular. Correspondence courses vary from vocational to degree courses.
There are a number of correspondence schools nowadays and it will be of great challenge finding the best one. When you prefer to take such classes, make sure that the site or institution is accredited and affiliated with legitimate offline schools so it will be easier for you to land a job after acquiring the degree.
When it comes to online correspondence education, there are a lot of good names that gained the trust and confidence of students worldwide. Some of these online schools have started with just one course but with the demand of such courses, a lot other had been added. Read more…
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21 Years After ADA, Census Reveals Some Startling Statistics
July 24th, 2011
Today is the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act—the law that children with disabilities rely on both as young people and when they leave the protections of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
For example, when students attend colleges and universities, the ADA is what governs whether their needs, based on their disability, will be addressed. So when some universities were that couldn’t be used by students with vision problems, they were admonished based on the protections of the ADA.
Some 36 million people in the United States have a disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, including about 5 percent of children age 5 to 17.
I realize 21 is not the typical round-number anniversary worthy of ticker-tape parades and paper horns, but I couldn’t pass this one up. The Census Bureau came up with a list of statistics related to the passage of ADA, and one figure is hard to look past—and not something that anyone would celebrate: While 12 percent of people without a disability haven’t earned a high school diploma, that figure more than doubles, to 28 percent, for students with disabilities.
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