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Save the endangered tree octopus! | The Excited Neuron
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Blogging about science, education, and science education! Save the endangered tree octopus! It’s a well-known fact that new animals are added to the endangered species list on a regular basis, and sadly, we can’t save them all. Species are going extinct at an alarming rate. Today I present to you one of the latest that is sure to be on the endangered list soon: the Pacific Northwest tree octopus (. To test students’ ability to evaluate information they find online. The results? If students are going to c...
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France frets over transgenic bacteria labs for teens | The Excited Neuron
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Blogging about science, education, and science education! France frets over transgenic bacteria labs for teens. There’s a debate brewing in France over letting teens perform transgenic labs. When I saw the news article, my eyes nearly bugged out of my head, and I started laughing. My freshmen (14-15 year olds) are performing this lab this week! The debate in France centers around whether 15 and 16 year olds should be allowed to do this. Interesting Ways to Use… →. March 29, 2011 at 6:26 PM. I think it so...
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Auditor’s Digging Led To More And More Questions | Erika Hobbs
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Auditor’s Digging Led To More And More Questions. June 11, 2010. November 15, 2014. Jan Skjersaa was suspicious. During his audit of Orange County schools’ construction division, he hept running across discrepancies involving one contractor, Curtis Hodges, and his company’s work on the roof of the Evans High School Ninth Grade Center. OCPS construction: A contentious and controversial audit leads prosecutors to investigate the construction division in Orange County Public Schools. Read the full series.
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Nonprofit and Academia | Erika Hobbs
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CryptoClub Makes Math Fun By Teaching Students To Crack Codes. November 15, 2013. November 15, 2014. Cracking secret codes can be a lot of fun: Little Orphan Annie’s decoder ring may have kept plenty of backyard bad guys at bay. It’s also often no laughing matter: Julius Caesar used ciphers to protect his correspondence. Julian Assange unlocked databases that few people were meant to see. Continue reading →. The Connected Chemistry Curriculum Helps Bring Science To Life For High School Students.
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News | Erika Hobbs
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The Push for Progressive Unionism. November 30, 2012. November 15, 2014. The news about teacher unions typically feels adversarial: contract impasses, threats to collective bargaining, and strikes, like the bitter one in Chicago that captured national attention in September. Look more closely, though, and you’ll see unions and districts collaborating on the quiet work of improving student achievement. Continue reading →. From Hopeless to Hopeful. December 18, 2008. November 15, 2014. December 15, 2008.
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Orange school auditors may be fired after their critical review of district’s construction division | Erika Hobbs
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Orange school auditors may be fired after their critical review of district’s construction division. June 11, 2010. November 15, 2014. The jobs of two auditors for Orange County publics schools are in jeopardy weeks after they authored a highly critical and controversial review of the district’s construction division that detailed a history of haphazard and shoddy management practices. Read the full series. But School Board attorney Frank Kruppenbacher is putting the audit itself on trial. He said he...
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Narrative | Erika Hobbs
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Orange struggles to teach English to Hispanic kids. December 20, 2010. November 15, 2014. Continue reading →. Honduran immigrant Kevin, 11, tackles English and FCAT. March 6, 2010. November 15, 2014. Continue reading →. July 22, 2008. November 15, 2014. Daniel Lazzatti used to dream that winged dragons swooped from the sky to save him from poverty, homelessness and a learning disability. His dreams of rescue are gone. Continue reading →. What I Saw: Evans Opens Door To Change. June 8, 2008. June 8, 2008.
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The Push for Progressive Unionism | Erika Hobbs
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The Push for Progressive Unionism. November 30, 2012. November 15, 2014. The news about teacher unions typically feels adversarial: contract impasses, threats to collective bargaining, and strikes, like the bitter one in Chicago that captured national attention in September. Look more closely, though, and you’ll see unions and districts collaborating on the quiet work of improving student achievement. New players join efforts to promote union-management collaboration. To become a subscriber. Blog at Word...
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