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2011-02-22T05:00:36-05:00

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Who trained the teachers?

Last updated on: February 22, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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In the monumental quest to improve D.C. schools, officials are collecting tons of data. Here is a use of that information that might actually lead to genuine reforms: evaluating not just teachers but the college departments of education that trained those teachers: A lesser-known result of such new systems is that they are generating mountains of data that school officials are starting to use to guide key decisions, aside from which teachers to fire or reward. For instance, by matching... Read more

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teacher education programs

2011-02-21T06:00:01-05:00

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All things are yours

Last updated on: February 21, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Epistle reading for yesterday included a verse that I had never heard preached on or exposited, one that I had never attended to before, despite years of Bible reading: For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. (1 Corinthians 3:21-23) What do you make of that text? What does it mean and how... Read more

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1 Corinthians 3:21-23

2011-02-21T05:15:47-05:00

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The Republican Obama?

Last updated on: February 21, 2011 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Have the Republicans found “the one”? Read the Washington Post‘s profile of the new Wisconsin governor, 43-year-old Scott Walker, whose hard line with the public employee union has teachers and other state employees taking to the streets. (Note: He is not taking away their right to collective bargaining, as is being charged. Under his bill, which has Democrat legislators hiding out in Illinois to prevent a quorum for the vote, the union would still be able to negotiate wages, just... Read more

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Scott Walker

2011-02-21T05:08:02-05:00

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The Christian divorce rate

Last updated on: February 21, 2011 at 5:08 am By Gene Veith

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We keep hearing that the divorce rate among Christians is the same as–or maybe a little worse–than that of non-Christians. That may not be true, at least when you factor in how serious the Christians in question are about their faith: “Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!” It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the most inaccurate. Based on the best data available, the divorce rate among... Read more

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Christian divorce rate

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2011-02-21T05:00:16-05:00

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Pro-democracy protests keep spreading

Last updated on: February 21, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Now that the Egyptians have thrown off their authoritarian ruler, pro-democracy uprisings are threatening one of the worst dictators of all, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. He is reportedly responding with machine guns. The king of Bahrain is in trouble. Meanwhile, mass protests have also broken out in Iran, Algeria, Yemen, and Morocco. Also in China, with protesters calling for a “jasmine revolution.” via Anger on the streets: unrest in Iran, Algeria, Yemen, Morocco and China | World news | The Guardian.... Read more

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pro-democracy protests

2011-02-18T06:00:22-05:00

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A new definition of religious discrimination

Last updated on: February 18, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The University of California-Davis has a new religious discrimination policy, according to which ONLY Christians can be accused of discriminating against other religions, and discrimination AGAINST Christians does not count: The UC-Davis policy defines “Religious/Spiritual Discrimination” as “the loss of power and privilege to those who do not practice the dominant culture’s religion. In the United States, this is institutionalized oppressions toward those who are not Christian.” “Christians deserve the same protections against religious discrimination as any other students on... Read more

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Religious discrimination

2011-02-18T05:27:17-05:00

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Fun with Wikipedia

Last updated on: February 18, 2011 at 5:27 am By Gene Veith

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In light of the radioactive banana post, what are some other weird facts that can be found on Wikipedia? Read more

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Wikipedia

2011-02-18T05:00:57-05:00

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Egypt in Wisconsin

Last updated on: February 18, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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25,000 protesters are in the streets in Madison and 40% of Wisconsin teachers have called in sick, forcing cancellation of schools, as new Republican governor Scott Walker is getting pushback for his proposal to limit collective bargaining by unions for public employees and to cut back on the cost of their benefits. Walker’s plan would allow collective bargaining for wages only and force state workers to pay 5.8% of their salaries for pensions, up from 0.2%, and 12.6% for health... Read more

2011-02-17T06:00:16-05:00

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CliffsNotes of CliffsNotes

Last updated on: February 17, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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As a literature professor, I just hate CliffsNotes and their ilk. Reading isolated facts about a book is not the same thing as reading a book. I consider using CliffsNotes instead of reading the assignment as cheating. But now CliffsNotes are evidently considered too long for today’s students to handle. According to various news reports, that company is now producing brief internet videos of its famous crib notes which will be shown initially on AOL, since “everything in today’s... Read more

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Cliffs Notes

2011-02-17T05:30:08-05:00

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Radioactive bananas

Last updated on: February 17, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Thanks to Webmonk for alerting me to this interesting fact cited at the blog Watts Up With That, which quotes from Wikipedia: A banana equivalent dose is a concept occasionally used by nuclear power proponents[1][2] to place in scale the dangers of radiation by comparing exposures to the radiation generated by a common banana. Many foods are naturally radioactive, and bananas are particularly so, due to the radioactive potassium-40 they contain. The banana equivalent dose is the radiation exposure received... Read more

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