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Oprah Winfrey donates £243k to Atlanta school

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey donated 243,000 pounds to a school for low-income kids in Atlanta.

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Liberal Education Today - Post details: Htbrid and distance …

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) study (pdf) included both distance learning and “hybrid” (blended online and offline) classes.

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Article about the Campaign for the Book

Reading should be Fun      As teachers, whatever subjects we may have taught, we all recognise the absolute importance of reading. Books are an important part of our lives. We probably spend more time reading than any other occupation

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Learning Drupal by Helping Others Learn Drupal: Doing Documentation on Drupal.org

Learning Drupal by Helping Others Learn Drupal: Doing Documentation on Drupal.org Coming from the best ways to learn are by doing and teaching school of thought, Agaric encourages anyone interested in getting better at Drupal or getting more involved with Drupal to attend Add1sun’s January Documentation Challenge, Saturday’s at 1 p.m.

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Some Travel Tips for Students

by Mary Bush The government can move slowly so apply early for your passport and, if necessary, any visas: Passports are required to enter and/or depart most countries around the world. It is your responsibility to check the entry requirements for any country that you visit.

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In The News

From Koinonia House In The New The US Cracks Down on Sex Traffickers - December 24, 2008 (CNS News) The new law is named for William Wilberforce, an evangelical Christian who led the effort in Britian’s parliament to end the slave trade in Britain in the 19th Century. The bill reauthorizes funds from the initial 2000 act, but also beefs up enforcement and penalties and gives federal law enforcement broader authority to prosecute crimes.

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swat: Militants Announce ban on Girls’ Education

January 2, 2009 at 6:30 am · Filed under Talibanization ·Tagged Education, Swat, Taliban  ”The Taliban are savages and we’re like a helpless herd, with no one to protect us,” said Sikander Ali, father of four girls, from Swat valley.   He was reacting to news that militants had ordered a ban on girls’ education from 15 January.    Swat valley (in the North West Frontier Province), which has a population of 1.8 million and lies some 150km northeast of Peshawar, has been a hotbed of Isla

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Japan: A Study of Legs

by Hauquan Chau My first visual images of Japan are made mostly of legs: walking legs, scurrying legs, legs dressed with suit pants, meaty legs and long, skinny tenuous legs with sinewy calves. As my desk was along a well-frequented aisle near the window, it became a convenient transit point for these legs.

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Oprah Gives $365,000 to Atlanta Inner City School

What a happy holiday for some Atlanta-area students! The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta got the attention of the nation when the video above of its students performing a election rap they wrote appeared on YouTube. Teachers at the school are known to use rapping, dancing and drumming to help students learn. Headmaster Clark, who taught in one of New York City’s toughest schools and wrote the best-selling teaching book The Essential 55, opened the ATL school last year with proceeds from his bo

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