Education - Voices of beginning teachers: do paths to preparation make a difference?

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December 1, 2011 --

The importance of good teaching is one of few areas of consensus in current educational debates. There is no significant educational goal...

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Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness - Use of "segregated" to refer to specialized schools is cause for concern and reconsideration

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March 1, 2011 --

Regarding "Attainment of Developmental Tasks by Adolescents with Visual Impairments and Sighted Adolescents," by Jens P. Pfeiffer...

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Exceptional Children - Incorporating student input in developing alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards

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September 22, 2010 --

In April 2007, the United States Department of Education (ED) revised regulations under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to create...

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Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care - The relationship between educational attainment and lung cancer mortality in Kentucky: implications for nurses

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September 22, 2010 --

INTRODUCTION

Lung cancer was responsible for an estimated 159,390 deaths during 2009, making it the leading cause of cancer-related...

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Community College Enterprise - At issue: community college student success variables: a review of the literature

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September 22, 2010 --

The United States is addressing unprecedented economic challenges, and community colleges have been identified by the federal government as...

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Business Wire - U.S. Must Step up Efforts to Increase Higher Education Attainment

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September 21, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966b39c0)

New Report from Lumina Foundation Shows Minimal Progress, Wide Gap Remains...