been a strong emphasis on teaching the “basics‚” including reading‚ writing‚ and mathematics. While such skills are still important‚ lately much talk focuses on teaching children 21st century skills. In a press release‚ U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (2009) referred to 21st century skills as “skills that increasingly demand creativity‚ perseverance‚ and problem solving combined with performing well as part of a team.” Lotta C. Larson is an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University
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Speedo innovation: Swimwear companies have invested millions designing high-performance suits for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Can design help swimmers finish faster? Following the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ officials at swimwear giant Speedo had good reason to celebrate: Athletes clad in their latest suits at the time‚ called Fastskin FSII‚ won 46 medals in the pool. Yet when the company ’s in-house design team‚ Aqualab‚ gathered soon after the games at company headquarters in Nottingham‚ Britain
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Page 1 Royal Caribbean is a $4 billion company that began in 1969 in Norway. It’s the second largest cruise line on the market behind Carnival that makes up 27% of the world’s cruise market. Edwin Stephan and Arne Wilhemsen merged their ideas together to present cruises to the Caribbean for wealthy people living in Florida. Three Norwegian shipping companies established Royal Caribbean Cruise Line: Anders Wilhemsen and company‚ I.M. Skauge and company‚ and later
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Sequestration: Impact on Defense and Education For over a year‚ budget cuts known as the sequester have been taking place in the United States. It has affected nearly all government funded departments and programs. Because of rising national debt‚ budgeting programs wisely is becoming increasingly important. However‚ sequestration is unwise because it requires departments to make extreme‚ unnecessary‚ and ill-considered cuts within their budgets. Among the departments taking the hardest cuts are
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Neurophysiology has been a subject of study since as early as 4‚000 B.C. In the early B.C. years‚ most studies were of different natural sedatives like alcohol and poppy plants. In 1700 B.C.‚ the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus was written. This papyrus was crucial in understanding how the ancient Egyptians understood the nervous system. This papyrus looked at different case studies about injuries to different parts of the body‚ most notably the head. Beginning around 460 B.C.‚ Hippocrates began
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profiteerists‚ recklessly associating major foundations (Gates Foundation‚ Broad Foundation‚ Walton Family Foundation‚ Zuckerberg Foundation etc.)‚ philanthropists‚ entrepreneurs‚ Wall Street hedge fund managers‚ US Department of Education‚ Barack Obama‚ Arne Duncan‚ Teach for America‚ and ALEC as the big bad players in education reform. Ravitch vilifies reformers by using polarizing language by classifying the as elitist and with her large platform‚ she casts a cynical one-sided
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The picture above shows a typical gel electrophoresis set up. The clear container in the center of the picture is called a gel electrophoresis chamber. It contains the agarose gel that will be loaded with genetic material‚ as well as a buffer solution. It is connected to a DC power supply via electrodes. This picture was taken at Paw Print Genetics laboratory in Spokane‚ Washington. Viney and Fenton (1998) defined the term electrophoresis as‚ “the migration of charged particles through a static medium
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The Failing of No Child Left Behind Act Tony Vinson COM/215 04/02/2013 Alexia Retallack The failing of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Why did it happen? Who is responsible? What can be done to solve or fix this problem? Congress wrote law‚ Congress needs rewrite the law. To help solve this issue Congress needs to do is help states‚ districts and schools build the capacity to implement the common elements and practices‚ and then hold them accountable for doing so. Congress needs to
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The Value and Preservation of Evidence Kaplan University CJ370-01 January 16‚ 2012 The value of footprint or footwear evidence is heavily important. The most valuable details are signs of wear‚ characteristic fittings or marks of fittings that have come off‚ injuries‚ marks of nails and pegs‚ especially when these are irregularly placed‚ and repair marks. If they are particularly characteristic or occur in sufficient numbers‚ such details may form decisive evidence. In the interest of thoroughness
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Maria Barthélemon: Child Prodigy and Composer When looking through history we can see many composers throughout time. Most early composers were men but in the 1700s a shift was made and women started composing more music. There are many famous men and woman who composed music during the 1700s‚ I am going to focus on Maria Barthélemon. She was not only a composer but was a very successful singer and keyboard player throughout Ireland‚ London‚ France‚ and Italy. She has only a few surviving works
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