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Beta Testing Ed. Products Can Get Tricky for Schools
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.Beta testing is one of the most basic steps on the path to getting education products and ideas into the classroom--and, researchers and developers say, one of the trickiest to get right. As applied to K-12, the term generally refers to the early...Tags: University of Michigan, Science and Technology, Biology, Teachers, Students
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Metro Hartford's Job Sprawl Continues
A new report by a prominent Washington think tank shows Hartford's downtown lost more than 25,000 jobs between 2000 and 2010. Suburban jobs also slipped during the decade, just not as fast. The authors of the Brookings Institution report have an anti-...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut)
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Immigration debate in Congress signals big shift, especially for those in Arizona
Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — The national mood on immigration has changed dramatically since Arizona approved a first-of-its-kind immigration law, igniting a furor over border security and the country's treatment of immigrants. A mere three years later,...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Elections, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush
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The Amtrak fantasy
WASHINGTON -- There is something about Amtrak -- perhaps the romance of railroads or the promise of relieving traffic congestion and economizing on oil and greenhouse gas emissions -- that causes otherwise sensible people to lose contact with reality. The...
Tags: Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Amtrak, U.S. Congress
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Trib Nation half-off discount on TribU career courses
We wanted to make you aware of a special half-off Trib Nation discount that will work for four upcoming career-focused TribU classes -- on researching the decision to get an MBA; on more effective workplace conversations; on better time management; and on...
Tags: Tribune Tower, Rex Huppke, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Tribune, Human Interest
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For unwed moms, 25 is the new 15
It is no longer teenagers stumbling into pregnancy and parenthood about whom we should be fretting. Those numbers continue to drop, because the kids are having less sex and using more contraception. No, it is the 20-something women who are putting...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Family, Colleges and Universities, Marriage, Politics
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The wisdom of Dan Quayle
Jonah GoldbergAlmost exactly 20 years ago, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead wrote a controversial essay for The Atlantic titled "Dan Quayle Was Right." In case you forgot (or never knew), let me fill you in on what Quayle was right about. There once was a popular sitcom...Tags: Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Culture, The Washington Post
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Recession changed course of population growth in metro Baltimore
Not too long ago, Carroll County faced a problem: Rapid growth had brought crowded classrooms to the northeastern part of the county, and planners expected many more homes to be built in the area. "At one point, they were 400 kids over capacity at North...Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Dundalk, Real Estate Buyers, Politics, Genesis (music group)
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Maryland adds 10,500 jobs in February
Maryland employers punched the accelerator on job creation in February, adding 10,500 positions and bringing the state much closer to recovering its recessionary losses five years after they began. The job growth estimates released Friday by the U.S....
Tags: Federal Reserve, Unemployment, University of Baltimore, Business, Unemployment Rate
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When the heart says Baltimore and the head says D.C.
Five years ago, I thought I might have to leave Baltimore. Not because I wanted to but because I thought I needed to. It was 2008. Like many employers, Urbanite magazine, where I worked, was feeling the effects of the Great Recession, so I would soon...
Tags: London School of Economics, Politics, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Elections, Bill Clinton
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Census: Record 1 in 3 U.S. counties are now dying
WASHINGTON (AP) - A record number of U.S. counties - more than 1 in 3 - are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere. New 2012 census estimates...Tags: Politics, Labor Markets, University of New Hampshire, Employment Opportunities, Migration
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Staying connected to plugged-in teens
I wonder what grounding looked like in the 1920s. What items or privileges were restricted? "Young man, hand over the stick. There will be no stick ball and no fishing." And what did kids get grounded for? Were they lighting matches or dressing like...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Networking, Computer Networking and Internet, Princeton University, Culture
Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Apr 1, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 23, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
|Column| Herald Mail
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