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• Some aren’t ready for college at 18

  
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  Not every 18-year-old is ready for a four-year college , says Jeffrey Selingo, author of College (Un)Bound .  Many “end up in college because we have few maturing alternatives after high school, whether it’s national service, apprenticeships or structured ‘gap year’ experiences.” Well, we’ve got ...
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• Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion First to earn Top Safety Recognition

  
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  Fort Campbell, KY – The Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion command team, Col. William Howard and Command Sgt. Maj. James Smith, pinned the Department of the Army Safety Excellence Streamer to the WTB colors during a ceremony June 5th. In front of the assembled formation of Soldiers and leaders, Howard ...
  5 days ago

• Indiana rethinks A-F school grades

  
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  Indiana lawmakers want education officials to rewrite the A-F grading system for schools  to reflect both students’ passing rate and progress — without comparing students to each other, reports StateImpact Indiana. Critics say the system is too complex. (Indiana’s system is the  most rudimentary scoring ...
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• Helpline, HelpRoom Offer Assault Survivors Hope

  
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  Its important for sexual assault survivors to know that theyre not alone as they learn to cope with their trauma. Enter the staff at the DoD"s Safe Helpline. Theyre waiting with open arms to offer help. Read More
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• Storify: Senate HELP Committee ESEA Markup

  
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  [<a href="//storify.com/afhyslop/senate-help-committee-esea-markup" target="_blank">View the story "Senate HELP Committee ESEA Markup" on Storify</a>]
  6 days ago

• Play to Promote Language Development: Get Ready for K Through Play

  
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  Play as a tool for Language Development – Getting Ready for Kindergarten Through Play I think play is one of the best ways to promote language development! Here are a few fun ways to get your child to talking, thinking, and stretching vocabulary this summer: Get Outside Spending time outdoors ...
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• Onward and upward

  
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  Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system. The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday. Officials: Most NYC High School Grads Need Remedial ...
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• Take a Quick Application Usage Management Survey

  
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  For your participation, you will receive acopy of the survey results and be entered to win one of five iPad Minis. Enterprise software represents a majorportion of most organizations’ IT spend. We know much of that softwarebudget spend—as much as 25-30%—could be saved through better Application Usage ...
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• Harkin, Alexander, and Waivers: Your ESEA Markup Cheat Sheet

  
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  Tomorrow morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will markup the Strengthening America’s Schools Act , the latest ESEA reauthorization proposal from Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA).  Ed Money Watch  and Early Ed Watch have already recapped many of the changes proposed to ...
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• The Guide to Surviving Hurricane Season with Your Family

  
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  Hurricane season is can be a challenge, especially for those with families. Petty Officer 2nd Class Kayla Jo Finley, shares advice on how to survive the season with young children. Read More
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• {Dr. Ivor Is In} Teen Babysitting: Is Your Baby Ready To Watch Someone Else’s Baby?

  
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  By DR. IVOR HORN For Christmas this year our 13-year-old daughter asked us to help her find babysitting jobs. I ask you, “What teenager ASKS for work?” This shouldn’t have come as a surprise to us.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Quick Hits (6.6.13)

  
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  Independence is costly. Universities are free in Sweden, but the average amount of student debt is nearly $20,000. The reason? Many Swedish students move out during school and take on debt to pay for an apartment and the cost of living. (Quartz) College-ready may not always mean a degree. A tenth of ...
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• Even the college ready don’t always succeed

  
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  Ten percent of college-ready high school graduates don’t enroll in college and another 9 percent don’t make it to the second year, according to ACT’s 2013 Reality of College Readiness Report. As many as 43 percent of all ACT test takers in the class of 2011 were not enrolled in college in fall 2012.
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• MetricStream’s Enhanced Business Continuity Management Solution Supports Real-Time Situational Awareness, Mobility, and Conformance to the Latest Industry Standards

  
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  The advanced solution will leverage social media data and mobile functionalities to facilitate crisis communications, while also aligning business continuity processes with strategic objectives, ISO 22301 standards, and enterprise GRC PALO ALTO, Calif., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – MetricStream, a market leader in ...
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• The Global Information Technology Report 2013

  
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    The Global Information Technology Report 2013 – Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World , Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, and Bruno Lanvin, Editors: “The Global Information Technology Report 2013 features the latest results of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), offering an overview of the current ...
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• MOOCs: A head start on college — but kids need help

  
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  High school students could use MOOCS (massive open online courses) to earn college credits , Coursera cofounder Daphne Koller tells Anya Kamenetz on Hechinger Digital . “There are so many studies that demonstrate the benefit to students in high school in having access to college-level material. It encourages ...
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• Case Study on Time Required to Mature Aeronautic Technologies to Operational Readiness

  
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  Case Study about Time Required to Mature Aeronautic Technologies to Operational Readiness The influence of research intensity, funding changes, and the socio-political environment on the development speed for any given technology were not considered in this effort, but research into the investigated technologies ...
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• First Look: Sen. Harkin’s Strengthening America’s Schools Act

  
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  Yesterday, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released yet another attempt to reauthorize No Child Left Behind: the Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013 (SASA). NCLB, due for a Congressional rewrite since 2007, has few remaining fans. But all ...
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• 2013 Global Information Technology Report (GITR) and Networked Readiness Index (NRI)

  
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  The World Economic Forum has published The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, and Bruno Lanvin, Editors The online edition is here . The executive summary begins with When The Global Information Technology Report ...
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• Why Public Funding for the Arts Matters

  
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  Ken Busby We’ve just completed our legislative session in Oklahoma. Two efforts to provide state funding for an Oklahoma popular culture museum and an Oklahoma Native American cultural center were deferred for consideration because of the recent devastating tornados and their aftermath. An effort to move the ...
  2 weeks ago

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