New course into cancer research (BBC News) The University of Bangor offers a new course on research and treatment of cancer....more...More News (Gazette.Net) Carol Kilby, president of the Prince George?s County Educators? Association, will step down after serving two terms representing about 10,000 county teachers....more... National Educational Computing Conference 2007 Exhibitor Profiles (Broadcast Newsroom) ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE -- National Educational Computing Conference 2007 takes place June 24-27, 2007, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Listed below are profiles from National Educational Computing Conference 2007 exhibitors....more... New Study Shows Highly Educated, Certified, Business People Lead Total Rewards Professions (PRWeb) In the first ever study of its kind, WorldatWork today released the results of the Census of the Total Rewards Profession, a survey of over 3,800 compensation, benefits and human resource professionals in the U.S. The goal of the Census was to create a comprehensive baseline of data about the spectrum of individuals that make up the total rewards profession. Media contact: Marcia Rhodes at ......more... Teaching program selects 2 from Morehead (Lexington Herald-Leader) Two Morehead State University students have been selected to participate in a prestigious teacher education summer program with the Chicago Public Schools system. Caitlin Lippo, a health and physical education major from Rolling Meadows, Ill., and Andrew Moore, an elementary education major from Ashland, were among only 100 students selected for the nationwide from more than 600 applicants. ......more... Teacher shortage looms as bar rises, retirements go up (Las Cruces Sun-News) As hundreds of thousands of baby boomers retire and the No Child Left Behind law raises standards for new teachers, school systems across the country are facing a growing scarcity of qualified recruits....more... Commentary: Is a J.D. Necessary for Law Librarians? (LLRX.com) It was not too many years ago that the President of the United States answered a question during his grand jury testimony with the response, "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."...more... Winona women?s idea sparkles (Winona Post) When it comes to local folks who made it big, there may be no local duo bigger than sisters Kim and Linda Renk, daughters of Dick and Irene Renk. After all, who else can say their jewelry designs graced both the Tony Awards and the Grammies?...more... U.S. faces teacher shortage (Provo Daily Herald) As hundreds of thousands of baby boomers retire and the No Child Left Behind law raises standards for new teachers, school systems across the country are facing a growing scarcity of qualified recruits. A labor force that for generations cushioned teacher shortages and kept salaries relatively low is disappearing....more... |