Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 12-07-2011
The Fox Sports Ohio High School Football of the Week returns in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky this upcoming season. The schedule was released a few minutes ago.
Each week the games will also stream live on FoxSportsOhio.com. The southern Ohio games will feature Brad Johansen and Dave Lapham as the broadcast team. Jeff Piecoro will be the sideline reporter.
All games on this schedule start at 7 p.m. Here is the area schedule:
Sept. 1 Dixie Heights at Highlands.
Sept. 8 Harrison at Kings
Sept. 22 Colerain at Middletown
Sept. 29 - La Salle vs. Moeller at Lockland
Oct. 6
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Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 12-07-2011
More than 200 experts will gather at the University of Texas at El Paso today and Saturday for a conference on education in times of violence.
Educators and researchers from the United States, Mexico and Central America will discuss research and best practices, particularly in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
The theme of the conference is “Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Times of Violence.”
“The conference seeks to touch on this broad theme,” said Judith Munter, associate dean of UTEP’s College of Education.
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Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 12-07-2011
Film Critic Roger Ebert penned a damning critique of the too-often-used practice of giving struggling students a retold version of a more complex literary classic. He talks in particular about The Great Gatsby. The entire article is worth reading, but his most salient point is this
“There is no purpose in ‘reading’ The Great Gatsby unless you actually read it. Fitzgeralds novel is not about a story. It is about how the story is told. Its poetry, its message, its evocation of Gatsbys lost American dream, is expressed in Fitzgeralds stylein the precise words he chose to write what some consider the great American novel. Unless
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Posted by Christopher Melba | Posted on 11-07-2011
This is the last week of our Get Schooled Celebrity Text Challenge and we have been so impressed by all of the responses we have received! Thousands of you have submitted your educational goals for a chance to text with superstars Trey Songz, Anna Sophia Robb, Malin Akerman, and Monica and you have proven to all of us that this generation is on the path to success!!
We have picked three winners so far and are looking forward to selecting our fourth and final winner this week. In order to get a big picture of what all of you are saying about goals, we decided to put them all together to see how they connect. It’
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Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 11-07-2011
Ebrahim Ghazali, left, and Alexander Goldstein wait back stage before the Paul L. Foster Texas Tech School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony on Saturday at the Chamizal National Memorial.
About 80 medical students were given white coats Saturday during a ceremony that marked the beginning of their journey to “redefine American medicine.”
“We’re not only training you to stay in El Paso and practice medicine … we’re giving you the skills to practice anywhere in the world but make a difference in whatever community you choose,” said Dr.
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