Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 23-09-2011
Tuesday was the first day of class in two weeks for some Catholic students in the Philadelphia area. The Association of Catholic Teachers Local 1776, negotiated for several months, went on a two-week strike and finally reached an agreement on Sunday night.
With 17 schools and 16,500 students in the area, the strike affected a large part of the high school population.
Our teachers could not be happier to head back into the classrooms, Rita Schwartz said, union president. We have been waiting a long time for this day, and we are relieved that its finally here. N
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Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 22-09-2011
“When Am I Ever Going to Use This Math?”
If I’ve heard this question once, I’ve heard it literally hundreds of times during my teaching and tutoring careers. And you know what? This is a good question. The problem is: We don’t often have an answer that satisfies.
Many times we don’t actually know how a student might end up using their math, simply because we can’t tell the future. Sometimes the way the student may use the math is more sophisticated to explain to them than the math itself. Sometimes the topic is merely a building block for a later topic that they will use. This is d
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Posted by Christopher Melba | Posted on 28-08-2011
One of our forthcoming books recently popped up on ebay. In mid-July, I shipped advance copies of Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe (September 2011) to a variety of trade magazines, music magazines, Kentucky publications, and freelance writers. One of those recipients is selling it, or passed it along to someone else who is selling it.
I understand that unsolicited review copies are often traded for store credit or sold. However, its frustrating when it happens before publication.
The last time this happened (different book, different author), the author purchased the advance copy for his own collection. Thats
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Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 27-08-2011
New to Ross Sheppard this year is the exciting drumline class. Support our sports teams, learn how to read music, earn credits and have a blast! Come to Room 231 on Monday, September 5th at 3:30 to learn how to join.
Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 25-08-2011
“The new website reflects Tutor Champ’s goal of being the next generation in in-home delivery math and science tutoring services by providing prospective and existing clients with the information they are looking for in an efficient and easy manner.”
Tutor Champ LLC, a provider in in- home delivery math and science tutoring service, announced today the launch of their new and improved website. The site, which provides easy navigation to all levels of tutoring, has been redesigned to give users far more information of all subject matter. Tutor Champ’s CEO and Founder, Alaina Ostroff says:
“The redesign has been planned for several months, so it is fantastic to finally see the Tutor Champ site go live. My we
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