27/02/2005 |
The Market for Teacher Quality
Eric A. Hanushek and others | NBER
Abstract
Much of education policy focuses on improving teacher quality, but most policies lack strong research support. We use student achievement gains to estimate teacher value-added, our measure of teacher quality. ...
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27/02/2005 |
Calling Quito: Teaching Globalization in a Global Classroom
Pamela Martin | The Globalist
Global integration is the major story of our time. But how are teachers to approach such a complex subject? Pamela Martin — an assistant professor of politics and international relations at Coastal Carolina University — explains how she uses technology to let her students interact with their peers at a university in Ecuador. ...
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26/02/2005 |
Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak | US News
The snap judgment. The song that constantly runs through your head whenever you close your office door. The desire to drink Coke rather than Pepsi or to drive a Mustang rather than a Prius. The expression on your spouse's face that inexplicably makes you feel either amorous or enraged. Or how about the now incomprehensible reasons you married your spouse in the first place? ...
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26/02/2005 |
Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak | US News
The snap judgment. The song that constantly runs through your head whenever you close your office door. The desire to drink Coke rather than Pepsi or to drive a Mustang rather than a Prius. The expression on your spouse's face that inexplicably makes you feel either amorous or enraged. Or how about the now incomprehensible reasons you married your spouse in the first place? ...
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25/02/2005 |
India’s population ‘to outstrip China by 2030’
Mark Turner | Financial Times
The population of India will overtake that of China before 2030, five years earlier than previously expected, a new UN population report predicts. ...
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25/02/2005 |
India’s population ‘to outstrip China by 2030’
Mark Turner | Financial Times
The population of India will overtake that of China before 2030, five years earlier than previously expected, a new UN population report predicts. ...
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21/02/2005 |
Accusing Muslim Intellectuals of Apostasy
Aluma Dankowitz | MEMRI
Marking the 16th anniversary of the Fatwa calling for author Salman Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced: "The day will finally come when the apostate Salman Rushdie will receive his due punishment for his disgraceful and slanderous move against the Qur'an and the Prophet [Muhammad]." Iran's Leader Ali Khamenei stressed that the death sentence following the publication of Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' "is irrevocable."(1) ...
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21/02/2005 |
Accusing Muslim Intellectuals of Apostasy
Aluma Dankowitz | MEMRI
Marking the 16th anniversary of the Fatwa calling for author Salman Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced: "The day will finally come when the apostate Salman Rushdie will receive his due punishment for his disgraceful and slanderous move against the Qur'an and the Prophet [Muhammad]." Iran's Leader Ali Khamenei stressed that the death sentence following the publication of Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' "is irrevocable."(1) ...
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08/02/2005 |
Heroísmo e Ironía
Roberto Salinas-León | El Cato
La orgía de promesas políticas, las confrontaciones de todos los días, la ausencia de crecimiento, el crimen y la corrupción -todo esto, y mucho más, es un caldo de cultivo para el héroe, el caudillo que promete el cielo y las estrellas, llámese un plan alternativo de nación, un renacimiento revolucionario, o recimiento de 7% en, digamos, un espacio de quince minutos. ...
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08/02/2005 |
Heroísmo e Ironía
Roberto Salinas-León | El Cato
La orgía de promesas políticas, las confrontaciones de todos los días, la ausencia de crecimiento, el crimen y la corrupción -todo esto, y mucho más, es un caldo de cultivo para el héroe, el caudillo que promete el cielo y las estrellas, llámese un plan alternativo de nación, un renacimiento revolucionario, o recimiento de 7% en, digamos, un espacio de quince minutos. ...
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