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For Homebound Students, a Robot Proxy in the Classroom

Education News from NY Times - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:23pm
A small but growing number of chronically ill students are attending school virtually with robots, which stream two-way video to connect them to the classroom.    

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Foster Care Counselor | Youth Villages

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:41pm
US - TN - Morristown, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Requirements A Master's degree in a social services discipline is required Degrees that can be considered include: social work, drug and alcohol education or counseling,
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Transitional Living Specialist | Youth Villages

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:38pm
US - TN - Johnson City, TN, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Requirements A Master's degree in a social services discipline is strongly preferred A Bachelor's degree in a social services discipline may be considered Degrees that ca
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Family Intervention Specialist | Youth Villages

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:28pm
US - TN - Morristown, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Requirements A Master's degree in a social services discipline is preferred A Bachelor's degree in a social services discipline is required Degrees that can be consider
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Vt. students use town's birthday as part of history lessons

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
The Vermont town of Duxbury is celebrating its 250th birthday, and as part of the festivities, local students are getting int -More
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N.Y. high-school students learn about the power of $10 from math teacher

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Every year for the past dozen years, Clinton, N.Y., High School math teacher Nancy Zumpano has given each of her students $10 -More
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Ohio district considers role of controversial topics in the classroom

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Officials in an Ohio school district are considering whether teachers should address controversial topics, such as guns right -More
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NCLB alternative would give more authority to states

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Days after Sen.  -More
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Understanding the implications of the fiscal cliff for education

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Since federal lawmakers failed to reach a deal to avoid across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration, several myths ab -More
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Ind. teachers learn ways to expand social studies into other subjects

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
A Purdue University summer program is equipping a group of Indiana teachers with techniques and ideas for incorporating socia -More
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Md. fourth-grade students learn compassion through service

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
After reading about Lou Gehrig and Amyotrophic Lateral Schlerosis, fourth-grade students at a Pikesville, Md., school launche -More
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U.S. students use social media to connect, give back

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Students in the U.S.  -More
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Get connected

NCSS Smartbrief - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:12pm
Connect with your NCSS member colleagues on Connected, the NCSS member networking site.  -More

$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers
TEP Charter School

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Walt Whitman students to retake portion of AP Spanish exam

Education News from Washington Post - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 11:46am

Some students at Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County will be retaking a portion of their AP Spanish exams after learning that a section of the exams has been invalidated.

There was a technical glitch in administering the free-response portion of the exam. As a result, some students may have received more than the allotted testing time for that section of the exam, according to a letter students received from Educational Testing Services, which administers the test on behalf of the College Board.

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Adjunct Faculty - Urban Sustainability | Antioch University Los Angeles

Latest Job Postings - Fri, 06/07/2013 - 11:31am
US - CA - Culver City, Qualifications Areas of Knowledge Applicants should have expertise in two or more of the following areas: Political Economy, Urban Planning, Environmental and Social History, Urban Ecology, Sustain
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