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Share my lesson

Resources for Parents http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50013776&cid=SML_parents&utm_source=aff&utm_medium=prom&utm_campaign=parents Supporting your children’s  education  is an important task for any parent, but it can be difficult to find resources that align with and extend the lessons they’re learning in school. At Share My Lesson, we have hand-picked samples of our most popular lesson plans, handouts and classroom resources that will help you support and engage your K-12 children’s learning success at  home . NBC News Parent Toolkit Created by  NBC News , the Parent Toolkit helps parents navigate their child's journey from pre-kindergarten through high school. This collection of  resources  features academic benchmarks and tips designed to help parents track and support their child's progress. Classic Children’s Books This collection features materials that accompany popular elementary school texts. Bullying Prevention Help sup

Helpful Resource

Helpful Resource Internet Resources: If these links don't work, please copy and paste into your web browser. Research in Vocational Education:  http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/nccte.html Journal of Career and Technical Education:   http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JCTE Florida Workforce Development Education site:  http://www.floridajobs.org/ Organizational sites: http://www.astd.org/  and   http://www.ispi.org/ Florida Labor Market:  http://fred.labormarketinfo.com

States Far From Uniform in Commitment to Kindergarten

Urban Districts Develop Common-Core Guide for Teaching ELLs The Council of the Great City Schools has set out criteria to help educators bring common-core-aligned lessons and materials to English-language learners. (Education Week) Oklahoma, Louisiana Take Center Stage in Common-Core Fight Accusations of federal overreach fly as Oklahoma has its NCLB waiver renewal denied, while a lawsuit by Louisiana's governor says states were coerced into adopting the common core. (Education Week) Former 'Redshirted' Students May Get Advanced Placement Edge, Study Finds Children who are among the oldest in their kindergarten class are more likely than younger classmates to take and pass advanced courses, among other benefits, according to new research. (Inside School Research) Funding Doesn't Follow National Praise for Civic Education Constitution Day is as much a reminder about the lack of government support for civic education as it is the anniversary

Dr. Jerome Lettvin about LSD in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium.

On May 3, 1967, Dr.  Timothy Leary , that high priest of hallucinogens, faced off in a debate with MIT professor  Dr. Jerome Lettvin  about LSD in  MIT’s Kresge Auditorium . Leary spent the debate in the lotus position, dressed in a white gown, beads and bare feet. The very picture of a counter culture icon. Lettvin, on the other hand, cuts a distinctly conservative figure, sporting a short-sleeved white shirt, a skinny tie and thick-framed glasses. On first blush, the debate might look like a stereotypical clash between the hip versus the square, but it ended up being much more interesting than that. Lettvin, who proved to be at least as charismatic as Leary, more than held his own against the man Richard Nixon once  called  “the most dangerous man in American.” You can watch the full debate  above . Leary speaks for the first half of the video. For those familiar with his routine, little of what you see will come as a surprise. He argues that LSD is a “a way of life and a sacramen

Debate on LSD

has shared a video with you on YouTube: “MIT Debate on LSD: Dr. Jerry Lettvin + Dr. Timothy Leary - November 1967”  — http://neuron.duke.edu/Lettvin/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leary-Lettvin_de... a

Business Education

Business Education Links verified 5/29/2013 Business Law  |  Careers  |  Economics Accounting Lesson Plans  - Tonya Skinner's site; lesson plans and activities Accounting Career Information  - Educational Resources and Exams to Become an Accountant or  CPA Business Education Resources  - posted by the Division of  Career  Education, Missouri DOE Business Education  - Lesson plans from Tonya Skinner  Business Education Lesson Plans  Business Ethics  - Ethics toolkit for Managers Business English  - from the ESL learning center Business English  - a series of FREE quick 30 minute business English  exercises , which focus on real life business and social situations. Business Math and Economics  - Tonya Skinner's site; lesson plans and activities    Business Law Business Law  - activities by Tonya Skinner Business Law Questions  -(and answers) free advice from FreeAdvice.com Business Law Today  - on-line version of a publication from the ABA Laws.com  - A  Compen

Skeptic

Archive of Unnatural Virtue  by Bob Carroll In each episode of  Unnatural Virtue , I comment on topics in critical thinking, skepticism, and science. as heard on  Skepticality , the official podcast of Skeptic  magazine and the Skeptic Society Episode,  Date ,  & Topic 01 27 Mar 2012:  intuition 02 10 Apr 2012:  the placebo 03 24 Apr 2012:  availability bias 04 08 May 2012:  sympathetic magic 05 22 May 2012:  confabulation 06 05 Jun 2012:  ad hominem 07 19 Jun 2012:  self-deception 08 03 July 2012:  fake healing 09 31 July 2012:  the illusion of understanding 10 14 Aug 2012:  subjective validation 11 28 Aug 2012:  the clustering illusion 12 11 Sep 2012:  anecdotal evidence 13 18 Sep 2012:  pseudoscience 14 02 Oct 2012:  telepathy 15 16 Oct 2012:  mind over matter 16 31 Oct 2012:  automatic writing 17 13 Nov 2012:  the fantasy prone personality 18 27 Nov 2012:  intuition revisited 19 11 Dec 2012:  the polygraph 20 25 Dec 2012:  self-help programs 21 08 Jan 2013:  organic f