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Other essential skills require on-the-job practice. It takes at least two years to master the basics of classroom management and six to seven years to become a fully proficient teacher. Unfortunately, a large percentage of public-school teachers give up before they get there. Between a quarter and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make Great Teachers | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

And it comes just three months after the Commission proposed measures copying the U.S. practice of requiring airlines that fly into the country to transmit detailed passenger data before the flight's arrival. The E.U. data system would store 19 pieces of sensitive passenger data for 13 years, including e...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Plans Biometric Border Checks | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

It is a very 21st century conundrum: how can modern, open democracies provide basic homeland security in a world with nearly limitless mobility? On Wednesday, the European Commission tried to answer that by unveiling a border management plan calling for fingerprinting all foreign visitors to the European Union.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Plans Biometric Border Checks | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

An estimated 8 million illegal immigrants live in the E.U.; in 2006, 500,000 of them were apprehended, and around 40% of these were removed. Officials say the Commission proposals will help E.U. customs, police and justice authorities better manage the estimated 300 million external border crossings each year at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Plans Biometric Border Checks | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

Hedge funds practice such risky behavior because there are effectively no consequences for them. If hedge funds have fewer than 100 investors, or investors worth at least $5 million each, they are exempt from the Securities Exchange Commission Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940. By avoiding...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Nanney | Title: Greed Is Not Good | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

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