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...other thing that I am very strict about looking for is sanity. If I'm going to potentially spend seven years with this person, I want to make sure that they're the kind of person who's collaborative and easygoing, ready for a challenge, a hard worker. I'm very old-fashioned about the work ethic and the training, and that's a part...
...current version of Windows, Vista, has been received so poorly that many businesses and consumers have not upgraded from Windows XP. Now Microsoft faces the challenge of getting the same groups to spend money on new software during a downturn...
...Valentine’s Day. A day of love for some, bitterness for others, and little note to the folks holed up in their labs. Yet, no matter the emotion, the central message of the holiday cannot be forgotten: spend money, lots...
...when they’re in my class, the vast majority of my students spend their time graphing inequalities, struggling to remember the rules of decimal multiplication, and finding the surface area of cylinders. They work because I compose worksheets and make up whiteboard games, because I take them to the gym to play “Algebra Jam,” because I act like a madman to get them excited about my (rather arbitrary) team points system. I shower them with praise and affirmation and, occasionally, with Starbursts and Jolly Ranchers for correct answers...
...least $80 billion for education programs, a significant bump up from the Education Department's $59 billion discretionary budget for fiscal 2008. But there's a catch: a big chunk of the stimulus money that is designed to prevent massive teacher layoffs will be awarded only to states that spend at least as much on education as they did in 2006 - a tall order given that a minimum of 42 states are facing significant budget gaps. At least 20 states have already cut their K-12 budgets...