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...treatment of issues surrounding education, saying that the national government is “all talk” but no action. “Children are so far down the list when decisions are made,” Bloomberg said, while lauding his own efforts to raise teacher salaries and increase graduation standards. These changes, according to Bloomberg, have decreased the quitting rate of teachers from 12,000 annually to 5,000 this year. Bloomberg added that his tax hike and controversial smoking ban were other “investments” that had turned...
These 3-D renderings can find faults that even the most experienced instructor can miss--or take years of lessons to correct. "The information that's available now has completely changed the way I think about golf," says Claude Harmon, a teacher on the tour for more than 15 years. Digital analysis has made it clear to him and other teaching pros that not everyone can--or should--swing like Tiger. Instead, instructors should design a swing tailored to each golfer's body mechanics. "All of this information is like an MRI for your swing," says Harmon. "Wherever the tumor...
...research project on what geeks and business gurus alike call “Web 2.0.” The argument in this interesting but highly redundant book is simple: when we all work together and share, we all win. If that sounds like the same thing that our preschool teachers were telling us on the playground, that’s because it is.But “Wikinomics” encourages applying this motto on a global scale, which is possible with the Internet at our disposal. And Topscott and Williams remind us that “sharing is more than...
...freshman year, Norberg would find the transition difficult. Like his fellow freshmen, he struggled to adjust to college life. However, unlike his peers, he had never experienced the years of transition from elementary to middle to high school. For them, this year merely represented a new combination of buildings, teachers and students. But for Norberg it had always been one teacher, one home, one student.From the crazy Christian to the child star, the free-loving hippie to the overprotected prig, homeschool stereotypes abound. But for a handful of homeschooled students like Norberg, these cardboard cutouts seem to be both oddly...
Such pampering is what attracted Bob and Diane Mitchell, a retired Michigan businessman and teacher, respectively, to Exclusive Resorts. In 2003, after selling a family-owned manufacturing business, they paid an initial membership fee of $100,000, and for $24,000 in dues each year, they stay in any combination of more than 2,500 luxury homes for up to 60 days. With Exclusive Resorts, unlike the time-share model, if they decide to cancel their membership, 80% of their initial deposit is returned. Since the Mitchells travel most of the year, their per-day costs are often less than...