ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) “State Education Officials Get an Earful” by Laurel Rosenhall Source: Sacramento Bee – 16 December 2005 URL: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13985671p-14819219c.html Begging, threatening and scolding, scores of people from across the state […]
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COMET • Vol. 6, No. 33 – 7 December 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) David Pagni Receives a 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring Source: California State University, Fullerton – 23 November 2005 […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 32 – 30 November 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) Schools Chief O’Connell Congratulates Two Teachers from Los Angeles County for Receiving National Educator Award Source: California Department of Education URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr05/yr05rel147.asp Last Tuesday, State Superintendent […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 31 – 18 November 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) UC, Berkeley Seeks Resource Center Director/Academic Coordinator (UC’s Teach-STEM Initiative) Source: Teresa A. Harlan, Executive Assistant to the Dean of Physical Sciences, University of California, […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 30 – 8 November 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) Calendar of Events for California’s Schools: 2006 Edition Source: California Department of Education URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fb/yr06calendar.asp Special events, observances, and holidays related to education in California during 2006 are […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 29 – 1 November 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (NATIONAL FOCUS) (1) What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/BAIBES_excerpt.pdf Ken Bain is founding director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at New York University […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 28 – 27 October 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) State Superintendent O’Connell Announces Significant Gains by Schools in Meeting State Academic Targets Source: California Department of Education – 27 October 2005 URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr05/yr05rel131.asp State Superintendent […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 27 – 18 October 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) California 2005 Special Election Information Source: California Voter Foundation (CVF) URL: http://www.calvoter.org/voter/elections/2005/special/index.html On Tuesday, November 8, 2005, millions of Californians will head to the polls to […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 26 – 11 October 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (NATIONAL FOCUS) (1) Tonight at 8:00 p.m. on PBS Stations: Einstein’s Big Idea Source: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/about.html Exactly 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications […]
COMET • Vol. 6, No. 25 – 7 October 2005
ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS (CALIFORNIA FOCUS) (1) 2007 Mathematics Primary Adoption Publisher Briefing Source: Curriculum Commission, California Department of Education URL: http://www.cde.ca.GOV/be/cc/cd/publicmtgs.asp The publisher briefing for the 2007 mathematics primary adoption that was […]
