Women’s History Month
Learn about women pioneers and astronauts, the fight for women's rights, and events and individuals that shaped the course of women's history in America.02.22.07
Nation’s Report Card on Reading, Math, High School Graduates
Secretary Spellings issued a statement regarding the release of two reports: The Nation's Report Card: 12th-Grade Reading and Mathematics 2005 and The Nation's Report Card: America's High School Graduates.New — Nature of Science
provides activities and lessons for learning about the scientific process, science and society, and science as a career. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)New — Physical Sciences
presents more than 200 activities, visualizations, and lessons on electricity and magnetism, energy, heat and thermodynamics, interactions of matter, light and optics, measurement, motion and forces, matter (its states, structure, and properties), and vibrations and waves. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)Now learning online is not a difficult task. One can find many helpful learning materials online as well as attend and take tests online to get a certification. But choose the right program according to your skills. If you are interested in databases then there are many courses you can select from like 000-730, 70-444 and so on. If you want to be a network administrator or want to take a networking course then go for the Network Security 925-201b exam. Other courses or packages which computer network people can opt-in for are WAN Switching 350-026 or SP Cable 350-021, etc... If you are a field engineer then there is a special program through which you can enhance your skills, which is the Wide Area Application Services 642-652 program. So now its very easy to find the area of interest and carry on with your career while sitting at home or in the office.
New — Life Sciences
offers activities, animations, and lessons on cells, diversity of life, ecology, evolution, heredity and genetics, and the human body. Topics include cells, cell division, embryos, energy, genes, traits of life, muscles, eyes, optical illusions, depth perception, mutant fruit flies, frogs, extremophiles, bacterial terrarium, mold, yeast, and more. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)Microsoft is creating entry and exit barriers by making competition tougher day by day. They have introduced many certified programs and their material is also available online. icrosoft has introduced the 9A0-045 program for Adobe InDesign. For Max operating server the 9L0-060 was designed and for Technology Standards and IP solutions the 920-803 program was designed. There are many other programs related and interrelated packages such as 70-431 and 70-441 both related to SQL. So, Microsoft has paved the way and showed the way how to learn online.
New — Earth and Space Science
provides activities, animations, and lessons on the structure, processes, and history of earth, as well as the solar system, and astronomy. Topics include earthquakes, faults, tectonic plates, soil liquefaction, Antarctica, convection currents in water, continental drift, extremophiles, auroras, subduction, Curie point, ozone, climate change, earth's magnetic field, and seasons. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)02.21.07
Teaching Resources: Math, Engineering, Middle East and More
Math, engineering, and the Middle East are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.02.20.07
TV Show and Webcast Tonight: Making Higher Education Accessible, Affordable for All
"Transforming Higher Education: Access and Affordability for All Students" airs live on March 20 from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm ET.02.16.07
Secretary, Business and Higher Ed Leaders in NYC Discuss Higher Ed
Secretary Spellings met with business and higher education leaders in New York City to discuss higher education, the business community's role in preparing students, and the importance of reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).02.15.07
New — Grand Challenges for Engineering
presents essays and opinions from engineers, scientists, and others: What will be the next great ideas in engineering? Read about the challenges of landing on Mars, engineering for the developing world, and physically accurate illumination in computer graphics. (National Academy of Engineering, National Science Foundation)New — Travelers in the Middle East Archive
focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features texts (such as travel narratives), photos and images of Egypt, and maps of Egypt and Cyprus. More than 40 educational modules (many about Egypt) put materials in context and help students see how historical research is done. (TIMEA, Institute of Museum and Library Services)New — Circus in America: 1793-1940
traces the history of the American circus since 1793, when British equestrian John Rickets presented in a Philadelphia ampitheatre the first circus in America. Learn about the acts, animals, people, music, and marketing of circuses -- and the impact of the circus on popular culture in America. Get an indepth look at six major circuses in America, including P.T. Barnum and the Ringling Brothers. A timeline and video clips are provided. (The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts)02.13.07
Statement on Aspen Institute Report on NCLB
Secretary Spellings issued a statement on a report issued by the Aspen Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind.02.09.07
Williamson Evers Nominated to be Assistant Secretary at ED
President Bush nominated Williamson Evers to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at ED.02.07.07
African American History Month
Sixty resources for learning about Frederick Douglass, the Harlem Renaissance, the 369th Infantry, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement, and more.New Teaching Resources: Cells, Climate, Math and More
Cells, climate, math, medicine, foreign languages, Africa, and Asia are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.02.06.07
New — Alien Earths
explores the formation of stars and planets and the quest for a habitable planet. Create a virtual a community of microorganisms. Try to build the perfect solar system. See how planets react with one another, and how some planets help keep our solar system stable. Look at images: see if you can recognize life. (Space Science Institute, Multiple Agencies)New — National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
provides interactive online math lessons, activities, and assessments. Topics include the fractions, functions, geometric transformations, integer arithmetic, patterns and sequences, probability, right triangle trigonometry, slope, triangle geometry, and writing equations of lines. Calculate what an excavation company should charge for digging a hole. Analyze three pollution reduction plans. Determine the best rate for repaying a loan. (Utah State University, National Science Foundation)02.05.07
President’s 2008 Budget for ED
Secretary Spellings praised President Bush's FY 2008 Department of Education budget request for providing increased resources to improve our public schools, increase rigor in our nation's high schools, and help more Americans afford college.02.02.07
Statement Honoring Black History Month
Secretary Spellings issued a statement in honor of Black History Month.Influenza Preparedness Planning Guidance for Communities
ED joined HHS, the CDC, and other federal agencies to roll-out the "Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the U.S.," an essential resource for teachers, administrators, schools and communities that offers guidance on non-pharmaceutical approaches for mitigating the effects of an influenza pandemic.02.01.07
Secretary Spellings Discusses State of Higher Ed. in U.S.
Secretary Spellings announced that President Bush's 2008 budget will raise the Pell Grant maximum for students to $4,600 next year, the largest increase in over 30 years, and $5,400 over 5 years, the largest 5-year increase ever. Spellings unveiled the President's proposal during an address at the 2007 Annual Emerging Issues Forum on Transforming Higher Education hosted by North Carolina State University.
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