DINING GUIDE (St. Petersburg Times) bi2331023 Cafe Idiot ? Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m

Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence (Time.com via Yahoo! News) bi2331023 Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence..

Schools stunned by delay Sats results (Guardian Unlimited) bi2331023 Today's embarrassing announcement by ministers of a delay issuing Sats results for 11- and 14-year-olds have left schools reeling. The results of the national curriculum key stage 2 and 3 test results were due out next Tuesday, July 8

Building beyond language barriers (Douglas County News Press) bi2331023 Elizabeth Hamilton of Littleton believes when you educate people, the community becomes stronger. "I quit my corporate job to stay home the kids but wanted to be involved my community," Hamilton said

Nintendo DS English learning software a big hit students (The Japan Times) bi2331023 The Nintendo DS providing much more than just fun and games for English-language students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girl junior high school. The portable video game console now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking traditional Japanese academic methods. A giggly class of 32 students used plastic pens to spell words like "hamburger" and "cola" on the touch panel screen ? the ..

Gaylord's Lewis part of national teaching program (Gaylord Herald Times) bi2331023 PETOSKEY ? Fourteen northern Michigan teachers, among them Darcelene Lewis of Gaylord Community Schools, are joining a nationwide effort learning how to improve the teaching of writing the nation?s schools

Few takers for teaching jobs (The New Zealand Herald) bi2331023 The number of people applying for teaching jobs the secondary sector has dropped to worrying levels, the Post Primary Teachers' Association says

Are they teaching right? (The Star) bi2331023 MY neighbour?s child (a Year 6 student) attending a Chinese primary school. He English-speaking and has had no problems English so far

New interim chair for english and journalism (7/2/08) (The Western Courier) bi2331023 Beginning July 1, Western Illinois University's Department of English and Journalism see the induction of Joan Livingston-Webber as interim chairperson. Livingston-Webber, who previously was a professor of English at Western, replace David Boocker, who accepted University of Nebraska's invitation to act as the dean of the college of arts and sciences

Student-teacher ratio improves English state schools (Guardian Unlimited) bi2331023 The ratio of teachers to students state schools England has improved slightly and the number of teaching assistants has risen dramatically, figures revealed today - but schools are struggling to fill vacant posts

Korean connection (Welland Tribune) bi2331023 Kurt de Vries left Welland at age 24 a dream to live the life of a modern-day frontiersman. Propelled by parents' insistence that the world was truly a big place and offered more than hometown ever could, de Vries headed west. Far west. "Everyone []..

JOB OPPORTUNITIES (St. Petersburg Times) bi2331023 A person at position will: ? Be involved project document management and communication; ? Provide administrative support to clinical project teams; ? Liaise clients; ? Organize meetings, trainings, etc

Cross-cultural confusion and anger (Radio Netherlands) bi2331023 An item on the Olympic Torch relay brings some critical reactions. Teaching religion schools as a way to restrict religious schools? Did our man eastern get wrong about Sarajevo?..

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