19 Jan, 2012
Library
COLUMBIA – Columbia International University set to dedicate the renovated G. Allen Fleece Library with a special ceremony Tuesday morning at 11:30.
An electrical fire in May of 2010 caused over $2.5 million dollars in damages.
Improvements to the library include glass-enclosed rooms, high-tech connectivity, new furniture, a copier alcove, and a coffee nook that features a coffee maker that grinds the coffee beans.
The renovated library opened to students on Jan. 17.
Students had been using a temporary library housed in a small, steel-framed building.
The dedication will be preceded by a chapel service at 10:50 a.m. featuring Dr. David Calhoun, the son-in-law of G. All
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16 Jan, 2012
Mind Trust Plan
Terry Ryan said it well, praising The Mind Trust’s Indianapolis school reform plan, Creating Opportunity Schools, as a “bold and dramatic transformation of public education akin to what has taken place in New Orleans and New York City. And its true that “the most controversial part of the reform plan,” as Terry writes, “calls for neutering the role of the current IPS [Indianapolis Public Schools] school board, while turning governance over to a new five member board appointed jointly by the mayor and the City-County Council.” This is indeed a bold consolidation of power. But the plan also calls for turning Indianapolis into a district of total choice, in which all schools would compete for students — a bold diffusion of power.
This is indeed a bold consolidation of power. But the plan also calls for turning Indianapolis into a district of total choice, in which all schools would compete for students — a bold diffusion of power. By combining mayoral authority and parental choice, as Paul Peterson suggests in his masterful 2010 book Saving Schools, The Mind Trust proposal would create “a marriage made in heaven”:
Theoretically, the excellence movement’s two central thrusts — accountability and parental choice — are complementary strategies designed to enhance school quality: information supplied by an accountability system can be made available to parents, who can then make intelligent choices among schools.
But Peterson warns that when choice and accountability are pursued simultaneously, they operate on a collision course. This tension is part of the ref
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11 Jan, 2012
ekg technician training
It is evident that there are several factors that influence the salary you are offered. This seems to be the universal rule and it was proved with the recent recession and pay cuts that were enormous in many industries. So if you decide to take EKG technician training and pursue a career in the medical field, you should make the decision based on the salary of the EKG technician and what factors influence it. Read full post…
4 Dec, 2011
Aesp Foundation Aesp Foundation Receives Energy Foundation Receives
AESP Foundation Receives $230,000 Contract From U.S. Department of Energy The Association of Energy Services Professionals Foundation announced today that it has received a $230,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop My Energy Gateway, a comprehensive website and information clearinghouse for educational and training opportunities in the field of energy efficiency.
Geared to students, professionals, and displaced workers, My Energy Gateway, provides users with valuable information on trade school, college, university and certification programs that focus on energy efficiency, green energy and alternative energy.
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21 Nov, 2011
Columbia Hall Meeting Town Hall Town Hall Meeting
COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is meeting with his constituents in South Carolina’s state capital.
Wilson is planning to talk about job creation during a town hall meeting in Columbia on Tuesday.
His office says the Republican is also planning to talk about ways to remove barriers to allow for private-sector growth.
Anyone who lives in South Carolina’s Second Congressional District is invited to attend the meeting at Forest Acres City Hall.