Category Archive for Educational Articles

Our Children, Our City: The child of children

11 Nov, 2011  No Comment Child Child Children

As Jason Brewster sits next to his mother and father on the couch of their Southside home, it’s almost difficult to distinguish the child from the parents.

At 14, Jason is boyish enough. He’s bright-eyed and soft-spoken, and possesses only the promise of facial hair.

But when you look at Jason’s parents, it’s hard to picture them as parents. At least his parents.

His father, Jason Sr., is 28. His mother, Melissa Vega, is 27.

the same age Jason is now. their jaws just drop.”

The reaction is not limited to outsiders. When Jason turned 14 last month, his parents looked at him and tried to imagine themselves at that age, and as new parents. “We were stunned,” Melissa said.

Teen pregnancy is an old story.

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Paradigm Partners has Selected MFG.com as a Strategic Partner With The Goal of Further Educating the Manufacturing Industry about Lucrative Tax Incentives

3 Nov, 2011  No Comment Incentives Lucrative Tax Lucrative Tax Incentives Tax Incentives

Paradigm Partners has Selected MFG.com as a Strategic Partner With The Goal of Further Educating the Manufacturing Industry about Lucrative Tax Incentives

Paradigm Partners is privileged to formally partner with MFG.com to further enhance its industry leading online marketplace

MFG.com, the largest online marketplace for the global manufacturing industry, formally announced a strategic partnership with Paradigm Partners of Houston, Texas. Read full post…

USC coach honored by Midlands faith-based group

26 Oct, 2011  No Comment Coach Coach Honored

FORT JACKSON –  It’s a special honor for University of South Carolina’s head baseball coach.

Wednesday morning Ray Tanner getting an award from Healthy Learners at the Fort Jackson Golf Club.

The group is a faith-based non-profit that addresses poverty at its root, so that future generations will not be affected by it.

Organizers say Tanner is an advocate for children’s well being and that his values mirrors Healthy Learners mission and vision.

“It hits your heart when you do something for children. It’s all about reaching out to our young people to help them be successful in the classroom. Whether it’s

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It sure wasn’t pretty, but Harkin-Enzi’s out of committee

23 Oct, 2011  No Comment Committee Harkinenzi’s Committee

The Senate HELP committee voted last night to send the Harkin-Enzi ESEA bill to the floor. It passed 15-7, with support from all of the Democrats and three Republicans (Mike Enzi, Lamar Alexander, and Mark Kirk). Now, let the analysis begin! Here are five thoughts:

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1. This is a big deal, folks. The ESEA reauthorization process hasnt gotten this far sincewell, ever. In 2007 the House education committee floated a draft bill which then died an ignominious death. The Senate HELP committee has never produced a bill . So to have a comprehensive bill marked up and sent to the floor represents a significant milestone.

2. President Obama and Secretary Duncan deserve credit for spurring the Senate into action.

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High absenteeism plagues IPS’ new intersession program

16 Oct, 2011  No Comment Ips New New

during IPS’ new school calendar would allow the district to provide extra-help courses for children who had fallen behind.

The courses are free. Transportation and lunch are provided.

Sounds like a good deal, especially for a district whose students are routinely among the lowest-scoring in the state. But halfway through the first two-week break, a troubling trend has emerged: Students are not showing up.

But of those 16,767 students, the average daily attendance this week has been only 57 percent.

The situation is such that IPS Superintendent Eugene White told The Indianapolis Star he is considering making the two-week courses mandatory for some students next year.

“All of this,” White said, “gives us a rationale for whether or not we want to make it mandatory.”

While no one at IPS is happy with the attendance, Associate Superintendent Li-Yen Johnson said it was to be somewhat expected.

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How to choose medical billing and coding software

28 Sep, 2011  No Comment medical billing and coding

Medical billing and codingConsidering the high demand for medical billing software in the medical industry today, it is not strange that you will find many companies that are trying to encourage doctors and health care providers by offering a free trial of their software. There are software vendors out there that allow you to download their demo software if you meet certain criteria. Read full post…

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