News tagged with certification
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
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May 27, 2009 |
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A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...
China scales back IT disclosure demands
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their products work.
Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it would be giving away more than 30,000 vouchers over the next 90 days to help unemployed people in Washington state get new computer skills.
Alternative teacher certification programs do not meet expectations
Mar 25, 2009 |
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What began in the 1980s as a possible way to relieve teacher shortages and improve instructional quality in areas such as mathematics and science, alternative teacher certification programs (ATCP) have become a widespread ...
First fuel-handling facility in the Galapagos earns environmental certification
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The first fuel-handling facility in the Galápagos Islands—a region of great biodiversity and evolutionary importance—was given official environmental certification today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced. The facility ...
