Posts for "education"


This is it, the home stretch!

From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
March 10, 2010 at 11:16 am
Well, what do you know, the minute I "give up" on my State Tax Return...and magically it appears in my account!And with that, I have knocked out my Citi Card once and for all...leaving ... (more)

Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

From Finance Your Life
March 8, 2010 at 10:00 am
My name is not "Hov", but I am back on the scene (If you have no clue about this song lyric reference, see the video at the bottom of the article). I am back! This is going to ... (more)

Individual & Corporate Giving Manager Position at Urban Arts Partnership

From Emerging Leaders of New York Arts
March 5, 2010 at 2:29 am
Urban Arts Partnership is a non-profit arts education organization that serves students and teachers in Title I schools across New York City. Our mission to strengthen public schools ... (more)

Personal Branding Interview: Donald Asher

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Today, I spoke to Donald Asher, who is the author of How to Get Any Job, a national speaker on careers, and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, MSN Encarta, and USAirways ... (more)

National Education Association’s Read Across America Day

From Duncan Nuggets™ for Your Noggin -- Al Duncan
March 1, 2010 at 10:00 am
NEA's national reading celebration takes place each year on or near March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers ... (more)

6 Ways To Find Your Next Mentor

From Freelancedom
March 1, 2010 at 9:30 am
[Image via] Back in January, Betsy Lerner — brilliant author of The Forest for the Trees – wrote up a quick post in which she remembered two of her early mentors. ... (more)

Advanced human resources education

From UpstartHR
March 1, 2010 at 8:00 am
One of my friends emailed me recently with a question, and I know it’s a question that a lot of people ask. Even if you haven’t asked me, my opinion’s on its ... (more)

Permanent Political Football

From NoodleFood
February 24, 2010 at 11:00 am
While reading a story in the New York Times about the Texas State Board of Education, I was struck by the parallels between special-interest lobbying that occurs with a mandatory ... (more)

Personal Branding Interview: Anya Kamenetz

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 20, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Today, I spoke to Anya Kamenetz, who is a financial speaker, bestselling author of Generation Debt, a Yahoo! Finance columnist, and a staff writer for Fast Company Magazine. Her ... (more)

School Laptops Used for Home Spying

From NoodleFood
February 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm
From BoingBoing:According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb ... (more)

How to Lead with Empathy: Read Fiction

From Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone
February 16, 2010 at 3:46 pm
It’s not a surprise that great change-makers and buiness leaders (like Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Nelson Mandela), when asked about their favorite book, say something ... (more)

“We can make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.”

From The Lost Jacket
February 15, 2010 at 10:30 am
Steve Austin was off the airwaves before I was born. However, the pop cultural significance of "The Six Million Dollar Man" lingers on. Why? After all, $6 million doesn't get ... (more)

Why do schools teach about the stock market?

From Budgets are Sexy
February 15, 2010 at 8:52 am
Stocks are great to know about, yes, but even BETTER would be basic financial management. Who gets right out of high school and starts investing before landing their first job/credit ... (more)

How To Save $100-$1,000 By Troubleshooting Your Faulty Computer

From My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life
February 15, 2010 at 7:30 am
Oh, wow. Looks like it’s completely dead! At this point, it’s not even worth saving. You might as well just buy a new computer.” “Really, we can’t just fix it? It’s ... (more)

10 Reasons Marian Wright Edelman Is My She-Ro

From Motivated Sista
February 11, 2010 at 9:55 pm
  Marian Wright Edelman was the daughter of a Baptist minister and raised in South Carolina. He died when she was 14, and his last words to her were “don’t ... (more)

T.A.P. Q#435 – Help! Company is Denying Education Benefits

From CAREEREALISM: Because EVERY Job is Temporary
February 10, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Dear Experts, My company has a well publicized education benefit. The benefit is 50% tuition reimbursement for degrees or professional certifications. I meet all the specified ... (more)

5 Aesop Fables | 5 Lessons In Personal Finance

From Gen Y Wealth
February 8, 2010 at 9:00 am
There are no hidden meanings behind an Aesop’s fable. The moral of each story is so easy to comprehend, that they are commonly used to teach children life lessons. However, ... (more)

Healthcare

From Sebastian
February 8, 2010 at 3:30 am
Healthcare (or health care if you’re a colonial) means different things to different people. Depending on where you live, your background and your income, it might be synonymous ... (more)

What My Grandson Learned About Lying

From Brainware
February 4, 2010 at 8:40 am
This past summer my thirteen-year-old grandson, Evan, brought a stack of books to the family’s summer lake place, outside of Nisswa, Minnesota.  He had applied to several Massachusetts ... (more)

Education

From Sebastian
February 1, 2010 at 3:30 am
I don’t know where to start with this, the subject that surely supersedes all others. It — life, necessity and peace — begins and ends with education. With ... (more)

First event: Lonely Planet – Social Media Club Melbourne #smcmelb

From Who is in control of your brand?
January 31, 2010 at 7:48 am
It’s been a few months in the making, setting up the Social Media Club of Melbourne, that is. However, we’ve done it with work from some smashing people, @lucio_ribeiro, ... (more)

Adventures of the Last Graduate School Course

From Finance Your Life
January 25, 2010 at 9:00 pm
The end is finally sight and it is really taking up most of my time. In January of 2007, I apprehensively jumped into graduate studies after finishing my undergraduate degree ... (more)

How to Attend Automobile University

From
January 25, 2010 at 12:23 pm

“Formal education will earn you a living. Self-education will gain you a fortune. You decide how much fortune by how much self-education you get.” – Jim Rohn
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Youth Service America Grant Programs

From Duncan Nuggets™ for Your Noggin -- Al Duncan
January 24, 2010 at 10:35 am
"Youth Service America supports and motivates youth, educators, and service-learning coordinators by distributing over 400 micro grants each year for service and service-learning... [[ ... (more)

Study Shows Youths Who Spend More Time On Media Reports Lower Grades

From Online Media Gazette
January 21, 2010 at 6:12 am
A new study on the media in the lives of 8 to 18 year olds by Kaiser Family Foundation, shows a dramatic rise in the amount of time they spend using entertainment media. This is ... (more)