Teacher trouble. TWICE this year a judge has stepped in to insist some sacked teacher be allowed to teach again. [Herald Sun | Andrew Bolt]
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Call for more government money for private schools. Theage.com.au - Wed Aug 15, 08:47 pm GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
Arctic ice to hit all-time low.. University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are now forecasting a 92 percent chance that the 2007 September minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low. [Environmental Health News]
Australia's first aviation high school launched. Australia's first dedicated aviation high school, Aviation High, has now been officially launched in Queensland. Aviation High is a specialist school catering for students with a passion for aerospace and aviation careers. The school ensures students are well positioned to take up careers in the burgeoning aviation industry, which employs an estimated 14,000 Queenslanders.…
Chennai, May. 28: Success and growth are popular themes these days. However, it is a reality that many organisations slip and decline, and at times fail to survive. Unless, of course, they did an about turn to return to the black. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari studies six cases of corporate renewal in 'Turnaround Excellence' [Source: Hindu Times]
How broadband eHealth will work. One of the big supposed applications of high speed broadband is ‘eHealth.’ Usually, what is envisaged is a surgeon in Sydney operating on a critically injured patient at some outback station. My prediction is that eHealth will be most critical for the most routine and mundane of medical issues rather than the most specialised and…
Global Lightning Animation for Google Earth. Received a tip from a GEB reader about some new weather data for Google Earth. The data comes from a web site called GuiWeather.com which predominantly is focused on providing global lightning data, but also has other GE weather tools. GuiWeather hopes to help people avoid lightning strike dangers by alerting them to nearby…
Tiburon middle school puts a laptop on every pupil's lap -- teachers and students give the idea both passing and failing grades. Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon is finding itself in the front row of a debate about the use of technology in the classroom. Two years ago, the well-funded public school became the first in the Bay Area…
The Reason For Mammals' Aging Lies In The Brain. To date, there are two basic concepts of reasons for ageing. The first one is death as a result of damage accumulation, and the second is death as a suicide program. There are multiple arguments in favour of both concepts. [ScienceDaily Headlines]