Harvard to name first female president The appointment of a new president will be announced on Sunday after a special meeting of the university's board of overseers, the alumni governing body that must approve the selection, according to a university official with knowledge of the selection process. Ms Faust, a historian who specialises in the civil war and the US…
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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]
LAKEWOOD RANCH -- One of the nation's leading educational theorists, who says intelligence can be measured in ways beyond test scores and standard assessments, comes to the Lakewood Ranch campus of The Out-of-Door Academy next week. Dr. Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983 and has since applied the concept worldwide and brought its tenets to millions.…
An assignment to write rap songs on civil rights heroes has enhanced lessons for Scott Sayre's students. It's also led to a recording experience. [Source: LA Times]
Moral Conclusion For the moment Rosenthal will venture only one conclusion of a prescriptive nature from his decades of research: "Superb teachers can teach the "unteachable"; we know that. So, what I think this research shows is that there's a moral obligation for a teacher: if the teacher knows that certain students can't learn, that teacher should get out of…
Professor Howard Gardner is at it again, never ceasing to create innovative approaches to traditional conceptions of thinking and learning. His groundbreaking theory of multiple intelligences spawned a re-evaluation of school curricula, highlighting the importance of including the arts and culture in mainstream learning. Recently, at the annual conference of the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS), co-hosted by the…
The Gift of Language by Theodore Dalrymple No, Dr. Pinker, it’s not just from nature. Source: The City Journal [New York -USA]