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Vision of the Future (Part 1). Susumu Tonegawa, Sydney Brenner, Richard Axel, Ira Flatow, MODERATOR What better way to inaugurate one of the world
Pass the Virtual Scalpel, Nurse. Surgical simulators that mimic the look and feel of flesh-and-blood organs could give doctors the crucial hands-on training they need to get the bloody job done right. By Lakshmi Sandhana. [Wired News: Top Stories]
Join our World Community Grid Project Team Today!. This is the home page of IBM's World Community Grid. The Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network received confirmation last week from Robin Willner, Vice President of Global Community Initiatives for IBM Corporation, New York, that the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network had become an official World Community Grid…
Schools Must Change. A conference in Orlando, Florida has warned that educational priorities must change if students are to succeed in an increasingly global economy. [School Education Headlines]
Young People have their say to Parliament!. The Rural and Regional Services and Development Committee are specifically interested in hearing from younger Victorians about their views on living in rural towns and communities. The Central Ranges LLEN will be making a submission to the Committee next week in Alexandra. If you have a personal story to tell, and ideas about…
Australia urgently needs to debate and resolve some fundamental questions about the future of school education. Do we want to educate our children mainly in government-assisted fee-paying private schools, based on an exclusive clientele identified by socio-economic status, religion, ethnicity or some other dimension? Or do we want them mainly to be in inclusive government-funded public schools, mixing with children…
Choosing a school in a knowledge Vacuum. The first is the fact that the differences within any given group are always greater than the differences between two groups. The fact the differences within a group are bigger than differences between groups also applies to schools. There is very hard data showing "individual schools" are much more influential than "school sector"…