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20 hrs ago | Daily Barometer

Possibilities still open to the boomerang generation

According to research done by the Pew Research Center, among all classified 'Boomerang Generation' members, 40 percent end up back at home with their parents; a rate that is higher than any other previous generation according to recent census data.

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Tue May 21, 2013

MSNBC

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New research has proved that prime numbers don't just disappear as numbers get larger - instead, there is an infinite number of prime numbers separated by a distance of at most 70 million.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, University of New Hampshire, US News, Liberal Political News

Joannejacobs.com

Teaching the core - and social competence

School is nothing if not an intensely social experience, which is why teacher Michelle Flores posed this question to 24 third graders at Aspire Capitol Heights Academy: "When someone makes a mistake, what do we say?" "That's cool," the third graders responded in unison.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Inter-Mountain

D&E honors Khan with teaching award

Dr. Nadeem Khan, Davis & Elkins College professor of economics and finance, was honored during the college's annual Academic Awards and Recognition Convocation ceremony with the 2013 Lois Latham Award for Teaching Excellence.

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Related Topix: Davis & Elkins College, Iowa State University, Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Sat May 18, 2013

The Campbell Reporter

Student loan debt: Student Bill of Rights in California would help...

From left, San Jose State University students Benjamin Lee, Brian Ha and Evan Kashi work on their class homework in the EE98 Introduction to Circuits class taught by Professor Khosrow Ghadiri, at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

GigaOM

MOOCs aren't the only kind of online course stirring debate on college campuses

On the heels of faculty backlashes to massive open online courses, three universities have pulled out of an online learning program with education company 2U.

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Related Topix: University of Rochester, Boston College, Harvard University, Amherst College

Thu May 16, 2013

Tame The Web

Sjsu Slis Ciri: New Post - Mooc Meets Learning 2.0

I have a new post up at the Center for Information Research and Innovation blog at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science: Although educators and scholars are debating the advantages and downsides of MOOCs, with many asserting that MOOCs have the potential to provide new insight regarding online learning, research ... (more)

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Wed May 15, 2013

ClayCord.com

Walnut Creek Businessman & Martinez Resident Seeks to be Candidate in Iranian Presidential Election

In a seemingly quixotic quest, an East Bay businessman who is a dual Iranian and U.S. citizen has thrown his hat into the ring to be Iran's next president.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Martinez, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, Stanford University

KLIV

Airstaff

He is also the station's News and Program Director. A 35+ year veteran of Bay Area radio and television, George has deep ties to the local community.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Bloomberg

Harvard-for-Free Meets Resistance as U.S. Professors See Threat

Professors across the U.S. are criticizing a rush to offer free online college courses, challenging a movement designed to spread knowledge and reduce higher-education costs.

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Related Topix: Amherst College, Harvard University, American University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University

Tue May 14, 2013

The Campbell Reporter

Cupertino: English teacher honored for excellence

Monta Vista High School English teacher Mikki McMillion recently received the Excellence in Education award at the 11th annual Goldin Foundation Educators Forum hosted by the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA, Education Etc.

NatureNews

First proof that infinitely many prime numbers come in pairs

It's a result only a mathematician could love. Researchers hoping to get '2' as the answer for a long-sought proof involving pairs of prime numbers are celebrating the fact that a mathematician has wrestled the value down from infinity to 70 million.

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Related Topix: Columbia University, University of New Hampshire, Cambridge, MA

Mon May 13, 2013

The Heartland Institute

Burning of Skeptical Climate Book a Reminder of Nazi Book Burning

San Jose State University faculty recently decided the best way to address scientific criticisms of alarmist global warming theory was to burn the books containing such criticisms .

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Global Warming

Illinoisreview

Heartland re-asserts connection between Education and Capitalism

All posts, comments and statements made on IR are those of the authors only. Any disputes must be addressed to the writers, who are solely responsible for their posts, comments and statements.

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Related Topix: Stanford University, University of Chicago, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois

Customer Interaction Solutions

Open Source Model Assigns Credit Scores to 260 California Cities

A municipal credit research group has published credit scores for 260 California cities calculated with an open source credit model.

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Related Topix: California

Fri May 10, 2013

RecordNET

$40,000 scholarship turns S.J. teen's dream into reality

When her name was announced and she realized all her hard work had earned her a life-altering reward, Devon Pollard briefly appeared to go numb.

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Related Topix: Jamestown, CA, Lodi, CA, Stockton, CA

Thu May 09, 2013

El Observador

Community Lecture: Luis J. Rodriguez

Arturo HilarioEl ObservadorAt a theater room in an engineering building at San Jose State University a large drum rang through the walls at the commencement of a community lecture by author Luis J. Rodriguez.

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NBC Bay Area

No Discipline for Professor Who Admitted Crossing the Line

San Jose State University did not discipline an instructor who admitted to crossing the line with a female student in his office A San Jose State student says she was sexually assaulted in her professor's office.

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Scotts Valley Banner

Valley people

Several members of the San Lorenzo Valley High School community will be recognized Saturday, May 11, for their leadership and support efforts for the campus' Gay-Straight Alliance at the 16th annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards at Pajaro Valley High School in Watsonville.

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Related Topix: Watsonville, CA, Boulder Creek, CA

Chronicle.com

Document: San Jose State U.'s Faculty Association Responds to MOOC Backlash

The union representing professors at San Jose State University wrote the following statement expressing concerns about recent efforts by the university's president, Mohammad H. Qayoumi, to work with commercial MOOC providers.

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