The Skills Needed To Have A Successful Nursing Career

A general description about the nursing profession.

Wake Up and Smell the Culture

This article links culture to academic achievement. It makes the case that a culture of poverty--not any ethnic culture--is responsible for low academic achievement, and it puts forward some ideas about how to correct the problem. It is distinctly opposed to the practices enforced by The No Child Left Behind Act because of its failure to address the true issues involved.

The Evolution Of Cookery

Mans inability to keep up with technology. Think before you cook.

3 Steps Parents Can Take To Support Elementary Language Education In Their Communities

What a parent can do to support early childhood language education, despite cutbacks in funding for foreign language programs at the elementary school level

The Multicultural Library

How librarians are responding to the needs of ethnically diverse communities

Choices And Charters In Cleveland Schools

If you're looking for the latest and most innovative educational trends, you need look no further than Cleveland Schools. Charter schools, schools that are run privately, can be either non-profit or for-profit organizations, and can sometimes be selective of the students they accept.

Cincinnati Schools Face Layoffs

Cincinnati Schools have recently endured an increased number of teacher and staff layoffs. The changes being made are noticeably affecting the function of schools; many parents have perceived the losses and been able to pinpoint the changes these departures have made in the Cincinnati Schools.

Boston Schools Battle Over MCAS Scores

Boston Schools are right in the middle of current concerns over stagnated student scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Exam (MCAS). For the second year in a row, test score are flat, causing concern to both Boston Schools and the state of Massachusetts.

What Is Learning? Can We Learn Better Than Apes?-Part 2

We continue the conversation (Part 2 out of 2) on Learning with Dr. James Zull, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at Case Western University and author of The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning.

Bulgarian Geology

Due to its small size one secret Bulgaria does hold is the geological features that make its beautiful landscape. From glacial lakes and high mountains to flowing river and large forests Bulgaria has every geological feature you can think of.

10 Qualities You Find in Good Students and Good Citizens

Over the years I have found 10 qualities in students that make them good students. To me a good student is not always the student that gets an A. Some students can get an A without even trying and they will take any path they need to, to get that A. Then there are those students that work their little hearts out and get a B or even sometimes a C and they are much better students that the A student talked about above. A student is someone that wants to learn and study to make himself better.

Nursing Education - Traveling Nurses

Today is an exciting time for nurses. The job market is plentiful with positions including the demand for traveling nurses. To be a travel nurse takes a special person. The individual who is a travel nurse is one who likes to see new places and meet new people, face challenges with confidence and work as a team member. Being a travel nurse is not for everyone. Nurses who have family responsibilities may choose to work near their home. However, for those who like to travel and are very outgoing, being a travel nurse is a rewarding experience.

Bullying - A Problem Far Too Common

Bullying involves the psychological, emotional, social or physical harassment of one or more person by another individual or group. It includes behaviours and actions that are verbal, physical and/or antisocial.

Bramhall Square - The Site of the First U.S. Federal Execution

Before the construction of the infirmary could begin, a task had to be completed. This task was the removal of the gallows which stood for nearly 100 years. There is a big sign on the edge of the parking lot of the Bramhall Fire Station, which sits a couple buildings down on Congress St. telling about the Hanging of Thomas Bird, which took place on June 25, 1790. It is the sight of the first federally ordered execution in the history of the United States of America.