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August 23, 2006 12:10 PM EDT -- Let me make one thing pefectly clear. (Nixon) To blame the classrom teachers for the crisis in education is equivalent to blaming the combat soldier in Iraq for the mess they find themselves a part of. . . . more
August 23, 2006 01:56 PM EDT -- Let me make one thing perfectly clear. (Nixon) To blame the classroom teachers for the crisis in education is equivalent to blaming the combat soldier in Iraq for the mess they find themselves a part of. . . . more
October 09, 2006 11:45 AM EDT -- Christopher Columbus died 500 years ago this year, but how should Americans remember him this Columbus Day? Was he the grand explorer deserving of the honor long accorded him, or was he a rank imperialist . . . more
September 22, 2006 01:02 PM EDT -- As was noted yesterday in some other Gather articles, Richard Branson, the chairman of Virgin Group, pledged an estimated $3 billion (all profits from his transportation businesses over the next 10 years) . . . more
August 29, 2006 04:46 PM EDT -- Everyone who has read my writings knows that I am a proponent of using technology, more specifically, the Internet as a tool to reform education. Despite my protest my critics try to force this idea . . . more
October 02, 2006 05:56 PM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1836: Charles Darwin's return to England Naturalist Charles Darwin  returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered . . . more
December 22, 2006 12:05 PM EST -- In the spirit of the season, the following blog post, written by Gregory McNamee, was featured in the Britannica Blog this week…  The Christmas holiday has been a source of much material, . . . more
September 08, 2006 05:13 PM EDT -- The shiny new auditorium is filled to capacity. The audience is conspicuously silent. On the stage a glass and chrome podium awaits the speaker. In the background a state-of-the art, rear projection, theatre . . . more
October 18, 2006 04:46 PM EDT -- Dr. Socrates P. Aristotle Provost Stellar University Dear Dr. Aristotle, As you know up until 1833 our our Ph.D. programs, in natural science, were labeled as a philosophy degree in "natural philosophy". . . . more
August 14, 2006 03:39 PM EDT -- We want to welcome you to Britannica's group on Gather! One of the oldest names in learning and knowledge products, Britannica invites you to "Educate Your Opinion" through a solid foundation . . . more
October 12, 2006 07:09 PM EDT -- Biography of the Day -- Luciano Pavarotti Born on this day in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Luciano Pavarotti, an operatic lyric tenor noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range, is considered . . . more
August 22, 2006 09:48 PM EDT -- With the decrease in the number of students qualifying for college, increasingly institutions rely on the reputations of their faculty to attract families to their campuses. They tout the number of . . . more
August 15, 2006 02:24 PM EDT -- As the 21st Century progresses, the issues around education are continually changing. Some issues, like fair access to education, continue to plague us. Other issues, like innovation in charter schools, . . . more
September 28, 2006 09:48 AM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1958:  Madagascar  voted for autonomy within the French Community. 1920:  In what became known as the Black Sox Scandal, eight members of the Chicago White . . . more
May 31, 2008 09:41 AM EDT -- Prophetic Dreams in Middle Eastern Cultures ~ Britannica So-called prophetic dreams in the Middle Eastern cultures of antiquity often were combined with other means of prophecy (such as animal . . . more
August 14, 2006 02:17 PM EDT -- (Excerpted from an article written by R. Murray Thomas, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that appeared in the 2006 Britannica Book of the Year.) Over . . . more
August 19, 2006 11:30 PM EDT -- Involved parents increase chances for student success All parents want their children to succeed in school. Research reveals that children whose parents are involved in their kids' education are more . . . more
October 13, 2006 11:08 AM EDT -- Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. president in 1860; John F. Kennedy in 1960. Both men were murdered, assassinated by men with 15 letters in their name. Both men were succeeded by a Southern Democrat named . . . more
October 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT -- Biography of the Day -- Luciano Berio Italian musician Luciano Berio, born this day in 1925, combined lyric and expressive qualities with advanced techniques of electronicand aleatoricmusic and ranked . . . more
November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST -- This Day in History –- November 2 1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president Jimmy Carter, former Democratic  governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize  for Peace in . . . more
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