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Why Vocational and Career Education Are Important

There are three major reasons why every school district should offer strong vocational learning opportunities:

1. Vocational competence is critical to the economic health of our nation.

2. A significant number of students, both college-bound and non-college-bound, are experiential learners who will learn academic skills best from developing them in a career or application context.

3. Delaying the career or application context until after grade 12 lowers motivation and learning achievement for many experiential learners.

Consider these characteristics of experiential learners:

1. They are often as or even more capable of complex learning than traditional learners.

2. They learn academic…

5 Comments Category: Books
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Ask children where food comes from, and they’ll probably answer: ‘the supermarket’. Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the sources of our breads, beef, cheeses, cereal, apples, and countless other foods that nourish us every day? Ann Vileisis’ answer is a sensory-rich journey through the history of making dinner. “Kitchen Literacy” takes us from an eighteenth-century garden to today’s sleek supermarket aisles, and eventually to farmer’s markets that are…

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2 Comments Category: Children Literacy
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I am having problems constructing my drama solo, any help would be great. my criteria and stimulus is as follows:

PRESCRIBED STRUCTURE 2
Character: The Cat in the Hat
Stimulus: The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, and the life of Dr Seuss

Performance focus: Create a solo performance based on the character of the Cat in the Hat.

At a campaign rally for the 2008 United States presidential election, the mischievous Cat in the Hat announces
his candidacy and reveals the major points of his agenda.
To do this he:

• re-creates some of his adventures in the two books named after…

6 Comments Category: Teaching Literacy
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How would i combine these sentences w.out comma splices or fused sent.
1. Several recent studies indicate that many American high school students have a poor sense of history. This is affecting out future as a democratic nation and as indivduals
2. Surveys show that nearly one-thrd of American 17 year olds cannot identify the countries the U.S. fought against in WW2. One third think Columbus reached the New World after 1750
3. Several reasons have been given for this decline in historical literacy. The main reason is the way hisory is taught.
4. This problem is bad news. The good news is that…

1 Comment Category: Children Literacy
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I have a job that I want more than anything. (Adult literacy coordinator for state of PA). I have experience in this field however it is 5 and more years ago (1992-1997 and then May 2000 to December 2002) . I want to get this pertinent job information to stand out on a resume. It is 8 years of adult and young adult and children’s literacy work.

How do I get this information to stand out since I have clearly worked other jobs since 2002?

Thanks everyone.

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6 Comments Category: Children Literacy
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Hey there!
A friend of mine is turning 14 in a month or so.
This year, I wanted to get her something unique.
There’s this website where if you buy something, the profit goes to preserving rainforest, help feed the hungry, help children attain literacy, and take care of animals across the world.
I don’t care what’s cheapest, I just want what would be the best for her.

Soooo…. let us start with the options!

1. It’s simple, and she loves cats. http://shop.therainforestsite.com/store/item.do?siteId=221&itemId=31809&link=Store_TRS_Cart_Item

2. She likes the color combo of red, white and black, and she likes pearls:

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3. She likes hearts, silver, and it has 2,000 year…

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1 Comment Category: Teaching Literacy
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Hello Everyone,

I work for a university and it is financial literacy week. I need a name my Student Money Management Center’s new interactive game that will teach students how to be financially smart!

Be CREATIVE!!!

Thanks for all input!

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OK here is the background and the current situation. My girlfriend of 2 years has recently allowed me to review her credit report and overall financial situation. Situation: Extremely Bad. She was raised within a family (like many) that did not teach financial literacy whatsoever. Her predicament resides mostly within student loans, however there is some other debt as well. She’s a smart girl (less basic financial sense) and I’ve gone over some basic “best practices” when it comes to debt and credit to try to at least stop the bleeding. Below is information that will better describe the situation:
Female…

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“English from A to Z” is the perfect guide for anyone looking to improve his or her ability to speak, understand and master the English language. It is also an excellent resource for independent study. With a simple, straightforward and fun approach that makes it easy for new learners and experienced speakers alike, it is the guide you’ll use over and over to improve your application, extension and internalization of the English language. A companion Audio CD is also available separately.

Chinese Edition – English From A To Z: Everyhing You’Ll Ever Need To Know About Speaking And Writing The…

2 Comments Category: Children Literacy
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Ok so I have been trying to do these problems for a couple hours now, and I still can’t figure them out. Please help and give as much detail in your answers as possible so I can understand it. Thank you!

Herman and Grace Rohrbach are in their mid-thirties. They are reasonably well off financially insofar as Grace’s mother has established a trust fund to educate their two children. The Rohrbachs lead rather simple lives and have no desires for lavish spending. However, they do face one major financial challenge: how to have sufficient resources in their retirement years. Herman owns…