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A presentation by Kim Cofino given to Qatar Academy in February 2009.

success stories - Baldwin Academy research & recommendations

This morning President Obama gave what I would call his 'We're-Going-to-the-Moon' speech at the 146th Annual Meeting of National Academy of the Sciences. Earlier today I wrote a post, Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Our Children, on a comment by Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan about the need to challenge the educational status quo. After listening to President Obama's speech, I realized it was a Part 2 to my earlier post so I retitled the post 'We're-Going-to-the-Moon:' Part 1 and titled this post Part 2. Please listen to the entire speech and read the full text, but here I quote the President's comments on STEM education.

The 21st Century Information Fluency Project (21CIF) began in 2001 when the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy received funds from the US Department of Education to research and develop training in the largely unexplored field of online information literacy. The mission then, which remains today, is provide professional development and resources to help educators and students improve their ability "to locate, evaluate and use digital information more effectively, efficiently and ethically." Great site to learn all about information literacy!

My experiences becoming a Google Certified Teacher in Washington D.C.

"Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help."

The Educational Equity Center (EEC) at the Academy for Educational Development (AED) is using social networking to connect with United States (US) parents and educators about how to foster girls' interest in science and technology, and to communicate why that is important. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Science: It's a Girl Thing! is an early childhood science programme offering web-based resources detailing science-based activities for parents and children to do together at home, with supplementary how-to videos and discussions available online.

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There is a serious problem with the way we are educating our young people about Computing.  The majority of students leave school actively disliking what they mistakenly believe to be Computing. As a result applications to UK University Computer Science courses have collapsed by 60% since 2000, yet the demand for software professionals across the EU has grown

The Pre-K program sets your child up for success for Kindergarten and ahead. Kids 'R' Kids Learning Academy Pre-K program provides them with a foundation of learning, fun and development while they preparing for the excitement of starting school that will help them for the rest of their lives!

Elite IAS Coaching in Delhi has been ranked as one of the top institutes for UPSC training in Delhi. Elite IAS Academy believes in providing the best education to students with world-class facilities to develop their skills. Offering an excellent environment to aspirants will help them to prepare and gain confidence.

People preparing for UPSC know what LBSNAA stands for. LBSNAA stands for Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. It is located in Mussoorie and is a top training center for Civil Services in India. It conducts a common Foundation Course for entrants to the All India Services; Indian Foreign Service; Group 'A' services of the Union and the Royal Bhutan Service followed by professional training for the regular recruits of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and members of the Royal Bhutan Service.

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Success and failure are two sides of the same coin. Those who put in the most effort and study relentlessly have the best chance of passing the TEAS exam. Practice and working though challenging TEAS questions is at the heart of Dr. Adkins live TEAS & HESI Prep Course. What better way to practice and review the concepts than with a medical doctor who is walking you through every question? If you want the best score, you simply have to work with the best.

Tajweed Rules It is absolutely important to learn Tajweed rules, as the Islamic religion has expanded within a few decades of its starting to maximum parts of the globe. The people that live in this world have got different religions and languages. Even the alphabets of all these languages are quite different from each other. For Muslims, Al Qur'an will be there for rest of their lives and it will last up to the Judgment day. During the spread of Islam, both the Arab and non-Arab countries were being mixed together, but they had way too much differences in the case of languages and accents. There are still many Middle Eastern countries where Muslim people can't read the Holy Qur'an according to the rules of Tajweed. learning Tajweed Rules There was a time when it was feared that the actual spoken words of our Prophets were not being preserved due to unavailability of Tajweed rules. There was a risk of losing the real pronunciation of reading Al Qur'an. Therefore, it was realized that Tajweed rules had to be managed in such a way that both the Arabs and non-Arabs would be able to preserve the exact words, accent, sounds, and its real meaning. Besides, it is extremely necessary to learn and exercise the rules of Tajweed while reading and reciting the Holy Qur'an.

Islamic banking is a banking action which is steady with the Islamic law (Shariah). Islamic banking is done as per the tenets of Shariah, regarded as fiqh muamalat (Islamic manages on transactions). It tries not to permit the paying and appropriating of riba' (premium) and furthers more amazing level of decency and value in the behavior of banking business. The foremost Islamic bank was created in Malaysia in 1983. In 1993, business banks, dealer banks and back groups were permitted to give Islamic banking items and aids under the Islamic Banking Scheme (IBS banks). The IBS banks are needed to guarantee that the trusts and actions of the Islamic banking transactions are divided from the traditional banking business. All permitted Islamic banks and IBS banks are needed to showcase the Islamic banking logo as demonstrated beneath: SHARIAH PRINCIPLES IN ISLAMIC BANKING The guidelines and standards of fiqh muamalat radiated from two essential origins of Shariah specifically the Quran and the Sunnah and different auxiliary and legitimate origins of Islamic law.