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The availability of free open textbooks, Webinars, Podcasts, and open source content college courses are described as to how they support and influence adult learning.

US multinational technology company Microsoft has opened its European first flagship store, located on Oxford Circus, London, with a mixed-reality and digital enterprise retail focus.

the future of smartbooks vs. netbooks. Open source will liberate us and achieve the promise of true devices we can use.

Very interesting article on the Rise of the Smartbook (an open source $200 notebook) which will deliver on the promise of Netbooks

Welcome to the Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 6138 journals in the directory. Currently 2606 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 508803 articles are included in the DOAJ service.

Anyone continuing their education encounter opened doors to new adventures and opportunities which are closed to those without the same benefits. The value of continuing education increases every year. Without a college degree, including a degree from two-year program, the prospects of finding a high-quality job with excellent earnings is difficult at best. The level education for the average person in the United States is increasing, making it essential to complete additional education beyond a high school degree.

Breast is composed of glands, which are essentially modified sweat glands; fibrous tissue, and fatty tissue. Female breasts are primarily meant for feeding her baby. Milk is synthesized in the lobules of glands; lobules are connected to the ducts which in turn coalesce to open to the exterior through the nipple. Benign breast diseases particularly in female may arise from any of the tissue components present in it. Most commonly those arise from the tissue of ducts.

I found this article in a local paper in Texas; the Academy was built on the basis of being a "green" institution; and since its open six years ago they have been going above and beyond with replacing bulbs, finding irrigation systems that will minmize water waste, and are conscientious about improving the environment.

I decided to post this article becuase last week I found one similar about schools who had improved achievement on test scores and were going to stay open; and now this article is talking about comparing some of the schools in that same ISD and making budget cuts because of test comparibility. The schools are magnet schools and learning centers that are facing these cuts and some of those schools are funded more than others. Parents are upset becuase the schools are funded equally and that the superintendent is trying to enforce cuts based on tests that don't show a true comparibility, like the school district is stating. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this vote. Education News - The Dallas Morning News is your trusted source for news from schools and school districts.

An interesting look at the charter school movement... Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently said that charter schools that are not top-tiered are actually hurting the charter school movement. This comes at a time when the Obama administration is stressing the value of opening more charter schools.