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A School District in Fiscal Free-Fall Scrambles to Avoid Crash Landing

Emotions remain raw as educators and residents in a rural Wisconsin district dig for solutions after being denied the option of dissolving.




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STEM Blossoms in California Salad Bowl

Along with winter vegetables, STEM is blooming in Imperial County. Dennis and Daniel Gibbs are growing young scientists by transplanting the scientific method to the second grade.




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One State Polls the Public on Whether to Reopen Schools

As Montana's governor pursues a plan to gradually reopen the state, the state education department is relying in part on public opinion to decide whether to reopen schools this year.




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In Anticipation of Major Hurricane, Hawaii Shuts Down Public Schools

All of Hawaii's public schools were closed down last week in anticipation of a powerful hurricane.




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The Art of Making Science Accessible and Relevant to All Students

Building science lessons around phenomena that students know equally and can see in their own lives is making the subject more relevant and interesting.




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New Jersey Postpones PARCC Exam After Technical Problems

New Jersey is one of many states that have experienced problems with the online administering of standardized testing this year.




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Why Troubles Are Mounting for Online Charter Schools in Three States

Officials in Illinois, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are proposing to close online charter schools over concerns that they're producing subpar academic results for students.




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Black Parents Force District to End Academic Tracking

Fed up with their district’s unmet pledges to stop steering African American students into low-level classes, parents take action.




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Hacked and Cut Off From the Public: This Is School Board Business in the Coronavirus Crisis

Social distancing is forcing school business to be conducted virtually, putting school boards in the difficult spot of making crucial decisions on spending and other issues without the same level of public input.




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Rhode Island to Promote Blended Learning Through Nonprofit Partnership

The Rhode Island Department of Education and the nonprofit Learning Accelerator are teaming to develop a strategic plan and a communications strategy aimed at expanding blended learning.




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States Must Change, Too For Blended Learning

Lisa Duty of The Learning Accelerator, a Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and Highlander Institute funding partner, outlines the Rhode Islands's commitment to a blended learning future. She describes how the state is developing its new five-year strategic plan that's engaging RIDE's Ambas




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Conn. Stumbles in Quest to Use SAT as Achievement Test

The state's closely watched bid falls shy of full approval from federal reviewers.




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Accreditor frowns on Georgia school system's board troubles




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Cam Newton Mentors Next Generation of Football Stars | Bless the Babies Ep 1

Cam Newton is more than a quarterback. He's a father, a son, a coach. And to three young men from Georgia and Alabama, a mentor. Look back as the 2018 class of Cam Newton's 7 on 7 football team begins their journey.




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2003 California-USC thriller available to all fans Saturday at 1:30 PT/ 2:30 MT on Pac-12 Now

Download the Pac-12 Now app to watch an epic, triple-overtime 2003 battle between USC and California this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. PT/ 2:30 p.m. MT. The game will be available to all fans.




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New edition of the Law Handbook available online

The Law handbook: your practical guide to the law in NSW is the single most important plain English guide to the law in




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Latest Law Handbook edition now available

Over 270 copies of The Law Handbook: Your Practical Guide to the Law in NSW — the leading plain English guide to the law




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Washington State Teachers End Strikes, Enabling Students to Go to School

After three weeks of teacher strikes dotting the state of Washington, students in all districts are back in school. Teachers in the Tacoma and Battle Ground districts returned to school at the beginning of last week after settling contract agreements.




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Resurrection of reality : Cougar Bible / Timothy Jaquier.




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Black ops / Lubo Ceric.




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Family Court consent orders and enforcement applications : a “how to” guide for presenting them in an acceptable form / presented by Verity Brown, Registrar FCA.




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Criminal justice and the vulnerable / presented by Her Honour Judge Lees.




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To make terms of compromise a rule of Court or not? That is the question : an analysis of the options available to settle estate matters / presended by Christina Flourentzou, Supreme Court of South Australia..




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First blood / Natalie D=Napoleon.




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Bless Family memories : in the Vales / by Gramother Christine.

A young artist inherits her Grammy's home in The Vales and begins to remember the stories her Grammy once shared with her. Where they real or has Grammy already lost her marbles a wee bit? When some friends come to visit she regales them with the stories and gives them a tub of her Grammy's favourite chees - the Bless Family Vegan Parmesan Cheese that she had procured from the famous Blessed Cheese cafe run by the Bless family.




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Inactive Actions: The consequences if actions are placed in the inactive cases list and are not removed, establishment of “Special Reasons”, and the moratorium of steps procedure.




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DEW Public Interest Disclosure Procedure December 2019.




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Obligations of executors to potential family provision claimants / paper presented by The Hon. Justice Samuel Doyle, Supreme Court of South Australia.




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Common costs problems / paper presented by Bill Ericson, Ericson Legal.




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Screams from the Crypt : as heard by Darkwell Bled.




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Twilight Serenade : A black comedy.




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Black Flame.




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Australian government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee inquiry report : the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of the Community Development Program (CDP)




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Indo-Pacific immune systems to enable healthy engagement with the Chinese state and China's economy / Michael Shoebridge.

This paper sets out three challenges to the creation of a future for Indo-Pacific states and peoples consistent with the visions of a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP) expressed by Japan, India, the US and Australia, and now by the ASEAN outlook on the Indo-Pacific. It also describes a path for states to operate in an environment of coercive Chinese state power that seeks to influence how states relate and how they operate within their domestic boundaries.




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Troubling ambiguity : governance in SA Health / a report by The Hon. Bruce Lander QC, Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.

"... The report has been prepared for the purpose of highlighting several areas of concern I have about governance arrangements in SA Health that contribute to risks of corruption, misconduct and maladministration...." -- page 4.




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Richer veins for behavioural insight : an exploration of the opportunities to apply behavioural insights in public policy / Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government, Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The use of behavioural insights in public policy has traditionally focused on small, low cost 'nudges' to improve communications, increase compliance and enhance the way services are delivered. But BETA has begun to look beyond to identify a smaller set of 'richer veins' where BI can offer high financial and social impact. These areas includes consumer choice, financial decision-making and personal wellbeing.




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Tabling Guidelines / Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide advice to departments and entities on the procedures to be followed when presenting documents to the Parliament.




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Vulnerable private renters : evidence and options / Australian Government Productivity Commission.




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A reproducible framework for 3D acoustic forward modelling of hard rock geological models with Madagascar / Andrew Squelch, Mahyar Madadi, Milovan Urosevic.

"A special challenge of hard rock exploration is to identify targets of interest within complex geological settings. Interpretation of the geology can be made from direct geological observations and knowledge of the area, and from 2D or 3D seismic surveys. These interpretations can be developed into 3D geological models that provide the basis for predictions as to likely targets for drilling and/or mining. To verify these predictions we need to simulate 3D seismic wave propagation in the proposed geological models and compare the simulation results to seismic survey data. To achieve this we convert geological surfaces created in an interpretation software package into discretised block models representing the different lithostratigraphic units, and segment these into discrete volumes to which appropriate density and seismic velocity values are assigned. This approach allows us to scale models appropriately for desired wave propagation parameters and to go from local to global geological models and vice versa. Then we use these digital models with forward modelling codes to undertake numerous 3D acoustic wave simulations. Simulations are performed with single shot and with exploding reflector (located on extracted geological surface) configurations" -- Summary.




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Interim technical report : project 3.1 : lower cost, more effective 3D seismic exploration for hard rock environments : seismic exploration for mineral deposits case study summary table / authors: Milovan Urosevic, Andrej Bona.

"This document is intended to summarise the current state, understanding and the use of seismic reflection method for mineral exploration. Its primary objective is to provide a point of reference, based on actual case studies, for mineral explorers interested in the application of seismic methods to their project. It provides summary information (including the purpose of the survey, acquisition methods, geometry and cost, processing procedures and key findings) that are intended to provide the reader with an objective means of assessing the cost effectiveness of the technique with respect to exploration objectives. It is also aimed at exchange of information between DETCRC sponsors, affiliates and researchers. Finally we hope that this table will help in shaping future research efforts and direction within Project 3.1, regarding the application of seismic for mineral exploration.This is only initial work and it is hoped that it will evolve into a document or a catalogue that will be extensively used by the mineral industry to achieve their exploration objectives in more efficient and effective way" -- Executive summary.




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Black Rabbit.




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Newly available: Rare Books Collection




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Race across the world : the incredible story of the world's greatest road race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon / John Smailes.

London-Sydney Marathon -- History.




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Scrublands / Chris Hammer.

Droughts -- Fiction.




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The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols.

Ability -- United States.




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Science and religion : an impossible dialogue / Yves Gingras ; translated by Peter Keating.

Religion and science -- History.




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Alive at work : the neuroscience of helping your people love what they do / Daniel M. Cable.

Employee motivation.




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A seat at the table : women on the frontline of music / Amy Raphael.

Women rock musicians -- Interviews.




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The Virago story : assessing the impact of a feminist publishing phenomenon / Catherine Riley.

Virago Press -- History.




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Honourable healers : pioneering women doctors : Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Constance Stone / Merrilyn Murnane.

Stone, E. Constance (Emma Constance), 1856-1902.