Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has made grants to three state boards of education to promote more effective instruction to K-12 students about HIV prevention. The $13,000 grants are being made to the North Carolina, Oregon, and Tennessee State Boards of Education.
"HIV remains a dire threat ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Can a better understanding of the science of learning help us educate our students? Researchers at the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC), a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center, think so. To address the issue the TDLC is hosting a forum titled, "Brains R Us: The Science of ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
An article published on bmj.com claims that drug companies are still directly sponsoring the education of thousands of general practitioners. The Australian investigation is reported while the world is calling for an end to direct sponsorship by drug companies.
In Australia, it is common for drug company sponsors to recommend speakers ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
An article published on bmj.com claims that drug companies are still directly sponsoring the education of thousands of general practitioners. The Australian investigation is reported while the world is calling for an end to direct sponsorship by drug companies.
In Australia, it is common for drug company sponsors to recommend speakers ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
On any given weekday, about a quarter of the U.S. population is occupied with the critical business of education - including 50 million students in K-12 public schools, six million more in private schools, 18 million in college, plus all of their teachers. Education is a big business, but a ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
During a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, President Bush called on Congress to quickly reauthorize his global HIV/AIDS program and keep intact a provision that requires one-third of HIV prevention funding be spent on abstinence-only education, the New York Times reports (Stolberg, New York Times, 2/18).
According to ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The School District of Palm Beach County in Florida plans to begin a new sex education curriculum in April that will teach sixth-grade students about contraception and teach seventh-grade students how to use condoms, the Palm Beach Post reports.
The new curriculum is a response to concerns from Palm Beach County ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is proud to unveil its new line of updated and revised lupus education materials. Five new booklets, eleven fact sheets and five quick guides provide the latest medically sound information about lupus diagnosis and treatment. The publications feature easy-to-read text within a colorful layout ...
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