October 2010
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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law →
Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal.  Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s the main thrust of this thing has a huge turquoise ring on his finger,” Nichols said. “He’s a great big huge guy and I equated him to a car salesman.” What he...
Oct 28th
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iPads, Curriculum for Excellence and the... →
Fraser Speirs has been chronicling on his blog his experience getting his school using the iPad in their classrooms. The latest article summarizes the experience classrooms have had so far. It’s all gold, and I recommend the read but I like the last paragraph the best: We have only given one directive to our teachers for using the iPad: it should be used everywhere it’s useful and...
Oct 20th
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Oct 14th