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PARIS (AP) – Laurent Blanc's resurgent France team looks to extend its unbeaten run to 11 matches against Chile on Wednesday, and to continue its recent good form ahead of next month's crucial European Championship qualifiers.
Since losing his opening two matches in charge, Blanc has won eight and drawn two. More than that, he has got France playing attacking football again, and players once wracked by nerves are no longer scared to express themselves.
''We have a good team. It's up to us to keep this run going and to keep getting better,'' France striker Karim Benzema said. ''We've started to get the fans back on our side.''
Fans turned their backs on France after last year's World Cup debacle under Raymond Domenech. But Blanc has turned things around and France is at the top of its Euro 2012 qualifying group.
''He's a great coach. He's brought that football touch along with him,'' Benzema told RMC radio in an interview Monday. ''We're trying to play attractive football, to score goals. There's a good feeling within the squad, a second wind.''
Benzema in particular has thrived under Blanc, who severely criticized him at the start of last season for carrying too much weight. Back then, Blanc issued Benzema an ultimatum: get fit, or risk losing your place in the France team.
Benzema responded by scoring crucial goals in European qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Luxembourg, and further enhanced his reputation with goals in wins against England and Brazil. In addition, he scored 26 goals in 48 games for Real Madrid.
France's return to form has coincided with Benzema's rise to prominence - and his gradual shedding of excess weight.
''I've lost seven or eight kilos (15-17 pounds) compared to the same period last year,'' said Benzema, who has scored eight goals in seven offseason friendly matches. ''I'm carrying on where I left off in the second part of last season. I'm feel strong in my mind and in my legs.''
Chile may be different to what awaits his team in September's frenetic Euro 2012 qualifiers against Albania and Romania. But Blanc expects Chile, which reached the Copa America quarterfinals last month, to provide a stiff test that his players need at this early stage of the season.
''Chile is a good team, you saw that during the Copa America,'' Blanc said. ''Before you had Brazil and Argentina in South America, but now Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico and Chile are among the good teams in world football. It will be a good test for us.''
With Adil Rami suspended for the qualifier against Albania, and Philippe Mexes still making his way back from a knee operation, Blanc must test out a new center-half pairing against Chile.
Also, Blanc still has not decided who his long-term captain is going to be. Marseille midfielder Alou Diarra, Chelsea winger Florent Malouda, Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri and Mexes have all worn the armband since Blanc took over.
''I would like things to take care of themselves, but that hasn't happened,'' Blanc said, lamenting the lack of a natural leader in his team. ''If there was an obvious choice, we would already have made it.''
Blanc has some injury concerns ahead of Wednesday's match. Lille winger Dimitri Payet has pulled out of the squad after hurting his right shin in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Nancy, while defender Patrice Evra (left knee) and Nasri (muscle cramps) sat out Monday's training.
Blanc rested Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery and Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby, who are both recovering from ankle injuries.
Chile is playing its first match since losing to Venezuela in the Copa America quarterfinals.
Coach Claudio Borghi is without forwards Matias Fernandez, Humberto Suazo, and Mauricio Pinilla. The rest of the team is likely to similar to the one which lost to Venezuela, with Juventus defender Arturo Vidal, Birmingham midfielder Jean Beausejour, Sevilla midfielder Gary Medel, and Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez all available.
''France has a very good team and plays very good football,'' Borghi said. ''It will be a good way to see how good we really are.''


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Lucky Boy, Mike Lee and Willie Nelson are Victorious
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Thomas & Mack, Las Vegas - Notre Dame graduate Mike Lee (11-0) defeated Paul Harness (4-4-1) via unanimous decision in their light heavyweight bout. The scores were 40-36 on all three scorecards. The fight will be aired on tape delay on the pay-per-view portion of the broadcast.
In a battle of super welterweight prospects, Willie Nelson (18-1-1) defeated John Jackson (13-0) via unanimous decision. The scores were 96-94 twice and 98-92.
The fight was fought on even terms throughout the first half. The tide began to change in the 7th as Nelson began to time Jackson and counter him at will. Nelson badly wobbled Jackson in the 8th round almost sending him to the canvas. The son of former great Julius Jackson was able to stay on his feet and survive the round but he fought tentatively throughout the duration of the fight.
Veteran Michael Medina (16-3-2) notched an easy victory over James Winchester (15-5) in their junior middleweight fight. Medina simply outclassed Winchester, dropping him in the 2nd and 10th round as he won every round on all 3 judges scorecards. The scores were 80-70 three times.
In the first bout of the evening, Wale "Lucky Boy" Omotoso improved to 23-0 when he defeated Daniel Sostre (11-7-1) via unanimous decision. The scores were 80-72 and 79-73 twice. Omotoso cruised to an easy victory but was never able to really hurt the sturdy Sostre.
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2008 Cincinnati Reds Year in Review
"Griffey day-to-day with an
"Griffey day-to-day with an embiggened meta-owwie from this perfectly cromulent exercise"
Trans, you are the Kurt
Trans, you are the Kurt Vonnegut of Baseball Writers!
when you get down to writing the full length novella, please consider the title:
Dusty *
* love it. Also, Trans...
* love it.
Also, Trans... you double-switched the extra N for a T in Cincinnati.
Ugh, if I had a dollar for
Ugh, if I had a dollar for every time I do that. I even double-checked the spelling on that, and still flubbed it.
This is why MVN should regularly be editing my writing. :)
Ha, good work Trans.
Ha, good work Trans.
42 pages of comments like
42 pages of comments like these at Cincinnati.com
I applaud the Reds for hiring Dusty Baker and making the right decision, in spite of all the racist and bigoted fans. After reading some of the comments on this blog - fans vowing to never attend another game, reminds me of the racist climate and the jim crow laws in the 50's. Let's be brutally honest, if Dusty Baker was a Caucasian, these same fans who are pledging to never attend another reds game, would accept Dusty Baker with open arms. Shame on you Cincinnati! You people are an embarrassment to civilized, intelligent Americans everywhere. Let's move into the 21st Century and leave those narrow minded, racist attitudes of the past behind.
--Skip, Anderson, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 11:08:00 AM
I just lost interest in the reds for the next 3 years.
--Spurlore, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 11:02:00 AMI wonder if the Reds management knows what it is doing? They hired a manager that has all the wrong qualitites that this team needs. He has proven that he doesn't know how to handle a pitching staff. He is laid back and caters to egos and stars with differential treatment. He has shown a tendency to play veterans and not go with younger players. So we now have a manger who will probably ruin Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto and will continue to cater to egos like Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr and not play young players like Josh Hamilton, Joey Votto or Jay Bruce. WOW I can't wait for this train wreck to take place. What in the world was Wayne Krivsky thinking.
--Rob Nelson, Maineville, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 8:19:00 AM
Fresh off a 96 loss season with the Cubs the Reds have lost me for good worst move since the Frank Robinson deal. I'm done with this organization.
--Steve Sheehan, Sarasota, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 8:17:00 AM
I was a bit surprised by the naming of Dusty Baker as manager.He was a very good Major League player and has proven himself as a quality manager. I think his critics here are a bunch of rednecks who would rather have any White guy manage the team than Dusty Baker who is a BIG STEP UP from the recent managerial hirings in Cincinnati. Good Luck Dusty. I'll see you at Great American Ballpark.
--laurence hartnett, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 7:35:00 AM
Those of you that think this is a good hire didn't watch a Cubs game in 2003-06. He blew the LCS in 2003, blew it in the stretch run in 2004 and his teams didn't even show up in 2005 or 2006 -- when the Cubs had the worst record in the majors -- and all of those teams had more star power than the Reds do now. Proven winner -- give me a break. What's he ever won? He once said "walks clog the bases." Need I say more?
--Radek Bonk, Ottawa, Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 7:22:00 That's it. Almost 35 years of my life devoted to this team and it's ending because of an obvious lack of dedication to winning. Dusty Baker is a complete moron when it comes to managing a baseball team - I've seen him and his coaching staff screw up double switches and bat guys out of order before - and I have just OFFICIALLY become a Chicago White Sox fan. I put up with Dick Howser dismantling the Machine, Pete being banned, the lost decade of the 1980s, relievers leaving the mound in flames, Adam Dunn failing to hit in clutch situations, inept managers like Bob Bafoon and Dave Miley, egotistical GMs in leather pants and Barry Larkin acting like a prima donna instead of a team captain, and this is the straw that broke the camel's back.
--Troy Guthrie, Indianapolis, Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 12:04:00 AM
I've loved and supported the Reds my whole life and will continue but I am so ashamed of the racist undertone you guys are displaying to America. No Dusty, this is not the place for you, stay with main-stream America!
--david smith, west end, Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 5:43:00 PM
*golf clap*
*golf clap*
Of course, your Cubs 2007
Of course, your Cubs 2007 recap article, from February, was the inspiration for this, Rob!
As a Reds fan my entire
As a Reds fan my entire life, this makes me sad.... becuase I honestly see the season progressing something like this.
10-15-07 - Dusty Baker
10-15-07 - Dusty Baker announced as Reds new manager
10-16-07 - Suddenly the talent and focus of a team takes a back seat to another elderly overweight man who somehow means more than the weight of the team
its just a manager...hell, its just dusty baker. he's held so many players back in his tenure as manager. there's...umm...well...moving on...
if the reds clubhouse wasnt fragmented pieces and cliqued personalities that had the feel of a 'florida/tb' type place where people pull their time til they get to go elsewhere maybe they wouldnt have to bring iin a personality manager. they tried 3 other guys who couldnt pull that clubhouse together already.
some see this as a definate sign that dunn's gone. dunn is one of the major problems there...he's never really gotten used to the fact he's not a highschool hometown football star anymore and griff/hatteberg are about as much of a leadership crew as a bag of balls.
personally, i dont see the point of having dusty if theyre gonna get rid of dunn this year. dusty is the type of guy you bring in to reign and manage your personalities and dunn is CIN's bonds/kent/sosa/etc. though he shows his ego in different ways.
Nicely done, Trans/ One
Nicely done, Trans/
One small quibble, I think that Arroyo and Harang are the likely victims of a streak of 13 120+ pitch starts.
btw...not to take away from
btw...not to take away from the humor of the topic piece...funny stuff.
If I call Pinhead a
If I call Pinhead a spaghetti bender, does that mean that I didn't want Dusty gone for racial reasons? I am so confused.
Crommulent. You are the
Crommulent. You are the king. However, you could have gone further and predicted Griffey missing some time due to 'Gigantism'.
"As a Reds fan my entire
"As a Reds fan my entire life, this makes me sad…. becuase I honestly see the season progressing something like this."
You would kill to finish the season in a tie for first.
I think this preview/review
I think this preview/review is accurate in all but one area: no way the Reds actually contend this year. Especially with Lemke and Ojeda in the lineup.
If I had to do it all over
If I had to do it all over again (and mercifully, I don't), I would have more Freel, Harang/Arroyo, and double switches.
Oh, and Giganticism, yes....
"9-25-08- MSNBC reports Josh
"9-25-08- MSNBC reports Josh Hamilton has been kidnapped by a notorious Columbian..."
no good can come of this...
"coffee cartel"
...oh....um....nevermind. carry on
Good job joking about
Good job joking about Hamilton's past demons. Top notch hilarity there.
Unless I missed something,
Unless I missed something, it is still 2007.
Dusty Baker is a mistake and it has nothing to do with race
having seen hamilton in
having seen hamilton in highschool and seeing the before/after of his living in florida until his "return" to north carolina...man...kid made his own mistakes.
he also continued to make mistakes, at least with drinking, far after he claims he's stopped.
he's on his 5th...6th chance or so...and wow what he's done with that chance. hopefully he can keep it up.
dude was a man amongst kids in highschool...towering and powerful.
That was great. First laugh
That was great. First laugh I've had concerning baseball for a while:-)
Outstanding, Trans. I don't
Outstanding, Trans. I don't like the Reds--have never liked the Reds, and I feel terribly sorry for them.
Just to be clear, I welcome
Just to be clear, I welcome any inquiry anybody wishes to make into either this post, or anything else I've ever written, and see if they can find anything indicative of a history of insensitivity toward substance abuse or just about anything else that a person reasonably could be sensitive about.
There won't be much to find.
josh hamilton lived his life
josh hamilton lived his life and its there for public consumption.
part of his life, his story, and the reason any of us that's not Reds fans are even interested in his is his comeback in relation to his past story.
its a story of triumph in the face of a community that had given up on him and a team that took a chance on him where he had let another team down numerous times.
that said, i dont think your jokes came anywhere close to being over the top and the "darkness" of the humor doesnt seem to be mean in its nature.
who woulda thunk it that the
who woulda thunk it that the cubs season and the bears season would end within a week of each other
I took all the Hamilton
I took all the Hamilton comments as dealing with the nerves of playing for Baker. You could substitute Murton for Hamilton and I would have found it just as funny. For the young players, their first failure meant banishment to the bench in favors of the Neifi's of his regime. I'd be jumpy in that circumstance...
When you buy the Major
When you buy the Major League II DVD for 9.99 dollars and watch it as soon as you get home, you know it's going to be a long offseason.
"When you buy the Major
"When you buy the Major League II DVD for 9.99 dollars and watch it as soon as you get home..."
1- you know you have too much expendable income
2- you know you have full blown mental illness and/or retardation
3- in my pants
"personally, i dont see the
"personally, i dont see the point of having dusty if theyre gonna get rid of dunn this year. dusty is the type of guy you bring in to reign and manage your personalities and dunn is CIN's bonds/kent/sosa/etc. though he shows his ego in different ways."
Dusty can not manage personalities. Bonds and Kent were at each other throats the whole time in SF and came to blows more than once. When he was here Sosa was able to mandate his line up spot.
"When he was here Sosa was
"When he was here Sosa was able to mandate his line up spot."
"Reds fall out of first
"Reds fall out of first place when Alex Gonzalez drops a pop fly that he loses in the sun, allowing the Cardinals to win...Laughs at how a Latino could lose the ball in the sun."
LOL. Dusty's never managed a team this far "south" before. Maybe Cincinatti's "southern location" will be the advantage Dusty needs to attract Latino stars like ARod.
dusty's whole worth and
dusty's whole worth and purpose as a manager is mostly based on how he individually deals with personalities and getting them to not distract from how others prepare to go to work.
his "hey dude" approach to player A vs. "yo, dawg" approach to player B.
its his "thing".
Bravo to the wordsmith.
Bravo to the wordsmith.
Trans, Nicely done. Very
Nicely done. Very impressive.
Its really sad that Dusty
Its really sad that Dusty still gets the 'if you complain about him you must be a racist' treatment.
I will say when Dusty was told he was no longer welcome in the Cubs clubhouse, I said that I hope his next managing job will be in the NL. I didn't think we'd be so lucky as to see him in the same division.
Not the post that I would
Not the post that I would like to add this comment to, but what the hell....
Ran into an old friend this weekend that lives in Aramis building. Door man told him the night before game 3 he came home very late and looked drunk. Doorman was pissed I guess as he was a big cubs fan. A bit hearsay, but I hope its not true.
Well done. Will Neifi! come
Well done.
Will Neifi! come back as a player or coach? How soon until Jerry Hairston Jr. is picked up off of waivers? Would it be too much to see the puka-shelled one (Farns) in red-stockings? [Was it someone on the Reds he punched?]
I'd like to get some stock in that Cincinnati Toothpick company myself.
jerry harriston...that guy
jerry harriston...that guy that was better than or as good as ryan theriot is this season?
should he have played macias more? enrique wilson? hell, he tried ronny cedeno, too.
maybe if todd "no, seriously guys, i am a 2nd baseman" walker and corey patterson could have stayed healthy people would have seen less hairston.
he got a good chunk of his ABs covering for the injured patterson cuz the other backup...umm...uh...there was no CF backup, sorry.
ya know...im a hendry fan
ya know...im a hendry fan and all, but a lotta early hendry teams had issues with health/"luck"/etc. and having improperly ballanced backups.
there was a lot of cheapening of the backup help relying on what's in place...from wood-prior to aram's yearly random 2 weeks off...to people breaking arms/helmets/groins/etc...there's been a lot brought to the table, but full-on panic trying to adapt to injury.
cubs got that "phil nevin" type hitter who's pretty much useless as a starter, but no one would bitch to see him start too much and love it when he's being used as a pinch hitter (we got ward this year)...they got redundant 3rd/4th OF combo both of which could start and not many mind seeing up pinch hitting or late inning replacement...etc...and the f'n SP stayed healthy...
"cubs got that" this year
"cubs got that"
this year the cubs got that...
trans... i'm a little late
trans... i'm a little late to the party, but very well done.
Absolutely hilarious, well
Absolutely hilarious, well done.
And for the Cincy comments about Jonnie B--
I don't give a _____ what color the man's skin is or where he hails from. Go back and watch game 5 (not 6) of the 03 NLCS to see just how useless this man is and how to f--- up managing in the playoffs as well as where and when a lot of people (including me) lost any and all faith in his skills as a manager.
"I don't give a _____ what
"I don't give a _____ what color the man's skin is or where he hails from. Go back and watch game 5 (not 6) of the 03 NLCS to see just how useless this man is and how to f— up managing in the playoffs as well as where and when a lot of people (including me) lost any and all faith in his skills as a manager."
How can someone say he's not a good manager for messing up during a game in the NLCS? I mean, first of all, his team made it to the NLCS!!! If people actually see it as a bad thing, then I hope he does that bad this year with the Reds. I'm just happy to see the Reds finally got a manager that's had success. I was tired of all the "fill-ins".
very good, trans.
very good, trans.
funniest thing i've read in
funniest thing i've read in a long time. i'm sure damien jackson will spend a month or so leading off as well because "he has speed, dude."
Everything is accurate, but
Everything is accurate, but the Brewers will be the in play-offs with the Reds.
[...] The Cub Reporter
[...] The Cub Reporter posted a humorous look at the 2008 season of the Cincinnati Reds now that Dusty Baker is the confirmed manager. I particularly like the entry for October 1st, 2008 (Source) [...]
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Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.
rain delay...thanks obama.
Thanks again Phil. We actually were in Mesa and drove around. Hopefully, I am back for some Fall League. If not I have all of spring training (like the smart people who move here!)
What Rob G said. I can't speak for Piittsburgh, but the other end of the state has had absolute crap weather for two days. Perfect day to take it easy.
tarp came off 10 minutes ago...let's do this.
He will not pitch another game for Cubs
/Unless injury in playoffs
Today is bullpen day
10/450 if they win WS
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Maddon on #Cubs postseason rotation: "I don't want to announce anything. We haven't talked to anybody yet"
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Maddon hopes Soler can take BP in Cincy, play in sim game Tue. "All of that should give us some kind of indication of where he's at"
tarp on the field 40 minutes before gametime...meh.
travel day + rain in Pittsburgh. Why risk injury?


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QAI posted on Sep 20, 2012 4:59:57 PM - Report post
There is a new option I would like to see in the trainer:
In this game, every type of unit have a maximum deployment limit, let say T-34 tank has a deployment limit 12. That means, regardless of deployment point(resource), only 12 of T-34 tanks can show up in one game, if you use deployment points to purchase 1 tank, this number become 11, when it reaches 0, you can deploy T-34 tank anymore, no matter how much deployment points you have.
Is it possible to add of new option that prevent deployment limits from dropping? This way, the game becomes much more fun and large scales of battle can be created.
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No more options to be added to this trainer, sorry.
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I respect Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, am glad to be a long-time citizen of his state, agree with most of his policies and priorities, and appreciate his appointing me to the State Board of Education. But in all seriousness, and as many others have already noted, he shouldn't monkey with school calendars.
I understand that state attorney general Brian Frosh (until recently my neighbor) is examining the question of whether the Governor's executive order is binding. I have no view on that, except that I would hate for the whole matter to become a political football. To me, it's a solemn issue of sound education policy.
Viewed that way, I see two main reasons why requiring (almost) all Maryland public schools to start after Labor Day and end by June 15 is misguided.
First, setting calendars that work for particular communities is a quintessential element of "local control." Maryland leaves many matters to localities that I believe would be better decided for the state as a whole, but this one—like personnel decisions, instructional methods, and school closings (and openings)—is one that's best decided close to home and adjusted to local circumstances. All sorts of variables bear on...
A report recently released by the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution delves into the complex process behind designing and scoring cognitive assessments. Author Brian Jacobs illuminates the difficult choices developers face when creating tests—and how those choices impact test results.
Understanding exam scores should be a simple enough task. A student is given a test, he answers a percentage of questions correctly, and he receives a score based on that percentage. Yet for modern cognitive assessments (think SAT, SBAC, and PARCC), the design and scoring processes are much more complicated.
Instead of simple fractions, these tests use complex statistical models to measure and score student achievement. These models—and other elements, such as test length—alter the distribution (or the spread) of reported test scores. Therefore, when creating a test, designers are responsible for making decisions regarding test length and scoring models that impact exam results and consequently affect future education policy.
Test designers can choose from a variety of statistical models to create a scoring system for a cognitive assessment. Each model distributes test scores in a different way, but the purpose behind each is the same: reduce the margin of error and provide a more accurate representation of...
This new study, the product of a partnership between District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and researchers at New York University and the University of Maryland (including Dr. June Ahn, author of our recent report Enrollment and Achievement in Ohio's Virtual Charter Schools), examines how students' use of educational software affects their achievement.
In 2012, DCPS began to implement a web-based mathematics program called "First in Math" (FIM) for students in grades K–8. The initiative consisted of games centered on basic computational skills and concepts like fractions or decimals. The authors examine student-level usage data, including how much time students spent on the FIM system, which modules they completed, and what achievements (like points, collecting "badges," or unlocking bonus games) they earned at various points in the school year. That information was combined with student-level data, such as gender, English language learner status, special education status, race, grade level, and achievement on the mathematics component of the DC-Comprehensive Assessment System (DC-CAS). The final sample included approximately 9,200 students in Grades 4–8 during the 2012–13 school year.
The analysis reveals some intriguing findings. Time spent using FIM had a small but significant positive relationship with performance on standardized mathematics assessments, even...
A new Mathematica study revisits the effects of pay-for-performance on educators. It evaluates the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), which was established by Congress in 2006 and provides grants to support performance-based compensation for teachers and principals in high-need schools.
The TIF program has four components: measuring teacher and principal effectiveness using both student growth and classroom observations; offering bonuses based on effectiveness; enhancing pay for taking on additional roles or responsibilities; and providing professional development to help educators understand the pay-for-performance system.
From 2006 to 2012, the United States Department of Education awarded $1.8 billion to support 131 TIF grants. Mathematica's study examines implementation of all sixty-two 2010 TIF grantees during the 2013–14 school year (for most of the grantees, this was three years into implementation).
It also separately reports impacts for a ten-district subset of 2010 grantees that participated in a random assignment study. Treatment schools were meant to all four TIF program components; they also received guidance on how to structure the bonuses, including admonitions that the bonuses should be substantial, differentiated, and challenging to earn. Control schools didn't receive this guidance and were instead meant to implement every component except for the performance bonuses (they did receive...
Many years after the adoption of new academic standards in most states, frustrated teachers and administrators across the country still decry the dearth of Common Core-aligned curricular materials. One survey conducted by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) in 2014 found that 90 percent of surveyed districts reported having major or minor problems finding such resources. More recent studies conducted by Morgan Polikoff and Bill Schmidt also conclude that the majority of textbooks marketed as being aligned with Common Core actually have "substantial alignment problems."
In response to this persistent lack of high-quality, standards-aligned materials, organizations such as EdReports and agencies like the Louisiana Department of Education have begun providing educators with free, independent reviews of curricular resources. Other groups have developed rubrics and evaluation tools intended to help state, district, and school leaders vet the quality and alignment of textbooks, units, and lesson plans (including EQuIP, IMET, and Student Achievement Partners' "Publishers' Criteria"). Even Amazon has entered the curricular stage, recently announcing the launch of a new platform for educators that will feature free curricular resources and teacher ratings and reviews.
To date, however, very little information exists on the quality and content of digital learning tools intended to supplement a full curriculum. What does exist...
School failure is no longer the United States' most pressing educational problem—mediocrity is. Both Trump and Clinton could do a lot of good by changing the tone of the education reform debate—and backing it up with a few discrete changes in policy. Specifically, they could shift the conversation from "failure" and focus it instead on "excellence."
This is particularly the case for Trump, who found himself in hot water recently for saying to African Americans, "You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed." Understandably, much of the black community took offense to his inaccurate assertions on poverty and employment. But his claim about schools is problematic too.
For sure, we're used to hearing that, and some of us are used to saying it. Indeed, many schools serving African Americans (and Latinos and low-income students) haven't been very good. Some are still failing. But the truth is that they have gotten better over the past two decades—a lot better. The typical African American fourth grader is reading and doing math two grade levels ahead of where the previous generation was back in the 1990s. That's enormous progress.
At one point in my childhood, I was one of the top five children in my elementary school class. At another point, I was an underachiever. I was a high-achieving child during a time where gifted education programs had yet to be implemented in our neighborhood public schools or clearly defined by educators. Teacher education programs back then were not designed to train teachers on identifying high potential or gifted children by the characteristics they exhibit in classrooms. Likewise, unless parents were exceptionally intuitive or highly educated, they too were uninformed on how to identify and advocate for their gifted children. The result was that I was sometimes reprimanded and, therefore, discouraged from expressing my intelligence and creativity. Rather than being shown how to channel my energy into something productive, I was shut down and told to be quiet.
I still have my second grade report card, on which my teacher wrote, "Joy(ce) talks too much." I am sure it was not her intention, but my teacher caused long-term damage to my self-esteem and willingness to speak up. Through college, I was hesitant to contribute to classroom discussions even though I had much to add. In hindsight, it was not...
Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act opens the door to new approaches, the education policy community is rightfully interested in helping states overhaul their school accountability systems. I co-authored Fordham's contribution to the cause, High Stakes for High Achievers, which looks at ways that these systems can signal to schools that all students (including high-flying ones) matter. We weigh in on the use of proficiency rates (avoid!), growth models (yes!), and other mechanisms for making low-income high achievers more visible. Other groups are making proposals about the "other indicators of student success or school quality" allowed by ESSA (i.e., indicators other than test scores); debates are raging about whether states must issue "summative" ratings for schools or use a "dashboard" of data instead.
These discussions are all well and good, but they assume that school report cards and ratings still matter—that parents, taxpayers, real estate agents, and others will see them and respond in ways that will put heat on our system to improve.
We might want to question that assumption. Because if school report cards continue to serve as a lever for reform, people need to be able to find them, and understand them. That...
Editor's note: This article was first published on June 18, 2015. It was last updated on September 12, 2016, to include new statements. Read similar posts for Trump's running mate Mike Pence, the Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and William Weld, and the Green Party's Jill Klein.
Since Donald Trump announced his campaign on June 16, 2015, he has addressed many of today's biggest education policy issues. But he's also been talking about a number of these topics for more than a decade. For example, in The America We Deserve, published in 2000, he wrote about citizenship education, teachers unions, and school safety. And ten years later, in Think Like a Champion, he touched on American history and comprehensive education. Here are some of his views, with recent quotes first:
1. School choice: "As president, I will establish the national goal of providing school choice to every American child living in poverty. If we can put a man on the moon, dig out the Panama Canal and win two world wars, then I have no doubt that we as a nation can provide school choice to...
America's pipeline for STEM talent is happily expanding, but many groups remain severely underrepresented. This leads to huge disparities in the applicant pool for STEM careers. One reason is clear: family wealth.
Poverty squanders a wealth of STEM potential in childhood. In 2012, 21 percent of children in the U.S. lived in poverty, and that number is increasing. Poverty restricts academic promise in a variety of ways, including inadequate healthcare, lack of access to high-quality preschool and day care, a paucity of school resources, fewer good teachers, and increased school bureaucracy. Despite these disadvantages, there are still more than a million poor children nationwide who rank in the top quartile academically when they start school. Unfortunately, only about half of these children will remain there by the end of fifth grade, and they are twice as likely to drop out of high school as their middle class peer of the same ability. While many have the potential to pursue STEM, the odds are stacked against them.
To ensure that children from low-income families are included in the STEM talent pipeline, we need to start early, provide engaging STEM activities beyond the school day, and connect with families. Certainly by age...


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Ryan Howard wasn't in the Phillies starting lineup on Friday at Citizens Bank Park for the first time this season, and manager Charlie Manuel said his first baseman had a sore groin.
It was assumed that Manuel was not starting Howard against St. Louis because the Cardinals were throwing lefthander Jaime Garcia.
"Ryan has a sore groin," said Manuel before Friday's game when asked if it was a good time to give Howard a rest. "Yes, this gives us a good time to sit him down."
Manuel said that Howard would be able to pinch-hit.
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- In fact, many military projects fall into this, as it often appears that the designers seem to have a tendency to be so enamored with their new project that they forget to take various practical issues into consideration. Of course, that doesn't mean that the projects aren't worthwhile, with the benefits outweighing the problems. Also many of the ones that don't seem to have been thought through are in fact stepping stones towards more reliable applications of the technology.
- The F-22 for example was a development on the earlier stealth aircraft, the F-117 and B-2. The B-2 needed vast climate controlled hangers to keep its stealth working, while the F-117 necessitated it traveling relatively slowly (sub-sonic) to maintain stealth. The F-22 also needs climate controlled hangers, but much smaller ones than the B-2 and it can fly twice as fast as the F-117 while being even harder to detect. The F-22 is certainly a high maintenance aircraft, but is also the most stealthy (lowest radar cross section) of all manned aircraft, and will probably remain so for some time to come. The next stealth aircraft (the F-35) has in fact taken the stealth and speed down a notch in order to make the stealth technology more robust. The idea being that the F-35 will be able to have as little downtime as conventional attack aircraft while maintaining a good degree of stealth.
- It is also worth noting that while the US government is happy to sell F-35's to other nations, the F-22 remains a state secret. To give you an idea of why... When the F-117's flew over Iraq in 2003 they were ridiculously good at penetrating air defenses (They made up 3% of the aircraft and hit 30% of the targets in the first 24 hours) and what with the F-22 having about 250 times smaller radar cross section and can fly faster... Yeah. She needs a lot of love, but she's way too good to trust anyone else with.
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Pandemics and Depressions
History shows the swine flu could take an economic toll.
Here we are, struggling to find a way out of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, when along comes the possibility of a global influenza epidemic. Though the first concern about the new strain of A/H1N1 virus involves health, we also have to worry that a full-blown flu pandemic would intensify the world's economic problems.
Our ongoing study of economic disasters for 36 countries since 1870 suggests that this concern is well founded. In this sample, we have isolated 158 depressions -- defined as declines in a country's real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) by at least 10%. The most prominent features of these depressions are wars and financial crises. But the fourth-worst global macroeconomic event since 1870 seems to be the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918-20. This "health shock" accounts for 13 of the depression events. In contrast, World War II is associated with 25, World War I with 23, and the Great Depression of the early 1930s with 21.
The Great Influenza Epidemic (aka the Spanish Flu) began in spring 1918, went through three or four waves, and lasted into 1920. The spread of the disease was propelled by international travel, much of which involved troop movements in 1918 because of World War I. Estimates of world-wide flu deaths cover a wide range but are typically around 50 million.
We have, thus far, compiled estimates of excess deaths from the flu in 1918-20 for 32 of our 36 countries. The median excess mortality rate was 0.7 per 1,000 people, with a range from 0.1 for Argentina to 4.4 for India and South Africa. (The mean rate was 1.1 per 1,000.) Spain, forever associated with the flu, had a mortality rate of 1.2 per thousand, well above the median. The United States, at 0.65, was close to the median (there were 675,000 American deaths). When applied to today's U.S. population, this rate would translate into two million fatalities.
As many commentators have observed, the 1918-20 flu was unusual in that a large fraction of the deaths were in persons of prime working age, especially 20-40. This suggests that the epidemic would have had more serious economic implications than just the large number of flu cases and deaths.
The troughs in macroeconomic activity that we associate with the Great Influenza Epidemic were typically in 1920 or 1921. Not all of our 36 countries showed economic declines in this period. But on average the fall in real per capita GDP from the previous peak in 1918 (or sometimes 1919 or 1920) was 6.6%. (For the 24 countries with data, the average decrease in real consumer spending per person was similar to that for real per capita GDP.) Notable declines in GDP among the 13 depression cases were Canada and South Africa at 24% and Italy at 22%. For the U.S. from 1918 to 1921, the falls in per capita GDP and consumer spending by 12% and 14%, respectively, meant that this contraction was second in size since 1870 only to the Great Depression.
Ironically, given the name Spanish Flu, Spain performed better than average. Per capita GDP rose during the epidemic, though real consumer spending per person fell in 1920-21.
The years between 1918 and 1920 or 1921 also featured sharp declines in stock prices in many countries. We have data on real rates of return on stocks in these years for 18 of the 36 countries in our sample. Among these 18, 11 had stock-market crashes, defined as a cumulated real rate of return of minus 25% or worse. The weakest markets for this period include Italy at minus 69%; Denmark, minus 57%; Switzerland, minus 54%; Japan, minus 52%; and France and Spain, both minus 46%. Germany saw a rate of return of minus 78%, but this reflected in part the reparations payments imposed by the Versailles Treaty at the end of World War I. The U.S. stock market performed better than average, but the real return in 1920 was still a dismal minus 22%.
It seems unlikely that the 2009 influenza epidemic will be anywhere near as bad as the 1918-20 pandemic in illness or mortality. For more recent comparisons, one can begin with the flu pandemics of 1957-58 and 1968-70, which were serious in terms of deaths but not comparable to 1918-20. In these cases, stock prices fell temporarily in some countries, until the limited scope of the pandemics became clear. In 1976, a swine-flu scare prompted a fall in stock prices in some countries and a massive U.S. immunization campaign. However, the disease was soon found to be mild, and the overall effects on financial markets were minor.
The most recent event is the outbreak of SARS in late 2002. This pandemic caused a widespread fall in stock prices, until the limited nature of the disease threat became evident in the spring of 2003. The economic impacts of the four post-World War II flu events are difficult to pin down and are surely much smaller in magnitude that those from the 1918-20 pandemic.
For most countries -- with Mexico as a likely exception -- the swine-flu epidemic of 2009 may turn out not to have greater macroeconomic consequences than the other four post-World War II flu crises. However, we already have substantial depression risks, arguably 20%-30% in the U.S., due to the global financial crisis that began in 2008. The potential for a flu pandemic surely adds to the depression odds, particularly since -- like the 1918-20 epidemic -- the current strain disproportionately impacts persons of prime working age.
As Max Weber, a founding father of sociology, wrote in "Science as a Vocation": "Our age is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization, and above all, by the disenchantment of the world." Thus, the modern thinker relies on "technology and calculation" -- even going so far as to use historical data to calculate probabilities of flu pandemics, financial crises and depressions. Weber clearly would have supported this kind of quantitative analysis. Sadly, his own work was cut short at the age of 56 by the Great Influenza Epidemic, of which he died in 1920 in Germany.
Mr. Barro is a professor of economics at Harvard University and a senior fellow of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Mr. Ursua is a Ph.D. student in economics at Harvard.
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Congress Passes Zika Funding BillCongress passed and President Obama signed a 10-week continuing resolution, which includes $1.1 billion for Zika virus research.
The CSWM has compiled a list of resources for women in science regarding fellowships, scholarships and funding opportunities. If you know of any other funding opportunities that are not listed here, please e-mail the link to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Funding is also available from private sources. If a woman is interested in the type of work or research done by a certain type of company for example a. Pharmaceutical or, Chemical, etc. check with the company to see if they have any support for graduate studies with or without a "Payback consequence".
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For more career development information for women scientists, peruse the National Institutes of Health: http://orwh.od.nih.gov/
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Research Fellows Colloquium
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the 8th annual Research Fellows Colloquium for faculty presentations on current research. Read more
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National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry's important place in our culture and our lives.
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"Poetry is the dark side of the moon. It's up there, and you can see the front of it.
But what it is isn't what you're looking at. It's behind what you're looking at."
On June 12th, 2014, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced the appointment of Charles Wright as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee on August 25, 1935. He is the author of 24 poetry collections, two books of essays, and three books of translation. His many honors include the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and the International Griffin Poetry Prize, as well as the 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize in Poetry from the Library of Congress.
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Learning Systems Design & Development (LSDD)
In the LSDD focus area you will develop the knowledge and skills to design learning systems and develop the digital media and network applications need to implement them. The courses emphasize learning by doing. You will take on challenging assignments and work collaboratively with both faculty and other students to produce a portfolio that documents your work and accomplishments.
Program options: Masters | Specialist
The program requires 30 credit hours as outlined in LSDD Courses. At least 15 credit hours must be at the 9000 level.
The Specialist degree is a 30-hour program of specialization built upon the master's degree. It requires 27 credit hours of coursework relevant to the LSDD competencies plus 3 credit hours in ESC_PS 7170: Introduction to Applied Statistics. Use Specialist Degree forms in the Forms section. At least 15 credit hours must be at the 8000/9000 level.
Your first step is to contact your advisor and begin planning your program of study. The course requirements are provided in the Courses section. Look ahead to the Portfolio requirement so that you can work on it throughout your program.
What is a Program of Study?
A Program of Study (PoS) is a listing of the courses you will complete to earn your Master's or Specialist degree. Typically, the Program of Study is submitted for SISLT approval before you are half way through the program. Your advisor will help you develop your own personalized program of study.
Note: A PoS Worksheet to help develop your PoS is provided in the Learning Systems Design & Development Advising Aid for Current Students or Learning Systems Design & Development Advising Aid for Students Admitted SP17 and later. This may assist you in deciding whether prior graduate coursework can be submitted for possible inclusion in your PoS. This PoS Worksheet is NOT the form used to submit your PoS for your degree. You must use the actual forms listed below to submit your program of study.
Planning Your Program of Study—Master's and Specialist Degrees
When you are accepted into the program, you will be assigned a faculty advisor. You should e-mail your advisor to begin the program planning process.
Use the Learning Systems Design & Development Advising Aid for Current Students or Learning Systems Design & Development Advising Aid for Students Admitted SP17 and later to guide your program planning throughout your program. This aid provides information on the steps you go through in your program: Getting Started, Planning Your Program of Study, and Portfolio Preparation.
Develop your program using the M-1 (LSDD) Program of Study Form. This form establishes the courses required for you to earn your degree. It has to be approved by your advisor.
- Make sure you have at least 15 hours at the 8000- or 9000-level and all required courses, as well as any other requirements.
- The M-1 Form should be filed with the Student Coordinator by the end of your second semester in the program.
For the Specialist degree, students need to file additional forms:
- S-1 Request for Committee Form: to create your program committee.
- S-2 Program of Study Form for the Specialist degree.
- S-3 Report of Committee specifying you have passed your portfolio and signed by committee members.
What Other Graduate Courses Might be Approved in the LSDD Program?
- University of Missouri graduate courses you have completed to date that are relevant to the LSDD track.
- Courses from other institutions you wish to have considered for inclusion in your PoS.
- A maximum of 6 hours may be transferred from another institution with advisor approval.
- Transfer courses must be documented by an official transcript.
- A "customized" PoS is sometimes an option. Contact our Student Coordinator for more information.
Making Changes to Your Program of Study
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You will take 6 credit hours of core courses, 9 credit hours in each area of design and development courses, and 6 credit hours of electives. Plan ahead by checking the Searchable Schedule for All SISLT Courses for course availability.
LSDD Program Competencies
The LSDD program focuses on the following competencies:
- Conducting needs assessment and evaluating learning systems.
- Designing learning environments, including systems for direct instruction, constructivist learning, collaborative work, and performance support.
- Developing learning systems applications or components of applications.
LSDD Course Requirements (Applicable to all students enrolled or admitted as of January, 2012)
The LSDD curriculum reflects the dynamic nature of the field. Your LSDD program of study consists of 30 graduate credit hours. The overall program structure includes coursework in four categories:
- Core (6 Credit Hours)
- Design (9 Credit Hours)
- Development (9 Credit Hours)
- Electives (6 Credit Hours)
Credit hour limitations:
- A maximum of 6 hours of transfer credits.
- A maximum of 12 hours of Problems courses (ISLT 7085 or ISLT 9085)
- Core Courses (2 courses = 6 credit hours)
- 9474 Needs Assessment for Instructional Design (3 cr hr)
- 9455 Summative and Formative Evaluation (3 cr hr)
- Design Courses (3 courses = 9 cr. hr.)
- 9456 Designing Computer Support for Collaborative Learning
- 9478 Designing Problem-Based Learning Environments*
- 9457 Designing Computer Support for Cooperative Work
- 9469 Designing Electronic Performance Support Systems
- 9471 Instructional Systems Design
- 9485 Designing Online Courses
- 9461 Interface Design
- 7383 Rapid Development Tools for Online Learning (3)
- 7310 Designing Games For Learning (3)
- Other approved design courses
- * Offered On-Campus Only
- Development Courses (3 courses = 9 cr. hr.)
- 7310: Mobile Apps Development
- 7357 Web Application Development I
- 7361: Introduction to Digital Media
- 7364 Flash Authoring
- 7370 Intermediate Web Development
- 9410 Learning Analytics — Graduate Seminar (Online)
- 7383 Rapid Development Tools for Online Learning (3)
- 7310 Designing Games For Learning (3)
- Other approved development courses.
Elective Courses (2 courses = 6 cr hr.)
9468: Task Analysis
9473: Project Management
Any Design or Development courses listed above in addition of those taken to meet requirements
Other courses approved by advisor
Students with limited technical experience are advised to take one introductory course: 7360 Introduction to Web Development. These credit hours are typically not used to meet the minimum credit hour requirement; please consult with your advisor.
Read Course Descriptions
Brief descriptions of all SISLT courses are available at: http://sisltschedule.missouri.edu/courses.
About Online Courses
Almost all EdTech courses are delivered to you online via the Internet. Online courses allow you to fit them into your personal schedule and within time frames established by the course instructor. Our courses use two different "course management systems" (CMS): Blackboard and a new CMS called Sakai. Regardless of the CMS, the general process is the same.
Throughout the week, you will:
- Go to the website for your course(s) and log in.
- Read recent announcements.
- Check the discussion board for new postings.
- Post your ideas and questions to the discussion board.
- Participate in small group activities and assignments.
- Read course documents (online postings, website resources, and textbook).
Periodically you will:
- Complete and submit assigned activities.
- Participate in peer review and feedback activities.
- Check your grades.
- Send/receive emails with your instructor(s).
Your will develop and present a portfolio of your work to demonstrate your mastery of the LSDD competencies. The portfolio contains descriptions of competencies and what they mean to you, explanations of artifacts, and reflections. You should start on your portfolio early in your coursework.
Portfolio Assessment
The EdTech Master's and Specialist degree programs culminate in a web-based portfolio showing mastery of the program competencies. The portfolio is used as the comprehensive exam at the end of the program of study. Ideally, your products and process artifacts are added to your portfolio as the work is completed, rather than waiting until the last semester in the program.
While each portfolio is as unique as the individuals in the LSDD focus area, all share the following elements:
- Your Program of Study.
- Description of the competencies including a reflection about your level of achievement of each competency.
- Products and artifacts that demonstrate mastery of the competencies, including reflection statements explaining what you have learned from the work and how the products and artifacts demonstrate your achievement of the associated competency. Also, include a description of your role(s) in group-generated products and artifacts.
- Evaluative information regarding the quality of the products.
- A statement that represents your understanding of Learning Systems Design & Development and your expectations for how you will use your competencies and talents in a professional context.
Portfolio Details
A portfolio is a website consisting of products and artifacts demonstrating mastery of the LSDD focus area competencies. There may be a few elements that are not actually included in the website (e.g., video clips of needs assessment interviews; a network solution you designed), but there is some representation of these products (e.g., a slide show about the interviews; blue prints or design documents for the network). Larger documents can be included as PDF files.
Creating the portfolio is just like creating any other product: design it, build it, test it, revise it. Periodically, you will probably add something to the portfolio. If you choose to build a website and you don't have easy access to a server to host your portfolio website, an account will be provided for you on a university server. Pre-made templates are not to be used in creating the portfolio.
LSDD Portfolio Preparation and Evaluation
Portfolio preparation should begin early in a student's program of study. Students who wait until the last semester of their program put themselves under a great deal of counter-productive pressure.
Portfolio coaches are assigned to each student the semester of their intended graduation. The SISLT Student Services Office will notify the student of his/her assigned portfolio coach after each semester's graduation application deadline has passed. Students must contact their portfolio coach within one (1) week of receiving this notification. Failure to contact the portfolio coach within one week of receiving notification may result in the student's intended graduation date being postponed.
Portfolios can be submitted spring, fall, and summer semesters. Portfolios must be submitted to the assigned portfolio coach for review no later than three (3) weeks prior to the last day of classes; you will be notified by the SISLT Student Services Office of the specific date at the beginning of your final semester.
The student will work with the portfolio coach who will provide feedback and support to the student as she/he prepares the portfolio for review.
The review process asks three basic questions:
- Does the portfolio demonstrate the student's knowledge of what the competencies mean?
- Does the portfolio demonstrate the student's mastery of the competencies?
- Does the portfolio present the student in a positive and professional manner?
Once a portfolio is deemed acceptable or unacceptable by the portfolio coach, the coach will notify the student and the SISLT Student Services Office. Should the portfolio be deemed unacceptable by the portfolio coach, the student may appeal this decision by petitioning the Director of SISLT and requesting that two other faculty review the portfolio.
Portfolio Samples
- Krista Galyen
- Fictitious Student
- Susan German
- Stella Wong
- Cynthia Rubbelke
After Portfolio Approval
Provided you have completed all the coursework listed in your official M-1 (LSDD) Program of Study for Master's degree, or S-2 Program of Study for Specialist degree, you are ready for graduation!Close Return to EdTech main page
The semester before you intend to graduate, you need to apply to graduate. Then once you have completed all the coursework and your portfolio has been presented and passed, you are ready for graduation! Beyond graduation, join the EdTech social media networks to stay involved and informed and contribute to the EdTech community!
Application for Graduation
Prior to your final semester, you need to fill out the Application for Completion Form. This form is available for approximately six weeks prior to the beginning of your final semester. Watch your MU email account for notices from the Graduate School and SISLT Student Coordinator as to when the application will be available.
The Application for Completion is your indication to the Graduate School that you intend to graduate during a particular semester. Fill it out at the beginning of your final semester in the program.
Participation in MU Commencement Ceremony
If you plan on participating in MU's commencement ceremony, read the Graduate School's Commencement Ceremony Checklist, including where to obtain regalia. At this site you will find information about times of ceremonies, check-in procedures, and access. The Graduate School will send you details on commencement and you are welcome to attend.
It generally 8-12 weeks from the end of the semester to receive your diploma. If you have questions about your diploma or transcript, you may contact the Office of the Registrar at 1-800-225-6075 or firstname.lastname@example.com Return to EdTech main page
- If I already have a Master's degree, can I get an Educational Specialist degree?
- Yes. Your advisor will work with you to determine which courses you will need to take.
- Is it essential that I buy a computer?
- No, but you will need ready access to a computer with a good Internet connection.
- How long do I have to complete my degree?
- You have eight years to complete your degree after you begin taking coursework. You may take one or more classes during a given semester, completing the degree in a time frame that fits your personal schedule. Your advisor will work with you on timing issues.
- What about electives? Can I take courses that are not on the list?
- Yes. Your advisor will work with you to determine which elective courses are appropriate.
- Where can I find more College of Education Online courses?
- http://www.mudirect.missouri.edu/degprog/educationindex.html
- How is testing done when the classes are on the Internet?
- Students are assessed based on many measures, with the most common being course projects and participation in online discussions and activities.
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