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Owen Glenn: Forget the sound-bite circuses

November 16th, 2011

One of New Zealand’s most critical elections is just over a week away. How you vote will make a world of difference to this country’s future and fortunes.

Forget the rhetoric, the sound-bite circuses and the outlandish claims masquerading as policy. Focus on the real state of this nation and the unique set of problems that must be carefully managed.

As New Zealanders we may need to put aside historical reasons for voting and give the best available team the mandate to get a complex job done. Who you don’t vote for becomes incredibly important.

According to recent polls 3.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent of voters (margin of error aside) think a vote for Winston Peters would benefit New Zealand. If this truly is the case rather than a polling blip I implore these people to think again.

His credibility is bankrupt and he doesn’t rate the empowerment that voting for him would allow. How can we trust someone who also continues to want to rewrite history solely for his own gain?

So who is equipped to lead the country?

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Colleges Need To Give High Schools Feedback On College Readiness

November 12th, 2011

Anne Hyslop :Education Sector

Today, there is a growing agreement that students should leave high school college- and career-ready. But what does that mean? And how can high schools tell if they are meeting the goal? Data That Matters: Giving High Schools Useful Feedback on Grads Outcomes offers new research on states efforts to use career and college outcomes data.

 

First, the paper makes an important distinction between indicators of college readiness and actual evidence of readiness. High school data should include both. Indicators of college readiness are things that are measured while students are in high school, such as ACT or SAT scores, completion of AP or International Baccalaureate programs, completion of dual enrollment courses, graduation rates, and the like. These indicators are the ones most often reported as measures of college readiness because they are generally controlled by high schools and don’t require linking to postsecondary data. Ev

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Spence School Plans For Expansion

November 7th, 2011

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NCAA Upholds Postseason Ban For Arizona State

November 4th, 2011

 

The NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a one-year postseason ban on Arizona States baseball program, making the Sun Devils ineligible for the 2012 postseason.

The NCAA Infractions Committee ruled in December that violations in the ASU baseball program constituted a lack of institutional control and barred the Devils from the postseason for one year. The school appealed that punishment, so the team was allowed to participate in the 2011 postseason pending the results of the appeal. ASU argued that three violations were secondary rather than major, but the Appeals Committee today reduced only one major violation—for training at Athletes Performance—while upholding the all-important lack of institutional control charge.

The Sun Devils have already self-imposed punishments such as scholarship reductions, vacating wins and the 2007 Pacific-10 Conference title.

Sun Devils coach Tim Esmay, who took over after Pat Murphy was forced to resign as a result of the NCAA investigation, issued a statement Friday: “We are disappointed that we will not be able to participate in the postseason in 2012. The

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DII ADA Recognizes 78 Minnesota State Student-Athletes

November 2nd, 2011

 Mankato, Minn. — The Division II Athletics Directors Association (DII ADA) announced the 2010-11 recipients of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Awards.  The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

Ninety-eight institutions sent in nominees for the 2010-11 Academic Achievement Awards, while a total of 3,676 student-athletes are being recognized this year.  The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) had 434 student-athletes honored, a record-high for the program, followed by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) with 381 nominees. Th Read more…

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TIGERS WIN IN THREE, HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

October 30th, 2011

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — For the second time in three days, the Occidental College women’s volleyball team beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, but this time with a berth in the conference tournament championship at stake.

After defeating the Athenas (19-10) in four sets on Tuesday, the Tigers (20-8) swept CMS 25-20, 25-20, 25-17 on Thursday, advancing to Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship to play at Cal Lutheran University on Saturday.

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Oxy and CMS split the regular season series, with each winning at the opposing team’s home court, but Oxy was able to take the momentum it generated after winning the most recent match, into Gilbert Arena.

A little less than 48 hours ago, the Tigers trailed in Game 3 24-16 at CMS, then went on a 10-0 taking the next three sets and the match.

Whatever hit them to spark that impressive run on Tuesday carried over to Thousand Oaks.

 ”It was really nice because we were coming into the match 1-1 with them an having just played them the other night, I think the girls were really focused and really concentrated on what we needed to do to better ourselves, from the other night, and to capitalize on the things we did well,” Occidental coach Heather Collins said. “E

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