NWA Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants The NWA education Committee needs help from all members to spread the word to Robyn Behen, Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City, missouri. http://www.nwas.org/solhirsch.html
Extractions: Five or more $500 grants are available annually from the NWA for teachers in grades K-12 to improve the education of their students in Meteorology. Applications are due by 1 August each year. The NWA Education Committee needs help from all members to spread the word to teachers in grades K-12 that $500 grants are available annually from the NWA to help improve the education of their students in meteorology. The teachers selected will be able to use the funds to take an accredited course in atmospheric sciences, attend a relevant workshop or conference, or purchase scientific materials or equipment for the classroom. Five grants or more are possible each year thanks to the many members who have contributed to this fund in honor of Sol Hirsch who retired in 1992 after being the NWA Executive Director for 11 years. Completed applications are due to the Education Committee by 1 August each year. To Apply for the NWA Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants Teachers, program directors, school district supervisors and other individuals or groups proposing to improve the education of K-12 students in meteorology may submit an application. The application will consist of a NWA cover form and a two-page proposal.
Partnerships For Excellence www.ncea.org Jill Waters National Center for Community education Institute forResponsive education EVERETT NANCE University of missouri, St. Louis http://www.communityschools.org/CCSDocuments/partnerships.html
Extractions: A community school is both a set of partnerships and a place where services, supports and opportunities lead to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities. Using public schools as a hub, inventive, enduring relationships among educators, families, community volunteers, business, health and social service agencies, youth development organizations, and others committed to children are changing the educational landscape - permanently - by transforming traditional schools into partnerships for excellence. Strengthening schools, families and communities What is a community school? Boiled down to the basics, a community school is both a set of partnerships and a place where services, supports and opportunities lead to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities. Using public schools as a hub, inventive, enduring relationships among educators, families, community volunteers, business, health and social service agencies, youth development organizations and others committed to children are changing the educational landscape - permanently - by transforming traditional schools into partnerships for excellence.
Extractions: M-Z As a newcomer, you'll find the annual Community Health Fair a quick and easy way to become acquainted with these various agencies. The fair is held each October, so watch the Rolla Daily News for information about the time, date, and place. The Health Fair offers health screens (usually for free or with a nominal fee), brochures, and answers to questions. Offered at the Health Fair is a Health Services Directory, published as a public service by Phelps County Regional Medical Center with the help of the agencies listed in the directory. The directory provides a brief description of the many services available in the area to help you get in touch with people who can help you. If you're not sure which agency to call, just call the Marketing or Social Service departments at Phelps County Regional Medical Center, 1-573-364-3100. Here, reprinted with permission, are the brief descriptions of the agencies listed in the Health Services Directory. If you're a newcomer to the Rolla area or if you're thinking about moving to the Rolla area, this directory will let you know what services you can count on: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) , 1001 E. Ninth St., Rolla. President: Doris Meyer, 1-573-364-3685. Services: To enhance the quality of life for older persons; promote independence, dignity, and purpose; improve the image of aging; lead in determining the role and place of older people in society. Fees: $8 membership dues, local dues $2. Ages: 50 years and older.
Developing Educational Standards - Education Departments Developing educational Standards Home Page Updated 2.23.2005 contact CharlesHill chill missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary education http://edstandards.org/St/StandardsSED.html
Extractions: Policy development in a modern, forward-looking school district is a dynamic, on-going process. New problems, issues and needs give rise to the continuing obligation to develop additional policies or to revise existing policies. School districts operate according to policies established by their Board of Education. The Board, which represents the state and local community, develops the policies after careful deliberation, and the school administration implements those policies through specific regulations, procedures and forms. The Board then appraises the effects of its policies and makes revisions as necessary. In the interests of harmony, efficiency, uniformity of interpretation, coordination of effort, and in fairness to all concerned, the Board makes these manuals available to all who are affected by its policies. A diligent effort should be made to keep all district manuals updated as policies, regulations, procedures and forms change. MSBA provides a Portable Document Format (PDF) option to simplify this task. Read-only files may be downloaded to your district network allowing easy access to updated materials.
Extractions: To find other help resources select a topic from the list and click GO Select a Topic US - National Organizations US - Federal Agencies US - State By State Resource Guides Canadian Resources Information By Phone International Links LD Schools On-line Resources Parent Advocacy US State Departments of Education If you are a professional interested in listing your services, sign-up online now! Select a State Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Island Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Com. North. Mariana Island
Teacher Prep Directory State Contacts State education agencies. Alabama Alabama Department of education MissouriDepartment of Elementary and Secondary education Montana http://www.crede.org/tools/directory2-1/contacts.html
AAACE State And Regional Affiliates missouri Association for Adult Continuing and Community education (MAACCE) It also works closely with the Texas education Agency, local education http://www.aaace.org/contacts/statereg.html
Extractions: donate now! request an appointment I want to find a health center to get involved to donate birth control info ... FAQs Table Of Contents: Abstinence-only education is one of the religious right's greatest challenges to the nation's sexual health. But it is only one tactic in a broader, longer-term strategy. Since the early 1980s, the "family values" movement has won the collaboration of governments and public institutions, from Congress to local school boards, in abridging students' constitutional rights. Schools now block student access to sexual health information in class, at the school library, and through the public library's Internet portals. They violate students' free speech rights by censoring student publications of articles referring to sexuality. Abstinence-only programs often promote alarmist misinformation about sexual health and force-feed students religious ideology that condemns homosexuality, masturbation, abortion, and contraception. In doing so, they endanger students' sexual health. A dozen years later, the U.S. Supreme Court held that funded programs must delete direct references to religion (for instance, the suggestion that students take Christ on a date as chaperone), and the granting process was reined in. But it was too late. Some of the biggest federal grant recipients, including Sex Respect and Teen-Aid, had already turned their curricula into robust for-profit businesses. Christian fundamentalist groups, which built much of that infrastructure, remain among the most vehement opponents of comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education today.
IDCR - Infectious Diseases In Corrections Report www.amaassn.org/go/foodborne. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food borne hepatitis A- missouri, Wisconsin, and Alaska, 1990-1992. MMWR. http://www.idcronline.org/
Extractions: *Nothing to disclose Whether or not the inclusion of incarcerated individuals in clinical research studies is justified has generated heated debate over the later part of the past century. Some have advocated that no research study can ethically include prisoners living in an inherently coercive environment, while others counter that incarceration does not strip an individual of his or her ability to make an informed decision regarding participation as a research subject. Much of this debate is fueled by the competing concerns of protecting inmates as a vulnerable population while respecting their individual autonomy. This conflict is waged against the backdrop of a historical legacy of unethical treatment of incarcerated, institutionalized and other vulnerable groups during clinical research studies. HISTORY OF RESEARCH IN PRISONS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The Second World War had a significant impact on the inclusion of prisoners in research investigations. On the one hand, with the onset of the war, investigators appealed to inmates to make a patriotic contribution to the war effort by participating in medical research that would assist the military. The research included injections of blood from cattle to investigate alternate sources of blood products, studies of atropine as an antidote, as well as experiments in which subjects were infected with sleeping sickness, dengue fever, gonorrhea, malaria, and agents of gas gangrene.
Extractions: It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses that school nurses should be designated and recognized as first responders to mass casualty emergencies, including those resulting from bioterrorist events. School nurses should be trained in protection, detection, and treatment of victims of such events and in the command and control management techniques of the logistics of such a situation. The strategic position of well-prepared nurses within the school environment has significant potential for minimizing the effects of a bioterrorist attack in school settings and, subsequently, in the community at large 3p.
Extractions: Student Resources Prospective Students: Student Loans Scholarships Self-Assessments Newsletter ... College Rankings Current Students: Search Tools Reference Tools Virtual Libraries About Online Education: Accreditation Diploma Mills eLearning Assessment eLearning FAQ ... Educational Technology Relevant News Accrediting Bodies Considering Standards "The six bodies that grant accreditation to colleges and universities in the United States are near agreement on guidelines for evaluating distance education that differ from traditional accrediting standards by focusing on how much students learn. If enacted, the regional accrediting agencies would use the guidelines to set standards for granting accreditation to distance-education programs and institutions." "Representatives of the six U.S. regional accrediting bodies have finalized a set of recommendations for building and evaluating online-education programs. But the recommendations won't become accreditation standards, says Charles M. Cook, the director of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges' Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. 'We've always considered them testimonials, not a new set of standards,' he says. 'It's always been the local regions' option of how to adopt them.'"
Missouri Environmental Education Association The missouri Environmental education Association announces the Call for One certificate is presented to an organization, agency, or business that http://www.meea.org/awards.html
Extractions: To nominate an individual, organization, agency, or business for any of the previously described award categories, please provide the following: 1) Name of person, organization, agency, or business nominated; 2) Title and address of nominee; 3) Award Category (indicate one) Outstanding Service Certificate of EE Service for an: Business Outstanding Lifetime Service Award 4) What contributions has the nominee made to the field of EE? (You may attach supporting documents. The Selection Committee may contact you for additional information.) 5) Your name, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and please describe your affiliation to the nominee. Janet Crews ecojan@earthlink.net Click here for Who do YOU know that deserves recognition? You'll get the opportunity next August to nominate an individual, organization or community group who is making a notable impact in EE. The Missouri Environmental Education Association announces the Call for Nominations for the 2005 MEEA Awards. These awards and certificates recognize individuals, communities, organizations, agencies and companies that excel in environmental education (EE).
Missouri Republican Party missouri Democrats Join Howard Dean s Parade Into Political Hate Speech being made in other state agencies to address the states spending problem. http://www.mogop.org/
Extractions: var site="s20mrpmain" Governor Blunt Stays Focused on Results: New Crime Bill Brings a Decrease in Meth Incidents The new legislation was passed to help keep key ingredients - ephedrine and pseudoephedrine - out of the hands of drug makers. Recent numbers from the Highway Patrol show a 55% decline in the number of meth incidents (August of 2004 v. August 2005). This comparison is from the first available reporting since the comprehensive bill went into effect July 2005. According to the Highway Patrol, the new legislation is also assisting in identifying potential meth cooks because pharmacies are now required to maintain purchase logs and make them available for inspection to law enforcement officers. To learn more, visit: http://gov.missouri.gov/press/MethReduction092005.htm President Bush Addresses the Nation: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast "In the task of recovery and rebuilding, some of the hardest work is still ahead, and it will require the creative skill and generosity of a united country... Americans want the Gulf Coast not just to survive, but to thrive; not just to cope, but to overcome." - President George Bush, Address in New Orleans
AIBS: Public Policy News & Reports Each state education agency disburses funds to partnership programs within thestate. Science education advocates in missouri are monitoring HB 911 to http://www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/public-policy-reports-2004_02_03.html
Extractions: terms Serving Biology and Society Organization About AIBS: Who We Are Media Inquiries Organization Membership Individual Membership ... Classifieds The AIBS Public Policy Report is distributed broadly by email every two weeks to AIBS membership leaders and contacts, including the President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Director, AIBS Council Representative, Journal Editor, Newsletter Editor, Public Policy Committee Chair, Public Policy Representative, and Education Committee Chair of all AIBS member societies and organizations (see the Membership Directories for contact information).
Extractions: Introduction, Discussion, and Conclusion Table I: Short- and Long-Term Impact Arizona California ... Order Information By Debra Hauser, MPH, Vice President, Advocates for Youth Since 1991, rates of teenage pregnancy and birth have declined significantly in the United States. These are welcome trends. Yet, teens in the United States continue to suffer from the highest birth rate and one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the industrialized world. Debate over the best way to help teens avoid, or reduce, their sexual risk-taking behavior has polarized many youth-serving professionals. On one side are those that support comprehensive sex education—education that promotes abstinence but includes information about contraception and condoms to build young people's knowledge, attitudes and skills for when they do become sexually active. On the other side are those that favor abstinence-only-until-marriage—programs that promote "abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard"[ ] of behavior. Proponents of abstinence-only programs believe that providing information about the health benefits of condoms or contraception contradicts their message of abstinence-only and undermines its impact. As such, abstinence-only programs provide no information about contraception beyond failure rates.
State Support And Incentives The missouri State Board of education approved a policy that gives local school Please check with individual local education agency liaisons regarding http://www.nbpts.org/about/stateinfo.cfm?state=Missouri
SchoolGrants Links - Federal Agencies Federal agencies. Regional Educational Laboratories States Served, Colorado,Kansas, missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/fed_agencies.htm
Extractions: Index to Grant Opptys Sample Proposals ... Join the SchoolGrants Team! Links - Federal Agencies G et into the habit of regularly checking the various federal Web sites. These agencies frequently publish grant information as well as other useful data. If you know of links that should be included here, please let me know . If you encounter a "dead" link, I would appreciate it if you would let me know - please include the Web page on which you encountered the problem so I can find it to correct it. (Links on SchoolGrants always open in their own windows so you will always be able to return to your spot on this site.) Federal Agencies Regional Educational Laboratories Federal Agencies Department of Education Education Publications Related to ESEA Programs
Extractions: NCTM ... News Releases Seeley Begins Term as NCTM President-Elect Bryant Begins Term on NCTM Board of Directors Heid Begins Term on NCTM Board of Directors Muri Begins Term on NCTM Board of Directors ... Scott Begins Term on NCTM Board of Directors Cathy L. Seeley of Cedar Park, Texas, became president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on April 12 at the close of the Council's 81st annual meeting. She will spend the next year working alongside the current president and begin a two-year term as president in April 2004. As president of NCTM, Seeley hopes "to inspire teachers and other mathematics educators to develop their own kind of personal leadership and to have the courage to play an active professional outreach role that extends beyond their immediate classroom, institution, or school system." She is "motivated by a deep commitment to equity and to a quality mathematics education for every child." Recently returned from two years of teaching mathematics in West Africa, Seeley is currently serving as senior adviser in the development of an online, problem-based algebra program at the University of Texas at Austin.
