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Mar31	Harvard Hosts Forum on Two Fastest Growing Countries in the World Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education Harvard hosted a forum so students from around the world could discuss their views on China and India, the globes two fastest growing countries in many respects. Topics such as: 1. sustainable development 2. poverty alleviation 3. the state of villages 4. developing legal institutions 5. relations among China, India, and the United States. were discussed. Harvard, of course, is not the ONLY institution that does this sort of thing. However, like it or not, Harvard's grads become business and political leaders in many areas. The more they know about these countries the better. No? Free - open discussion is what being a student is all about. Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar31	Cal State Fullerton Teams Up with Fudan University Bill Belew March 31, 2007 California State Fullerton and Fudan University say they have a first.The two schools will train English proficient Fudan students in educational administration at the Cal State Fullerton Campus and then send them back to China where the MS in Education... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mar. 3-31 Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.Perhaps you might want to:Put Laxatives in Doughnuts and Give Them to Your Friends at School Turn Your Dead Dad into a DiamondGet 'Junior' Caught in the Machinery at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Government Orders Rewrite of History Textbooks Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Those who don't know history can rewrite it if they like and hope no one else has a long memory.Tokyo has ordered changes in seven history textbooks that say the country's army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar30	Japan Refuses to Acknowledge Losing the War Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Punishment! Three teachers will be suspended from work for 6-12 months, 12 others got pay cuts and another 20 received warnings for not standing up to honor Japan's national anthem during graduation ceremonies.Japan's school year ends in March.Japan's Rising Sun... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plagiarism Fighter Taken to Court Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Students at McLean High School are taking Turnitin.com to court, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violated copyright laws when it stored their papers even they requested the service to not do so."According to the lawsuit, each of the students obtained a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom's Up on the Roof Bill Belew March 30, 2007 My brother called me less than an hour ago. I had been expecting a phone call for sometime because my mom had been "up on the roof."There's a story that the main character tells in the movie "Capricorn One." One... Continue Reading Posted at 1:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March 30th - Stop Cyberbullying Day Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Andy Carvin has declared today as Stop Cyberbullying Day.The story behind the call to action can be found here. I learned about it from one of the other KnowMoreMedia authors, Easton Ellsworth here. Easton writes quite passionately:The world and its World Wide... Continue Reading Posted at 12:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Global Warming Non-Phenomenon Sends Frozen Watch Buried at North Pole on 2000 Mile Voyage Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Jacob Amundsen, a descendant of famed Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, buried one of 250 copies of a wristwatch he designed to withstand extreme conditions at the North Pole in 2004 in honor of his ancestor.A piece of ice broke... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mar. 3-30 Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.Perhaps you might want to: Let your daughter become a celebrity stalker.Marry Someone Half Your Size Throw Away Useful Poop Demand Permission to do SomethingCall the police Cheat on your master's thesisAsk... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March Madness at College Humor's Hottest Girls Contest - the Final Four (Delaware, Hofstra, Arizona) Bill Belew March 30, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar29	Colleges Hire Lenders to Take Calls on Financial Aid Bill Belew March 29, 2007 The New York Times reports that when students call a university, it is a lender that answers the phone and not the college. Worse yet...the lender identifies iitself as an arm of the university.Some 20 institutions are using call centers... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Black Students Get Own Scholarship to Go to UCLA Bill Belew March 29, 2007 Several prominent alumni have raised $1.75 million to bankroll scholarships to get more black freshmen into UCLA.Last year, only 100 black students said they planned to be among UCLA's 4800 new freshmen, the lowest number in more than 30 years."The... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ohio University Revokes Master's Degree of Plagiarizer Bill Belew March 29, 2007 It's the first time a degree has been revoked because the thesis writer had plagiarized.A former mechanical engineering student at Ohio University was found to have borrowed, without citations, too much material. The student's master's degree was revoked. As a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Study Abroad Bill Has Been Introduced in the Senate Bill Belew March 29, 2007 Two Senators are introducing the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Act of 2006 (S. 3744), which calls for a national program to encourage study abroad.The goals of the program:1. Create fellowships2. Create scholarships3. Establish partnerships with colleges and universities4. 1 million... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Envoy Tries to Sell American Education to India Bill Belew March 29, 2007 There are more Indian students in American universities than from any other country other than America.America's Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy is in India with a delegation of university presidents trying to sell American style education to India so that... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom Uses Ice Pick, Teeth to Attack Classmates Who Bullied Her University Student-Child Bill Belew March 29, 2007 The mom of a university girl went berserk at Texas College where her daughter attends.When her 'little girl' told her she was being picked on, the mom headed to school to confront the Texas College President.When she got no satisfaction... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Change Someone's Mind Bill Belew March 29, 2007 I was reading a series of articles on how to talk with people who don't share the same religious beliefs as I do.There are groups that pound on doors, travel around on bicycles, hang out in public places and pin... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A University Student and a Junior High Student Victims of Lust Murders Bill Belew March 29, 2007 A man operated a suicide web site in Japan. The deal was he would help others to commit suicide by doing it with them.Problem is...how many times can one man commit suicide?This guy did it three times.He lured a 14-year... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Arizona, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 29, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar28	Online-Degrees-Today.com for Online Colleges Bill Belew March 28, 2007 Sponsored Review Online Colleges bills itself as a directory of online schools, colleges, and information, connecting potential and post-secondary students with 100's of degree choices. I believe in online education. Golly, I have been teaching online for a couple of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kidnapper Demands Better Schooling and Housing....for the Kidnapped! Bill Belew March 28, 2007 This doesn't make a lot of sense if you think about it too hard. Consider yourself forewarned.The operator of a pre-school in Manila took an Uzi Assault rifle, a revolver and two grenades as well as food and water for... Continue Reading Posted at 5:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much Does Your Professor Make? - Salary Breakdowns from National Center for Educational Statistics Bill Belew March 28, 2007 Ever wondered how much that guy up front who goes on and on and on is making?How much is he getting paid to talk you to sleep? What about that woman who talks about nothing but her kids?And that TA that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 86...Is that all there is? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I find it hard to believe that there are only 86 bloggers out of technorati's 68 million who have weblogged more than 1000 posts.No more? That's it?There are three bloggers who claim to have more than 10,000 posts:1. Adland43,113 posts... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are All Religions the Same? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I received an email from a close friend. The names have been deleted to protect the victims.--- This past Sunday, on March 25, our evangelist ..... was taking his wife, ... from Malkarodha to Champa on his motorcycle. Brother ... has... Continue Reading Posted at 3:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens Next When Kids Get Bullied and Commit Suicide Bill Belew March 28, 2007 We wonder what happens when kids get bullied and then commit suicide.I wrote previously about 5 things that happen when children take their own lives.Today, I learned a sixth.Two local governments were ordered to pay a family 8.6 million yen... Continue Reading Posted at 11:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Protect Children from Online Predators Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I read in an article yesterday, not online, that according to the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, one in four children who regularly spend time on the Internet has encounter a child predator.Children as young as... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching ESL in Japan Not So Safe Anymore? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I don't know a lot about a lot of things, but I do know something about teaching English as a Second Language...especially in Japan.I plan to turn my attention to ESL and teaching, doing business in Japan and such at... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Delware and Florida State) Bill Belew March 28, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar27	The Best Way to Get Kids to Hate Policemen Bill Belew March 27, 2007 When a third grader was caught stealing for the second time at Shady Cove Elementary School, (what would you expect from kids who go to a school that starts with Shady?) the parents called the police.The police chief under pretenses... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Edspresso Bill Belew March 27, 2007 I don't get out too often, but when I do, Edspresso is one place I go. The site posts daily a bundle of news about Education....I counted 79 links today to stories...number of male teachers reaches 40 year low.Ethnic segregation... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	School Bus Refitted as Oven to Make Passover Bread Bill Belew March 27, 2007 With Easter just around the corner (I think Easter is celebrated EVERY Sunday), it seems Jews are in the news along with their shennanigans.A rabbi Hassidic Jewish congregation converted a full-sized red and white school bus into an oven, complete... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jewish Theological Seminary Moves to Accept Gay and Lesbian Students Bill Belew March 27, 2007 Press release: "Following the completion of a thorough and deliberate review process, The Jewish Theological Seminary has decided, effective immediately, to accept qualified gay and lesbian students into its rabbinical and cantorial schools."I don't know which end of the spectrum... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Delaware, Mars Hill) Bill Belew March 27, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar26	Large Majority of Public Elementary Schools Implement Anti-crime 'Safety Maps' Bill Belew March 26, 2007 The majority of Japan's public elementary schools, about 90%, have created "safety maps" to guide children along routes to and from school and play areas so that the kids will be protected from accidents and crimes targeted against them.Children participate... Continue Reading Posted at 11:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Assistant Prof Suspended for Sexually Harassing Student Bill Belew March 26, 2007 Is there a teacher who hasn't had eyes for a student? How many teachers, professors, pastors for that matter, do you know who have married a student or a member of the group they taught or were responsible for? An... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest Girls Elite Eight - (Hofstra vs. Pace) Bill Belew March 26, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar25	Drunk Education Boss Accused of Groping a Woman on the Train Bill Belew March 25, 2007 And we wonder why our kids turn out the way they do....at least this particular problem was in Japan. A Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology worker was arrested on suspicion of molesting a 20-year-old woman on a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ohio Amish Take On Las Vegas Hilton for World's Largest Buffet Bill Belew March 25, 2007 A social studies problem answered by a math calculation - Northeastern Ohio Amish bakers and family cooks united to challenge the Las Vegas Hilton.First of all, how do the Amish even know there is a Las Vegas?Secondly, why would the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Copy of Declaration of Independence Sold for 20 million percent profit Bill Belew March 25, 2007 Some music tech in Nashville bought a rare copy, one of 200 commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820, of the Declaration of Independence at a music thrift shop for $2.48.He hoped to get $125,000 at auction but wound up... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Country Aims to Create Global Schoolhouse Bill Belew March 25, 2007 At least one country has the emphasis in the right place....education.Singapore wants its education sector to be about 5% of its gross domestic product by 2015...up from the current 3.8%.Singapore has 20 foreign universities and 41 preparatory and boarding schools... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Moral Code for Academics Published Bill Belew March 25, 2007 Is there something here that academics worldwide can learn from?The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) has published a moral code for all of its members.The code will:1. create a clean academic environment2. promote scientific research3. promote innovationforbid:4. plagiarism5.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar23	Urine in the Teachers' Coffee Pot Crosses the Line Bill Belew March 23, 2007 A middle school kid felt like he was being picked on by his teacher. When he complained, nobody took action.So, he did.He poured urine in the coffee pot of his teacher and three colleagues.The kid was caught, suspended and now... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Searching for the 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 500,000+ words in one year Bill Belew March 23, 2007 The list of 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - those with 1,000 posts or more continues to grow. How about you? Do you belong on the list?---- Here's another question - if post count is not the best criteria for determining if... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford Professor Wins 2007 Stockholm Water Prize Bill Belew March 23, 2007 Who would have thought that there was such a prize or even such a competition for that matter.Imagine this prof sitting around at the breakfast table, all antsy, and his wife asks."What's up, honey?""Well, the competition is really hot for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March Madness at College Humor's Hottest Girls - Elite Eight - Hofstra, Pace, Delaware, Mars Hill, Arizona, FSU, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 23, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar22	Words of Wisdumb - Japan's Foreign Minister Bill Belew March 22, 2007 Japan's foreign minister didn't call westerners baby making machines, but it was close.Japan has a Middle East peace initiative that apparently only 'yellow faces' can deliver on....not blue eyes and blonde hair.The minister's extreme words of Wisdumb - because of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Student Missing for Two Months Found Electrocuted Bill Belew March 22, 2007 A 19 year old Purdue student that went missing on January 13th has been found...on a power transformer, electrocuted.The door to the power transformer room might have been confused for a dorm room door. We will never know.What we do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Flagler, Arizona, Temple, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 22, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar21	McDonalds Takes on Oxford Dictionary Over McJob Bill Belew March 21, 2007 Well, I am glad to hear McDonalds is bent on straightening out the Oxford English Dictionary over which words belong in the English language and which don't.Some twenty years ago the Washington Post used the word 'McJob.' Oxford calls it... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ACLU Fights School District for Punishing Teenager Who Wore Winnie the Pooh Socks to School Bill Belew March 21, 2007 There is all sorts of stupidity going on here.First...the school punishes a girl for wearing socks with Winnie the Pooh's good friend Tigger on them. She also had a denim skirt and a brown shirt with, Oh no!, a pink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Colleges' Security Guards Graduate, Become Lawyers, Teachers, White-Collar Workers Bill Belew March 21, 2007 Security guards at China's top colleges, Beijing, Tsinghua, China Renmin, did more than just protect the students. In the past 13 years, 100 security guards at Beijing, 70 at Tsinghua and 50 at China Renmin have received college degrees....by studying... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Class in World Class Bill Belew March 21, 2007 What puts the class in world class?I love this story...a famous athlete, second only to Yao Ming in popularity in China, is doing his utmost to help a female grad student who has been diagnosed with leukemia to secure the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Delaware, Arizona State,Connecticut, Florida State) Bill Belew March 21, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar20	School Kids Need More Sleep Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Up at 5:50am.Breakfast at 6:15am.Out the door at 6:30am.30-minute commute, arrive at school 7:00am, one hour before classes begin.6 hours of school.After school special classes in math, English, music and Chinese.More weekend classes in math, English, music and Chinese.This is... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China steps Up Efforts to Train More Chinese Language Teachers Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Need a job? Every year there are 10,000 vacancies for teaching Chinese as a foreign language...but only 2,000 teachers available.Last year China sent 1,004 teachers overseas to 80 countries and 1,050 volunteers to 34 countries to teach the Chinese language.China... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Couple having Sex before 9-year old to teach her how Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Not only do teachers have to handle kids, they need to instruct parents on how to do their job as well. And when that doesn't work, police are called in.An unbelievably stupid couple, 33 and 36-years old, said they had... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	43-year old High School Teacher Busted for having Sex with Jr. Higher Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Just when I began to think that teachers in Japan could do things right...the man with no arms and legs teaching elementary kids comes to mind...another high school teacher gets busted for doing the dirty with a jr. high school... Continue Reading Posted at 11:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Man with No Arms and No Legs Becomes School Teacher Bill Belew March 20, 2007 This is a feel good story if there ever was one.A 30-year old man born with no arms and no legs gained fame by writing his memoir..."No One's Perfect." It wasn't enough...now he has a teaching license from Meisei University... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (FSU, Delaware, Mars Hill, Clark) Bill Belew March 20, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar19	Japanese, Chinese History Teachers Take Another Look at Differences Bill Belew March 19, 2007 There's a reason why we study history and are required to get good grades in it.The Japanese and Chinese have the same history but give different answers to the essay questions - who did what during the war period.The Japanese... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Nude Protestors Hugging Trees at Cal Berkeley Bill Belew March 19, 2007 I don't know why I am finding out about this after the fact. I guess I need to be on the we're-stripping-down-to-save-trees mailing list or something.78 people stripped down and hugged trees, literally in a bid to save a grove... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Hofstra, Central Michigan, Pace, Grand Valley State) Round Three Bill Belew March 19, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar18	College Humor's Hottest Girls March Madness Sweet Sixteen Bill Belew March 18, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Miss Universe Japan - Ballet Dancer, Mori Riyo - Learns Lessons when Young Bill Belew March 18, 2007 A 20-year old ballet dance from Shizuoka Prefecture has been selected to represent Japan in the Miss Universe Competition. The world competition will be held in Mexico the end of May....Hmm...I wonder if I can cover it, the contest...the contest. Japan's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar17	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 86 bloggers w/ 1000+ posts Bill Belew March 17, 2007 The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers list, those with 1000 posts or more on one blog has reached 86 bloggers.Surely there are more bloggers who have more posts, no?Question: Is post count a good indicator of being prolific?How about word count?Or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Professor Defamed for Showing Adult Video as Teaching Material Bill Belew March 17, 2007 A weekly sleaze magazine in Japan printed a story saying that a 62-year old prof annoyed his students by showing an Adult Video...which, indeed, there are a lot of in Japan...make that everywhere.The prof did give a class where he... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar16	Top Edcuator Asks Kids to Give Up on Dreams Bill Belew March 16, 2007 It may be the American dream...to strike it rich, overnight success, to get discovered, but China' Ministry of Education says, "Stardom should not be the only dream of our children." The point of the attack is China's new wave of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	91-year old German glues himself to his roof Bill Belew March 16, 2007 There is a scene in the movie Capricorn One where the guy tells a joke as he climbs a mountain to escape pursuers.His brother who had not been home for sometime calls to see how things are. He first asks,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kid Brings 'Toy' Grenade to School...Blows Up 10 Classmates Bill Belew March 16, 2007 A kid in the third year of middle school in China's Yunnan Province brought a grenade to school as toy. "Hey! Let's pretend to blow each other up."...pull the pin...BOOM!Yup...ten students were injured by the explosion...the worst being one student... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Unicorn Defense Bill Belew March 16, 2007 When lawyers can't get things straight, we're in trouble. Okay...we are already in trouble no matter when lawyers are involved.The chief prosecutor had these words of wisdumb for the district judge - his client "claimed a unicorn was driving when... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Cleveland State, East Carolina, Temple, Fairfield) Bill Belew March 16, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar15	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - Wiki Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers List continues to grow...that's good news.Bad news, it's a bear for me to update everytime and repost...also prolific bloggers keep getting trackbacked for reasons I don't understand and nobody likes extra email...nobody.Solution...a wiki...The 100 Most... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Snake Boy leads fad to keep Pets on campus...gives up on scorpions Bill Belew March 15, 2007 College students in Guangzhou have found a new way to find a date...learn who has the same kind of pet...lizard, hamsters, scorpions, turtles and snakes....no, it's not dinner, though all of those could be found on most any menu in... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	West Virginia Governor Appoints Wife to State Board of Education Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The governor of West Virginia said it would improve communications if he added his wife to the West Virginia State Board of Education.Instead of talking about the last episode of Grey's Anatomy they could discuss the impending teacher's strike in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Carnival of Education - Week 110 Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The Carnival of Education is going on at Edwonk. Wow! That's a little over two years this group has been getting together to share news stories, opinions and gripes about what is going on in education.I have tried several times to... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Help For Being a Better Blogger at SOBCon07 Bill Belew March 15, 2007 I am stealing this post in its entirety from BusinessBlogWire another blog in the KnowMoreMedia network.There are reasons for that...one of which might be I am too lazy to rewrite it, the other is Easton has already said it all.For... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Flagerly, Savannah College of Art, Arizona, Gettysburg College) Bill Belew March 15, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar14	Oregon Schools Go Low-tech, Throw out Online Testing, Go Back to Bubble-filling Bill Belew March 14, 2007 About 85% of Oregon public schools will join their paper bubble-filling counterparts in doing tests the old fashioned way.It turns out the online tests were not reliable...the system bogged down, results were not recorded and some students were asked to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	West Virginia Teachers Give Kids a Lesson in How NOT to Get Along Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Teacher union reps in 12 counties told their groups to go on strike today hoping to pressure the governor to call a special legislation session to address low pay.High school and middle school teachers walked....elementary school teachers went to work.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Government vs. Education - Same Battle - Different Country Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Russia's government wants control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, something it hasn't had for more than 300 years, going back to Peter the Great."The academy's senior members oversee a $1.2 billion budget, 400 research institutes and 200,000 researchers and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plagiarism - Like Father Like Daughter Bill Belew March 14, 2007 A tenured assistant professor of economics and finance at Kean University has been accused of plagiarizing her doctoral dissertation.Her father was found to have copied government documents into a book he published without citing the sources. Apparently that was legal... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Hottest Girl - Maggie Cheung - Opens Film Festival at University of Edinburgh Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Universities are great places to get things started, try something new, appeal to the next generation.Chollywood is in Britain as "Cinema China" - the biggest Chinese film festival, opening in Edinburgh.One of China's hottest girls, Maggie Cheung and mainland director,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Delaware, South Florida, Arizona State, Johns Hopkins) Bill Belew March 14, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar13	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers Bill Belew March 13, 2007 There is a time and a place to argue about what prolific means and what should be the criteria for being on this list. That place is here. The link will also tell you how to get on the list... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Most Prolific Bloggers - What it means Bill Belew March 13, 2007 Prolific ought to be done by word count, not blog or post count.However, I wonder how many bloggers know their word count. I can guestimate mine, but I have no idea the exact number. Do you?Longevity also should be considered...but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	98% of Vocational School Grads Find Jobs Bill Belew March 13, 2007 The percentage of Japanese high school new graduates (88.1) and university new graduates (87.7) is up 2.8 and 1.9% over last year, thanks to a better economy and gaps being left by retiring baby boomers.Male college student employment rates are... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Egyptian Blogger Bill Belew March 13, 2007 At the time, the blogger didn't think his words were wisdumb - "Muslims revealed their true ugly face and appeared to all the world that they are full of brutality, barbarism and inhumanity," he wrote in his blog. He also... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Going to the "Literacy Dog" Bill Belew March 13, 2007 This guy is trying way too hard. A third grade teacher wants to encourge his class to read more by having them, well, read...to his dog, the school's official literacy dog."The dog doesn't judge if the kids make a mistake,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Florida State, American River, Connecticut, UNC Wilmington) Bill Belew March 13, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar12	Number of Students Taking Classes Online Continues to Grow Bill Belew March 12, 2007 We knew that there more students were taking classes online...gee, more classes are being required to be taken online.My son, a junior, does NOT like online classes...but...take them he did. He had no choice.Surprise...he liked it and wants to do... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ugly people with scars on their faces told not to apply for teaching positions Bill Belew March 12, 2007 "When you take into consideration the students' psychology it seems reasonable that a man or woman with a scar 3.3 cm (1.5 inch) or more on their face should NOT be employed as a teacher."Is what an article in a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Student Changes Cellphone 500 Times in 9 Years Bill Belew March 12, 2007 A college student in Nanjing, China has changed his cell phone almost 500 times in 9 years....or an average of just over once a week.Changing cellphones is not as big a deal as changing service providers...the early cancellation charges would... Continue Reading Posted at 5:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Same 10 Questions - Different Country - Still No Answers Bill Belew March 12, 2007 Chinese universities have the largest number of students in the world, yet are in severe financial crisis. Education institutions in financial crisis. Sound familiar?One school is so in debt that it must pay 300 million yuan in INTEREST each year... Continue Reading Posted at 1:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (San Francisco State, Clark, Mar's Hill, Georgia) Bill Belew March 12, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar11	Fashion and Soda Pop Culture Rule College Campuses Bill Belew March 11, 2007 Fashion Maker is a young company owned by college undergrads. The industrious entrepreneurs are doing so well but some are not so happy.The group has bought up advertising space in the dining halls of 46 colleges and universities in Shanghai... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford's Most Successful Coach Erases Athletes' Records Bill Belew March 11, 2007 The Stanford swim team has won the last 26 Pac-10 Championships....a record indeed, for the books.However, athletes who got on the wrong side of the coach found themselves and their records erased from Stanford's multi-media guide, apparently because they got... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Elementary School Kids Least Motivated Bill Belew March 11, 2007 The Japan Youth Research Institute asked 5200 children, 4th - 6th grade, in Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul what they thought of the future....probably singing Que Sara (sp?) while they did.Japanese children were the least motivated of the bunch.Just 48% of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar10	Apology Won't Erase Classroom Exposure to Inappropriate Sexual Education Bill Belew March 10, 2007 Maybe this is why no one in America says they are sorry any more. The apology doesn't mean anything...to the recipient.Some parents are demanding discipline...suspension or even termination for a teacher who reportedly made 8th graders read aloud highly explicit... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IBM to Spend $50 million on Financial Education for its Employees Bill Belew March 10, 2007 IBM must figure that an out-of-debt employee is a happy employee...and will spend less time at work taking care of their bills.Big Blue will pony up a lot of green in its "IBM MoneySmart" program for:1. in-person educational seminars2. online... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harvard Raises the Bar and Pay for Doctors Who Teach Bill Belew March 10, 2007 Harvard's 7,000 some full-time instructors who teach the school's medical students in classrooms do so for about $30/hr.That's pretty cheap, if you ask me, even for an adjunct.Harvard plans to/hopes to/has a goal of paying the men and women $100... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 9	Since When is Education a Democracy? Bill Belew March 9, 2007 The picture of a Sikh religious leader, Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, has been voted out of a textbook, to be covered up with a Fruit Loop sticker, by California's state Board of Education.Sikh followers say the picture was... Continue Reading Posted at 5:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Baseball Players Suspended Because of Rape Allegations Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Kids will be kids...getting into trouble and all. Big kids get into bigger trouble.At a house party, about 50 students, including 8 baseball players from De Anza College's baseball team, did what kids do these days...at least some kids...drank until... Continue Reading Posted at 3:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sexy Wish Book Missing from Library Shelves Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Sports Illustrated decided on its own that it wasn't going to send its annual swimsuit edition to college libraries.SI offers the explanation: "Over the course of time, we've received feedback from some of those institutions saying it wouldn't be an... Continue Reading Posted at 2:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Duke Graduate Creates Beer Tossing Refrigerator Bill Belew March 9, 2007 The Duke grad didn't want to grow up, or let go of his college days.When he was in college he participated in the engineering school's robotic basketball games...pick up a ping pong ball and toss it through a small hoop.Knowing... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sexpot Speaks at Edinboro University Honors Banquet Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Sharon Stone was invited to speak at an honor's banquet honoring the state-run Edinboro University's president of the past 11 years.Instead of talking about her basic instincts and steamy roles, Sharon Stone spoke about service...giving back....humanitarian efforts, such as porous... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Delaware, Valencia, FSU, Binghampton) Bill Belew March 9, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 8	Schools Tackle Sexual Harassment Education Bill Belew March 8, 2007 Sex has always been a taboo subject in China. School teachers shy away from it in physiology classes from elementary through college. Parents are reluctant to talk about it at home. Enter the perverts. It is much easier to take... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christian Principal Accuses Teacher of Being a Witch Bill Belew March 8, 2007 I think my ex-mother-in-law was a witch. A real witch. The kind that cast spells on me and such. But that has nothing do with this teacher who says her principal, after becoming a born-again Christian, started accusing her of... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	City Forbids Homework in All Schools Bill Belew March 8, 2007 The 70 school districts in Shenzhen, China are no longer permitted to give homework.Elementary school kids must be able to finish their work in school, and jr and high school kids are only permitted to bring home 20% of their... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduate Degrees and Beyond - Still a Select Few Bill Belew March 8, 2007 Forty percent of those receiving a bachelor's degree in 1992-93 enrolled in a graduate degree program within 10 years.Thirty one percent of the graduates aimed for a master's degree.5 percent sought a first-professional degree program4 percent wanted a doctoral degree.10%... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Career Education Corp. Announces New CEO Bill Belew March 8, 2007 A gum chewing, soap selling, lab rat takes over as the new CEO for Career Education Corporation.The new president of CEC worked as senior VP of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co, spent 13 years at Proctor & Gamble and became an... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Pace, Kennesaw, Grand Valley, SUNY Cortland) Bill Belew March 8, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 7	Pizza Hut's 'Book It' Reading Program Blasted Bill Belew March 7, 2007 There is always someone or someones who doesn't/won't/will find a way to not like somebody else.A new group - Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood - wants Pizza Hut to stop promoting its "Book It" program. And, the group wants the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - the Honeymooner Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Two Las Vegas honeymooners were hanging out in Utah doing what honeymooners do...fight.About 10 miles outside of Salt Lake City, the 29-year old bride somehow got out of the car and started walking away.The 33-year old groom at a loss... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sociologists Condemn Use of Native American Nicknames, Logos and Mascots in Sport Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Yesterday the anthropologists ganged up on Coca Cola. Today the sociologists of the American Sociological Association are ganging up on schools nationwide to condemn the use of Native American nicknames, logos, and mascots in sports.My son and I were discussing... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Overseas Pay for Studies Themselves - Poor Babies! Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Some 134,000 Chinese students went overseas in 2006 - 47.5% to study social sciences and 45% to study engineering and technology.This is more than 11 times the number of students just five years ago.Of that number, about 90% of them... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Open Sources for a Quality Education = Free for the asking Bill Belew March 7, 2007 There are several groups that are giving away their educational resources for free, providing "online portals for teachers to share resources and knowledge that would otherwise go undiscovered.'The OpenCourseWare Consortium - includes 16 countries and 14 add'l affiliate organizations. China... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Hofstra, Rider, Central Michigan, Central Connecticut State ) Bill Belew March 7, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 6	Intel Takes Aim at Britain's Education Market Bill Belew March 6, 2007 Intel Corp. is planning to make a laptop specifically for the education sector in the United Kingdom.An MOU has been signed with the Specialist Schools and Academics Trust to train 265,000 teachers in interactive learning skills by 2011.Intel will also... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	No Free Speech at Saint Mary's University in Canada Bill Belew March 6, 2007 A professor and the man who runs American Renaissance were planning to debate the idea of racial separation on the campus of St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia.Cancelled!"The University is committed to fostering academic freedom and free speech in our... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Anthropologists Boycott Coca-Cola Bill Belew March 6, 2007 Coca-cola will probably go belly up over this boycott.The American Anthropological Association has an average membership of 10,000. The group mustered up their reserve to tell Coca Cola "no mas."According to AAA, communities where Coca Cola Company operates is worse... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fights Homeland Security Bill Belew March 6, 2007 What in the world!? Can't get their way, so UNL decides to let the lawyers win.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has filed a suit against the Department of Homeland Security.Apparently there is only one guy in 6.5 billion who can work... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PEBKAC, GIGO, ID Ten T, PICNIC, RTFM Bill Belew March 6, 2007 We used to talk to each other in acronyms when I was in the Navy.More and more, however, we need to understand them in our daily lives as well...especially if we want to understand IT speak.Here are a few I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to get a Free Education - MIT's OpenCourseWare Bill Belew March 6, 2007 MIT provides open access to to course materials for up to 1,550 MIT courses...for free.Yup, anyone can get an MIT education for free. ...educators, students, self-learners around the world.The goal is to have ALL of MIT's materials available online and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 5	Professor Wins Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit Bill Belew March 5, 2007 I am not sure that is what it is called, but I have heard it referred to that way. Discrimination against someone who is not a minority is reverse discrimination.An ex-professor at New Mexico Highlands University was awarded $205,000 when... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	18 College Grads from Susquehanna University Contract Cancer Before Age 30 Bill Belew March 5, 2007 And they thought they went to school to get an education. It appears they got much worse.The Patriot-News is reporting that 18 people who attended Susquehanna between 1990 and 2001 have developed cancer....before turning 30 years old.Altogether 40 cases of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging + Teaching Online = Full-time Work-at-home Bill Belew March 5, 2007 I came across this link to the Online Education Database - Accredited Online Colleges and Universities \| OEDb: via EducauseThe site says there are 620 programs offered at 57 colleges and universities online.In addition to the income I get from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 Online Universities Bill Belew March 5, 2007 The online education database looked at the 1. acceptance rate, 2. financial aid, 3. graduation rate, 4. peer Web citations, 5. retention rate, 6. scholarly citations, 7. student-faculty ratio, 8. years accreditedof the 57 online colleges and universities and came... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( East Carolina, SMU, Cleveland State, Stanford) Bill Belew March 5, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 4	Fifth Graders Asked to Jump Rope to "I'm in Love With a Stripper" Bill Belew March 4, 2007 A P. E. teacher in Minooka, IL, seems to have gotten his CD mix, um, mixed up.The 17-year veteran teacher, wanting to play some upbeat music for the students, Lawrence Welk and Barney, somehow found the song, "I'm in Love... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Police Dog Gets Online Degree Bill Belew March 4, 2007 Many traditional schools don't like the fact that students can now get degrees online.There are reasons why:1. The teacher can't know who is doing the homework.2. The student can't know who is doing the grading.3. Nobody knows whether the student... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb- US Congressman Bill Belew March 4, 2007 Toyota is planning to put another plant in the United States, this time Mississippi.Congressmen and women have their underwear all tied in knots over the development....GM, Ford, Chrysler are laying off workers. Why should we let Toyota continue to expand...the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 3	EarnMyDegree Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Sponsored Review EarnMyDegree.com bills itself as a site that will help connect prospective students with online colleges and universities. Indeed, I think it does. Question: Tell me, how many schools offer online programs? I knew there were a lot of them,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Credit Card Comparison Site Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Sponsored Review Credit Card Comparison Site is a credit card review & comparison site with useful guides on credit & credit card FAQs. So, what's it have to do with TheBizOfKnowledge and education? About four years ago, I spent several DAYS looking... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Tough Questions About Education Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Every year, everyday, every election cycle, every time a new teacher comes and an older one retires, every time 10 kids fail to the one who succeeds, we wonder....after so many years of scratching our heads:1. Why has so little... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - some idiot and his wife Bill Belew March 3, 2007 A co-worker told the guy, some "idiot" hadn't claimed the $800,000 powerball lottery prize.They 58-year old "idiot" responded with words of wisdumb, "I didn't think to check my ticket." He just bought it for the fun of it. Why bother... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best 100 American Communities for Music Education Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Do you have an artist in the family? Musician-type artist?"The 'Best 100' survey was sponsored by the NAMM Foundation, its American Music Conference (AMC) division and a partnership of leading national associations working to promote the benefits of active participation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 2	School Districts and Parents Take South Dakota to Court Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Parents and school districts in South Dakota are asking a court to decide if the following three points are basic rights.1. Education is a fundamental right2. South Dakota children are guaranteed a fee, adequate and high-quality education3. Education prepares students... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 6 Most Prolific Bloggers - 1000 posts or more - looking for the top 100 Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Technorati claims there are more than 68 million bloggers. I started wondering who among that group is adding the most content to the blogosphere. I am launching a search for the 100 most prolific bloggers. Who are you? Where are you?... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teacher's Murder Covered Up? Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Just when we thought China was opening up, becoming more transparent.Filination tells of a high school teacher that was found dead. The police ruled it a suicide and that was supposed to be that.Her students, however, didn't think it was... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching Mashed Potatoes and Watermelons Bill Belew March 2, 2007 This picture of a rural Chinese classroom reminded me of a lesson I learned a long long time ago in college. We were at chapel and everyone broke into a chorus from the hymnbook. I was a new Christian at the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Receives one of Japan's Hottest Girls - Ai Fukuhara Bill Belew March 2, 2007 One of Japan's hottest girls said good-bye to high school girl yesterday.Fukuhara Ai, unlike other 'hot' Japanese girls, keeps her clothes on and lets her paddle do the talking...her ping pong paddle. The 18-year old is ranked 15th in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl - Flagerly, Saint Louis, Fairfield, Missouri, Temple, Cornish Bill Belew March 2, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 1	MIT Pranksters Escape 20 Years in Prison Bill Belew March 1, 2007 Three university students broke into the Faculty Club at MIT...and got caught.Instead of laughing their way onto the prankster roll at MIT, they went to jail, faced criminal charges that carry up to 20 years of imprisonment.Middlesex County prosecutors dropped... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of California and AOL/Time-Warner Want to Settle Bill Belew March 1, 2007 The University of California accused AOL/Time Warner of "misrepresenting its sales, revenues and subscriber numbers."Consequently, UC's retirement and endowment funds lost more than $240 million when lies about AOL caused the stock to take a dive after its merger with... Continue Reading Posted at 6:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why does 'historically black' make a difference? Bill Belew March 1, 2007 I can't recall how many times I have read this term, but it's the second time this week.While reading a news article on LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, it was noted that the school was 'historically black.' And then the article... Continue Reading Posted at 5:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - College of William and Mary President Bill Belew March 1, 2007 The president of the College of William and Mary made a decision that cost him and the school $12 million.An anonymous donor revoked that amount in donations because the president decided to remove a brass cross from permanent display on... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Graduates Seek Cheerleaders to Kick them in the... Bill Belew March 1, 2007 Apparently the guys needed some motivation. At a pep rally in Tokoy, some new college graduates get help from cheerleaders. The kick is symbolic...moresom, if the guys were facing the other direction.March 1st marks the beginning of job-hunting for these... Continue Reading Posted at 3:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl - Arizona, Illinois Wesleyan, Gettysburg, Chico, Azusa, Savannah, Bill Belew March 1, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Mar31	Harvard Hosts Forum on Two Fastest Growing Countries in the World Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education Harvard hosted a forum so students from around the world could discuss their views on China and India, the globes two fastest growing countries in many respects. Topics such as: 1. sustainable development 2. poverty alleviation 3. the state of villages 4. developing legal institutions 5. relations among China, India, and the United States. were discussed. Harvard, of course, is not the ONLY institution that does this sort of thing. However, like it or not, Harvard's grads become business and political leaders in many areas. The more they know about these countries the better. No? Free - open discussion is what being a student is all about. Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar31	Cal State Fullerton Teams Up with Fudan University Bill Belew March 31, 2007 California State Fullerton and Fudan University say they have a first.The two schools will train English proficient Fudan students in educational administration at the Cal State Fullerton Campus and then send them back to China where the MS in Education... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mar. 3-31 Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.Perhaps you might want to:Put Laxatives in Doughnuts and Give Them to Your Friends at School Turn Your Dead Dad into a DiamondGet 'Junior' Caught in the Machinery at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Government Orders Rewrite of History Textbooks Bill Belew March 31, 2007 Those who don't know history can rewrite it if they like and hope no one else has a long memory.Tokyo has ordered changes in seven history textbooks that say the country's army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar30	Japan Refuses to Acknowledge Losing the War Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Punishment! Three teachers will be suspended from work for 6-12 months, 12 others got pay cuts and another 20 received warnings for not standing up to honor Japan's national anthem during graduation ceremonies.Japan's school year ends in March.Japan's Rising Sun... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plagiarism Fighter Taken to Court Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Students at McLean High School are taking Turnitin.com to court, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violated copyright laws when it stored their papers even they requested the service to not do so."According to the lawsuit, each of the students obtained a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom's Up on the Roof Bill Belew March 30, 2007 My brother called me less than an hour ago. I had been expecting a phone call for sometime because my mom had been "up on the roof."There's a story that the main character tells in the movie "Capricorn One." One... Continue Reading Posted at 1:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March 30th - Stop Cyberbullying Day Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Andy Carvin has declared today as Stop Cyberbullying Day.The story behind the call to action can be found here. I learned about it from one of the other KnowMoreMedia authors, Easton Ellsworth here. Easton writes quite passionately:The world and its World Wide... Continue Reading Posted at 12:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Global Warming Non-Phenomenon Sends Frozen Watch Buried at North Pole on 2000 Mile Voyage Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Jacob Amundsen, a descendant of famed Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, buried one of 250 copies of a wristwatch he designed to withstand extreme conditions at the North Pole in 2004 in honor of his ancestor.A piece of ice broke... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mar. 3-30 Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew March 30, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.Perhaps you might want to: Let your daughter become a celebrity stalker.Marry Someone Half Your Size Throw Away Useful Poop Demand Permission to do SomethingCall the police Cheat on your master's thesisAsk... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March Madness at College Humor's Hottest Girls Contest - the Final Four (Delaware, Hofstra, Arizona) Bill Belew March 30, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar29	Colleges Hire Lenders to Take Calls on Financial Aid Bill Belew March 29, 2007 The New York Times reports that when students call a university, it is a lender that answers the phone and not the college. Worse yet...the lender identifies iitself as an arm of the university.Some 20 institutions are using call centers... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Black Students Get Own Scholarship to Go to UCLA Bill Belew March 29, 2007 Several prominent alumni have raised $1.75 million to bankroll scholarships to get more black freshmen into UCLA.Last year, only 100 black students said they planned to be among UCLA's 4800 new freshmen, the lowest number in more than 30 years."The... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ohio University Revokes Master's Degree of Plagiarizer Bill Belew March 29, 2007 It's the first time a degree has been revoked because the thesis writer had plagiarized.A former mechanical engineering student at Ohio University was found to have borrowed, without citations, too much material. The student's master's degree was revoked. As a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Study Abroad Bill Has Been Introduced in the Senate Bill Belew March 29, 2007 Two Senators are introducing the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Act of 2006 (S. 3744), which calls for a national program to encourage study abroad.The goals of the program:1. Create fellowships2. Create scholarships3. Establish partnerships with colleges and universities4. 1 million... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Envoy Tries to Sell American Education to India Bill Belew March 29, 2007 There are more Indian students in American universities than from any other country other than America.America's Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy is in India with a delegation of university presidents trying to sell American style education to India so that... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom Uses Ice Pick, Teeth to Attack Classmates Who Bullied Her University Student-Child Bill Belew March 29, 2007 The mom of a university girl went berserk at Texas College where her daughter attends.When her 'little girl' told her she was being picked on, the mom headed to school to confront the Texas College President.When she got no satisfaction... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Change Someone's Mind Bill Belew March 29, 2007 I was reading a series of articles on how to talk with people who don't share the same religious beliefs as I do.There are groups that pound on doors, travel around on bicycles, hang out in public places and pin... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A University Student and a Junior High Student Victims of Lust Murders Bill Belew March 29, 2007 A man operated a suicide web site in Japan. The deal was he would help others to commit suicide by doing it with them.Problem is...how many times can one man commit suicide?This guy did it three times.He lured a 14-year... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Arizona, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 29, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar28	Online-Degrees-Today.com for Online Colleges Bill Belew March 28, 2007 Sponsored Review Online Colleges bills itself as a directory of online schools, colleges, and information, connecting potential and post-secondary students with 100's of degree choices. I believe in online education. Golly, I have been teaching online for a couple of... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kidnapper Demands Better Schooling and Housing....for the Kidnapped! Bill Belew March 28, 2007 This doesn't make a lot of sense if you think about it too hard. Consider yourself forewarned.The operator of a pre-school in Manila took an Uzi Assault rifle, a revolver and two grenades as well as food and water for... Continue Reading Posted at 5:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Much Does Your Professor Make? - Salary Breakdowns from National Center for Educational Statistics Bill Belew March 28, 2007 Ever wondered how much that guy up front who goes on and on and on is making?How much is he getting paid to talk you to sleep? What about that woman who talks about nothing but her kids?And that TA that... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 86...Is that all there is? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I find it hard to believe that there are only 86 bloggers out of technorati's 68 million who have weblogged more than 1000 posts.No more? That's it?There are three bloggers who claim to have more than 10,000 posts:1. Adland43,113 posts... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are All Religions the Same? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I received an email from a close friend. The names have been deleted to protect the victims.--- This past Sunday, on March 25, our evangelist ..... was taking his wife, ... from Malkarodha to Champa on his motorcycle. Brother ... has... Continue Reading Posted at 3:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens Next When Kids Get Bullied and Commit Suicide Bill Belew March 28, 2007 We wonder what happens when kids get bullied and then commit suicide.I wrote previously about 5 things that happen when children take their own lives.Today, I learned a sixth.Two local governments were ordered to pay a family 8.6 million yen... Continue Reading Posted at 11:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Protect Children from Online Predators Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I read in an article yesterday, not online, that according to the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, one in four children who regularly spend time on the Internet has encounter a child predator.Children as young as... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching ESL in Japan Not So Safe Anymore? Bill Belew March 28, 2007 I don't know a lot about a lot of things, but I do know something about teaching English as a Second Language...especially in Japan.I plan to turn my attention to ESL and teaching, doing business in Japan and such at... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Delware and Florida State) Bill Belew March 28, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar27	The Best Way to Get Kids to Hate Policemen Bill Belew March 27, 2007 When a third grader was caught stealing for the second time at Shady Cove Elementary School, (what would you expect from kids who go to a school that starts with Shady?) the parents called the police.The police chief under pretenses... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Edspresso Bill Belew March 27, 2007 I don't get out too often, but when I do, Edspresso is one place I go. The site posts daily a bundle of news about Education....I counted 79 links today to stories...number of male teachers reaches 40 year low.Ethnic segregation... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	School Bus Refitted as Oven to Make Passover Bread Bill Belew March 27, 2007 With Easter just around the corner (I think Easter is celebrated EVERY Sunday), it seems Jews are in the news along with their shennanigans.A rabbi Hassidic Jewish congregation converted a full-sized red and white school bus into an oven, complete... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jewish Theological Seminary Moves to Accept Gay and Lesbian Students Bill Belew March 27, 2007 Press release: "Following the completion of a thorough and deliberate review process, The Jewish Theological Seminary has decided, effective immediately, to accept qualified gay and lesbian students into its rabbinical and cantorial schools."I don't know which end of the spectrum... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest College Girls - Elite Eight - (Delaware, Mars Hill) Bill Belew March 27, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar26	Large Majority of Public Elementary Schools Implement Anti-crime 'Safety Maps' Bill Belew March 26, 2007 The majority of Japan's public elementary schools, about 90%, have created "safety maps" to guide children along routes to and from school and play areas so that the kids will be protected from accidents and crimes targeted against them.Children participate... Continue Reading Posted at 11:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Assistant Prof Suspended for Sexually Harassing Student Bill Belew March 26, 2007 Is there a teacher who hasn't had eyes for a student? How many teachers, professors, pastors for that matter, do you know who have married a student or a member of the group they taught or were responsible for? An... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Humor's Hottest Girls Elite Eight - (Hofstra vs. Pace) Bill Belew March 26, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar25	Drunk Education Boss Accused of Groping a Woman on the Train Bill Belew March 25, 2007 And we wonder why our kids turn out the way they do....at least this particular problem was in Japan. A Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology worker was arrested on suspicion of molesting a 20-year-old woman on a... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ohio Amish Take On Las Vegas Hilton for World's Largest Buffet Bill Belew March 25, 2007 A social studies problem answered by a math calculation - Northeastern Ohio Amish bakers and family cooks united to challenge the Las Vegas Hilton.First of all, how do the Amish even know there is a Las Vegas?Secondly, why would the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Copy of Declaration of Independence Sold for 20 million percent profit Bill Belew March 25, 2007 Some music tech in Nashville bought a rare copy, one of 200 commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820, of the Declaration of Independence at a music thrift shop for $2.48.He hoped to get $125,000 at auction but wound up... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Country Aims to Create Global Schoolhouse Bill Belew March 25, 2007 At least one country has the emphasis in the right place....education.Singapore wants its education sector to be about 5% of its gross domestic product by 2015...up from the current 3.8%.Singapore has 20 foreign universities and 41 preparatory and boarding schools... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Moral Code for Academics Published Bill Belew March 25, 2007 Is there something here that academics worldwide can learn from?The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) has published a moral code for all of its members.The code will:1. create a clean academic environment2. promote scientific research3. promote innovationforbid:4. plagiarism5.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar23	Urine in the Teachers' Coffee Pot Crosses the Line Bill Belew March 23, 2007 A middle school kid felt like he was being picked on by his teacher. When he complained, nobody took action.So, he did.He poured urine in the coffee pot of his teacher and three colleagues.The kid was caught, suspended and now... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Searching for the 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 500,000+ words in one year Bill Belew March 23, 2007 The list of 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - those with 1,000 posts or more continues to grow. How about you? Do you belong on the list?---- Here's another question - if post count is not the best criteria for determining if... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford Professor Wins 2007 Stockholm Water Prize Bill Belew March 23, 2007 Who would have thought that there was such a prize or even such a competition for that matter.Imagine this prof sitting around at the breakfast table, all antsy, and his wife asks."What's up, honey?""Well, the competition is really hot for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	March Madness at College Humor's Hottest Girls - Elite Eight - Hofstra, Pace, Delaware, Mars Hill, Arizona, FSU, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 23, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar22	Words of Wisdumb - Japan's Foreign Minister Bill Belew March 22, 2007 Japan's foreign minister didn't call westerners baby making machines, but it was close.Japan has a Middle East peace initiative that apparently only 'yellow faces' can deliver on....not blue eyes and blonde hair.The minister's extreme words of Wisdumb - because of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Purdue Student Missing for Two Months Found Electrocuted Bill Belew March 22, 2007 A 19 year old Purdue student that went missing on January 13th has been found...on a power transformer, electrocuted.The door to the power transformer room might have been confused for a dorm room door. We will never know.What we do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Flagler, Arizona, Temple, Cleveland State) Bill Belew March 22, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar21	McDonalds Takes on Oxford Dictionary Over McJob Bill Belew March 21, 2007 Well, I am glad to hear McDonalds is bent on straightening out the Oxford English Dictionary over which words belong in the English language and which don't.Some twenty years ago the Washington Post used the word 'McJob.' Oxford calls it... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ACLU Fights School District for Punishing Teenager Who Wore Winnie the Pooh Socks to School Bill Belew March 21, 2007 There is all sorts of stupidity going on here.First...the school punishes a girl for wearing socks with Winnie the Pooh's good friend Tigger on them. She also had a denim skirt and a brown shirt with, Oh no!, a pink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Colleges' Security Guards Graduate, Become Lawyers, Teachers, White-Collar Workers Bill Belew March 21, 2007 Security guards at China's top colleges, Beijing, Tsinghua, China Renmin, did more than just protect the students. In the past 13 years, 100 security guards at Beijing, 70 at Tsinghua and 50 at China Renmin have received college degrees....by studying... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Class in World Class Bill Belew March 21, 2007 What puts the class in world class?I love this story...a famous athlete, second only to Yao Ming in popularity in China, is doing his utmost to help a female grad student who has been diagnosed with leukemia to secure the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Delaware, Arizona State,Connecticut, Florida State) Bill Belew March 21, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar20	School Kids Need More Sleep Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Up at 5:50am.Breakfast at 6:15am.Out the door at 6:30am.30-minute commute, arrive at school 7:00am, one hour before classes begin.6 hours of school.After school special classes in math, English, music and Chinese.More weekend classes in math, English, music and Chinese.This is... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China steps Up Efforts to Train More Chinese Language Teachers Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Need a job? Every year there are 10,000 vacancies for teaching Chinese as a foreign language...but only 2,000 teachers available.Last year China sent 1,004 teachers overseas to 80 countries and 1,050 volunteers to 34 countries to teach the Chinese language.China... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Couple having Sex before 9-year old to teach her how Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Not only do teachers have to handle kids, they need to instruct parents on how to do their job as well. And when that doesn't work, police are called in.An unbelievably stupid couple, 33 and 36-years old, said they had... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	43-year old High School Teacher Busted for having Sex with Jr. Higher Bill Belew March 20, 2007 Just when I began to think that teachers in Japan could do things right...the man with no arms and legs teaching elementary kids comes to mind...another high school teacher gets busted for doing the dirty with a jr. high school... Continue Reading Posted at 11:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Man with No Arms and No Legs Becomes School Teacher Bill Belew March 20, 2007 This is a feel good story if there ever was one.A 30-year old man born with no arms and no legs gained fame by writing his memoir..."No One's Perfect." It wasn't enough...now he has a teaching license from Meisei University... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (FSU, Delaware, Mars Hill, Clark) Bill Belew March 20, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar19	Japanese, Chinese History Teachers Take Another Look at Differences Bill Belew March 19, 2007 There's a reason why we study history and are required to get good grades in it.The Japanese and Chinese have the same history but give different answers to the essay questions - who did what during the war period.The Japanese... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Nude Protestors Hugging Trees at Cal Berkeley Bill Belew March 19, 2007 I don't know why I am finding out about this after the fact. I guess I need to be on the we're-stripping-down-to-save-trees mailing list or something.78 people stripped down and hugged trees, literally in a bid to save a grove... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Hofstra, Central Michigan, Pace, Grand Valley State) Round Three Bill Belew March 19, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar18	College Humor's Hottest Girls March Madness Sweet Sixteen Bill Belew March 18, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Miss Universe Japan - Ballet Dancer, Mori Riyo - Learns Lessons when Young Bill Belew March 18, 2007 A 20-year old ballet dance from Shizuoka Prefecture has been selected to represent Japan in the Miss Universe Competition. The world competition will be held in Mexico the end of May....Hmm...I wonder if I can cover it, the contest...the contest. Japan's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar17	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - 86 bloggers w/ 1000+ posts Bill Belew March 17, 2007 The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers list, those with 1000 posts or more on one blog has reached 86 bloggers.Surely there are more bloggers who have more posts, no?Question: Is post count a good indicator of being prolific?How about word count?Or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Professor Defamed for Showing Adult Video as Teaching Material Bill Belew March 17, 2007 A weekly sleaze magazine in Japan printed a story saying that a 62-year old prof annoyed his students by showing an Adult Video...which, indeed, there are a lot of in Japan...make that everywhere.The prof did give a class where he... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar16	Top Edcuator Asks Kids to Give Up on Dreams Bill Belew March 16, 2007 It may be the American dream...to strike it rich, overnight success, to get discovered, but China' Ministry of Education says, "Stardom should not be the only dream of our children." The point of the attack is China's new wave of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	91-year old German glues himself to his roof Bill Belew March 16, 2007 There is a scene in the movie Capricorn One where the guy tells a joke as he climbs a mountain to escape pursuers.His brother who had not been home for sometime calls to see how things are. He first asks,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kid Brings 'Toy' Grenade to School...Blows Up 10 Classmates Bill Belew March 16, 2007 A kid in the third year of middle school in China's Yunnan Province brought a grenade to school as toy. "Hey! Let's pretend to blow each other up."...pull the pin...BOOM!Yup...ten students were injured by the explosion...the worst being one student... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Unicorn Defense Bill Belew March 16, 2007 When lawyers can't get things straight, we're in trouble. Okay...we are already in trouble no matter when lawyers are involved.The chief prosecutor had these words of wisdumb for the district judge - his client "claimed a unicorn was driving when... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Cleveland State, East Carolina, Temple, Fairfield) Bill Belew March 16, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar15	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - Wiki Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers List continues to grow...that's good news.Bad news, it's a bear for me to update everytime and repost...also prolific bloggers keep getting trackbacked for reasons I don't understand and nobody likes extra email...nobody.Solution...a wiki...The 100 Most... Continue Reading Posted at 12:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Snake Boy leads fad to keep Pets on campus...gives up on scorpions Bill Belew March 15, 2007 College students in Guangzhou have found a new way to find a date...learn who has the same kind of pet...lizard, hamsters, scorpions, turtles and snakes....no, it's not dinner, though all of those could be found on most any menu in... Continue Reading Posted at 11:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	West Virginia Governor Appoints Wife to State Board of Education Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The governor of West Virginia said it would improve communications if he added his wife to the West Virginia State Board of Education.Instead of talking about the last episode of Grey's Anatomy they could discuss the impending teacher's strike in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Carnival of Education - Week 110 Bill Belew March 15, 2007 The Carnival of Education is going on at Edwonk. Wow! That's a little over two years this group has been getting together to share news stories, opinions and gripes about what is going on in education.I have tried several times to... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Help For Being a Better Blogger at SOBCon07 Bill Belew March 15, 2007 I am stealing this post in its entirety from BusinessBlogWire another blog in the KnowMoreMedia network.There are reasons for that...one of which might be I am too lazy to rewrite it, the other is Easton has already said it all.For... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Flagerly, Savannah College of Art, Arizona, Gettysburg College) Bill Belew March 15, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar14	Oregon Schools Go Low-tech, Throw out Online Testing, Go Back to Bubble-filling Bill Belew March 14, 2007 About 85% of Oregon public schools will join their paper bubble-filling counterparts in doing tests the old fashioned way.It turns out the online tests were not reliable...the system bogged down, results were not recorded and some students were asked to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	West Virginia Teachers Give Kids a Lesson in How NOT to Get Along Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Teacher union reps in 12 counties told their groups to go on strike today hoping to pressure the governor to call a special legislation session to address low pay.High school and middle school teachers walked....elementary school teachers went to work.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Government vs. Education - Same Battle - Different Country Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Russia's government wants control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, something it hasn't had for more than 300 years, going back to Peter the Great."The academy's senior members oversee a $1.2 billion budget, 400 research institutes and 200,000 researchers and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plagiarism - Like Father Like Daughter Bill Belew March 14, 2007 A tenured assistant professor of economics and finance at Kean University has been accused of plagiarizing her doctoral dissertation.Her father was found to have copied government documents into a book he published without citing the sources. Apparently that was legal... Continue Reading Posted at 5:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Hottest Girl - Maggie Cheung - Opens Film Festival at University of Edinburgh Bill Belew March 14, 2007 Universities are great places to get things started, try something new, appeal to the next generation.Chollywood is in Britain as "Cinema China" - the biggest Chinese film festival, opening in Edinburgh.One of China's hottest girls, Maggie Cheung and mainland director,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Delaware, South Florida, Arizona State, Johns Hopkins) Bill Belew March 14, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar13	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers Bill Belew March 13, 2007 There is a time and a place to argue about what prolific means and what should be the criteria for being on this list. That place is here. The link will also tell you how to get on the list... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Most Prolific Bloggers - What it means Bill Belew March 13, 2007 Prolific ought to be done by word count, not blog or post count.However, I wonder how many bloggers know their word count. I can guestimate mine, but I have no idea the exact number. Do you?Longevity also should be considered...but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	98% of Vocational School Grads Find Jobs Bill Belew March 13, 2007 The percentage of Japanese high school new graduates (88.1) and university new graduates (87.7) is up 2.8 and 1.9% over last year, thanks to a better economy and gaps being left by retiring baby boomers.Male college student employment rates are... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - Egyptian Blogger Bill Belew March 13, 2007 At the time, the blogger didn't think his words were wisdumb - "Muslims revealed their true ugly face and appeared to all the world that they are full of brutality, barbarism and inhumanity," he wrote in his blog. He also... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Going to the "Literacy Dog" Bill Belew March 13, 2007 This guy is trying way too hard. A third grade teacher wants to encourge his class to read more by having them, well, read...to his dog, the school's official literacy dog."The dog doesn't judge if the kids make a mistake,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (Florida State, American River, Connecticut, UNC Wilmington) Bill Belew March 13, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar12	Number of Students Taking Classes Online Continues to Grow Bill Belew March 12, 2007 We knew that there more students were taking classes online...gee, more classes are being required to be taken online.My son, a junior, does NOT like online classes...but...take them he did. He had no choice.Surprise...he liked it and wants to do... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ugly people with scars on their faces told not to apply for teaching positions Bill Belew March 12, 2007 "When you take into consideration the students' psychology it seems reasonable that a man or woman with a scar 3.3 cm (1.5 inch) or more on their face should NOT be employed as a teacher."Is what an article in a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Student Changes Cellphone 500 Times in 9 Years Bill Belew March 12, 2007 A college student in Nanjing, China has changed his cell phone almost 500 times in 9 years....or an average of just over once a week.Changing cellphones is not as big a deal as changing service providers...the early cancellation charges would... Continue Reading Posted at 5:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Same 10 Questions - Different Country - Still No Answers Bill Belew March 12, 2007 Chinese universities have the largest number of students in the world, yet are in severe financial crisis. Education institutions in financial crisis. Sound familiar?One school is so in debt that it must pay 300 million yuan in INTEREST each year... Continue Reading Posted at 1:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl (San Francisco State, Clark, Mar's Hill, Georgia) Bill Belew March 12, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar11	Fashion and Soda Pop Culture Rule College Campuses Bill Belew March 11, 2007 Fashion Maker is a young company owned by college undergrads. The industrious entrepreneurs are doing so well but some are not so happy.The group has bought up advertising space in the dining halls of 46 colleges and universities in Shanghai... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford's Most Successful Coach Erases Athletes' Records Bill Belew March 11, 2007 The Stanford swim team has won the last 26 Pac-10 Championships....a record indeed, for the books.However, athletes who got on the wrong side of the coach found themselves and their records erased from Stanford's multi-media guide, apparently because they got... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Elementary School Kids Least Motivated Bill Belew March 11, 2007 The Japan Youth Research Institute asked 5200 children, 4th - 6th grade, in Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul what they thought of the future....probably singing Que Sara (sp?) while they did.Japanese children were the least motivated of the bunch.Just 48% of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar10	Apology Won't Erase Classroom Exposure to Inappropriate Sexual Education Bill Belew March 10, 2007 Maybe this is why no one in America says they are sorry any more. The apology doesn't mean anything...to the recipient.Some parents are demanding discipline...suspension or even termination for a teacher who reportedly made 8th graders read aloud highly explicit... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IBM to Spend $50 million on Financial Education for its Employees Bill Belew March 10, 2007 IBM must figure that an out-of-debt employee is a happy employee...and will spend less time at work taking care of their bills.Big Blue will pony up a lot of green in its "IBM MoneySmart" program for:1. in-person educational seminars2. online... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harvard Raises the Bar and Pay for Doctors Who Teach Bill Belew March 10, 2007 Harvard's 7,000 some full-time instructors who teach the school's medical students in classrooms do so for about $30/hr.That's pretty cheap, if you ask me, even for an adjunct.Harvard plans to/hopes to/has a goal of paying the men and women $100... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 9	Since When is Education a Democracy? Bill Belew March 9, 2007 The picture of a Sikh religious leader, Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, has been voted out of a textbook, to be covered up with a Fruit Loop sticker, by California's state Board of Education.Sikh followers say the picture was... Continue Reading Posted at 5:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Baseball Players Suspended Because of Rape Allegations Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Kids will be kids...getting into trouble and all. Big kids get into bigger trouble.At a house party, about 50 students, including 8 baseball players from De Anza College's baseball team, did what kids do these days...at least some kids...drank until... Continue Reading Posted at 3:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sexy Wish Book Missing from Library Shelves Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Sports Illustrated decided on its own that it wasn't going to send its annual swimsuit edition to college libraries.SI offers the explanation: "Over the course of time, we've received feedback from some of those institutions saying it wouldn't be an... Continue Reading Posted at 2:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Duke Graduate Creates Beer Tossing Refrigerator Bill Belew March 9, 2007 The Duke grad didn't want to grow up, or let go of his college days.When he was in college he participated in the engineering school's robotic basketball games...pick up a ping pong ball and toss it through a small hoop.Knowing... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sexpot Speaks at Edinboro University Honors Banquet Bill Belew March 9, 2007 Sharon Stone was invited to speak at an honor's banquet honoring the state-run Edinboro University's president of the past 11 years.Instead of talking about her basic instincts and steamy roles, Sharon Stone spoke about service...giving back....humanitarian efforts, such as porous... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Delaware, Valencia, FSU, Binghampton) Bill Belew March 9, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 8	Schools Tackle Sexual Harassment Education Bill Belew March 8, 2007 Sex has always been a taboo subject in China. School teachers shy away from it in physiology classes from elementary through college. Parents are reluctant to talk about it at home. Enter the perverts. It is much easier to take... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Christian Principal Accuses Teacher of Being a Witch Bill Belew March 8, 2007 I think my ex-mother-in-law was a witch. A real witch. The kind that cast spells on me and such. But that has nothing do with this teacher who says her principal, after becoming a born-again Christian, started accusing her of... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	City Forbids Homework in All Schools Bill Belew March 8, 2007 The 70 school districts in Shenzhen, China are no longer permitted to give homework.Elementary school kids must be able to finish their work in school, and jr and high school kids are only permitted to bring home 20% of their... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduate Degrees and Beyond - Still a Select Few Bill Belew March 8, 2007 Forty percent of those receiving a bachelor's degree in 1992-93 enrolled in a graduate degree program within 10 years.Thirty one percent of the graduates aimed for a master's degree.5 percent sought a first-professional degree program4 percent wanted a doctoral degree.10%... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Career Education Corp. Announces New CEO Bill Belew March 8, 2007 A gum chewing, soap selling, lab rat takes over as the new CEO for Career Education Corporation.The new president of CEC worked as senior VP of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co, spent 13 years at Proctor & Gamble and became an... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Pace, Kennesaw, Grand Valley, SUNY Cortland) Bill Belew March 8, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 7	Pizza Hut's 'Book It' Reading Program Blasted Bill Belew March 7, 2007 There is always someone or someones who doesn't/won't/will find a way to not like somebody else.A new group - Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood - wants Pizza Hut to stop promoting its "Book It" program. And, the group wants the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - the Honeymooner Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Two Las Vegas honeymooners were hanging out in Utah doing what honeymooners do...fight.About 10 miles outside of Salt Lake City, the 29-year old bride somehow got out of the car and started walking away.The 33-year old groom at a loss... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sociologists Condemn Use of Native American Nicknames, Logos and Mascots in Sport Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Yesterday the anthropologists ganged up on Coca Cola. Today the sociologists of the American Sociological Association are ganging up on schools nationwide to condemn the use of Native American nicknames, logos, and mascots in sports.My son and I were discussing... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chinese Overseas Pay for Studies Themselves - Poor Babies! Bill Belew March 7, 2007 Some 134,000 Chinese students went overseas in 2006 - 47.5% to study social sciences and 45% to study engineering and technology.This is more than 11 times the number of students just five years ago.Of that number, about 90% of them... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Open Sources for a Quality Education = Free for the asking Bill Belew March 7, 2007 There are several groups that are giving away their educational resources for free, providing "online portals for teachers to share resources and knowledge that would otherwise go undiscovered.'The OpenCourseWare Consortium - includes 16 countries and 14 add'l affiliate organizations. China... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( Hofstra, Rider, Central Michigan, Central Connecticut State ) Bill Belew March 7, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 6	Intel Takes Aim at Britain's Education Market Bill Belew March 6, 2007 Intel Corp. is planning to make a laptop specifically for the education sector in the United Kingdom.An MOU has been signed with the Specialist Schools and Academics Trust to train 265,000 teachers in interactive learning skills by 2011.Intel will also... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	No Free Speech at Saint Mary's University in Canada Bill Belew March 6, 2007 A professor and the man who runs American Renaissance were planning to debate the idea of racial separation on the campus of St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia.Cancelled!"The University is committed to fostering academic freedom and free speech in our... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Anthropologists Boycott Coca-Cola Bill Belew March 6, 2007 Coca-cola will probably go belly up over this boycott.The American Anthropological Association has an average membership of 10,000. The group mustered up their reserve to tell Coca Cola "no mas."According to AAA, communities where Coca Cola Company operates is worse... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fights Homeland Security Bill Belew March 6, 2007 What in the world!? Can't get their way, so UNL decides to let the lawyers win.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has filed a suit against the Department of Homeland Security.Apparently there is only one guy in 6.5 billion who can work... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PEBKAC, GIGO, ID Ten T, PICNIC, RTFM Bill Belew March 6, 2007 We used to talk to each other in acronyms when I was in the Navy.More and more, however, we need to understand them in our daily lives as well...especially if we want to understand IT speak.Here are a few I... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to get a Free Education - MIT's OpenCourseWare Bill Belew March 6, 2007 MIT provides open access to to course materials for up to 1,550 MIT courses...for free.Yup, anyone can get an MIT education for free. ...educators, students, self-learners around the world.The goal is to have ALL of MIT's materials available online and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 5	Professor Wins Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit Bill Belew March 5, 2007 I am not sure that is what it is called, but I have heard it referred to that way. Discrimination against someone who is not a minority is reverse discrimination.An ex-professor at New Mexico Highlands University was awarded $205,000 when... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	18 College Grads from Susquehanna University Contract Cancer Before Age 30 Bill Belew March 5, 2007 And they thought they went to school to get an education. It appears they got much worse.The Patriot-News is reporting that 18 people who attended Susquehanna between 1990 and 2001 have developed cancer....before turning 30 years old.Altogether 40 cases of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging + Teaching Online = Full-time Work-at-home Bill Belew March 5, 2007 I came across this link to the Online Education Database - Accredited Online Colleges and Universities \| OEDb: via EducauseThe site says there are 620 programs offered at 57 colleges and universities online.In addition to the income I get from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 Online Universities Bill Belew March 5, 2007 The online education database looked at the 1. acceptance rate, 2. financial aid, 3. graduation rate, 4. peer Web citations, 5. retention rate, 6. scholarly citations, 7. student-faculty ratio, 8. years accreditedof the 57 online colleges and universities and came... Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl ( East Carolina, SMU, Cleveland State, Stanford) Bill Belew March 5, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 4	Fifth Graders Asked to Jump Rope to "I'm in Love With a Stripper" Bill Belew March 4, 2007 A P. E. teacher in Minooka, IL, seems to have gotten his CD mix, um, mixed up.The 17-year veteran teacher, wanting to play some upbeat music for the students, Lawrence Welk and Barney, somehow found the song, "I'm in Love... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Police Dog Gets Online Degree Bill Belew March 4, 2007 Many traditional schools don't like the fact that students can now get degrees online.There are reasons why:1. The teacher can't know who is doing the homework.2. The student can't know who is doing the grading.3. Nobody knows whether the student... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb- US Congressman Bill Belew March 4, 2007 Toyota is planning to put another plant in the United States, this time Mississippi.Congressmen and women have their underwear all tied in knots over the development....GM, Ford, Chrysler are laying off workers. Why should we let Toyota continue to expand...the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 3	EarnMyDegree Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Sponsored Review EarnMyDegree.com bills itself as a site that will help connect prospective students with online colleges and universities. Indeed, I think it does. Question: Tell me, how many schools offer online programs? I knew there were a lot of them,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Credit Card Comparison Site Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Sponsored Review Credit Card Comparison Site is a credit card review & comparison site with useful guides on credit & credit card FAQs. So, what's it have to do with TheBizOfKnowledge and education? About four years ago, I spent several DAYS looking... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Tough Questions About Education Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Every year, everyday, every election cycle, every time a new teacher comes and an older one retires, every time 10 kids fail to the one who succeeds, we wonder....after so many years of scratching our heads:1. Why has so little... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - some idiot and his wife Bill Belew March 3, 2007 A co-worker told the guy, some "idiot" hadn't claimed the $800,000 powerball lottery prize.They 58-year old "idiot" responded with words of wisdumb, "I didn't think to check my ticket." He just bought it for the fun of it. Why bother... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best 100 American Communities for Music Education Bill Belew March 3, 2007 Do you have an artist in the family? Musician-type artist?"The 'Best 100' survey was sponsored by the NAMM Foundation, its American Music Conference (AMC) division and a partnership of leading national associations working to promote the benefits of active participation... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 2	School Districts and Parents Take South Dakota to Court Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Parents and school districts in South Dakota are asking a court to decide if the following three points are basic rights.1. Education is a fundamental right2. South Dakota children are guaranteed a fee, adequate and high-quality education3. Education prepares students... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 6 Most Prolific Bloggers - 1000 posts or more - looking for the top 100 Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Technorati claims there are more than 68 million bloggers. I started wondering who among that group is adding the most content to the blogosphere. I am launching a search for the 100 most prolific bloggers. Who are you? Where are you?... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teacher's Murder Covered Up? Bill Belew March 2, 2007 Just when we thought China was opening up, becoming more transparent.Filination tells of a high school teacher that was found dead. The police ruled it a suicide and that was supposed to be that.Her students, however, didn't think it was... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching Mashed Potatoes and Watermelons Bill Belew March 2, 2007 This picture of a rural Chinese classroom reminded me of a lesson I learned a long long time ago in college. We were at chapel and everyone broke into a chorus from the hymnbook. I was a new Christian at the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Receives one of Japan's Hottest Girls - Ai Fukuhara Bill Belew March 2, 2007 One of Japan's hottest girls said good-bye to high school girl yesterday.Fukuhara Ai, unlike other 'hot' Japanese girls, keeps her clothes on and lets her paddle do the talking...her ping pong paddle. The 18-year old is ranked 15th in the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl - Flagerly, Saint Louis, Fairfield, Missouri, Temple, Cornish Bill Belew March 2, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 1	MIT Pranksters Escape 20 Years in Prison Bill Belew March 1, 2007 Three university students broke into the Faculty Club at MIT...and got caught.Instead of laughing their way onto the prankster roll at MIT, they went to jail, faced criminal charges that carry up to 20 years of imprisonment.Middlesex County prosecutors dropped... Continue Reading Posted at 7:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of California and AOL/Time-Warner Want to Settle Bill Belew March 1, 2007 The University of California accused AOL/Time Warner of "misrepresenting its sales, revenues and subscriber numbers."Consequently, UC's retirement and endowment funds lost more than $240 million when lies about AOL caused the stock to take a dive after its merger with... Continue Reading Posted at 6:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why does 'historically black' make a difference? Bill Belew March 1, 2007 I can't recall how many times I have read this term, but it's the second time this week.While reading a news article on LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, it was noted that the school was 'historically black.' And then the article... Continue Reading Posted at 5:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Words of Wisdumb - College of William and Mary President Bill Belew March 1, 2007 The president of the College of William and Mary made a decision that cost him and the school $12 million.An anonymous donor revoked that amount in donations because the president decided to remove a brass cross from permanent display on... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Graduates Seek Cheerleaders to Kick them in the... Bill Belew March 1, 2007 Apparently the guys needed some motivation. At a pep rally in Tokoy, some new college graduates get help from cheerleaders. The kick is symbolic...moresom, if the guys were facing the other direction.March 1st marks the beginning of job-hunting for these... Continue Reading Posted at 3:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	America's Hottest College Girl - Arizona, Illinois Wesleyan, Gettysburg, Chico, Azusa, Savannah, Bill Belew March 1, 2007 College Humor has a contest going on. The site says they are searching for America's Hottest College Girl.64 girls from various colleges are going at it head to head until one is left....in March. A different kind of March Madness,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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