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Gillard, Colleen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
It began with a trip to the cinema to see Cameron Diaz in her new comedy, "Bad Teacher." It was a bad choice. Not a great flick, but as a parody of bad employees, in terms of things that can get one fired--drugs, alcohol , cheating, foul language, inappropriate sexual behavior--Diaz slams pedal to the metal. She nips out of airline booze bottles…
Descriptors: Role Models, Films, Novels, Best Practices
Brydolf, Carol – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Cost-effective, easily replicated program is a win-win situation for high schoolers who teach science and for their elementary students. The thank-you letter from Leslie, a grade-schooler in San Diego County's Ramona Unified School District, speaks volumes about the excitement generated by "Celebrate Science"--an innovative,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, High School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Rosen, Larry – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Defining and understanding a generation of Americans has always been difficult until years after the generation ends. Although there is universal agreement on the Baby Boomer generation (1946-1964) and most people agree that Generation X started in 1965 and ended around 1979, after that it gets murky. In his research, the author believes that the…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Age Groups, Influence of Technology, English Curriculum