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Canadian Forum

Library and Archives Canada will host a two-day Canadian Metadata Forum, to be held on Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20, 2003 at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, a few short blocks from the Parliament Buildings.Access the Site

The 21st Century Learning Initiative

The 21st Century Learning Initiative’s essential purpose is to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning that draw upon a range of insights into the human brain, the functioning of human societies, and learning as a community-wide activity. We believe this will release human potential in ways that nurture and form local democratic communities […]

New Applied School Technology Journal Launched–

“The Journal for Applied School Technology” will work to further reduce the gap between research-theory-practice by publishing directly the hands-on cases by professionals in the field. The journal will be peer reviewed and is formally issuing its first call for contributors. –If you or someone you know is a current classroom teacher with a case […]

Play It Cyber Safe

. The goal of this Web site is to empower children, parents and teachers to prevent cyber crime through knowledge of the law, their rights and how to avoid misuse of the Internet. Visit the Site

Home School Legal Defense Association

HSLDA advocates on the legal front by fully representing member families at every stage of proceedings. Each year, thousands of member families receive legal consultation by letter and phone, hundreds more are represented through negotiations with local officials, and dozens are represented in court proceedings. HSLDA also takes the offensive, filing actions to protect members […]

Office of Financial Education Announces Online Financial Education Directory

The directory, available at www.treas.gov/financialeducation, , provides access to the many resources available within the federal government to assist in the implementation of financial education initiatives. More than twenty-five separate resources are listed, and programs are catalogued by subject area, program name and sponsoring organization. “Throughout the federal government, agencies are sponsoring and developing financial […]

One-Third of U.S. Civilian Workers in Managerial, Professional Jobs

The brief, Occupations: 2000 [PDF], analyzes the occupations of the nearly 130 million civilian workers age 16 and older by region, state, county and selected metropolitan areas. The brief also shows occupation data by gender, race, Hispanic origin and industry. Differences in earnings by men and women with similar jobs also are covered. The data […]

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Audio files of Supreme Court rulings now available online

For the first time, internet users can download, edit, and swap many of the U.S. Supreme Court’s greatest hits. Read the Full Article

United States Distance Learning Association Publishes ‘Best Practices’ Book for Distance Learning Industry

According to Dr. John G. Flores, Executive Director of USDLA, “Just as distance learning is available anywhere, anytime, anyplace so too should printed ‘just in time’ distance learning research be available for distance learning students, practitioners and researchers.” Read the Full Article