October 2010

Largest Tax Hike in History of America Read Joan Pryde’s article concerning the largest tax hikes in the history of America. These taxes will hit families and small businesses on Jan. 1, 2011. Big surprises await. Nine Body Languages Dos and Don’ts to Win in the Business World If you think you’ve been saying all the right things, but you still can’t get ahead, author Sharon Sayler suggests you consider what you’ve really been saying to potential employers—not just verbally, but non-verbally The Uncertain Economy David Shulman, senior economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast, tells us what ails the economy against a backdrop of growing policy uncertainty How to Deal With Difficult Co-Workers.....and What You Can Learn From Them No matter where you’re currently employed, you likely have to deal with a few difficult co-workers on a regular basis. They’re enough to make you want to quit. But in today’s economy, quitting any job is simply not an option. Your best bet is to learn not only how to get along with difficult people, but to learn a few lessons from them. The Execution Solution: Five Trade Secrets of Companies That Consistently Get Things Done Rick Lepsinger names five companies that are consistently able to get things done from those that aren’t. He has also uncovered five characteristics and competencies that set companies up for success “Nailing” That Next Presentation John Fallon outlines hints in becoming good presenters and are designed from three areas: the message, the messenger and the medium. . . . 18 Real Estate Notes The Lists: Internet Service Providers Interconnect/Telecommunications Firms Long Distance Copier, Fax and Business Equipment Retailers Private Aviation Communication Skills Investments and Finance Management Training Calendar Management Computer Column Communication in Business Inland Empire People and Events. Manager’s Bookshelf New Business Lists: County of San Bernardino County of Riverside Executive Time Out

Five Questions about Demonstrating Impact

American foundations must do a better job of demonstrating the impact of their work, according to a dozen philanthropy leaders. In this Philanthropy Awareness Initiative Digest, they weigh in on how foundations can demonstrate impact and why they should. The stakes are high, the state of practice low. Consider it a wake-up call for the field

The impact of technology: value-added classroom practice: final report

This report extends Becta’s enquiries into the ways in which digital technologies are supporting learning. It looks in detail at the learning practices mediated by ICT in nine secondary schools in which ICT for learning is well embedded. The project proposes a broader perspective on the notion of ‘impact’ that is rather different from a number of previous studies investigating impact. Previous studies have been limited in that they have either focused on a single innovation or have reported on institutional level factors. However, in both cases this pays insufficient attention to the contexts of learning. In this project, the focus has been on the learning practices of the classroom and the contexts of ICT-supported learning. The study reports an analysis of 85 lesson logs, in which teachers recorded their use of space, digital technology and student outcomes in relation to student engagement and learning. The teachers who filled in the logs, as well as their schools’ senior managers, were interviewed as part of a ‘deep audit’ of ICT provision conducted over two days. One-hour follow-up interviews with the teachers were carried out after the teachers’ log activity. The aim of this was to obtain a broader contextualisation of their teaching

The Bible and the Liturgical Movement: Scripture as a Voice in the Church, Not a Book Faxed to It

(Excerpt) I want to begin by telling you my own personal connection with the liturgical movement. It happened way back when I was twenty-one years old and entered seminary in 1946. Those were the bad old days when you went through high school, college, seminary, ordination, and under after that. Actually, we are recognizing they were in some ways the good old days, too, because we got a lot of service out of some of those types who started early and who maybe even learned something along the way

Uncommon Schools: Turning Urban Schools Into Springboards to College

This report illustrates the successful college preparatory practices of Uncommon Schools, a network of 38 public charter schools in New York, New Jersey and Massachusettsthat serves nearly 10,000 low-income students and students of color. During the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools review process, a panel of national education experts chose Uncommon Schools as the best among the nation's 27 largest urban charter management organizations in closing achievement gaps, graduating its students and preparing them for college. The policies and practices highlighted in this report were drawn from a week-long site visit to Uncommon Schools conducted by RMC Research Corporation in November 2013 and a review of Uncommon's quantitative student achievement data from 2008-09 through 2011-2012

School use of learning platforms and associated technologies – case study: secondary school 2

Study of benefits and effective use of learning platforms in schools based on 12 case studie

A lesson learned in time: Advice shared by experienced sport psychologists

Through experience, sport psychologists will learn countless valuable lessons. Some lessons, however, are likely to stand out vividly to a psychologist because they made a valuable difference to how they practise. The present project focuses on these outstanding lessons. In essence, sport psychologists who had been practising for between 11 and 28 years (mean ± SD = 19 ± 5) were asked to share their most valuable advice about any aspect of sport psychology client work with other sport psychologists. This publication presents participants' full responses