PlayJam Sticks It To The Video Game Giants

Editor?s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. It?s been six months since PlayJam?s GameStick started its off-again, on-again Kickstarter campaign that netted it nearly $650,000 -- well beyond its $100,000 goal. While it attracted less than a tenth of the funds that its predecessor OUYA nabbed for its Android-based home game console, things have moved apace with the two-piece, controller-hosted console that plugs directly into the HDMI connector of a TV that should be shipping to backers next month.

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China IDs suspect, says he set bus fire in anger

BEIJING (AP) ? The suspect in a commuter bus fire that rattled a prosperous Chinese port city wrote a suicide note saying he was unhappy and angry before dying in the blaze, local authorities said Saturday.

The fire ripped through the bus as it traveled on an elevated road in Xiamen during Friday's evening rush, killing 47 people and injuring 34 more. It is unclear if the suspect's death is counted in the tally.

Police identified the suspect as Chen Shuizong after an on-site investigation, interviews and examination of evidence, including DNA, a government notice said. It said Chen was a local resident born in 1954 and that police found a suicide note in his home.

He was unhappy with life and set the fire to vent his anger, the city said. Xiamen's municipal government issued the notice Saturday through state media and a Xiamen police microblog.

China has seen bombings and arsons of buses and public buildings in recent years, by people trying to settle personal scores or having overtly political grievances.

In 2009, an unemployed man set fire to a packed bus in the central city of Chengdu, killing himself and 26 others. In other case, people angry or unhappy with life have used knives or other weapons in attacks on children at schools.

In a microblogging account reported to be Chen's, the writer claimed to be destitute and pleaded for an opportunity to live. The last entries were made on Thursday, the day before the fire, when the writer chronicled his frustrated efforts to get a local police station to correct his age so he could be eligible for social security payments.

The microblogging account was removed by late Saturday.

After the fire, emergency responders found bodies piled inside the charred, skeletal bus. Investigators said early Saturday the fire appeared to have been intentionally set. State media reported gasoline traces were found, though the bus ran on diesel fuel.

Xiamen was known for centuries in the West as Amoy. It had suspended service of the entire express bus system after Friday's fire, but operations resumed Saturday morning.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-ids-suspect-says-set-bus-fire-anger-120230876.html

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3 dead in shooting, burned home near Calif. campus

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) ? Two people were found dead Friday in a burned home, apparent victims of a shooting rampage that killed another person and injured at least five others before the shooter was wounded at nearby Santa Monica College, authorities said.

Police and witnesses said the chaos began shortly before noon when a man dressed in black opened fire on a house in this normally idyllic coastal community, then fired on a car and wounded the driver before taking off in another car.

From there, the chaos moved a few blocks away to Santa Monica College, where witnesses reported vehicles on a street corner being sprayed with gunfire.

Authorities believe at least one shooter, and possibly two, fled from there onto the campus.

What appeared to be a body clad in black could be seen on a sidewalk near an entrance to the school some three hours after the shootings. Police have said a gunman was "down" but haven't confirmed a death.

Several students in the library reported hearing gunfire, and one witness said he heard a woman scream.

The campus was searched for a second shooter, and a man dressed entirely in black, with the words "Life is a Gamble" on the back of his sweatshirt, was seen being taken into custody by law enforcement officers. He did not appear to be wounded.

All of this unfolded about 3 miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon.

Three women with gunshot wounds were admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said Dr. Marshall Morgan, the chief of emergency medicine. One died, another was in surgery, and the third was in serious condition but doing well, he said.

Three other women went to UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica with relatively minor injuries, Morgan said. One has shrapnel-type injuries and the two others had injuries not related to gunfire, he said.

Jeff Furrows of the Santa Monica Fire Department said there was extensive fire damage inside the home where the two bodies were found, and one of the wounded women was found with a gunshot wound in a car nearby.

Jerry Cunningham Rathner, who lives near the house, said she heard gunshots and came out onto her porch to see a man shooting at the residence. Soon, the building erupted in flames and was billowing smoke.

The gunman, dressed in black and wearing an ammunition belt, went to the corner and pointed a military-style rifle at a woman in a car and told her to pull over, Rathner said. He then signaled to a second car, also driven by a woman, to slow down and began firing into the vehicle.

"He fired three to four shots into the car ? boom, boom, boom, right at her," said Cunningham, who went to the woman's aid and saw she was wounded in the shoulder.

"I can't believe she didn't have worse injuries," Cunningham said.

She said the gunman then abducted the woman in the first car and drove away.

From there, the scene shifted to Santa Monica College, located in a neighborhood of strip malls and homes more than a mile inland from the city's famous Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade and its expansive, sandy beaches.

Jimes Gillespie, 20, told The Associated Press he was in the college's library studying when he heard gunfire, and he and dozens of other students began fleeing the three-story building.

"As I was running down the stairs I saw one of the gunmen," said Gillespie, who described the shooter as a white man in his 20s, wearing cornrows in his hair and black overalls. He said the man was carrying a shotgun.

Gillespie believed there were two shooters because he heard two kinds of gunfire ? a shotgun and a handgun ? but only saw one person.

"The shotgun blast was first. It was either him or the partner who shot eight to 10 handgun shots," Gillespie said. "Then after I saw the gunman I heard more shots and I ran out of the library through the emergency exit."

As Gillespie ran across campus, he said he saw a car in front of the English building that was riddled with bullet holes, had shattered windows and a baby's car seat in the back.

Another student, Khwanfa Wilepananon, said he and a friend were on the library's third floor when they heard a loud bang and a woman's scream coming from the first floor. As he and a friend fled downstairs, he said they heard two shots.

"It was so scary," said Wilepananon. "It was so dark and I was scared. We didn't know what to do."

Santa Monica police Sgt. Rudy Flores said numerous witnesses called to report that the shooting near the college began with a man on a street corner near the college firing shots at vehicles, including a bus.

California Highway Patrol Officer Vince Ramirez said his agency began receiving 911 calls just minutes before noon.

"We understand one shooter was taken into custody shortly after we arrived," he said.

The two-year college, with about 34,000 students, was in the midst of final exams Friday. It was quickly locked down by police, and students were told to leave.

As the drama unfolded, Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon about 3 miles away.

Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said the agency was aware of the shooting but it had no impact on the president's event.

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Associated Press writer Sarah Parvini contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/3-dead-shooting-burned-home-near-calif-campus-225504983.html

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Today in History

Today is Saturday, June 8, the 159th day of 2013. There are 206 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:

On June 8, 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. Eight tornadoes struck Michigan's Lower Peninsula, killing 126 people, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; most of the deaths were caused by an extremely powerful twister in Flint.

On this date:

In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.

In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1861, voters in Tennessee approved an Ordinance of Secession passed the previous month by the state legislature.

In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement with President Woodrow Wilson over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.

In 1942, Bing Crosby recorded "Adeste Fideles" and "Silent Night" in Los Angeles for Decca Records.

In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)

In 1972, during the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer captured the image of 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc (fahn thee kihm fook) as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South Vietnamese napalm attack.

In 1973, Gen. Francisco Franco relinquished his post as Spain's prime minister while remaining as chief of state.

In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nev., ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

In 1987, Fawn Hall began testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings, describing how, as secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, she helped to shred some documents and spirit away others.

In 1998, the National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston its president.

Ten years ago: Frustrated and angry over delays, a coalition of the nation's mayors meeting in Denver asked federal officials to bypass state governments and give them the money they needed to beef up homeland security. Poland voted to join the European Union in 2004. Annika Sorenstam won the LPGA Championship for her fifth major title. Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero won the French Open men's final with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Martin Verkerk. George Foreman was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Broadway show "Hairspray" won eight Tony Awards, including best musical; "Take Me Out," Richard Greenberg's play about a gay baseball player, was chosen best play.

Five years ago: Skyla Whitaker, 11, and Taylor Placker, 13, were shot to death along a country road near Weleetka, Okla. (A suspect, Kevin Sweat, faces trial.) A man went on a knifing rampage in Tokyo, killing seven people. Rafael Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, again spoiling Roger Federer's bid to complete a career Grand Slam. Yani Tseng of Taiwan became the first rookie in 10 years to win a major, beating Maria Hjorth on the fourth hole of a playoff with a 5-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Championship in Maryland.

One year ago: President Barack Obama declared "the private sector is doing fine," prompting Republican Mitt Romney to ask, "Is he really that out of touch?" (Obama quickly clarified his remarks, saying it was "absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine.") In Cairo, Egypt, a mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment. I'll Have Another's bid for the first Triple Crown in 34 years ended shockingly in the barn and not on the racetrack when the colt was scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes and retired from racing with a swollen tendon. Kevin Millwood and five Seattle relievers combined on a no-hitter, the third in franchise history, and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0.

Today's Birthdays: Former first lady Barbara Bush is 88. Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 86. Comedian Joan Rivers is 80. Actress Millicent Martin is 79. Actor James Darren is 77. Actor Bernie Casey is 74. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 73. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 71. Musician Boz Scaggs is 69. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 66. Author Sara Paretsky is 66. Actress Sonia Braga is 63. Actress Kathy Baker is 63. Country musician Tony Rice is 62. Rock singer Bonnie Tyler is 62. Actor Griffin Dunne is 58. "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams is 56. Actor-director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 55. Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 53. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 47. Actress Julianna Margulies is 46. Actor Dan Futterman is 46. Actor David Sutcliffe is 44. Actor Kent Faulcon is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 43. Actress Kelli Williams is 43. Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is 43. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 42. Contemporary Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 38. Actor Eion Bailey is 37. Rapper Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is 36. Blues-rock musician Derek Trucks (The Derek Trucks Band) is 34. Folk-bluegrass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 32. Actress Torrey DeVitto is 29.

Thought for Today: "I do believe one ought to face facts. If you don't they get behind you and may become terrors, nightmares, giants, horrors. As long as one faces them one is top dog." ? Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander author (1888-1923).

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Chinese taste for baccarat drives Macau boom

MACAU (AP) ? In the nearly three dozen casinos in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market, there's only one game that matters: baccarat.

Almost all of Macau's $38 billion in gambling revenue last year ? six times more than the Las Vegas Strip ? came from card game, much of it from Chinese high-rollers betting borrowed money and dwarfing the takings from slots, blackjack or roulette. Wherever you go in the former Portuguese colony, you'll see chain-smoking Chinese gamblers crowded around baccarat tables as players peel back their cards, hoping their luck will give them a good hand.

James Bond's favorite game is overshadowed by blackjack and poker in Las Vegas but the preferences of wealthy Chinese gamblers is changing that, and casinos there have been adding more tables to attract them.

"Baccarat is simple and it offers the opportunity to win big or lose big," said Zhong Jun-hei, a business owner from eastern Jiangxi province on one of his frequent visits to Macau, a tiny self-governing Chinese region on the country's southern coast. "I'll know right away if I put all my money down ? in one hand I'll know if I win or lose," he said as he chewed on a fried chicken wing in a food court before a night of wagering at the Galaxy casino-resort in the city's Cotai Strip district.

Zhong and other Chinese gamblers said they like baccarat because it's easy to understand, not too heavily weighted in favor of the casino and exciting to play. Lucky rituals also add to the appeal for mainland Chinese gamblers, most of whom believe winning is more a result of fate than skill.

Their tastes help explain how Macau has risen from a forgotten ex-colonial outpost into a glittering boomtown enclave in the space of a decade. With a propensity to gamble and rising incomes thanks to red-hot economic growth, newly wealthy mainland Chinese have been flooding into Macau, the only place in China where gambling is permitted.

With companies including Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International planning a wave of new resorts that are expected to open from around 2015, Macau's dependence on baccarat will get even bigger.

Two-thirds of Macau's casino revenue comes from VIP baccarat, played by big-time gamblers in private rooms using money lent by junket operators that collect on debts when their clients return home. The junket operators, some of which have been suspected of links with organized crime, are part of an informal banking system that skirts Chinese controls on the amount of cash citizens can take outside of the country.

VIP baccarat is also a source of concern for China's new Communist Party leadership under President Xi Jinping, who has pledged to crack down on corruption amid worries about officials channeling funds through Macau.

Baccarat is also the game of choice in other big Asian gambling cities such as Singapore and is a growing contributor to revenue at Las Vegas casinos, thanks in part to rising numbers of Asian visitors. Last year, according to Nevada figures, casinos statewide won $1.37 billion from baccarat players, with the game offered at 278 total tables in 25 casinos. Blackjack, meanwhile, pulled in slightly less than $1 billion even though it was offered across 2,732 tables in 146 casinos.

The game turns on who ends up with a better hand, the player or the banker. Gamblers are dealt two cards and predict whether they will beat the banker, a position that can rotate among the players at the table. The winning hand is the one that comes closest to ? but not more than ? a total of nine. In some cases, a third card is dealt.

The game originated in Europe centuries ago. It was brought to Macau by billionaire Stanley Ho's gambling company, STDM, which won a casino monopoly in 1962.

But superstitious techniques used by Chinese players illustrate how much more seriously they take the game than their counterparts in genteel U.S. and European casinos.

For starters, there is the Chinese gambler's version of "the peek" used to look at cards dealt face down. At one Galaxy table, a player pushes his seat back, lowers his head close and squeezes a card tightly with his fingers. He peels up the short edge, bending it sharply to take a look, then does the same for the long edge. Once the cards are revealed, they are typically flung casually onto the table, bent beyond use. Such scenes are repeated across Macau's casinos.

"You can go slowly," said Zhong. "If you don't know what you're going to reveal, and you're a little bit nervous, you can slow the process down and make it a little more exciting."

By peeling them back partially, gamblers look for clues about what the face value might be from the shapes on the edges. If it appears to be an unwanted higher number, they blow on the card.

"If you're not Chinese, I'm not sure you'll understand," said Zhong. "It's a superstitious technique. You've got this card, and you want a smaller number, so you blow, blow, blow. The reason is to blow away the big numbers. You want to have a small number for yourself. It's a kind of hope, a kind of superstitious notion."

Raymond Yap, director of international premium markets at Galaxy, offered a slightly more scientific explanation.

"They're allowed to touch the card, and with the thrill of touching the card they feel they are in control of the game," he said. Because of the rough handling, the cards can only be used once. Each month, the company goes through more than a million decks, which are destroyed at a secure facility.

At other tables, gamblers hoping for certain numbers rubbed face-down cards over numerals on the table or called out the desired digit before revealing them. Some pounded the table in the belief it would give their opponent a face card and bust their hand.

The game's speed is also an attraction.

Depending on the version, 40 to 55 games of baccarat can be played in an hour, compared with 12 to 15 for roulette, Yap said. It also means casinos can earn money faster.

"The Chinese gambler usually does not have patience to wait for the outcome," said Yap. "Once they know the outcome of the game they want to move on very quickly to start a new game."

Yap has seen high rollers in VIP rooms bet up to 2 million Hong Kong dollars ($257,000) on a single hand of baccarat. Hong Kong's currency is widely used in Macau, an hour away from the Asian financial center by high speed ferry.

Zhong, the businessman, said he had set aside 20,000 yuan ($3,300), or about a month's income, to gamble during his trip.

"For Westerners or Europeans, their attitude is more about having fun. Winning or losing is not as important to them as it is to Chinese," Zhong said, though he conceded he typically lost more than he won.

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Online:

Macau casino revenue data: www.dicj.gov.mo/web/en/

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-taste-baccarat-drives-macau-boom-072009276.html

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These Heels Were Meant for Hurting - Health Care, Slimming Tips ...

Any woman who wears high heels will be surprised it takes so long...

After one hour, six minutes and 48 seconds heels start to hurt, a survey found.?

But for a delicate 20 percent, dancing shoes start to pinch after just ten minutes.

More than a third of respondents said their feet had been so sore on a night out that they danced shoeless and walked home bare foot.?

The statistics come from the College of Podiatry, which surveyed 2 000 British men and women and 60 podiatrists and chiropodists.?

Women were found to be three times more likely to cram their feet into uncomfortable shoes.

As a result, nine in ten women have suffered problems from bunions and corns to sprains and strains.

And pain is not the only problem, with many so embarrassed about the state and shape of their feet that they cover them up whatever the weather.?

The average woman surveyed said she had 17 pairs of shoes to choose from ? twice as many as the typical male.?

Despite this, women were three times as likely as men to squeeze their feet into ill-fitting shoes simply because they looked nice.?

Blisters were the most common female foot problem, followed by cracked heels, verrucas, corns and in-grown toenails.?

The College of Podiatry warned that prolonged high heel wearing can trigger more serious problems including arthritis, stress fractures and trapped nerves.?

Mike O?Neill, a consultant podiatrist at the College, said: ?There is absolutely no doubt that women who wear high heels are putting themselves at risk of permanent injury in the name of fashion.?

Lorraine Jones, a podiatrist based in west London, said: ?It is the people who wear high heels all day, every day who tend to have the problems.?

Source: http://planehealth.blogspot.com/2013/06/these-heels-were-meant-for-hurting.html

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Fixing Today's Education / Common Core Education ? Blog Post 2 ...

How do we fix it?

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In the last blog post, I talked about a variety of things that were wrong in today?s educational system. ?Specifically, we keep repeating our mistakes with the math curriculum and we don?t have consistency between schools in their interpretation of our new common core standards illustrating that if we can?t even get two schools in the same county to interpret the standards the same, how are multiple states and counties going to actually have consistency among the common core standards. ?I also mentioned the inconsistency of grading among schools leading to grading standards that have no meaning. ?Finally, I talked about both the inappropriate expectations of students and how these and other factors can lead students to have poor educational self-esteem.

So, the question becomes, how do we fix it? ?Right now, educators seem to believe that fixing the U.S. education system lies in the curriculum. ?They believe that if a bunch of smart Ph.D.?s gather together as a group and write a set of standards and provide those standards to the state, this will fix our educational problems. ?Or at least, I am guessing this it as this has been the only solution we have ever employed to fix our educational system. ?It hasn?t worked before and it won?t work this time either and I will tell you why. ?Even if the curriculum is broken, which I believe it is, writing new curriculum and handing a concept that is developed by people who understand teaching / education at a higher level does not translate to implementation in the classroom. ?The curriculum has to be implemented by teachers and the teachers are not properly educated and motivated to implement these new ideas. ?We keep handing off these high level concepts to be taught by teachers who only know how to teach the way they have been already teaching. ?We do not invest money in reeducating our teachers how to use this curriculum. ?Our teachers weren?t taught this way and therefore are not going to just be able to shift gears and suddenly know how to teach conceptually when all they are given is a set of written standards. ?In fact, many elementary math teachers (as well as some middle school and high school math teachers) lack the mathematical knowledge of these concepts to begin with. ?They have procedural knowledge but lack true conceptual knowledge. ?My dissertation for my Ph.D. looked at elementary school teacher?s conceptual understanding of statistical concepts that they were teaching and found a significant number of misconceptions and lack of understanding in their knowledge.

Our teacher education programs are very weak. ?We do not spend enough time within our methods classes?properly educating teachers ?and sometimes methods classes are taught by college professors who lack the ability to teach preservice teachers how to teach anything but the traditional approach. ?In reference to the new common core objectives, I was told that preservice teachers were told to make two lesson plans ? one that used the ?old? curriculum approach and a second lesson plan that employed the goals and objectives of common core mathematics. ?The professor found no significant difference in the students? lessons plans. ?If this is happening while teachers are in a methods class that is supposed to be teaching them about how to implement the new common core standards, imagine how difficult it is for current teachers who only know how to teach the way their currently teach.

We all know that putting financial resources towards education is not a priority in our country. ?However, if you look at where we spend money and don?t spend money, there are some major changes that could be made. ?First, I know our state spends a significant amount of money on different assessments, software programs, and thinks that adding more school days (which costs money) will make our kids smarter. ?If instead of spending money on these things, they focused money on and time on requiring more teacher inservice education on a regular basis from top educators who really understand how to implement this new common core curriculum, they would be much more successful in improving educational achievement. ?It isn?t the students who need more time in school, it is the teachers. ?These teachers need inservice training workshops on a regular basis, not just teacher workday ? planning time.

In some countries, the teachers are held accountable for student learning. ?We don?t do enough of that in our country. ?So many teachers are complacent. ?I hear about teachers giving tests where the average score on the test is in the 60?s. ?If a test has an average score that low, then the teacher did something wrong. ?Teachers don?t want to hold themselves accountable. ?It is our job to make sure the students learn the material. ?Granted, everyone can?t get A?s and B?s and I am not a believer in grade inflation but I am a believer in making sure that I provided the material in a way that all students who put forth effort could understand it and that my assessment was reasonable for the students. ?If the test average is really low, then *I* didn?t do a good enough job with either teaching or making my assessment and *I* need to make changes. ?*I* need to figure out if material needs to be retaught or if my test was inappropriate and I need to give a new test. ?Additionally, *I* need to learn from this mistake so that this doesn?t happen repeatedly so that *I* become better at making sure my students are learning. ?The responsibility is not all on the students, too many teachers forget that.

If we find some students who are consistently failing all their subjects despite being in good classes, our education system needs to jump in and do something for these students. ?Our local high schools do nothing, these students just get passed along ? either the teachers decide to give them a D at the end or they retake the classes they failed and their report cards look like a train wreck. ?When we see this happening to a student in their freshman year, why are we noticing this but not stepping in and figuring out how we can help this student? ?What is the job of our school counselors? ?Should they be required to monitor the academic progress of students and provide needed intervention for those students who need it?

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The big picture is this: ?in order to fix our educational system, we need to:

1. Provide more methods courses with better content to preservice teachers

2. Provide and commit funding to regular inservice training so they can implement the common core standards the way they were intended

3. Instead of adding more days for students in school, add more days for teachers for inservice training that focuses on implementing curriculum

4. Make teachers accountable for their students? learning to some extent

5. Educate teachers how to create better tests for students

6. Provide equality among schools in terms of content and grading practices

7. Don?t just hand teachers a new curriculum and expect they can implement it

8. Have teachers and counselors intervene with students who are not passing their classes early on in the semester / early school years (freshman year high school)

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Coming Soon ? Looking into Common Core Math for Elementary School

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Source: http://www.zen5.me/a/283/fixing-todays-education-common-core-education-blog-post-2/

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