The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in December to replace No Child Left Behind, requires states to use at least one “non-academic” factor to help measure school progress. For the National Education Association and other advocates of a broader vision of student success, this key provision guarantees that schools start addressing the needs of ... Read More »
The majestic beauty of nature combined with local traditions, minimalist contemporary charm and unexpected solutions give this project of Create + Think Design Studio located on the Pacific shore of Taiwan inexplicable character and mesmerizing atmosphere. A’tolan House – the name translated from the indigenous language of the native means ... Read More »
THURSDAY, April 14, 2016 — Adults with diabetes die earlier and suffer longer with disabilities than men and women without the blood-sugar disease, researchers are reporting. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes will shorten the lives of 50-year-old men and women by more than three years. And only about 13 ... Read More »
A growing roster of developing states are turning to their compatriots abroad to raise cash by marketing “diaspora bonds”, a funding strategy successfully pioneered by India and Israel but sometimes tricky to imitate. Some 250 million people, around 3 percent of the world population, live outside their native countries, according ... Read More »
Gaztelu Jerez Arquitectos designed two similar houses – Casa 2en1, for two brothers, avoiding simple replication and symmetry, homes are located in Burgos, Spain and architects use original local stone. Inside, a wooden staircase, together with walkways and high ceilings over the living room and the dining room, link several ... Read More »
Airbus Group (AIR.PA) has not expressed an intention to take a stake in Russian Helicopters, an Airbus spokesman said on Sunday. Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Friday that the European aerospace company was interested in the privatization of the state-owned Russian Helicopters for which Russia is looking for ... Read More »
LOS ANGELES, April 15 — Researchers found a combination of chemotherapy and a protein inhibitor improves the outcome of children with retinoblastoma, according to a recent study. Inhibiting the protein YM155, which prevents the process of cell death, made chemotherapy more effective against cancer cells in the lab and when ... Read More »
The Breeze Bloc House offers beautiful cohesive and modern renovation example of original charm and functional simplicity. Renovating this 1950-s Australian suburban house the architect Eva-Marie Prineas –Architect Prineas, has preserved the unique characteristic and charming features and had introduced more open and spacious layout and contemporary minimalism of design. ... Read More »
The U.S. Treasury Department is finalizing new tax rules aimed at combating the use of shell companies to evade taxes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Saturday amid increased pledges by global finance leaders to cooperate on tax issues. In a statement to the International Monetary Fund’s steering committee, ... Read More »
It’s only April, but Bakari Shead, a second-grade teacher at Stern Elementary School in Greenville, Miss., is already looking toward the 2017-18 school year, which is when state education departments are required to submit implementation plans for theEvery Student Succeed Act (ESSA)—the law that replaced No Child Left Behind. To ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 15 — Mars Food, which makes some of the most popular rices, candy bars and jarred sauces, among other foods, has announced plans to improve the nutritional content of their products and add labels warning about health dangers from consuming too much of the less healthy products. Mars ... Read More »
As earnings season shifts into high gear next week in what is expected to be the weakest U.S. quarterly results reporting period since 2009, the hope among some is that this is as bad as it’s going to get. The U.S. earnings recession that began in the third quarter of ... Read More »
