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Submission + - Paying for Better Math and Science Teachers

Submitted by

Coryoth

on Monday March 05, 2007 @03:40PM

Coryoth writes: "While California is suffering from critical shortage of mathematics and science teachers, Kentucky is considering two bills that would give explicit financial incentives to math and science students and teachers. The first bill would provide cash incentives to schools to run AP math and science classes, and cash scholarships to students who did well on AP math and science exams. The second bill provides salary bumps for any teachers with degrees in math or science, or who score well in teacher-certification tests in math, chemistry and physics. Is such differentiated pay the right way to attract science graduates who can make much more in industry, or is it simply going to breed discontent among teachers?"

Submission + - How the Open Source Movement Is Changing Education

Submitted by

ftblguy

on Monday March 05, 2007 @03:10PM

ftblguy writes: "MIT's Open CourseWare program provides a great example of how the open source movement is rapidly changing education. The Online Education Database also lists Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, Linux, Firefox, and Google as some of the other open source in education success stories. Open source and open access resources have changed how colleges, organizations, instructors, and prospective students use software, operating systems and online documents for educational purposes. And, in most cases, each success story also has served as a springboard to create more open source projects."

Submission + - Movie Firms Working on Digital Film System

Submitted by aniyo~ on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:53PM

aniyo~ writes: Tired of being turned away at the theater box office when a movie's sold out? Unhappy there's no art-house theater in your neighborhood to cater to your hoity-toity theatrical tastes?Those days could be ending, say representatives of Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment and a company called Digital Cinema Implementation Partners.

Feed News: PAX 2007 (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:52PM

Gabe: I have two bits of PAX related news to share with you. First up everyone needs to know that early bird registration for the event will end this month. You have until March 31st to get your 3 day pass for the low low price of just $40.

Vint Cerf on Net Security, Hacking, and Acting 45

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:46PM from the internet-hams dept.

ancientribe writes "Father of the Internet Vint Cerf talks candidly in an article on Dark Reading about his being a Googler, and the biggest problems with Internet security and what he sees as the most promising solutions. He says that he's only done a little casual hacking, and that the term 'hacker' no longer comes with the honor it once did. Cerf also reveals in this personal look at the Internet icon that his real dream was to be an actor."

Feed Comic: In The Grim Etcetera (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:32PM

In The Grim Etcetera

Feed News: Game Industry -1 Penny Arcade -0 (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:32PM

Gabe: Well we had ourping pongmatch with Sucker Punch last Friday and I must say things did not go well for us. The Sucker Punch Rockets lived up to their studio's name and left us with a big old purple shiner. Already there is talk here in the office that our glorious victory march through the game industry is now looking more like a trail of tears.

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