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Brookfield school enrollment may drop

September 12, 2007

Brookfield school enrollment may drop Population projections difficult to predict, consultant warnsBy LISA SINK
lsink@journalsentinel.comPosted: Sept. 12, 2007

Brookfield - Resident student enrollment at Brookfield Central and East high schools is projected to decline 10% to 16% over the next 15 years, a study presented Tuesday shows.

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What tips can people with insanely high MCAT scores (40+) give to students who are currently preparing for the MCAT?

September 12, 2007

hese tips are from volunteer advisor emack, who scored a 41R on the MCAT.

Level of detail: as much as you can cram in! But seriously, it doesn’t need to be 100%. For example, I gave up on really understanding much organic chem, and decided to cut my losses and just memorize what seemed to be the most common reactions.

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MPS loses special ed lawsuit

September 12, 2007

MPS loses special ed lawsuit District failed to assign students, state failed to enforce, judge saysBy SARAH CARR and ALAN J. BORSUK
scarr@journalsentinel.comPosted: Sept. 11, 2007

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Milwaukee Public Schools systemically failed to provide special education services to children who needed them, and the state Department of Public Instruction failed to exercise adequate oversight.

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Blog posts can be gold in the swamp

September 12, 2007

Below an entire story from today’s The Wired Campus is quoted.  As the first sentence says, this report is for skeptics about the role blog posts can have in emergent scholarship.

January 14, 2008Blogs Are Increasingly Venues for Scholarship, Librarians Are Told

For those who are skeptical that blogs can really change the face of publishing and scholarship, consider the case of Reed A. Cartwright. A postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Georgia, Mr. Cartwright posted his random thoughts on a mutant plant gene on his blog in March 2005.

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