Technical Education

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany — The team would joke about it later, but the moment grew too chaotic for Hope Solo. The U.S. goalkeeper had to get away.

This time the former Washington Huskies standout from Richland left on her own, not at the insistence of others.

The Women’s World Cup soccer quarterfinals had reached penalty kicks Sunday after a stunning overtime comeback by the United States against Brazil. In a team huddle, forward Abby Wambach screamed at teammates to relax.

“Look who’s talking,” said midfielder Carli Lloyd, according to Solo, and some other players laughed edgily. Who could calm down with someone yelling at them?

A few players started punching Solo. These were fists of encouragement, meant to rouse and motivate her. But Solo felt her emotions rising when she needed to feel calm. So the 29-year-old walked away, strolled to the other side of the field in Dresden, and leaned on the advertising boards.

“We couldn’t find her,” U.S.

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The WCHA sent out a release today saying that Northern Michigan will be formally announced as a new member of the conference next week.

At the very least, that move will ensure that the WCHA will have six teams–the minimum number needed to retain an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament–once they lose seven of their programs to other conferences in 2013-2014. It does make the future that much more difficult for the CCHA as they try to add teams to ensure their own league’s survival.

Students may or may not know that CAMS is a comprehensive academic management system for colleges and universities worldwide that we use right here at Nazarene Bible College for our Campus and Online programs. CAMS is so advanced it would take more than a few hundred paragraphs to explain everything, so here is a brief description of what this training did to bring us closer together while giving us the continued ability to succeed in the realm of higher adult education.

It was three days of training that resulted in bringing our departments closer together than ever before. The opening CAMS users meeting brought in so many participants that we actually had a line out the door to sign in and had to round up extra chairs just to squeeze everyone in. Not only was the environment an enjoyable one to be in, but the extent of things we learned is extremely valuable and will assist in making our everyday processes simpler and run smoother.

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Within weeks of the release of the Common Core State ELA and math standards, textbook publishers had already launched marketing campaigns for their “CCSS-aligned” curriculum materials. What that label really meant, exactly, was open for much debate.

Enter David Coleman and Sue Pimentel. Last week, the two lead ELA writers for the CCSS ELA standards released “Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy” for grades K-2 and 3-12 in an attempt to guide the curriculum writers who are genuinely trying to align their materials to the CCSS. It will also be an invaluable resource for teachers, schools, and districts who are trying to navigate the already crowded space of CCSS-aligned materials.

Coleman and Pimentel are careful to note that these criteria “are not meant to dictate classroom practice,” but instead are “intended to direct curriculum developers and publishers to be purposeful and strategic in both what to include and what to exclude in instructional materials.” In short, Coleman and Pimentel attempt to clarify what materials would be worthy of the “CCSS-aligned” label.

While the guidelines do include criteria for everything ranging from writing and grammar to research, the bulk of the guidance is focused on reading. The authors note that

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MINNEAPOLIS – The popularity of farm-to-school programs that put locally grown food on cafeteria trays has exploded in recent years — so much so that the federal agency in charge of school lunches is giving them a new stamp of approval.

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan said the programs have become so popular so fast that her agency doesn’t have solid figures on how many schools are serving their students vegetables, fruits and meat grown by local farmers.

“We know it’s just snowballing,” Merrigan said in an interview with The Associated Press before her appearance Tuesday at the School Nutrition Association convention in Nashville, Tenn.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture used the convention to release a new report on what works in farm-to-school programs, what doesn’t and what the agency can do to help them work better. The

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