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Shane L. Windmeyer. The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students: A Comprehensive Guide to Colleges and Universities with the Best Programs, Services, and Student Organizations for LGBT Students. New York, Alyson Books, 2006. $21.95.
For LGBT students, finding a gay-friendly college campus can be a liberating experience. And now, thanks to the Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students, there's a well researched guidebook to help students choose a place where they will be comfortable and welcomed. This book offers a list of the 100 best schools in the United States for LGBT students, with information about what students can expect on each of these campuses.
What's most impressive about this book is its detail. In selecting and researching his top 100 list, author
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| Conceptual Framework for New Science Education Standards |
| Click here to view the public draft of the conceptual framework and access the online survey |
| This project funded with generous support from the Carnegie Corporation is to develop a framework to guide the development of new science education standards. The project will be led by a committee of experts in the scientific disciplines, cognitive science, learning theory, and educational policy. The framework developed by the committee will identify and articulate the core ideas in science in the disciplines of life sciences, physical sciences, earth and space sciences, and engineering and technology, cross cutting ideas and scientific practices. The committee will draw on current research on science learning as well as research and evaluation evidence related to standards-based education reform. This will include existing efforts to specify central ideas for science education including the National Science Education Standards, AAAS’s Science for All Americans and Benchmarks for Science Literacy, the 2009 NAEP Science Framework, and the redesign of the AP science courses by the College Board. The committee will develop the draft conceptual framework, gather feedback from a range of stakeholders, and write a final NRC consensus report. The draft conceptual framework is anticipated in July and the final report in the winter of 2010. The work is being done with the cooperation of a group of collaborating partners which includes Achieve, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Science Teachers Association. While the conceptual framework will be used to guide Achieve’s work of developing K-12 science education standards under a separate grant from the Carnegie Corporation, it is important to point out that the framework itself will have great value for the science education community. For example, it can provide guidance for development of curricula and assessment, a foundation for discussion of alignment between K-12 and higher education, and a mechanism for creating greater synergy between science learning in formal (school) and informal environments. |
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| MEETINGS | LOCATION | RESOURCES |
| Meeting 1 January 28-29, 2010 | The NAS Building Lecture Room 2100 C Street, NW Washington, DC | Public Agenda (includes presentations) |
| Meeting 2 March 4-6, 2010 | Hyatt Regency Washington 400 New Jersey Avenue Washington, DC 20001 | Public Agenda Presentations and Papers |
| Meeting 3 April 22-23, 2010 | The NAS Building Day 1: Lecture Room Day 2: Room 150 2100 C Street, NW Washington, DC | Public Agenda Presentations |
| Meeting 4 June 17-18, 2010 | Keck Center Room 105 500 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 | Closed Session in Entirety |
| Meeting 5 September 1-2, 2010 | Beckman Center Irvine, CA | |
| Meeting 6 October 27-28, 2010 | Keck Center Room 105 500 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 |
"We are here today because our Local Union 39 is not listening about letting us have a voice on what labor concessions we'll take to save people's jobs," says Leslie Garner, City of Sacramento employee. "Our voices are not being heard by our union."
