Ok Tech Prep News

New York City's Small Business Manufacturers Encounter Dearth of Skilled Employees
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/90153

More Time in Class Equals Better Math Skillshttp://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-12-10-math-class-time_N.htm

Shining a Spotlight on 2 Year Collegeshttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/12/11/community

Using Wiki’s in a Classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/11/stretching_with_wikis.php

Intel Schools of Distinction Award
Math and Science awards for outstanding schools.
http://www.intel.com/education/schoolsofdistinction/index.htm?iid=sciencemath+soda

Holiday Cards
Here are more Holiday Cards. More ideas with what you can do in recruitment with data and email contacts.

Eckerd College
In the theme of Jib Jab
http://www.eckerd.edu/holiday/

Red River College Holiday Card
If you are a fan of The Office then you will enjoy this card.
http://www.rrc.mb.ca/files/flash/HolidayCard/holiday.html

Yale Open Courses
Have you ever wanted to take a course at Yale? Yale University now has an open course website where the public can download class lectures, notes and even video. The first release includes 7 complete courses. Maybe they include something that your instructors would find interesting?
http://open.yale.edu/courses/index.html

Parents Should Plant College Going Seed in Middle School
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_10391.shtml

Aspiration to Actionhttp://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/a-f/From_Aspiration_to_Action.pdf

Numbers and Rates of High School Dropouts: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008305.pdf

Better Alignment for Adult and Post Secondary Educationhttp://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/content/strawnbriefrev101807.pdf.pdf