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Searcher September 2009 Lark Birdsong	Information Literacy Training for All - The Outliers The Information Literacy Initiative at the University of Washington Information School is a funded, active organization that began in 2007 after the successful training of a group of youth labeled "at-risk."
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Job Journal September 22, 2013	Capitalize on New Skills More Quickly with New Programs in Online Education If you don't have the time or money to go back to school you can complete many free online education courses just by watching 10-minute video clips. Take 5 minutes to learn more about the amazing improvements in virtual classrooms.
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T.H.E. Journal April 2003 Jon Haber	Certification: Your Return On Training Investments The Advanced Centers for Technology and Training (ACTT) has discovered an important way to prove the value of its technology training courses: guaranteed success on The Computing Technology Industry Association's (CompTIA) A+ certification.
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T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard	5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students.
T.H.E. Journal September 30, 2009 David Nagel	States Look To Raise Reading Proficiency in Title I Schools The United States Department of Education is awarding $6.61 million in grants to eight states to help improving reading achievement among poorer students.
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T.H.E. Journal October 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Plan Without a Plan Without some leadership and cooperation at all levels, a new federal mandate for gathering data on students' technological literacy will produce meaningless results.
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