High-school students here rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night. They have no school uniforms, no honor societies, no valedictorians, no tardy bells and no classes for the gifted. There is little standardized testing, few parents agonize over college and kids don’t start school until age 7.
Yet by one international measure, Finnish [...]

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We now have a website.
“Challenging Faith: Intersections of Belief and Doubt in Literature,
Composition, and the Profession”
A graduate conference hosted by the University of New Hampshire English Graduate Organization
March 7-8, 2008 • University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, US
Keynote speakers:
Patricia Bizzell, College of the Holy Cross
Sharon O’Dair, University of Alabama
and a reading by Meredith Hall, University [...]

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Please share this conference info with anyone who might be interested – and attend if you can.
More info and a registration form here (PDF).
LITERACIES – PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC
The University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire
October 12 - 13, 2007
Keynote Speakers
PAUL KEI MATSUDA, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Voice in Personal, Professional and Academic Writing
ELLEN CUSHMAN, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Cherokees Making [...]

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Portsmouth Adult Basic Education, an outreach of Rockingham Community Action.
Hooray! You might see a tutoring-related remark every once in awhile as you peruse these hallowed posts.
EDIT: Had my orientation today. Not quite sure who or what I’ll be tutoring yet, but I do know that if I see a student with a weapon, I need [...]

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UNH Composition Studies Conference
Literacies: Personal, Professional, Academic
October 12-13, 2007
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
The University of New Hampshire is offering a composition conference with keynotes Ellen Cushman (Michigan State University), Paul Kei Matsuda (University of New Hampshire), Gwendolyn D. Pough (Syracuse University) and Stuart Selber (Penn State University). The focus [...]

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