Science Education & Policy

LONDON, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Media Invited to use Institute of Psychoanalysis for Expert Opinion The Institute of Psychoanalysis is offering itself as a resource for press and media, with a group of expert spokespeople available to comment on current affairs, contemporary social issues and culture. Experts can comment on a range of issues affecting society today, from young people's issues such as suicide and eating disorders, personal issues such as parenting, relationships and sexuality, violence, problem behaviour and trauma. They can also offer a psychoanalytic perspective on…

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Setting the stage for a better understanding of sender authentication as a technology to combat junk email, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has released a new white paper describing the practice as a foundation for protecting legitimate Internet mail. "Trust in Email Begins with Authentication" provides an overview of the technology by focusing on the standardized mechanisms in general use today, Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Sender IDentification Framework (SenderID), and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/…

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about a Chicago charter school. I was naive enough to believe that if a group of ninth graders could not read it was unique to this Chicago school. Today I read a report by Christopher B. Swanson, Ph.D. titled "Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytical Report on High School Graduation." Dr. Swanson’s report clearly shows that we are in an academic crisis in the U.S. This report shows beyond a doubt America’s urban high schools are in a state of crisis. "Our analysis finds that graduating from high school in the America’s largest cities amounts, essentially, to a…

SAN MATEO, California, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - New VP to Lead ERP Software, CRM Software, and Ecommerce Software Business Application Suite Training Programs NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business software suites that include Accounting / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Ecommerce software for small and midsized businesses and divisions of large companies, announced today that Laura Brumage, a software executive with more than 15 years of experience, was appointed Vice President, Worldwide Education…

Democratic consultant Donna Brazile brought home America’s reluctance to talk openly about race in a New York Times article that preceded the Barack Obama speech that now has the whole nation buzzing. In essence, she said in her quote, any serious discussion about race has the effect of clearing a room. Brazile’s remark and the presidential hopeful’s groundbreaking speech about a subject that politicians generally tiptoe around in public hint at the complexities of race relations in America today. As we approach the second decade of the 21st century, research shows that many Americans feel…

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - ASCD Middle East is first organization of its kind to provide educators in the region with tailored professional development and capacity building The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) announced the formation of ASCD Middle East. Sharing ASCD's mission and vision, ASCD Middle East will provide professional development and capacity building to the region's educators -- school administrators, officers of regional ministries of education, university professors, and classroom teachers, among others -- and will ensure…

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowering the blood pressure of elderly patients could cut their total mortality by a fifth and their rate of cardiovascular events by a third, according to a new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology in Chicago and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. The 3,845 patient Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), which is co-ordinated by scientists from Imperial College London, is the largest ever clinical trial to look at the effects of lowering blood pressure solely in those aged 80 and over. Patients…

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- NCP engineering GmbH releases version 9.03 of its Secure Enterprise Client. The most important feature is support for the Windows XP operating system in its 64 bit mode. Thereby, NCP is rounding off the client tender with manageable Enterprise variants. The Enterprise VPN solution offers all the functionality that distinguishes an integrated remote-access solution. Next to Windows 2000, the NCP Secure Enterprise Client also supports Microsoft Windows Vista and XP for 32 and 64 bit. NCP VPN clients are also delivered for Windows Mobile, CE, Linux…

MUMBAI, India, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The IBF will hold its landmark Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Training & Forum: A Hands-On Workshop in Mumbai on 19 & 20 May 2008. This 2-day workshop will teach key forecasting methods and processes that are vital to a firm's success. The Mumbai workshop is paired with a Supply Chain Forecasting Forum where attendees can share forecasting & planning knowledge with peers in an open atmosphere. The need to raise customer service levels and minimize costs is ever-present today. This IBF event offers an understanding of forecasting…

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - It Could Damage Your Health People illegally selling copied software via Internet auction sites have been warned that the net is closing in on them. The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is determined to act against individuals profiting by breaching the copyright of its members. This activity follows on from an announcement by the Software and Information Industry Association in the US that it had launched 17 auction piracy actions against individuals selling counterfeit software via eBay. "It does not take a rocket scientist to work out…