Area educators work together under the guidance of Dr. Joseph Murphy of Vanderbilt University on a revised principal evaluation system. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In the culmination of a three month project, approximately 15 school district administrators and principals recently met at Governors State University to finish developing a[Read More…]
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GSU Multicategorical Special Education Cohort Information Session
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Certified teachers interested in earning a Master of Arts in Multicategorical Special Education with coursework leading to LBS 1 Unlimited Certificate are invited to attend an information session hosted by Governors State University. The session will be held on June 6, from 3 to 4 p.m., in[Read More…]
Buying ‘Legal Highs’ From The Internet Is A Risky Business
Many drugs sold as ‘legal highs’ on the internet do not contain the ingredients they claim, reports the journal Drug Testing and Analysis University of Lincoln, UK-(ENEWSPF)- Many drugs sold as ‘legal highs’ on the internet do not contain the ingredients they claim. Some instead contain controlled substances and are[Read More…]
2-Year Results: Artificial Disc A Viable Alternative To Fusion For 2-Level Disc Disease
LOS ANGELES-(ENEWSPF)- When two adjacent discs in the low back wear out, become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness or other symptoms, replacement with artificial discs can be a viable alternative to standard fusion surgery, based on two-year post-surgery data from a randomized, multicenter trial recently published in the Journal[Read More…]
NASA Sees Tropical Storm 04W’s Thunderstorms Grow Quickly
This TRMM satellite 3-D image shows that some thunderstorm towers near TSO4W’s center of circulation were punching up to heights of over 16 km (~9.9 miles) above the ocean’s surface. (Photo: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center-(ENEWSPF)- Tropical Storm 04W formed from the low pressure System 98W this morning[Read More…]
Rep. Al Riley Voices Opposition to Gov. Quinn’s Proposal to Reduce State Money to Municipalities
State Rep. Al Riley. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) (The following is from State Rep. Al Riley: This letter was sent to local trustees and mayors due to some misinformation on this issue that they had. I think however, that everyone needs to see my personal view on this topic.) First of all,[Read More…]
One More Charged In 2008 Hemlock Street Murder of Jonathan Edwards
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police released a press release Saturday morning stating that an additional arrest has been made in the 2008 shooting death of 24-year-old Jonathan M. Edwards of Hammond, IN. The press release states that on May 11, 2008, members of the Park Forest Police Department responded[Read More…]
Weekly Address: Congress Should Reform No Child Left Behind This Year
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2011. This week, I went to Memphis, Tennessee, where I spoke to the graduating class of Booker T. Washington High School. Graduations are always happy occasions. But this commencement was especially hopeful – because of just how much the kids at Booker T. Washington High School[Read More…]
DPS 2011 Planetary Science Prize Winners Announced
DPS-(ENEWSPF)- The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is pleased to announce its 2011 prize winners: Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of planetary science: William Ward, Southwest Research Institute. Many dynamical processes that are now cornerstones of current theories of[Read More…]
Dark Energy Is Real, Galaxy Survey Shows
Sydney, Australia-(ENEWSPF)- A survey of more than 200,000 galaxies made with the Anglo-Australian Telescope in eastern Australia has shown that “dark energy” is real and not a mistake in Einstein’s conception of gravity. The result is conveyed in two papers written by Dr. Chris Blake (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne,[Read More…]
