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PROFNET WIRE: EDUCATION & SCIENCE: Teaching Evolution

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 15:00 CST

ROUND-UPS Teaching Evolution (continued, 1 expert) Impact of Single K-8 Facilities (continued, 1 expert) LEADS 1. Careers: Entry-Level Hiring is Up 2. Education: The Missing Piece of the Reading Puzzle 3. Education: Modifying Sex Ed Discussions for Teens as Sex on TV Doubles 4. Education: Audiovisual Technology is Enhancing Higher Education ROUND-UP: TEACHING EVOLUTION (continued)

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1. PAUL E. COGGINS, attorney at the Dallas office of FISH & RICHARDSON: "Now that the Kansas Board of Education has ordered state teachers to provide instruction challenging Darwin's theory of evolution, you have to ask what's next. If you can do this to Darwin and evolution, can you also do it with Copernicus and his 'theory' that the sun is the center of the solar system? In his day, Copernicus was not too popular with the church, nor were other scientific giants such as Galileo. It's getting to the point that you can imagine a day when all science teachers will have to give students a warning: 'Exposure to scientific thought can be hazardous to your spiritual health.'" News Contact: Mark Annick, mark@legalpr.com Phone: +1-800-559-4534 (12/6/05)

ROUND-UP: IMPACT OF SINGLE K-8 FACILITIES (continued)

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1. SUSIE VANDERLIP, author of "52 Ways to Protect Your Teen," believes K- 8 facilities can allow adolescents more time to be kids: "K-8 facilities are supportive environments for early adolescents to mature at a slower pace, where they can become role models to elementary school students in peer assistance settings and gain a greater sense of service and self-worth. As long as elementary school children eat separately and socialize separately, it creates opportunities for all age groups to grow more securely with less pressures to be 'grown-up' as fast." News Contact: Julie Brewer, info@creativevisionsimc.com Phone: +1-352-241-9873 (12/6/05)

LEADS

1. CAREERS: ENTRY-LEVEL HIRING IS UP. JENNIFER FLOREN, CEO of EXPERIENCE, INC., a Boston-based provider of career services that support students and alumni of the nation's top universities: "Employers are looking to hire college-educated candidates and are paying them competitively. Graduating students with bachelor's degrees found an average salary of $35k; 23 percent of students receive annual incentives; and signing bonuses are becoming more popular in today's more competitive market. Despite what many think, salary expectations for students and recent graduates are in line with the market. Engineering candidates receive the most competitive job offers ($44K), followed by students with business degrees ($37K), and liberal arts majors, on average, received a starting salary of $39K." News Contact: Colleen Sheehan, colleen@matternow.com Phone: +1-978-499-9250, ext. 227 (12/6/05)

2. EDUCATION: THE MISSING PIECE OF THE READING PUZZLE. STEVE PEHA, president of TEACHING THAT MAKES SENSE, INC.: "Perhaps the most compelling notion about basing literacy instruction on writing is something everyone knows but nobody ever thinks about: the correlation between reading and writing skill levels in both children and adults is significantly stronger in one direction than it is in the other. While we all know many people who read well but write poorly, virtually all accomplished writers are also accomplished readers. At an almost perfect one-to-one, this correlation is so strong that it points to a causal relationship between the acquisition of writing skill and improvements in reading ability." News Contact: Margot Lester, margotlester@earthlink.net Phone: +1-919-967-3712 (12/6/05)

3. EDUCATION: MODIFYING SEX ED DISCUSSIONS FOR TEENS AS SEX ON TV DOUBLES. MIKE DOMITRZ, founder of THE DATE SAFE PROJECT, can discuss a recent study that reports sexual content on television has doubled since 1998: "As the amount of sexual content increases on television and in teens' favorite programs, like 'The OC,' parents and educators must realize the need to change America's approach to talking with teenagers about sex. Today's youth are living in a new paradigm, so we can't rely on the old 'don't do this, don't do that' talks. We must talk about the importance of 'asking first' when engaging in any form of intimacy. Asking first leads to greater self value and much safer decision making." News Contact: Michelle Tennant, michelle@tennant.org Phone: +1-828-749-3200 (12/6/05)

4. EDUCATION: AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGY IS ENHANCING HIGHER EDUCATION. RANDAL A. LEMKE, Ph.D., executive director of INFOCOMM INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit trade association that provides education, exhibitions and information services to the audiovisual communications industry: "The number of classrooms with AV equipment has doubled every year for the past five years, and is expected to continue to double annually through 2010. AV enhances learning. Online tutorials give students needed practice and continual support. Students can access information as often as needed. Courses include automated assessment and instant feedback, and provide repetitive exercises. Online classes are structured to facilitate more discussion in forums than is possible in a crowded classroom or lecture hall. On-demand support is available, allowing students to easily receive instant assistance from a variety of people." News Contact: Betsy L. Jaffe, bjaffe@infocomm.org Phone: +1-703-279-6385 (12/6/05)

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