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A Warning to Young People: Don't Become a Teacher

Randy Turner | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics
Read More: Merit Pay, Standardized Tests, Acuity, Teacher Tenure, Pearson, Mcgraw-Hill, Teach for America, Common Core Standards, Missouri, Education News, Abcte, Politics News
Randy Turner

Young teachers from across the United States have told me they no longer have the ability to properly manage classrooms not because of lack of desire, but because of upper administration decisions to reduce statistics on classroom referrals and in-school and out-of-school suspensions.

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The Next CEOs - 10 CEO Ready Leaders

Mike Myatt | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Women's Empowerment, Leadership, Microsoft, Gisel Ruiz, BNY Mellon, Bbdo, Simon Bond, Intel, Women in Business, George Willis, Success and Motivation, Ubs, Ania Lichota, Mike Myatt, Marc Butler, Success, Brian Kibby, Basab Pradhan, Diane Bryant, Ceos, Ceo, Nicolas Petit, Mcgraw-Hill, Infosys, Ups, Baidu, Diversity, Jennifer Li, Google, Albridge, Business News
Mike Myatt

The 10 leaders profiled below represent different industries, different disciplines, and even a few different countries, but they all share one thing in common - they're all CEO ready. Meet my predictions (in no particular order) for the next crop of chief executives...

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Moody's Smacks Down Credit Agency Rival

AP | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Read More: Fitch Ratings, Video, Mcgraw-Hill, Moody's Downgrades S&P, Apollo Global Management, Credit Rating Agencies, Department of Justice, Credit Rating, Moody's Downgrades McGraw-Hill, S&P 500, Ap, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded The McGraw-Hill Cos., citing the company's plans to sell its education business and t...

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The S&P Case and the Problem of Financial Opinion

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.09.2013 | Business
Read More: Standard & Poors, Subprime Crisis, Department of Justice, Credit Rating Agency, McGraw Hill, Business News
Robert Teitelman

We've seen both problems before, notably in Eliot Spitzer's crusade against Wall Street analysts in 2001. The parallels are remarkable; the resolution is unsettling. What did we have?

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The Cost vs. Quality Conundrum: Top Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2013

Sean Devine | Posted 02.20.2013 | Home
Read More: Graduation Rates, Data Analytics, University of Iowa, Moodle, Digital Learning, Classroom Technology, Student Debt, Technology and Education, University of Michigan, Open Source, Flipped Classroom, Data Mining, Smart Phones, Mooc, Technology, Higher Education, McGraw Hill, Education News, Education, Arizona State University, College Classes, Open Textbooks, Online Learning, John Wiley & Sons, Analytics, Blackboard, College, Higher Education Costs, Pearson, Tablets, Desire2learn, Home News
Sean Devine

Technology has transformed a variety of industries over the past decade, from ecommerce to entertainment. One could argue that 2012 was the year that technology accelerated its march to transforming education as well.

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How to De-Risk Book Publishing

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 02.09.2013 | Books
Read More: Authors, Mcgraw-Hill, Tools of Change, Book Publishing, Oreilly, Steve Rosenbaum, Curation Nation, magnify.net, Steven Rosenbaum, Books News
Steve Rosenbaum

It used to be that having conversations with readers came after publication. But today a book is the outcome of thought leadership, blogging, and conversational leadership.

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Dear President Obama...Green Building Can Lead America's Economic Comeback!!

Rick Fedrizzi | Posted 01.12.2013 | Green
Read More: Greenbuild, Mcgraw-Hill, Green Jobs, Nils Kok, UC Berkeley, Green Building, Usgbc, Construction, Schools, U.S. Green Building Council, Green Schools, San Francisco, Rick Fedrizzi, Leed, Barack Obama, Green News
Rick Fedrizzi

This week, 40,000 people will gather at Greenbuild 2012 in San Francisco to celebrate the green building movement. And we've got a lot to cheer about.

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LOOK: 'The Trouble With Women' In 1959

The Huffington Post | Janean Chun | Posted 10.19.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Women in the Workplace, Mcgraw-Hill, Video, 1950s Educational Films, Trouble With Women Film, 1950s Workplace Films, Trouble With Women, Funny Workplace Video, Small Business News

Mitt Romney isn't the only boss with problems finding a few good women. In a 1959 workplace film, "The Trouble With Women," a manager named Brad is...

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New Book on Social Media Tells the Tasti D-Lite Story

Kate Kelly | Posted 12.15.2012 | Books
Read More: Tasti D Lite, BJ Emerson, 25th Anniversary, James Amos, McGraw Hill, New York Franchise, Books News
Kate Kelly

NYC restaurateur Celeste Carlesimo adored ice cream so much so that she wanted to be able to eat it every single night.

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MF Global To S&P Before Collapse: We've 'Never Been Stronger'

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Bankruptcy, House Financial Services, Credit Downgrade, European Sovereign Debt, Reuters, MF Global, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Securities and Exchange Commission, Fitch, McGraw Hill, Moody's, Business News

* S&P says MF Global touted capital, liquidity strength * One week after email to S&P, MF Global failed * House lawmaker...

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A Modest Proposal to Save Test Prep

John Merrow | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Testing Companies, Pbs, Education, Pbs Newshour, Jerry Brown, Test Prep, Standardized Testing, John Merrow, Mcgraw-Hill, Pearson, Testing, California, Video, Home News
John Merrow

When California Governor Jerry Brown recently called for fewer standardized tests and less time on test preparation, he probably expected to be praised. Instead, his proposal has been greeted with cries of outrage from teachers, administrators, and students.

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Education "Reform" -- Garbage In, Garbage Out

Steve Nelson | Posted 03.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Pearson Education, Education, Racism, Meritocracy, Kaplan University, Education Reform, White Privilege, McGraw Hill, Home News
Steve Nelson

The problems with education in America will be addressed only when we recognize that it's all about race, class and inequity.

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I'll Miss Arne's Trip to Joplin: We're Testing That Day

Randy Turner | Posted 11.21.2011 | Home
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Joplin, Arne Duncan, Joplin Tornado, Acuity, Standardized Testing, Mcgraw-Hill, Education News, Race to the Top, Home News
Randy Turner

If Secretary of Education Arne Duncan steps into my 8th grade classroom when he visits tornado-stricken Joplin, he will have an opportunity to see a man-made disaster that he made possible.

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Stock Of S&P's Parent Company Tumbles Following Downgrade

AP | Posted 10.08.2011 | Business
Read More: Mcgraw-Hill, Moody's Investors Service, Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average, J.D. Power and Associates, Stock Market, Standard & Poor's, Credit Rating, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) -- McGraw-Hill took a little friendly fire Monday, seeing its stock tumble nearly 8 percent after its Standard & Poor's agency downgrade...

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Credit Raters Spend $1.76 Million To Lobby Washington

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 10.01.2011 | Business
Read More: Regulations, Dodd-Frank, Lobbying, Standard and Poor's, US Debt, Downgrade, Credit Rating, Credit Rating Agency, McGraw Hill, Moody's, Business News

WASHINGTON — The three major credit rating companies poised to decide whether to downgrade the nation's top-ranked debt standing are at the same...

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Exams Too Easy? State Drops $32 Million For New Tests

New York Post | Susan Edelman | Posted 09.24.2011 | Home
Read More: New York Schools, Standardized Testing, New York Department of Education, New York Standardized Testing, Pearson, McGraw Hill, New York Exams, McGraw Hill Testing, Home News

The state has hired a different testing company to produce its standardized exams for grades 3 through 8, replacing a firm whose too-easy tests led to...

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Slavery Ended in 1865? That Myth Puts our Kids in Danger

Tina Frundt | Posted 09.19.2011 | Impact
Read More: Mcgraw-Hill, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Impact News
Tina Frundt

Modern-day slavery, now called human trafficking, still exists across America. The U.S. State Department estimates up to 17,000 people are trafficked -- enslaved -- in the U.S. each year.

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SEC Considers Charges Against Credit-Rating Agencies For Role In Crisis

Posted 08.17.2011 | Business
Read More: Standard and Poors, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Sec, Mortgage Bond Deal, Securities and Exchange Commission, US Regulators, McGraw Hill, Business News

U.S. regulators could file civil fraud charges against some credit-rating agencies for their role in developing mortgage-bond deals that helped br...

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Why We Can't Rely On Standardized Tests -- And The Companies That Create Them

Todd Farley | Posted 06.08.2011 | Home
Read More: Standardized Testing, No Child Left Behind, Drc, ETS K-12, Pearson Education, Riverside Publishing, Mcgraw-Hill, Education Reform, Home News
Todd Farley

For the last ten years in this country we've regularly seen standardized tests results that can't be believed and standardized testing companies that can't be trusted.

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Teaching to the Test

Randy Turner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Education, Mcgraw-Hill, Standardized Testing, Teacher, Missouri, Tenure, Public Schools, Acuity, Home News
Randy Turner

Spring parent-teacher conferences were held this morning at the school where I teach and my belief, that in my dozen years as a teacher I had heard everything, was shattered to the core

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Four Days IN Education Nation

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: K-12 Education, Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Race to the Top, David Gregory, Washington DC, New York, New York City, McGraw Hill, Larry Rosenstock, Texas, Learning Matters, Waiting for Superman, Education, KIPP Charter Schools, Tom Brokaw, Education Nation, Charter Schools, Steven Brill, Chris Cerf, Texas Board of Education, John Merrow, Education Reform, Nbc, Bob Mendenhall, Home News
John Merrow

NBC says it's going to do Education Nation again next year. Let's hope so. There's certainly room for improvement.

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United States - India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary

Sunil Chacko | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Dr. Hatoyama, Ron Somers, Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Mr. Kapil Sibal, Indian Miniser for Extenal Affairs Mr. S.M. Krishna, Pepsico, Prime Minister Mr. Kan, Larry Summers, Mcgraw-Hill, US-India Business Council, Indra Nooyi, Japan, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Terry McGraw, Usibc, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Hundreds of US and Indian participants celebrated the 35th anniversary of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington, DC. The sessions this year were focused on the themes of "Education, Infrastructure & Inclusive Growth."

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Writing a Best Selling Book

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Sell to Survive, Social Media, Business Books, Twitter, Sales Books, McGraw Hill, Writing Best Seller, Barnes and Noble, Linked In, Bes Selling Book, Wiley, Facebook, Grant Cardone, Amzon, Business News
Grant Cardone

Getting a book published and then to hit the Best Sellers list takes a lot of guts, even more determination, tremendous amounts of creative networkin...

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Harold W. McGraw Jr. Dead: McGraw-Hill Chairman Dies at 92

The New York Times | CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: McGraw-Hill CEO, Harold W. McGraw, Mcgraw-Hill, Books, McGraw-Hill Chairman, Book Publishing, Books News

Harold W. McGraw Jr., who as leader of McGraw-Hill, his family's publishing business, helped build it into a billion-dollar enterprise in the 1970s an...

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Textbook Publishers Begin To Adapt Textbooks For The iPad

The Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Houghton Mifflin, Textbook Publishers, Book Publishing, Textbooks, Kaplan, Pearson, Mcgraw-Hill, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Ereaders, Scrollmotion, Apple, Books News

Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry ...

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