I have to agree with the comment above, I would like to see some of the results from other prior elections, not just 2007. I can see electronic voting lowering the amount of votes and if there was a highly contested election the year before it would seem like a huge gap. We can not make an assumption off just one election, but we can certainly allow voting in both forms.

Pretty interesting work. I am a geography teacher and we spent a bit of time during the year examining urban geography and urban decay within many cities, but this is a really different way to look at the same type of phenomena. Well done.

As a first year teacher myself (high school social studies), I can agree with the feelings shared by all these other teachers. Everyone of them hinted at how one of the greatest problems is all the other things teachers must take care of which take away the time we have from teaching. There are days when I have a list of 15 things to take care of and the bottom item is figuring out how I am going to teach my lessons. I just seems odd that most teachers always complain of the same problems, yet nothing seems to change                                                          

This is a beautiful monument to the power (whether positive or negative) of mankind. As a symbol of globalization this map really shows how connected we have become. Is this a good thing though?

This is a very interesting idea, but would be tough to get off the ground. I am actually a first year teacher right now and I was thinking the other day about how much I wish I had partner in the classroom. Since it would be tough for the partner to come and stay for the whole-day, 5 days a week, (unless they are going to be paid), maybe a volunteer system could be set so they could come some days before school starts for an hour or after school for an hour? I know many states have education requirements before they will allow any adult, teacher or aide, into the class with children, so perhaps partnerships with local colleges could work. College students sign up on websites, local teachers “hire” volunteers for a few hours and the college students get community service hours in the end. It’s win-win plus a few more teachers may stay in the profession and some more college students may shift to becoming teachers.

The article does mention it, though not directly, but one thing to consider is that these payments are usually taking place in inner city schools. I am a teacher and
originally I hated the idea because it demeans the value of learning as
its own reward. I switched once I started to see the state of inner city education. Most students are not motivated to finish high school because they experience the state of the world around them, so any way that kids can be encouraged to actually take and pass an AP test, which will then encourage them to go to college, is worth it. While I can fully understand the problems some people would have I support the policy.

I have to agree with the comment above, I would like to see some of the results from other prior elections, not just 2007. I can see electronic voting lowering the amount of votes and if there was a highly contested election the year before it would seem like a huge gap. We can not make an assumption off just one election, but we can certainly allow voting in both forms.

Pretty interesting work. I am a geography teacher and we spent a bit of time during the year examining urban geography and urban decay within many cities, but this is a really different way to look at the same type of phenomena. Well done.

As a first year teacher myself (high school social studies), I can agree with the feelings shared by all these other teachers. Everyone of them hinted at how one of the greatest problems is all the other things teachers must take care of which take away the time we have from teaching. There are days when I have a list of 15 things to take care of and the bottom item is figuring out how I am going to teach my lessons. I just seems odd that most teachers always complain of the same problems, yet nothing seems to change                                                          

This is a beautiful monument to the power (whether positive or negative) of mankind. As a symbol of globalization this map really shows how connected we have become. Is this a good thing though?

This is a very interesting idea, but would be tough to get off the ground. I am actually a first year teacher right now and I was thinking the other day about how much I wish I had partner in the classroom. Since it would be tough for the partner to come and stay for the whole-day, 5 days a week, (unless they are going to be paid), maybe a volunteer system could be set so they could come some days before school starts for an hour or after school for an hour? I know many states have education requirements before they will allow any adult, teacher or aide, into the class with children, so perhaps partnerships with local colleges could work. College students sign up on websites, local teachers “hire” volunteers for a few hours and the college students get community service hours in the end. It’s win-win plus a few more teachers may stay in the profession and some more college students may shift to becoming teachers.

The article does mention it, though not directly, but one thing to consider is that these payments are usually taking place in inner city schools. I am a teacher and
originally I hated the idea because it demeans the value of learning as
its own reward. I switched once I started to see the state of inner city education. Most students are not motivated to finish high school because they experience the state of the world around them, so any way that kids can be encouraged to actually take and pass an AP test, which will then encourage them to go to college, is worth it. While I can fully understand the problems some people would have I support the policy.