Category: Education & Schools
Education and Schools
In case you have not been following what is happening with the scoring of the Solar Decathlon happening right now in Washington, DC and to which UIUC has an entry, go to this web site http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/tag/solar-decathlon-2011 There are 19 entries this year, including many from foreign counties--check out China and New Zealand.
Take time to look at the pictures and click through the 20 school that made it to the decathlon and look at the incredibly creative designs these students have produced. If I had not been in DC two years ago to actually see the whole process, it would be hard to imagine how smart and clever these teams are, whether they end up first or last in the scoring.
If you go to this web site, you can look at the scoring, which is changing every day, and click on the individual schools http://www.solardecathlon.gov/teams.html
I hope that many of you took time to watch the UIUC build the 2011 entry. Right now Illinois is 13th out of 19 entries.
Rather than subsidizing the production of unhealthful foods, we should turn the tables and tax things like soda, French fries, doughnuts and hyperprocessed snacks. The resulting income should be earmarked for a program that encourages a sound diet for Americans by making healthy food more affordable and widely available.
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There has been discussion on a number of threads as to whether teachers salaries are greater than private sector wages. The 17 March issue of InsideIllinois, p. 11, top of the fold has a summary article about the new research by UIUC Craig Olson, professor of labor and employment relations and economics, shows that , for more than a decade, Wisconsin teacher salaries have fallen behind changes in the cost of living as well as wage growth in the private sector. To read the article go to http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/11/0308final4_SheldonJacobson.html