- Today's workplace includes members of four generations
Traditionalists - born between 1925 and 1946 - often called the "Silent Generation"
Baby Boomers - born between 1946 and 1964 - often called the Sandwich Generation"
Generation X - born between 1964 and 1982 - often called the "Me Generation"
Generation Y - born between 1982 and 1990 - often called the "Millennials"

- Nanotechnology is one of the fastest-emerging areas of scientific research.  It is the design and engineering of materials and particles at the molecular or atomic level.  Nanotechnology is used to make materials stronger, clothing more stain-resistant, and computer chips more sophisticated.  A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter in length; a sheet of paper is 100,000 nanometers thick.     Education Today April 1, 2009

- It has been projected that the top 10 jobs for today's students don't yet exist, and will be using technologies that haven't been invented to solve problems we don't know are problems yet.

- More that 750 colleges now do not require the ACT or SAT for admission.

- A "stealth applicant" is a college applicant whose application for admission is their first contact with the school - no visit, no inquiry, no contact with the admissions office.

- Ways to Create a College Culture in Your School
   Put college posters and pennants in the hallways
   Invite recent college graduates back to talk to students
   Announce ACT and SAT exam dates
   Have teachers wear college sweatshirts one Friday
   Organize visits to local colleges

- "Blackhawks" are the most powerful type of helicopter parents (parents who are over-involved and who hover over their children)

- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2007 almost 40% of babies were born to unmarried mothers.

- MySpace started as a way for garage bands to compete with big labels.

Teachers affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops. Henry Adams, Historian

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. John Lubbock

New Elementary Books We now have three new books for upper elementary students - 10 Steps to Great Grades, Totally Cool for Elementary School, and Upper Elementary Parent Guidebook.  We also have a new planner for elementary students. For free samples of these products, visit www.woodburnpress.com.

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