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Nadja YoungSeptember 15, 2011 0

Part 2 of the 3 R’s of Education: Real World Relevance

As schools across the country delve into a new year, I want to bring my readers back to teaching basics with Part 2 of my Three R’s series on Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships. Here's Part 1. As students flood our halls and classrooms, are they eager and excited for the challenging year ahead? Do

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Education | Government

Students & Educators

Nadja YoungJuly 14, 2011 0

Part 1 of the 3 R's: Relentless Rigor

Most of us grew up playing some type of sport and dreaming of becoming a collegiate or professional athlete. For me, it was a focus on dance and striving to be a professional ballerina. At some point we realized that in order to make this dream a reality, we’d have

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Education | Government

Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerJuly 7, 2011 0

Are you too good for code reviews?

The recent issue of InformationWeek features a Q&A session with Ken Thompson, one of the creators of the Unix operating system. (He collaborated with Dennis Ritchie, of C language fame. Since much of SAS is written in C, I daresay there are a few copies of K&R around here.) One

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Students & Educators

Nadja YoungJuly 5, 2011 0

The Three R’s Series: Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships

Last week, I attended the International Center for Leadership in Education’s Model Schools Conference in Nashville, TN, where I learned about many forward-thinking education initiatives taking place across the country. My colleagues and I also had the privilege of facilitating a SAS(r) EVAAS for K-12 presentation from two principals at

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Education | Government

Students & Educators

Nadja YoungMay 20, 2011 0

Artistry and Creativity in STEM

As I write my first blog entry for SAS State and Local Government, I thought it would be prudent to provide a little personal background. I grew up in a family of artists- with 5 musicians, 2 painters, 1 sculptor, 1 dancer, and 1 composer. I studied business, became a

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Education | Government

Students & Educators

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerDecember 10, 2010 0

Pop Quiz for Computer Science Education Week

I helped to write a quiz for the Computer Science Education Week promotions that were featured on our company intranet. Do you fancy yourself as a Comp-Sci aficionado? Let's see how you do with these. 1. Which achievement is Charles Babbage most famous for? A. Establishing software retail shops in

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Students & Educators

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerDecember 7, 2010 0

Computer Science isn't just for geeks anymore

Computer science is more than the pursuit of "let's see what we can make this computer do." If that's your only goal, then you might make a fine computer geek, but a lousy computer scientist. In her blog post for Computer Science Education Week, Caroline McCullen reminds us that computer

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Students & Educators

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerDecember 1, 2010 0

What's my line? (CSEdWeek edition)

Author note: I'm "replaying" this post in honor of Computer Science Education Week. It originally appeared here over 3 years ago. Today was "career day" in my daughter's 3rd grade classroom. A few privileged parents were invited to attend and answer questions about their professions, press-conference style. Among those on

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Students & Educators

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerNovember 30, 2010 0

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with SAS: December 5-11

Next week we'll be celebrating Computer Science Education Week. SAS is a partner in this event, which makes complete sense because we have a vested interest in creating more computer scientists. After all, SAS does employ a lot of them. When I was enrolled in a computer science program (sometime

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Lindia HarbaughNovember 4, 2010 0

Common Core Standards key to consistent student assessment

I recently had the opportunity to attend the VA Governor’s Education Summit “Innovate to Educate” was the theme throughout the summit. Speakers and panelists discussed both the challenges we face in today’s schools across America as well as innovative ideas and best practices being implemented in an effort to raise

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Students & Educators

Lindia HarbaughAugust 26, 2010 0

Race to the Top winners reinforce importance of measuring schooling effectiveness

The long awaited winners of the second round of Race To The Top were announced yesterday. Race To The Top is about education reform to improve schools and is based on four assurances: 1) Raising standards and improving assessments. 2) Recruiting, retaining and supporting effective educators and ensure equitable distribution

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Students & Educators

Lindia HarbaughJune 25, 2010 0

A data-driven path to graduation, and what graduation means to me

It's that time of year. Caps and gowns, photos and parties. Time to begin a career or go off to college. For those starting a career the learning is over, right? Well, for those of us in the work force we know first-hand, this isn't the reality if you want

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Students & Educators

Waynette TubbsApril 10, 2010 0

Quick SAS Global Forum blog roundup

It’s the last day before the biggest SAS users gathering of the year. I’ve already gotten my registration packet (registration opened about 3 hours ago) and even mapped out a couple of great spots to eat. Now, that I have time to settle in, I thought I’d send you a

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Students & Educators

Michael SmithOctober 9, 2009 0

How to Improve your Resume – Students Only!

Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to apply for the SAS Student Ambassador Program, which covers the cost of travel expenses and registration fees paid to attend SAS Global Forum 2010. What’s the “catch?” You must complete an application and submit a presentation abstract and working draft by midnight October

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Students & Educators

Waynette TubbsApril 9, 2009 0

SAS Student Ambassador wins Best Contributed Paper in Statistics

Elisa Priest, a doctoral student in epidemiology at the University of North Texas, was selected as one of nine SAS Student Ambassadors for 2009. She also won the "Best Contributed Paper" in the Statistics Section. Her presentation, Easier Exploratory Analysis for Epidemiology: A Grad Student How-To Paper, was very well

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SAS Events | Students & Educators

Brendan BaileyMarch 30, 2009 0

Inside SAS Global Forum 2009: Ep. 27 - SAS Scholarship Winner

SAS Student Scholarship Winner Jenni Elion talks about her experience attending SAS Global Forum 2009. Web Links: SAS.com:http://www.sas.com/apps/webnet/SGF2009VideoBlog/index.html?videoID=isgf09ep27

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SAS Events | Students & Educators

Brendan BaileyMarch 27, 2009 0

Inside SAS Global Forum 2009: Ep. 20 - SAS Student Ambassadors

Three SAS Student Ambassadors talk about the benefits of attending SAS Global Forum. To learn more about the SAS Student Ambassador Program, visit http://www.sas.com/govedu/edu/programs/stuamb_overview.html. Web Links: SAS.com:http://www.sas.com/apps/webnet/SGF2009VideoBlog/index.html?videoID=isgf09ep20

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SAS Events | Students & Educators

Brendan BaileyMarch 24, 2009 0

Inside SAS Global Forum 2009: Ep. 10 - SAS Student Ambassador Program

Alan Hoffler interviews Elizabeth Ceranowski, SAS Student Ambassador Program Manager at SAS Global Forum 2009. Web Links: SAS.com:http://www.sas.com/apps/webnet/SGF2009VideoBlog/index.html?videoID=isgf09ep10

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