Two More Stories on Teacher Education

• Alternative Teacher Education on the Rise (Teacher Magazine)
  http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2009/10/26/alternativeteachereducation_ap.html?tkn=QU%5bFM2y9v%252BJz7luMYZw%252F4I7x9aaPBycq9t9Z
• Making Professional Development an Inside Job (Teacher Magazine)
  http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2009/10/28/tln_cody.h28.html?tkn=VNPF5q9rtuAAVYSZU6OOANAESUYjXPgKMBPS

College Enrollments in the U.S.

• College Enrollment Hits All-Time High, Fueled by Community College Surge (by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Research Center)
  http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1391/college-enrollment-all-time-high-community-college-surge?src=prc-latest&proj=peoplepress
• College Enrollment Up, Mostly at 2-Year Schools (Education Week)
  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/29/310246uscensuscollegestudents_ap.html?tkn=MWWFiDmAOXVQhCFREc1Dyz0gMffUd%2B3FhzjI

Japanese Language Added to USDS Critical Language List

• CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTENSIVE SUMMER INSTITUTES (US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs & The Council of American Overseas Research Centers)
  https://clscholarship.org/home.php

LAUSD's New Rule

• Public School Choice Resolution: Ensuring a quality education for all of our students (LAUSD)
  http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/docs/PAGE/CA_LAUSD/LAUSDNET/RESOURCES/VOLUNTEER_PAGE/SCHOOL_OF_CHOICE/PUBLIC%20SCHOOL%20CHOICE%2010-27-09%20POWER%20POINT%20UPDATE.PDF
• L.A. Gives Parents 'Trigger' to Restructure Schools (Education Week)
  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/28/10lausd.h29.html?tkn=SWQFK7dzLhS%2Fsy357OkgSnssEeskphV9t%2FRS 

ACジャパンCM

• ACジャパン
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/index.html
• ぱなしのはなし
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/nhk/01/index.html
• ひとつあいさつくださいな
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/cm/01/index.html
• モラルの低下にサイレンを。
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/self_area/03/index.html
• 「北海道のない日本」
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/self_area/01/index.html
• 「いつも」の人に「いつも」から、はじめうよう。
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/self_area/06/index.html
• ごきげんうかがい
  http://www.ad-c.or.jp/campaign/self_all/03/index.html　

学校給食

• School Meals: Buliding Blocks for Healthy Children (Institute of Medicine of the National Academics)
  http://www.iom.edu/en/Reports/2009/School-Meals-Building-Blocks-for-Healthy-Children.aspx
• Report Recommendations
  http://www.iom.edu/en/Reports/2009/School-Meals-Building-Blocks-for-Healthy-Children/Report-Recommendations-School-Meals.aspx
• 学校給食実施状況等調査（文部科学省）
  http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/toukei/001/index24a.htm
• 学校給食レシピ（静岡市教育委員会学校教給食課）
  http://www.city.shizuoka.jp/deps/kyouiku/kyushoku/　

Research on School Closings

• Chicago School Closings Found to Yield Few Gains (Education Week)
  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/28/10chicago.h29.html?tkn=SXWFQX%2FwsDDVW%2Fqu%2ByYwiefTbPsBARgn3RhA
• When Schools Close (Consortium on Chicago School Research)
  http://www.edweek.org/media/ccsr_school_closings-final.pdf

WEF Gender Gap Report

• 女性の社会進出、日本は７５位＝トップはアイスランド－世界経済フォーラム (時事通信)
  http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/topics/business/n_world_economy__20091027_2/story/091027jijiX812/
• The Global Gender Gap Report 2009 (World Economic Forum)
  http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Women%20Leaders%20and%20Gender%20Parity/GenderGapNetwork/index.htm

育児休暇事情

• パパの７割、育児より仕事「職場に迷惑」育休取れず (ZakZak)
  http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domestic/news/20091027/dms0910271209001-n2.htm

Commute and Burn Calories

• 日本人に「通勤燃焼族」増加中　朝夕で効率的な「カロリー消費」 (J-CAST)
  http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/jcast/business/story/20091026jcast2009252542/

Being a Principal is Not Easy

• Turnover in Principalship Focus of Research (Education Week)
  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/28/09principal_ep.h29.html?tkn=QNPFB0uK6m8AwyTzgPTBq5QCnCdM9ysCq%2BXc
• Tenure and Retention of Newly Hired Principals in Texax (Texas High School Project)
  http://www.ucea.org/storage/pdf/IB%201_Principal%20Tenure%20and%20Retention%20in%20Texas%20of%20Newly%20Hired%20Principals_10_8_09.pdf

Seniority and Hiring Practices

• UPDATED: Will Reforms to Seniority Catch On? (Education Week)
  http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/will_reforms_to_seniority_catc.html
• Commissioner Gist Ends Seniority-Based Teacher Assignments (State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
  http://www.ride.ri.gov/Commissioner/news/pressrels/2009_PressReleases/BEP%20and%20Teacher%20Assignment%20Release.102309.pdf

We Need Voice Training

• Teachers Put Their Voices at Risk in the Classroom, Study Says (Education Week)
  http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2009/10/teachers_put_their_voices_at_r.html
• Teacher Talk Strains Voices, Especially For Women (Science Daily)
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026132939.htm

人を動かす話し方講座シリーズ(Bizmakoto.jp)

• ドン・キホーテの新任店長を驚かせた、“業績を上げる”言葉遣い
  http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0910/21/news043.html
• 「入ったらダメ」より「ご遠慮願えますか？」
  http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0903/16/news036.html
• 「部長はおられますか？」――間違いがちな言い回しを正す
  http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0903/13/news101.html

夜スポ

• 若者は夜走り、歩く　お金をかけない「夜スポ」が人気 (J-CAST)
  http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/jcast/society/story/20091023jcast2009252362/　

Asian Language and Career

• A Career Guide for Asian Languages and Cultuer (University of Michigan Career Center)
  http://careercenter.umich.edu/students/cclibrary/careerguides/alc_cg.pdf