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Since the Washington Supreme Court ruled this month that the state was not fully funding basic education, school districts and other organizations have lauded the decision. They’ve used it in lobbying for more education funding even as legislators try to whack more than $1 billion from the state’s budget.

Will it save local school districts from more cuts?

“That question comes up a lot,” said Bob Ramsay, co-chairman of the CK Kids Matter campaign, which is rallying support behind a supplemental levy.

The answer from CK Kids and many districts asking voters for replacement levies or levy increases is a resounding “no.”

“(Legislators) haven’t fixed the budget right in front of them …

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1. Dynamics of Supervision 5 Tom Scheuermann The author provides a review of literature on leadership, management, and supervision.

2. Refl ections on Building Capacity as a Supervisor in College Student Services 17 Cathlene E. McGraw An early-career professional shares experiences and lessons learned from mid-level supervisors.

3. Developing a Philosophy of Supervision: One Step Toward Self-Authorship 27 Delores E. McNair This chapter suggests how to use self-authorship to defi ne one’s philosophy of supervision.

4. Managing Confl ict from the Middle 35 Mary-Beth Cooper, Heath Boice-Pardee The authors discuss knowledge and skills needed by mid-level supervisors to navigate their unique role in institutions.

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A business professional deals with hundreds of pieces of paper and documents every week. One of the traits of a successful businessperson is utilizing tools to stay organized and keep track of all of the important papers.

When you discover email faxing with Metrofax, you have found another tool that will help you to keep your important business documents organized. The unique thing about an email faxing service is that it can help you to keep digital and hard copy documents all organized in one location. It can help to reduce the amount of paper you use and eliminate the clutter that incoming and outgoing faxes can create.

Your Own Digital Filing System

An email faxing system allows you to send out documents you create on your computer without the extra steps of having to print and file them. Read more…

Today’s modern workforce has varied reputation in the workplace. Among the most prevalent of these stereotypes is that they have a serious problem communicating–or doing much of anything–without using some type of technology as a crutch. While this is often the case, some are not incapable of learning what it means to do work that has nothing to do with phones, computers or other technological buffers to their interaction with other live human beings. After all, the generation of today’s workforce is thought to have a higher average IQ than previous ones, so they have no excuse to lag behind in anything requiring additional learning.

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Learning to be Human

Naturally, we all know how to be human. Read more…

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Text isn’t the only thing Internet surfers are after when they’re browsing different blogs and web sites, but text is what drives them to those pages in the first place. Bloggers have to craft engaging, interesting posts that are rich in the keywords users are searching for, but even this isn’t quite enough. Extras and add-ons will improve navigation, provide entertainment and add a new depth to your blog without compromising the all-important text; however, not all add-ons and extras are equal. Even Read more…