Podcasts about national merit

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Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 1:37

Five students from Henrico County schools were among the 65 students in Virginia to win the National Merit ,500 Scholarship Program, which is designed to help students with strong academic records and leadership skills. In total, 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were selected nationally from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the program. NMSC finances most of the single-payment ,500 scholarships, including all five of those awarded to students from Henrico schools. Corporations and company foundations that sponsor awards through NMSC also help underwrite some of the awards in lieu of paying administrative fees. The Henrico students are:...Article LinkSupport the Show.

2 Henrico students earn National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 1:52

Two Henrico students were among 14 from Virginia who were named winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Qingyuan Hu and Sandor Preda, both students at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in Richmond and residents of Glen Allen, were among about 770 students nationally selected for the program. The scholarships, most of which provide up to four years of college and an annual payment of between [post_excerpt],000 and ,000, are sponsored by 94 corporations, foundations and other businesses. Both Hu and Preda earned the National Merit Truist Scholarship; students who are children of Truist employees are eligible for...Article LinkSupport the Show.

38. Matt Proctor ~ President of Ozark Christian College

Iowa Church Leaders Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 49:02

In high school, Matt was a National Merit finalist who enrolled at the University of Iowa as a journalism major. But after hearing God's call, he transferred to Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. Now instead of broadcasting the bad news, he's proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. Matt has served as a youth minister, preaching minister, Bible college professor and is now president of Ozark Christian College. He was the president of the 2013 North American Christian Convention and he serves as a contributing editor for Christian Standard magazine. His writing includes two books, Finish-Line Faith and Victorious. He enjoys reading, cheering for the St. Louis Cardinals, and traveling widely to preach about Jesus. Matt is especially grateful to God for his wife Katie and their six children—Luke, Lydia, Clara, Carl, Conrad and Caroline.

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I Have 5 Words for These Legislators: Stay Away From Our Children

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 59:05

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Marilyn Singleton – Some schools are going gradeless, canceling honors classes, and not informing students that they received National Merit scholarships. This is carrying diversity, equity, and inclusion too far. As Booker T. Washington said, “No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or...

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I Have 5 Words for These Legislators: Stay Away From Our Children

America Out Loud PULSE

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 59:05

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Marilyn Singleton – Some schools are going gradeless, canceling honors classes, and not informing students that they received National Merit scholarships. This is carrying diversity, equity, and inclusion too far. As Booker T. Washington said, “No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or...

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507. THE NEW DIGITAL PSAT

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 26:24

Most years, the PSAT feels inconsequential for all but the highest-scoring students. The October 2023 exam, however, will put everyone–students, schools, and College Board itself–to the test as the first U.S. administration of a very new version of an old exam. Amy and Mike invited educator and author Brian Stewart to share essential information about the new digital PSAT. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How is the PSAT changing in Fall 2023? Will the scoring on the digital PSAT be different from past tests? What do we know about how the National Merit selection process will be affected by the Digital PSAT? How should students prepare for the digital PSAT? Can paper resources effectively prepare students for a digital exam? MEET OUR GUEST At the end of his first year teaching Social Studies at Dublin Jerome High School, company founder Brian Stewart thought it would make sense to do some part-time tutoring work over the summer. After all, he had done quite well on standardized tests when he was in high school and really enjoyed coming up with creative ways to explain challenging concepts to students. Other companies charged a fortune and didn't seem to have a high-quality product. As Brian worked with more students, word spread about the quality of his tutoring services. He started to offer ACT and SAT test prep group classes, and worked with students from all over Central Ohio. In 2011, Brian left his day job to run BWS Education Consulting full time with his wife Caitlin. Applying the expertise from her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy, Caitlin has ensured that our teaching materials and methods make high-quality test preparation accessible to students of all backgrounds and ability levels. In 2012, Barron's Educational Series contacted Brian about submitting samples of his writing as they conducted a national search for their next ACT book author. Brian was chosen to write Barron's ACT, and has gone on to write several ACT, SAT, and PSAT books with Barron's Educational Series. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In 2014, BWS Education expanded to have associate tutors who teach not only the ACT and SAT, but tutor students in math, science, and writing. Brian and Caitlin personally interview and train every tutor on our staff to ensure they are the best in the business. BWS is a team of committed educators who relentlessly look for the best way to deliver educational enrichment to our clients, whether it's test prep, academic help, or college admission counseling. Brian appeared on the podcast in episode #33 to discuss PSAT and the National Merit Scholarship and in episode #383 to discuss Should You Prepare for the PSAT. Find Brian at https://www.bwseducationconsulting.com. LINKS Brian's PSAT Book: Barron's PSAT/NMSQT 1520 Why take the PSAT? PSAT and Scholarships PSAT/NMSQT Study Guide, 2023: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's Test Prep) Colleges that offer Full-Rides for National Merit Sample Alternate Entry Form for National Merit Information on the New Digital PSAT RELATED EPISODES THE NEW DIGITAL SAT EXPERIENCE: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TESTING GAMEPLAN FOR THE CLASS OF 2025 NEW SAT TEST SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

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Collegiate, Godwin students earn National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 1:02

Diana A. Trutia of Godwin H.S. and Carter A. Meagher of Collegiate School have been named among 750 of the most recent winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities. These Merit Scholar designees join more than 3,000 other college-sponsored award recipients who were announced in June by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). To become Merit Scholars, students must qualify with high national test scores in their junior year, then submit a detailed scholarship application and essay. They are judged on academic record, essay, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, honors and awards...Article LinkSupport the show

What is the Difference Between Testing and Ranking Students? Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 16)

The W. Edwards Deming Institute® Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 27:33

Are tests like the SAT - and a potential National Merit Scholarship that goes with a good score - the same as grading or ranking students? David and Andrew discuss the differences. TRANSCRIPT 0:00:02.4 Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz, and I'll be your host as we continue our journey into the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Today, I'm continuing my discussion with David P. Langford, who has devoted his life to applying Dr. Deming's philosophy to education, and he offers us his practical advice for implementation. Today, his topic is, The Difference Between Testing and Ranking Students. David, take it away. 0:00:29.4 David Langford: Okay, well, if you're an educator, that should be a trigger enough for you to pay attention and listen to this. [chuckle] So I wanna tie this in with Deming thinking and the difference and what people are trying to do with equity and all kinds of things that are going on today. And it's pretty relevant too, because I just watched a newscast that a school district was delaying or even not announcing their National Merit Scholars because of the fear that it would make other children feel bad because they weren't recognized like that. So it's kind of like what Dagwood set in the comics one time sounds like a good idea till you think about it. I wanted to discuss that today because over the last 40 years, I've run seminars and talked about Dr. Deming's focus of rating and ranking and grading, and he's just really against grading, and I pulled up a quote from The New Economics, he says, our educational system would be improved immeasurably by abolishment of grading. Okay. So there's a difference between grading and actually just testing. So let's just talk for a minute about the National Merit Scholarship Program. So I just read some stats on that, about one... Over one million students actually apply for a National Merit Scholarship each year, and only about 50,000 are selected, and how are those kids selected? 0:02:09.4 DL: Well, when you're a junior in high school, you take the SAT test, and if you have one of the 50,000 scores of the highest in the nation, then you could be named as a national merit scholar, and that could mean a lot of things. I mean, it could help you get scholarships to universities, it could really look good on your resume for the rest of your life, it could mean a lot of things. So is that the same thing that Deming talks about by grading and ranking people, and I would say no, because what really should be happening instead of thinking that by honoring or naming people that, or recognizing people that took this test and got one of the top 50,000 scores that that's gonna make other people feel bad, therefore we're not gonna announce that or we're not going to recognize that is not the same thing. When you're grading and ranking people, you actually have to grade them, grade their performance in order to rank them, and talking about Deming's concept of profound knowledge, the variation in that is huge, and the psychology in that is huge. I'm sure that almost every single person can relate to a classroom where they probably told somebody, I just, I don't think this teacher likes me. I don't know why but I just don't think they like me for some reason, and no matter how hard... 0:03:42.4 AS: And it's confirmed at the end of the semester when I get my grade. 0:03:46.9 DL: Yeah, no matter how hard I try or whatever, I just don't think they like me, and I know it's happened to me at times, and I just... Well, I just, I got choices that I could drop the class or I could just put up with it and go through with that. So psychological things like that could enter in and then all the social-economic stuff that we've got going on now could enter in and ethics could enter in, and all kinds of things could enter into someone giving someone a grade, like in a classroom and then ranking them against other students, right? That's a totally different thing. If I could give this, the school district and I'm not gonna name them 'cause I don't wanna get in trouble or anything. But if I could give this school district advice, what you should be trying to do is get as many students as possible into that level of National Merit ranking, because it's not limited, as far as I know, it's not limited that you can only have one per school or something. You could have as many as qualify, and that would show what an elite school you are actually, that you have more people qualifying for a national merit scholarships than any place else. And drive other people to think, Okay, if they can do that, I can do that, right. 0:05:11.1 AS: And can we... Can we go into that more detailed, just so we really break it down. To understand when someone, I guess, voluntarily as a student does with this National Merit Scholarship, goes into some sort of competition or measurement or something like that, that that's different from a school teacher and a school administrator observing the behaviors and actions of the students and then coming up with a ranking of that environment that they're living in every day. Explain how that's different. 0:05:43.4 DL: Yeah, just a test that they take and they all go in to the room, 300 kids go in a room and they take this test and whoever gets the best score qualifies. That's all there is to it. So you have no idea if they're a male, female, tall, short, skinny or not. None of that enters in, so there's no real psychology to it, you just go in and take the test and if you gotta... You get the score, you get that, you get to ranking or it's not really... It's not a ranking it's, you just achieve that level of being able to pass that test. 0:06:17.6 AS: And as a... Okay, so from a school perspective, I can see that, then the next question is, from a bigger picture society perspective, is that person now ranking themselves or is there some problem with that from a country perspective that people are entering a competition like that? 0:06:37.4 DL: Well, would I want to put in the hard work it takes? Because when I look at kids that achieve that level of performance, I see years and years, 10, 12 years, some cases of hard work of always working hard to be a top student, and they may or may not be ranked as the 4.0 students in their schools. That has nothing to do with that, but they may be really good at taking tests or they'd be really good at studying for this, or they may have family members that are super supportive, maybe you have two parents that are both college professors, right. Well, I would think that they would have more emphasis on a National Merit Scholarship and the importance of that and be communicating that throughout this child's entire life than a sharecroppers child in Georgia, that has nothing to do with the school system, except taking his kid to school every day, right? Those are totally different situations. 0:07:46.3 AS: And in that case, if that person, let's say that person's... Let's say a family has... This is the first kid to have a chance to go to university as an example, and if that family found out about this National Merit Scholarship and they told their son or daughter, Hey, why don't you set that as a goal to try to take that exam when you are 14, or 16, or 18? Is there a problem with that? 0:08:14.8 DL: No, I don't see any problem with that at all. You have a bar that you're setting, and if you get over this bar, then basically you win, but it has nothing to do with rating and ranking the individuals. 0:08:28.4 AS: And it's part of it that it's like a third party, a separate entity that you're going to. It's kind of a voluntary thing as opposed to a system that's imposed on the teachers and the students, and everybody in the school. 0:08:40.8 DL: Has nothing to do with your school, basically, you could be the best or worst schools in the world and either pass this test or not pass. And it's not about passing his test, it's who actually gets the best scores. One of the top 50,000 scores for you to be named this. 0:09:02.3 AS: And if we look at these teachers in that school that have decided and the administrators who have decided to do this action, let's just say that their intentions are good, in the one sense that, like we've talked about here, when a student does really well in assignment, the idea that you've talked about is, Hey, how did you do that? Why don't you explain that to the other students and share what you're doing and stuff. I suspect what they're afraid of is that it's glorifying these really elite students within the school, and that the other students don't, either don't get the opportunity or they feel less of themselves. The teachers are trying... Let's just assume that the teachers are trying to do something good, but they're maybe misdirected. What would be a better idea within the school? 0:09:56.6 DL: Well, I wouldn't refrain at all from recognizing those students and saying, Hey, these are the ones that took the test and are now National Merit Scholars and, I suppose there could be an over-glorification of that, that you could go overboard with that, but to those students that are actually taking that test, they obviously know what it means, right. And the recognition that could come with it, and that could be at their college scholarships that you're a National Merit Scholar and that, I could look really good going to a major university or something, and it could actually end up in dollar values. And I think that's what are the things that the parents were complaining about is by not naming these kids in a timely fashion, apparently they withheld the names of these kids, because they withheld the names of these kids, some of them would miss out on being able to put that on their scholarship applications to universities, or even if you're just going to go get a job, that would look good on a resume and things like that, but the difference to me is that's not a rating and ranking, it's simply a count data, right. 0:11:15.7 DL: Everybody takes the test and whoever got the top scores, then they get the recognition. So, I think is all there is to it. 0:11:23.8 AS: If we were to look at another parallel and just trying to understand how Deming thinks and this concept, let's take a wrestling team as an example, where there is a team score kind of thing and an individual performance as opposed to, let's say a football team where really it's a team performance. And let's say that the wrestling coach has worked hard with their team and they're doing really well, and they've got a couple of really strong wrestlers and they compete and they win the state championship, and two of their wrestlers win the best in their weight class or whatever that is. Should that be celebrated by the school as an accomplishment, or is that rating and ranking, how do we view something like that? 0:12:15.2 DL: No, of course, it should be celebrated and kids recognized, etcetera, because those things take a tremendous amount of hard work, I don't know if you've ever were a wrestler, but I did that once upon a time. 0:12:28.4 AS: I looked at it once and I thought, Yeah, I can't work. I'm not gonna work that hard on that 'cause that looks brutal. 0:12:35.1 DL: Yeah. So not only do you get your own personal score, but those scores are all added up as a team, and that team score is what determines if your team beat somebody else's team, or you become the state championship team, etcetera. But the schools that are really good at developing wrestlers, right, they don't think about just having one person who's state championship level, right. They're developing a whole deep program that year after year after year, they have a plethora of top wrestlers that are moving into that upper echelon and can work that through. And there's also a good example, when I was the first year band teacher, the school I was at the high school was really into wrestling, and so I asked the wresting teacher, I said, Would you like to have a pep band at the wrestling meet and first he thought it was kind of nuts and he says, why, you know, I don't know, he said, Let's try that. Let's see what that was like. So I got a bunch of volunteer kids and we get a whole drum core and everything, we choreographed this whole thing. So there was still like music going, announcing the wrestlers, there was music in between and then there were drum beats going on, everything. 0:13:55.6 DL: Well, we ended up wrestling against this school that they had hardly ever beat and we just clobbered them, because the psychology of what we created was this momentum of... 0:14:07.9 AS: Energy. 0:14:09.5 DL: Wow, we're invincible, and we're one of the top programs in the state, and so on, amd so forth. So I thought the wrestling coach was gonna kiss me afterwards, and so he really liked that, but I mean, that's really kind of a good example I think that you can manipulate these things to a large degree, psychologically, if you think about profound knowledge and the psychology behind things, you can manipulate things to get the data to show different things. Were these kids all the best wrestlers? Now, I'd say probably we intimidated the other wrestlers and in an equal environment, some place, our kids may have not been able to beat these other kids because of what went on. 0:14:57.2 DL: But the point is that you're trying to develop the depth of a system in a program, so that you continually have great wrestlers, not relying on the fact that once every 12 years, we just have some naturally gifted kid that comes in. I saw this when I was a teacher in Alaska, and we had this student as a junior in high school, and he could pick up a 50-gallon barrel of oil and pick it up and put it in the back of a pick-up, and that was his job, and he came to the school and the wrestling coach said, Well, how would you like to come out for the wrestling team? And he said, Well, I've never done that before Junior in high school. Well, he ended up being state champion two years in a row, and basically he didn't have near as much training or talent as anybody else, but if he ever got a hold of somebody, they were done because he would just like... 0:16:00.2 AS: He'd put 'em in the truck. 0:16:00.3 DL: And just force them to the ground. So to me that's... And that had nothing to do with our wrestling program or the development, or anything. It's just a kid that had grown up super talented, or super strong. To me, it's also sort of the basic same kind of thing we're talking about with this PSAT test and the National Merit Scholarship, etcetera, etcetera. Are you really recognizing who's the most brilliant or who's just really worked the hardest. There's probably an element of both from the neuro-science standpoint, there's development of all of those neural structures and everything else that enabled these kids, but I would also submit that probably some of those kids were just much better at photographic memories of remembering stuff and excelling. They're just born with that, and it just was much easier for her, them to get there, but that doesn't preclude other kids that really wanna work really hard at preparing for that test and really working for them, and that's a goal or an aim that they might have that they really wanna try to do that. 0:17:09.1 AS: I would love to wrap this up by just kind of circling back to what's the objective of school, what's the objective of a business, what is the function of an individual within that system, what is the function or the objective of the management of that system and of the individual? What are we trying to do so that we just go back to first principles to make sure that the listeners, the viewers are going back to those first principles to say, Let's make sure we're doing the right thing. So can you describe for, as simply as possible what you think. 0:17:45.7 DL: To wrap this up, I will give you two words that I learned from Deming that just became imprinted on me over the years, and that's artificial scarcity. So when you're creating an artificial scarcity of top marks or top performance or anything like that, then that's bad, that's gonna have a detrimental effect on people. And we've talked about valedictorians and all those kinds of things, those are... That's really an artificial scarcity, you're actually... That's why some of the school districts are grading kids to 1/1000 of a point, et cetera, because they got too many valedictorians. Well, that's just the opposite of what you should be thinking about. You should be thinking about, can we get more and more and more people to this level, the same thing that we're talking about with the wrestling program, can we have a program that's producing more and more and more better athletes and that's a true system and a program. And that's the same thing. So you always wanna watch out, it might create an artificial scarcity. I have five children, and the example is, would I ever rank my five children, and say, Who's the best or who's not? 0:19:06.4 DL: Well, anybody who knows anything about parenting would say, No, that'd be a very stupid thing to do. Right. It'd be very foolish to do that, and they all have different gifts, they all have different skills and gifts and the backgrounds, et cetera. 0:19:21.8 AS: I'm thinking about also natural scarcity, where let's say a family does not have the means to put all five of their kids through school, and they have to choose one and say, Look, we're gonna put everything behind, and everybody knows that Bobby is the one that we think can be successful with the money that we have for University as an example, which I would say it's more natural scarcity than artificial scarcity. 0:19:47.0 DL: Yeah, even that, to me, that's a concept that may have been true 60 years ago, it's not true today, every single kid that wants to go to, even if you don't have the scores to get into a certain school you wanted to get into, okay, go to a community college for two years. And in many States, the State pay for it and it's for free, so that's a level of trying to level the playing field that... So it's not just reliant on the rich that can get to that level. 0:20:18.9 AS: So let's go back and try to... I just wanna try to wrap up what you're saying about the goal is to try to... How do we get more people to this level? And what I'm thinking about is PDSA, what I'm thinking about is training, figuring out what's working, and then bringing that... 0:20:36.7 DL: Systems thinking, Psychology, understanding variation, it's Deming System of Profound knowledge is what you need to be applying, that your system gets better and better and better and better, so that virtually anybody that comes to your school, maybe they won't rise to that level of one of the top 50,000 in the country, but everybody is getting better and better and better, and what are we doing in the system that's preventing more and more kids to get to that level of performance, just's the way you wanna think about it. So you're not creating an artificial scarcity of people. 0:21:13.8 AS: I remember Elon Musk being quoted as saying something like, We need to launch more Rockets, when he was talking about how to get better at what they were doing with landing and reusing the rockets and all that, and I just think about in my case with my valuation masterclass Boot Camp, which is a purely online system focused on a very specific thing, it's voluntary where people are signing up, and so it's very different than, let's say a public school. But the point is, is that every time we launch, we have new things that we apply from what we learn in the prior one, and as I tell my students in the current valuation masterclass boot camp, number seven. If they'd studied at number five, it's a completely different course, and I'm just thinking about all the different iterations and we stick with the things that work, and then we build and add on the next thing, and that's ultimately, I guess the job of us inside of business, inside of school, inside any process is, how do we find what works. 0:22:14.2 DL: What you're trying to do is to create a system where people are gaining knowledge that's useful and applicable in the future. One of the quotes that Deming had was, Why would I rate and rank my students, how can I determine who amongst them is gonna be great in the future, so why would I wanna limit them now with a grade. It took me years to understand what that meant, but until you've actually seen hundreds of students move through and students in high school and stuff where you think, Oh, that kid's not gonna, they're never gonna amount to anything, and all of a sudden they're state senator or they're doing something 20 years from now that you have no idea. But maybe they had to overcome your rating and ranking in order to think that that was possible, or that they were capable of doing that kind of thing. 0:23:11.1 AS: Yeah. And I went back to my high school records and I found that my GPA in high school was 2.6, I was firmly in the middle of my ranking in my high school. I was getting high basically most of the time and doing other stuff, and I wasn't really paying attention, my parents weren't pushing me that hard, they were just like, Try your best and whatever, and they didn't wanna see me drop out, but I was definitely on that path, and I think most people thought I wouldn't succeed. But then my last semester of university, I had seven classes and six of them I got As, and the seventh one I took at another university and I got a B. And something switched in me and I overcame that rating and ranking, and the fire of learning was lit under me, and I think maybe we'll wrap it up by saying that part... The whole objective of what we're trying to do is develop systems and processes that really work to set children on fire with the excitement of learning and figuring things out and finding things out with the objective that they're gonna live a better life, they're gonna have more joy and more, they're gonna understand things around them, they're gonna be able to make an impact around them, and if we can do that, I would say we're doing a pretty darn good thing. Anything you would add to that? 0:24:32.9 DL: Yeah, well, it leads into... And maybe we can discuss this in a later podcast too about, I've worked with a lot of universities and stuff, and I'll meet with them and I'll hear phrases like, Oh, we're one of the most selective universities in the state or the nation, or whatever, and we turn out the best graduates. Well, just go to our random selection of students, have a bar that you want everybody to get to a certain level, and when they do, everybody's name goes into the hat, and you draw out however many slots you have open. Now, everybody would know how they're chosen and if you can take those randomly selected students and turn out the best graduates in the country, I would acknowledge that, yeah, you've got a tremendous school, but if all you're doing is selecting, going through a rigorous process to select the people that are gonna fit your program, you're probably not doing much of anything, and you're not really developing a system of greatness where virtually anybody that comes here is gonna become great. And I want to submit kind of to wrap this up that every teacher is going through that very same thing, because students are thrown into their classrooms, usually and just randomly... 0:25:55.9 DL: Random selection, right? So if you can develop a system by which, no matter who is thrown into my class, even kids with special needs, I'm able to move them to a level of performance that nobody else is able to get these kids to, the very same kids. And next year they go into another class and they're not able to achieve that. Right. I would say you probably have created a fantastic teaching system, that no matter who I get, I'm over time, I'm able to get them to a very high level of performance. And I think that's the same thing that this whole podcast is about, you should be thinking about getting everybody to that level, and what are we doing as a system that's standing in the way that's preventing people from getting to that level of performance. So you mentioned a company, right, you don't just want one great worker, right. You want everybody to be great, otherwise you don't have a system that's continually producing great products. 0:26:58.3 AS: Yeah. Well, David, on behalf of everyone at the Deming Institute, I wanna thank you again for this discussion, and for listeners, remember to go to Deming.org to continue your journey and listeners can learn more about David at langfordlearning.com. This is your host, Andrew Stotz, and I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Deming, and it just never gets old. People are entitled to joy in work.

Hans von Spakovsky, National Merit Award Scandal.

The Steve Gruber Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 7:30

Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. National Merit Award Scandal.

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01.20.23: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares Interview

The Situation with Michael Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 10:22

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Friday about the investigation into the National Merit award notifications. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1-19-23 - 6am - Equity and National Merit Recognition

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 34:38

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Three Martini Lunch: GOP Senate Jockeying, Choosing Feelings Over Merit, Davos Elitists Assemble

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome new developments in two key Senate races. First, they are intrigued by popular GOP West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice seriously considering a challenge to Sen. Joe Manchin in 2024. They also discuss Indiana Rep. Jim Banks announcing he will seek the open U.S. Senate seat in Indiana, which […]

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01.16.23: Asra Nomani Interview

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 9:02

Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow at Independent Women's Network and Fairfax mom of a TJ High alumnus, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Monday about four more Virginia schools withholding National Merit notifications. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsraNomani Four more Northern Virginia high school principals notified parents on Friday admitting that they had withheld National Merit award notifications from students. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/four-more-virginia-schools-withhold-national-merit-notifications For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01/16/23: [Hour 2 / 6 AM]: Silvie Rivera, Alveda King, Hunter Biden's Daughter. VA Schools, Comer

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 28:42

In the second hour of the morning show, Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock talked to Silvie Rivera and Dr. Alveda King. They also discussed how it's been revealed that more Virginia schools didn't notify students of National Merit, Hunter Biden blocking his daughter from getting his last name and how House GOP is demanding visitor logs from Biden's Wilmington house. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Biden's Document Jam

Start Here

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 28:14

Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate classified documents found on his property. Deadly California storms leave the state in a precarious environmental situation. And Virginia officials expand their probe into why high schoolers weren't informed about National Merit recognition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tony Kinnett Talks Schools Keeping National Merit Awards From Students

Hammer + Nigel Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 16:44

Tony Kinnet from the Daily Signal joins Hammer & Nigel to talk about schools in Virgina keeping National Merit Awards from students who earn them, because of 'feelings.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Asra Normani and The War on National Merit Scholars

The Dom Giordano Program

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 13:10

Asra Normani joins the program discussing the ongoing war against schools and how students who qualified for National Merit Scholarships didn't even know as they are not celebrated so those that didn't win don't feel left out. These ideologies will crumble as it hurts the very children they are trying to help.

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01.04.23: [Hour 1 / 5 AM]: New Twitter Files, Kevin Roberts, Youngkin Investigates TJ High

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 35:49

In the first hour of the morning show, Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock talked Heritage's Dr. Kevin Roberts. They also discussed the latest batch of Twitter Files and the news of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin calling for an investigation into Thomas Jefferson High's National Merit scandal. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01.03.23: Shawna Yashar Interview

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 10:11

Shawna Yashar, parent of a Thomas Jefferson High senior and Virginia attorney, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company, to discuss the National Merit scandal at TJ High. Link: https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fairfax_county/fcps-withholds-awards-pays-455-000-for-equity-contractor/article_0bb6c642-86c9-11ed-abbf-cb802353dab6.html For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1.2.23 - Hour 3: Thomas Jefferson's Admissions Process, Americans don't understand Border Crisis

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 35:36

In the third hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, Vince speaks with Harry Jackson, Parent of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student and former PTSA President about the school withholding National Merit awards (that could help students get into college) to avoid hurting the feelings of other students. Vince speaks with Andrew Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy for the Center for Immigration Studies about how clueless average Americans are about the border crisis. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm. To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Harry Jackson Interview

Mornings on the Mall

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 35:36

Vince Coglianese speaks with Harry Jackson, Parent of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student and former PTSA President about the school withholding National Merit awards (that could help students get into college) to avoid hurting the feelings of other students. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm. To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Top High School Punishes Students for Being Too Smart

The Larry Elder Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 36:10

Topics Include: 1) Students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va we're robbed of earned college scholarships and college admission opportunities because school administrators hid their National Merit awards in the name of “equity”; 2) More than half of states poised to raise minimum wage in 2023 as $15 an hour gains traction. Carl debunks 5 minimum wage myths to prove this is a bad idea, and 3) many states pay families unemployment benefits larger than job salaries disincentivizing work. More: www.TheCarljacksonshow.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carljacksonradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/carljacksonshow Parler: https://parler.com/carljacksonshow http://www.TheCarlJacksonPodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Top High School Punishes Students for Being Too Smart

The Carl Jackson Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 36:10

Topics Include: 1) Students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va we're robbed of earned college scholarships and college admission opportunities because school administrators hid their National Merit awards in the name of “equity”; 2) More than half of states poised to raise minimum wage in 2023 as $15 an hour gains traction. Carl debunks 5 minimum wage myths to prove this is a bad idea, and 3) many states pay families unemployment benefits larger than job salaries disincentivizing work. More: www.TheCarljacksonshow.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carljacksonradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/carljacksonshow Parler: https://parler.com/carljacksonshow http://www.TheCarlJacksonPodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Carl Jackson sits in for Brandon; Southwest under scrutiny as thousands more flights cancel; Top-ranked high school didn't announce National Merit Scholars for years; New York, New Jersey among 23 states increasing minimum wage in 2023; Carl interviews T

The Officer Tatum Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 79:16

The Officer Tatum Show is now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and SalemPodcastNetwork.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12.22.22: [Hour 1 / 5 AM]: TJ High, Twitter Files, Hunter Biden

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 35:35

In the first hour of the morning show, Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed how Thomas Jefferson High hiding National Merit awards from kids, the latest Twitter Files developments and the latest Hunter Biden news. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Newsom Nation: Is Gavin Next?

Feudal Future

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 41:06

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by author Dan Walters, and professor Lori Cox Han, to speak about the implications of a Gavin Newsom presidential run.Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times in Eureka, while still attending high school, and turned down a National Merit scholarship to continue working as a journalist. At one point in his career, at age 22, he was the nation's youngest daily newspaper editor. The Hanford Sentinel was the first of three newspaper editor positions before joining the Sacramento Union's Capitol bureau in 1975, just as Jerry Brown began his governorship. Walters later became the Union's Capitol bureau chief, and in 1981 began writing the state's only daily newspaper column devoted to California political, economic and social events. In 1984, he and the column moved to The Sacramento Bee and in 2017 to CalMatters.org. Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science, Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies and the Director of Presidential Studies Program. Her research and teaching expertise include the presidency, women and politics, media and politics, and political leadership.BRAND NEW:From Chapman's Center of Demographics & Policy, Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky co-author the brand new report on restoring The California Dream.If you haven't downloaded the report, see it here: https://joelkotkin.com/report-restoring-the-california-dream/Visit Our Pagewww.TheFeudalFuturePodcast.comSupport Our WorkThe Center for Demographics and Policy focuses on research and analysis of global, national, and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time. It involves Chapman students in demographic research under the supervision of the Center's senior staff.Students work with the Center's director and engage in research that will serve them well as they look to develop their careers in business, the social sciences, and the arts. Students also have access to our advisory board, which includes distinguished Chapman faculty and major demographic scholars from across the country and the world.For additional information, please contact Mahnaz Asghari, sponsored project analyst for the Office of Research, at (714) 744-7635 or asghari@chapman.edu.Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-feudal-future-podcast/Tweet thoughts: @joelkotkin, @mtoplansky, #FeudalFuture #BeyondFeudalismLearn more about Joel's book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism': https://amzn.to/3a1VV87Sign Up For News & Alerts: http://joelkotkin.com/#subscribeThis show is presented by the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.

Ithaca College & Notre Dame Essays; National Merit Semifinalists

Getting In: A College Coach Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 53:29

As you know, we are in the season of supplements. We'll look at both Ithaca College and Notre Dame while also tackling those pesky major of interest and why this college questions in general. In other news, we look at what's next from a financial perspective for National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

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Ithaca College & Notre Dame Essays; National Merit Semifinalists

Getting In: A College Coach Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 53:29

As you know, we are in the season of supplements. We'll look at both Ithaca College and Notre Dame while also tackling those pesky major of interest and why this college questions in general. In other news, we look at what's next from a financial perspective for National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

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Ithaca College & Notre Dame Essays; National Merit Semifinalists

Getting In: A College Coach Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 60:00

As you know, we are in the season of supplements. We'll look at both Ithaca College and Notre Dame while also tackling those pesky major of interest and why this college questions in general. In other news, we look at what's next from a financial perspective for National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

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The Arts Section 09/11/22: Lyric's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF + B.B. King Book

The Arts Section

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek takes you inside one of the final rehearsals for Lyric Opera's upcoming production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, will stop by to share their review of the world premiere play, NATIONAL MERIT. Later in the program, Gary interviews the author of a new B.B. King biography. Plus, a piece about an innovative speaker system designed to showcase sound art.

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383. SHOULD YOU PREPARE FOR THE PSAT?

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 25:08

The PSAT high schoolers take in October of 11th grade has no bearing on college admissions, but that doesn't mean the test isn't worth taking or prepping for. Amy and Mike invited educator Brian Stewart to clarify if and when you should prepare for the PSAT. What are five things you will learn in this episode? Should students take the PSAT? Do you have to take the PSAT before you can take an SAT? How do you know if you have a good chance at National Merit recognition? What can students do to prepare for the PSAT? Can students qualify for the National Merit Scholarship without taking the PSAT? MEET OUR GUEST At the end of his first year teaching Social Studies at Dublin Jerome High School, Brian Stewart thought it would make sense to do some part-time tutoring work over the summer. After all, he had done quite well on standardized tests when he was in high school and really enjoyed coming up with creative ways to explain challenging concepts to students. Other companies charged a fortune and didn't seem to have a high-quality product. As Brian worked with more students, word spread about the quality of his tutoring services. He started to offer ACT and SAT test prep group classes, and worked with students from all over Central Ohio. In 2011, Brian left his day job to run BWS Education Consulting full time with his wife Caitlin. Applying the expertise from her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy, Caitlin has ensured that our teaching materials and methods make high-quality test preparation accessible to students of all backgrounds and ability levels. In 2012, Barron's Educational Series contacted Brian about submitting samples of his writing as they conducted a national search for their next ACT book author. Brian was chosen to write Barron's ACT, and has gone on to write several ACT, SAT, and PSAT books with Barron's Educational Series. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In 2014, BWS Education expanded to have associate tutors who teach not only the ACT and SAT, but tutor students in math, science, and writing. Brian and Caitlin personally interview and train every tutor on our staff to ensure they are the best in the business. BWS is a team of committed educators who relentlessly look for the best way to deliver educational enrichment to our clients, whether it's test prep, academic help, or college admission counseling. Brian previously appeared on this podcast in episode 33 to discuss the PSAT AND THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROCESS. Brian can be reached at bwseducationconsulting.com. LINKS PSAT/NMSQT Study Guide, 2023: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's Test Prep) Colleges that offer Full-Rides for National Merit Sample Alternate Entry Form for National Merit Information on the New Digital PSAT Why Take the PSAT? RELATED EPISODES HIGH-PRIORITY SAT AND ACT TOPICS COMMON MYTHS ABOUT THE SAT AND ACT WHY COLLEGE READINESS MATTERS ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

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News Minute: 9 Gwinnett Seniors Win National Merit Scholarships

Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 1:47

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has awarded nine Gwinnett County Public Schools seniors 2022 National Merit Scholarships #GwinnettDailyPost #Georgia #LocalNews - - - - The Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast is local news for Lawrenceville, Norcross, Duluth, and all of Gwinnett County. Register Here for your essential digital news. This podcast was produced and published for the Gwinnett Daily Post and GwinnettDailyPost.com by BG Ad Group For advertising inquiries, please email j.southerland@bgadgroup.com For more information be sure to visit www.bgpodcastnetwork.com https://www.lawrencevillega.org/ https://www.foxtheatre.org/ https://guideinc.org/ https://www.psponline.com/ https://www.kiamallofga.com/ https://www.milb.com/gwinnett https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/ https://www.gcpsk12.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Rob McConnell Interviews - ANDY COLVIN - The Mothman Speaks - Candid Conversations Concerning Cosmic Conundrums

The 'X' Zone Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 41:26

Cryptic Creatures, Chimeras, Contactees, and the Cleverly Coded Coincidences of the Collective Unconscious - In the 1960s, on a West Virginia backroad, Andy Colvin and his family and friends had encounters with the entity popularly known as "Mothman." Following those encounters, Colvin found that he could draw, sing, and take photographs, and that he had a photographic memory. Colvin was recognized as a prodigy, and was eventually offered a National Merit scholarship to Harvard University. While attending graduate school at the Univ. of Texas at Austin, Colvin helped found U.T.'s celebrated Transmedia Dept. as well as the Austin Film Society, an organization now credited with bringing commercial filmmaking to Texas. In 1985, Colvin used his tuition grant money to purchase the only 8mm camcorder then available, becoming the first filmmaker in Austin to shoot in the new format. His ensuing documentation of the lives of Austin "slackers" influenced the seminal cult hit that defined Generation X, "Slacker" - a project for which Colvin helped raise funds and equipment. Colvin's band, Ed Hall, appeared in the film and on the soundtrack. Following graduate school, Colvin worked on Hollywood films, toured with his experimental band, The Interdimensional Vortex League (once named America's "most underground band" by Europe's hip arts magazine, "Blitz"), and began making small, ethnographic documentaries about unusual tribes, subcultures, and personalities. His 25-year study of modern Texans, "Multislack," is due out in 2012. Colvin's work has been seen or heard in all 50 states, and in several foreign countries. His writing has been featured in various magazines, including Paranoia, The Stranger, and "D'Art," the arts journal for the Church of the Subgenius. Colvin's unique career has been studded with various mind-blowing, synchronistic events, some of which allowed him to study with, or work with, some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th Century, including Nam June Paik, Lee Friedlander, Keith Haring, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, Robert Anton Wilson, Laurie Anderson, Daniel Johnston, Vito Acconci, Bruce Bickford, and the Butthole Surfers. - www.forteanswest.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

AM118 - Dr. Levy Do Interview II

About Mansfield

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 55:29

Stories we're covering this week:• Wrong-way driver ignites massive gas fire• The COVID-19 epidemic is still on the decline here in Mansfield• Got junk? It's time to chunk your junk• Rose Park is going to the dogs on Saturday• Three MISD students named National Merit finalists• In sports, six MISD soccer teams advance to area playoffsIn the Features Section:• Roving science reporter Dennis Webb talks about the science behind cryptocurrency• Prices are crazy and inventory is low. Beth Steinke has the Mansfield Real Estate Market Update• Brian Certain is mixing a drink that you might want to try blindfolded in the Cocktail of the WeekWe have the seven-day weather forecast and, in the talk segment, Steve concludes his conversation with Vietnamese immigrant Dr. Levy Do about coming to America and his success locally by running his own dental practice. Plus, your chance to win a $25 gift card to BIG D BARBECUE with our Mansfield Trivia Question! We are Mansfield's only source for news, talk and information. This is About Mansfield.

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#20 Vedic Sharma: Building a Strong Foundation in Life

Career Journey Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 22:23

In this episode, meet Vedic Sharma who is a National Merit finalist and studying at the University of Florida. You will learn about his college admission process, his love for robotics and how he is building a strong foundation for his life. https://linktr.ee/vinodsharma #careerjourneypodcast #careerjourney #selfdiscovery #selfleadership #books #readinglist --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vinodsharma/support

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(Episode 264) "Hell or High Water" Actor: Dylan Kenin.

Monday Morning Critic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 69:49

Episode 264."Hell or High Water"Actor.Dylan Kenin.Dylan fell in love with acting as a kid while directing his brother and friends on a home VHS camera. He got a National-Merit scholarship to USC, where he won the Outstanding BFA Performance Award and earned a degree in Theatre. The A-list directors he's since worked with reads like a who's-who of Academy Award nominations, including Denis Villeneuve on Sicario (2015), Stephen Gaghan on Gold (2016), Antoine Fuqua on The Magnificent Seven (2016), Andrew Niccol on Good Kill (2014), David Mackenzie on Hell or High Water (2016), as well as Seth MacFarlane on A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) (and The Orville (2017)), and Joseph Kosinski on Only the Brave (2017)... to name just a few. Adding to the list of notable scene partners, Dylan can now be seen opposite Liam Neeson in The Marksman (2021), directed by Robert Lorenz. You can currently find him with Academy Award winner Regina King in The Harder They Fall (2021) and opposite Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie in Taylor Sheridan's Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021).----Welcome, Dylan Kenin.Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Twitter: @mdmcriticWebsite: www.mmcpodcast.comContact: Mondaymorningcritic@gmail.com

254. Using The Common Data Set

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 30:19

In a system where selective colleges benefit from as many applicants as possible even as acceptance becomes rarer than ever, smart applicants need to do more than take public statements at face value. Prepare to delve into the data! Amy and Mike invited educator Shane Bybee to explain how to use the Common Data Set. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What is the Common Data Set? How and by whom can the Common Data Set be accessed? What kind of information does the CDS hold? Why should college applicants seek this information out? What are the limitations of the CDS? MEET OUR GUEST Shane Bybee of Bybee College Prep has spent over half his life teaching. Along the way, he has worked with thousands of different students teaching everything from remedial 7th grade English/Language Arts to Dual Credit English IV and AP Language and Composition and even remedial Algebra I. Every year, no matter the subject he taught, his students outperformed the campus average on standardized tests. He has written curriculum, presented topics at the state convention for English teachers, and created professional development sessions for colleagues and school districts. While earning a master's degree in Educational Leadership and getting certified as an administrator, he started Bybee College Prep. He did research into how schools could help more students achieve National Merit recognition. His research grew into a tutorial service that has helped dozens of students reach National Merit Semifinalist status. As an educator, he is certified to teach Gifted and Talented students and has completed courses for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs. He has also served on test item review committees multiple times for the companies that write standardized tests and helped write online curriculum used by major test preparation companies. He understands what goes into crafting these tests. Shane is also the co-founder of Parent University and host of the Let's Talk College Podcast. Shane has appeared on this podcast in episode 25 to discuss When Gifted and Talented Students Struggle and again in episode 195 as the subject of a Test Prep Profile. Find Shane at shane@bybeecollegeprep.com. LINKS Common Data Set Initiative Texas A&M Student Data and Reports College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics RELATED EPISODES SHAPING AN ADMISSIONS CLASS THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE COLLEGE PROCESS HOW IECS AND TEST PREP PROFESSIONALS CAN WORK TOGETHER ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.

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Hayden Hajovsky is a Commended National Merit Student

Wilson County News

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 0:49

Stockdale High School senior Hayden P. Hajovsky has been named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. Hayden placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2022 competition. Although he will not continue in the 2022 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students place among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2022 competition by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test. Hayden is the son of Stephen Hajovsky and Cynthia Luna.Article Link

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PSAT and National Merit Scholars

Future's So Bright: Illuminating the College Admissions Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 7:32

In the college planning bowl of alphabet soup, what difference does the PSAT make? Does a preliminary SAT have any correlation to the actual SAT? And if it isn't required for college applications—what does it do for students anyway? This week, we'll be talking about the PSAT (coming up for juniors) and what it means to become a National Merit Finalist or Scholar as a senior. Facebook & Instagram: @class101franklintn Next Week: Deadlines

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Rob McConnell Interviews - Andy Colvin - The Mothman Speaks - Candid Conversations Concerning Cosmic Conundrums

The 'X' Zone Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 41:26

Cryptic Creatures, Chimeras, Contactees, and the Cleverly Coded Coincidences of the Collective Unconscious - In the 1960s, on a West Virginia backroad, Andy Colvin and his family and friends had encounters with the entity popularly known as "Mothman." Following those encounters, Colvin found that he could draw, sing, and take photographs, and that he had a photographic memory. Colvin was recognized as a prodigy, and was eventually offered a National Merit scholarship to Harvard University. While attending graduate school at the Univ. of Texas at Austin, Colvin helped found U.T.'s celebrated Transmedia Dept. as well as the Austin Film Society, an organization now credited with bringing commercial filmmaking to Texas. In 1985, Colvin used his tuition grant money to purchase the only 8mm camcorder then available, becoming the first filmmaker in Austin to shoot in the new format. His ensuing documentation of the lives of Austin "slackers" influenced the seminal cult hit that defined Generation X, "Slacker" - a project for which Colvin helped raise funds and equipment. Colvin's band, Ed Hall, appeared in the film and on the soundtrack. Following graduate school, Colvin worked on Hollywood films, toured with his experimental band, The Interdimensional Vortex League (once named America's "most underground band" by Europe's hip arts magazine, "Blitz"), and began making small, ethnographic documentaries about unusual tribes, subcultures, and personalities. His 25-year study of modern Texans, "Multislack," is due out in 2012. Colvin's work has been seen or heard in all 50 states, and in several foreign countries. His writing has been featured in various magazines, including Paranoia, The Stranger, and "D'Art," the arts journal for the Church of the Subgenius. Colvin's unique career has been studded with various mind-blowing, synchronistic events, some of which allowed him to study with, or work with, some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th Century, including Nam June Paik, Lee Friedlander, Keith Haring, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, Robert Anton Wilson, Laurie Anderson, Daniel Johnston, Vito Acconci, Bruce Bickford, and the Butthole Surfers. - www.forteanswest.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

XZRS: Andy Colvin - Candid Conversations Concerning Cosmic Conundrums

The 'X' Zone Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 46:25

The Mothman Speaks: Candid Conversations Concerning Cosmic Conundrums - Cryptic Creatures, Chimeras, Contactees, and the Cleverly Coded Coincidences of the Collective Unconscious - In the 1960s, on a West Virginia backroad, Andy Colvin and his family and friends had encounters with the entity popularly known as "Mothman." Following those encounters, Colvin found that he could draw, sing, and take photographs, and that he had a photographic memory. Colvin was recognized as a prodigy, and was eventually offered a National Merit scholarship to Harvard University. While attending graduate school at the Univ. of Texas at Austin, Colvin helped found U.T.'s celebrated Transmedia Dept. as well as the Austin Film Society, an organization now credited with bringing commercial filmmaking to Texas. In 1985, Colvin used his tuition grant money to purchase the only 8mm camcorder then available, becoming the first filmmaker in Austin to shoot in the new format. His ensuing documentation of the lives of Austin "slackers" influenced the seminal cult hit that defined Generation X, "Slacker" - a project for which Colvin helped raise funds and equipment. Colvin's band, Ed Hall, appeared in the film and on the soundtrack. Following graduate school, Colvin worked on Hollywood films, toured with his experimental band, The Interdimensional Vortex League (once named America's "most underground band" by Europe's hip arts magazine, "Blitz"), and began making small, ethnographic documentaries about unusual tribes, subcultures, and personalities. His 25-year study of modern Texans, "Multislack," is due out in 2012. Colvin's work has been seen or heard in all 50 states, and in several foreign countries. His writing has been featured in various magazines, including Paranoia, The Stranger, and "D'Art," the arts journal for the Church of the Subgenius. Colvin's unique career has been studded with various mind-blowing, synchronistic events, some of which allowed him to study with, or work with, some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th Century, including Nam June Paik, Lee Friedlander, Keith Haring, Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, Robert Anton Wilson, Laurie Anderson, Daniel Johnston, Vito Acconci, Bruce Bickford, and the Butthole Surfers.For Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

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195. Test Prep Profile: Shane Bybee

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 18:37

Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Shane Bybee of Bybee College Prep has spent over half his life teaching. Along the way, he has worked with thousands of different students teaching everything from remedial 7th grade English/Language Arts to Dual Credit English IV and AP Language and Composition and even remedial Algebra I. Every year, no matter the subject he taught, his students outperformed the campus average on standardized tests. He has written curriculum, presented topics at the state convention for English teachers, and created professional development sessions for colleagues and school districts. While earning a masters degree in Educational Leadership and getting certified as an administrator, he started Bybee College Prep. He did research into how schools could help more students achieve National Merit recognition. His research grew into a tutorial service that has helped dozens of students reach National Merit Semifinalist status. As an educator, he is certified to teach Gifted and Talented students and has completed courses for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs. He has also served on test item review committees multiple times for the companies that write standardized tests and helped write online curriculum used by major test preparation companies. He understands what goes into crafting these tests. Shane is also the co-founder of Parent University and host of the Let’s Talk College Podcast. Find Shane at http://bybeecollegeprep.com/. ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.

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2 Henrico students earn corporate-sponsored National Merit scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 1:40

Two Henrico students were among 28 from Virginia to earn corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship Program scholarships. Freeman High School student Andre H. Tran, of Glen Allen, earned a National Merit Northop Grumman Scholarship, which the company awards to children of employees. Tran intends to pursue studies in the field of law. Collegiate School student Charles F. Conquest, of Henrico, received a National Merit Johnson & Johnson Scholarship. Conquest intends to pursue a career in the field of medicine. In total, about 1,000 high school seniors nationally won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 140 corporations, company foundations, and...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)

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KVOM NewsWatch, Friday, February 12, 2021

KVOM NewsWatch Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 22:30

In our local news today: we have 11 new COVID cases with two more deaths reported in Conway County; an arrest was made in a farm vandalism case; an MHS student was named a National Merit finalist; Hope Alive will host a Valentine's Day fundraiser; the I-430 closure has been postponed; we'll check sports, and visit with Alicia Hugen on behalf of the Conway County Extension Office.

Watt It Takes: Why Steph Speirs Wants Solar For All

The Energy Gang

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 52:55

This week on Watt It Takes: Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch sits down with Solstice CEO Steph Speirs.Solistice is a community solar company trying to make PV accessible to everyone.Steph Speirs grew up one of three kids, first generation, in Hawaii. Her mom had immigrated from Korea. She knows what eviction feels like, and what it’s like to skirt homelessness. And she knows how a poor credit score can sink a human being.She got a scholarship to a private high school, became a National Merit scholar and accrued three masters degrees at Yale, Princeton and MIT. In this interview, we’ll hear how her time in the Obama administration led to a summer internship with the non-profit impact investor Acumen. She worked on solar lanterns in India. Her time in Yemen, India, and then Pakistan led to an awakening about energy injustice in the United States. Solstice has now developed demand for 100 MW of community solar and just closed its biggest funding round so far. To learn more about future speakers and attending a live event, go to Powerhouse.fund and click on the events tab. You can listen to all of the episodes of Watt It Takes here.The Energy Gang is also brought to you by KORE Power. Based in the U.S., KORE Power is situated to meet the growing global demand of the energy storage market. KORE Power is building the first large-scale battery cell manufacturing facility in the U.S. owned by an American company. Once it’s operational, the 1-million-square-foot facility will have 12 gigawatt-hours of scalable manufacturing capacity. Learn more. The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow, the leading global supplier of inverter solutions for renewables. During these uncertain times, Sungrow is committed to protecting its employees and continuing to reliably serve its customers around the world. Sungrow has also leveraged its extensive network across the United States to distribute face masks to communities in need.

334: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 27:49

The PSAT is practice for 95% of test takers. But for the other 5% it is an important test that qualifies students for the National Merit Scholarship competition. Learn more during this episode about how to tackle the PSAT, whether ... Read More » The post 334: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

National Merit Semi Finalist

960 KZIM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 7:58

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334: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 27:49

The PSAT is practice for 95% of test takers. But for the other 5% it is an important test that qualifies students for the National Merit Scholarship competition. Learn more during this episode about how to tackle the PSAT, whether […] The post 334: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

KVOM NewsWatch, Thursday, September 10, 2020

KVOM NewsWatch Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 24:59

In our local news today: the active COVID cases drop to 15 in Conway County, but increase to 4 in Perry County; the T.C. Vaughan Senior Activity Center is set to reopen Monday; Brandon Resecker was chosen for Leadership Arkansas; Cade Halbrook was named National Merit semifinalist; Tom Cotton was named as potential Supreme Court nominee; and in sports; MHS Volleyball hosts Lonoke, and 9th grade Football hosts Mountain Home... plus more. We'll also visit with Charles Spivey on behalf of the Conway County Care Center.

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AM08 - Carroll Burney Interview

About Mansfield

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 27:28

This week’s headlines:• 2020, the year the U.S. government asks you to stand up and be counted• The school district has a new spelling bee champion• MISD culinary students advance to the state level• Seven area National Merit scholarship semi-finalists have been named finalists• And, What’s your favorite Mansfield-based nonprofit organization? Also, your weekly weather forecast and local sports, an in-studio interview with a local entrepreneur who serves more than just ambiance, as well as the Mansfield events calendar, and we will conclude with your chance to win a $25 gift card to Branded Burger Company with the trivia question of the week.

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About Mansfield Ep. 008

About Mansfield

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 27:28

This week’s headlines:• 2020, the year the U.S. government asks you to stand up and be counted• The school district has a new spelling bee champion• MISD culinary students advance to the state level• Seven area National Merit scholarship semi-finalists have been named finalists• And, What’s your favorite Mansfield-based nonprofit organization? Also, your weekly weather forecast and local sports, an in-studio interview with a local entrepreneur who serves more than just ambiance, as well as the Mansfield events calendar, and we will conclude with your chance to win a $25 gift card to Branded Burger Company with the trivia question of the week.

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Hollywood to Cambodia (Scott Neeson)

Unconventional Leaders

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 31:26

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE: Why Scott left Hollywood to move to Cambodia Why human interaction is the most important thing we can do to make an impact How to listen to the “signs” in our life Video Scott referenced: https://vimeo.com/377734098 Please support www.cambodianchildrensfund.org Scott's Bio: Cambodian Children’s Fund Founder, Scott Neeson, spent 26 years in the film industry, lastly as President of 20th Century Fox International. He managed revenues in excess of $1.5 billion and oversaw the release and marketing of several blockbuster Hollywood films, including Braveheart, Titanic, Star Wars and X-Men. In 2004, Scott left the film industry to set up Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) after a lifechanging visit the Southeast Asian country. Paying for all of the start-up costs out of his own pocket, Scott started CCF to help just a handful of children. CCF now educates around 1,900 children living in one of the most impoverished parts of Cambodia and supports families with community-based projects. Scott was awarded The Grand Order of National Merit of Cheatopka, the highest honour in Cambodia given to those who perform exceptional services to the nation, in 2018. He received the inaugural Harvard School of Public Health ‘Q Prize’ for his extraordinary leadership in advocacy for children in 2007 and was given the Variety International Children’s Fund annual Humanitarian Award in 2016. He also has an honorary PhD in Humanities from the Pannasastra University of Cambodia. In 2019, Scott was made Senior Advisor to His Holiness Samdech Bour Kry, the recognised leader of Buddhism in Cambodia. Scott now spends his time based in hnom Penh where he continues to oversee the organisation, taking overseas trips for fundraising. CCF celebrated its 15-year anniversary in May 2019. RESOURCES: Podcasting Together: www.heatherparady.com/podcastingtogether Join our Private Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/2lPut5A Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady

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Mustangs Ahead Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 0:18

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25. When Gifted and Talented Students Struggle

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 26:19

To many, the gifted and talented designation seems to promise a future of effortless academic success. How, then, can the adults in their lives help when these students face the inevitable educational challenges? Amy and Mike invited test prep professional Shane Bybee to offer guidance on what to do when gifted and talented students struggle. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How is gifted and talented defined and identified? What is the remedy when gifted and talented students show imbalances in ability? What strategies help when a subject suddenly doesn’t come easy to a gifted and talented student? How can gifted and talented students continue to grow even when not being challenged? How can parents and educators support gifted and talented students? MEET OUR GUEST Shane Bybee has spent over half his life teaching. Along the way, he has worked with thousands of different students teaching everything from remedial 7th grade English/Language Arts to Dual Credit English IV and AP Language and Composition and even remedial Algebra I. Every year, no matter the subject he taught, his students outperformed the campus average on standardized tests. He has written curriculum, presented topics at the state convention for English teachers, and created professional development sessions for colleagues and school districts. While earning a masters degree in Educational Leadership and getting certified as an administrator, he started Bybee College Prep. He did research into how schools could help more students achieve National Merit recognition. His research grew into a tutorial service that has helped dozens of students reach National Merit Semifinalist status. As an educator, he is certified to teach Gifted and Talented students and has completed courses for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.He has also served on test item review committees multiple times for the companies that write standardized tests and helped write online curriculum used by major test preparation companies. He understands what goes into crafting these tests. Find Shane at https://bybeecollegeprep.com LINKS What is Giftedness? ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.

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2. Past, Present, and Future of Testing

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 22:56

As long as institutions have required admissions tests, applicants have sought out more efficient and effective ways to prepare for them. Amy and Mike took some time to chat about some interesting aspects of the past, present, and future of test prep. Amy also shared how she got into test prep.. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How is the test prep landscape different today? How has college admissions changed over the years? Does geography influence test choice today as much as in the past? Why are admissions tests still important? What is Amy's professional nickname? Learn more about this episode and our guest in the show notes at testsandtherest.com. MEET OUR GUEST Amy Seeley is founder and president of Seeley Test Pros based out of Cleveland, OH. A formally certified and licensed secondary-education teacher, she received her degree from John Carroll University. She began her career in test preparation over 25 years ago working for Princeton Review. After gaining valuable knowledge and experience as a part-time tutor, she turned that passion into a career with Townsend Learning Centers. She quickly assumed the role of Director of Test Preparation Services, creating, managing and administering all aspects of Townsend’s test preparation programs. After leaving Townsend in 2006, Amy began Seeley Test Preparation Services – meeting the test preparation needs of several hundred students annually in the Greater Cleveland area. As demand grew for Amy’s assistance in improving test scores, Seeley Test Pros was born in 2012 with the addition of tutors trained in the successful methods and strategies of Amy’s experience. Amy’s knowledge of standardized tests is unsurpassed. Her methods and techniques for navigating through the ACT and SAT, as well as many other standardized exams, guarantee students who apply themselves and are committed to her methodology to obtain higher scores. “It takes 20 years to get as good as Amy!” writes one counselor. “I trust her with any one of my students.” Amy has helped thousands of students over the years to achieve National Merit status, be admitted to highly selective colleges and universities, as well as to be awarded lucrative scholarships based on high test scores. Amy is a Magnificat High School alumna. She is the mother of five children, 3 of whom have successfully gone through the college admissions process. She and her family currently reside in Lakewood, OH. Find Amy at https://seeleytestpros.com/

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114R | Fine Tuning the College Equation

ChooseFI

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 65:15

114R | Brian Eufinger returns to fill the gaps and address questions from the community about PSATs and National Merit Scholars, Brad and Jonathan discuss the benefits of creating a college-hacking strategy early, and the ChooseFI community responds to Monday’s episode. Financial independence is generally about knowing the rules and making decisions according to what you value in life. Many colleges use an equation to award merit aid --> a specific GPA + a specific test scores = a certain amount of merit aid. With a better strategy to studying for the SAT or ACT, even a small bump could save someone tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Is it better to get a summer job, or spend the summer studying for the SAT/ACT? With the Common Application, it’s beneficial to apply to a few extra schools because the merit aid packages available are hugely varied. Just being aware of the rules gives you the best opportunities to succeed, and to opens up as many options as possible. How has Brad’s mindset toward paying for college changed during the past two years of ChooseFI interviews? A message from Paul in the Facebook group, who appreciated that Brian presented college scholarships with a realistic perspective about the challenges. A comment from Rayanne, who shares the process her daughter is navigating as a graduating senior in California, looking for the best scholarship opportunities. Lynn is grateful for Brian’s realistic suggestion that students don’t start studying for the SAT until the end of their sophomore year; in New Jersey even sixth graders are being asked to consider future standardized tests. Julie messaged to remind parents that students should also study for the PSAT, as the PSAT is what determines a student’s National Merit standing. Brian Eufinger, from Monday’s episode, returns to talk about the PSAT and National Merit Scholars: CLEP credits and dual enrollment are good options for high school and current college students. Academic Common Market – in some states, students can pay in-state costs at an out-of-state school if they’re majoring in a subject unavailable in-state. Making a college-transfer strategy early will help students transfer from a community college to a four-year institution without any hiccups. “There’s no greater financial aid than finishing in four years.” Bringing AP credits into college gives a student more flexibility to change majors, study abroad, work internships or co-ops, or study for post-grad tests. In rural areas that don’t offer as many AP courses, many states offer online AP courses. The reward for being a National Merit Scholar varies widely between universities, but can be as much as a full ride, books, etc. PSAT is offered in sophomore and junior year. If your sophomore student scores higher than 1300 on a PSAT, it’s a disservice to not study for the PSAT in their junior year. Only 50,000 students get National Merit status: Top 16,000 students are awarded “semi-finalist” status Next 34,000 get “commended” status Many campuses offer cash for participating in graduate research projects. Being a Resident Advisor (RA) at most schools earns you free room and board, which can be as much as $20k a year. Becoming an RA is typically competitive, so start planning your application earlier. Being an RA is potentially the biggest scholarship you can get. The financial independence group in Scandinavia just surpassed 1,000 members. The Houston ChooseFI Local Group is hosting Alan Donegan from the Pop Up Business School, along with the San Diego and Los Angeles local groups. Jonathan will join the Washington, D.C., Local Group for a meet up soon. For more information, visit the show notes at https://ChooseFI.com/114R

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MoxieTalk with Kirt Jacobs: #213 Cole Gallagher

MoxieTalk with Kirt Jacobs

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2019 32:21

Cole Gallagher is a NSCAA Scholar All American soccer player. Gallagher is a recent graduate of Kentucky Country Day School and is currently preparing for his freshman year as an Emory University student-athlete. As a student at KCD, Gallagher was named a Malone scholar, National Merit scholar, and Dabney Family scholar, and was a recipient of a University of Michigan Book Award. He also received the James Pitman Sams Jr. Award for his academic achievements, sportsmanship, citizenship, and outstanding qualities. Through his achievements and awards Gallagher’s proudest role at KCD has been serving the school as the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. As a 4–year varsity player, he holds all goalkeeping records for the school, served three years as team captain, and was named the 2016 Kentucky Goalkeeper of the Year. Gallagher was recently named a 2017 NSCAA Scholar All American. This is considered the top honor and hardest to achieve by high school student-athletes in this country. To be nominated, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA (Gallagher maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout his career), be First Team All State, and be nominated for NSCAA All American. In the 2016-2017 season, Gallagher played his competitive soccer for Javanon F.C. – leading his team to a state championship. He has also represented the state and regional Olympic Development teams. Off the field and out of the classroom, Gallagher runs his own landscaping business, which he started at the age of 11. He is also an active volunteer in the community. At home, he is a big brother to Liam and the son of Patrick and Trisha Gallagher.

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Rockwall ISD Podcast: Keeping it Real with Dr. Villarreal – 2019 National Merit Semifinalists

Rockwall ISD Podcast: Keeping it Real with Dr. Villarreal

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018

In this episode of the Rockwall ISD Podcast: Keeping it Real with Dr. Villarreal, Dr. V speaks with Rockwall ISD’s 2019 National Merit Semifinalists about how they became so academically successful, who inspired them, what they recommend to others and some other fun stuff!

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Dan Walters of Calmatters.org

The Economic Warrior

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 43:20

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 57 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times in Eureka, while still attending high school, and turned down a National Merit scholarship to continue working as a journalist. At one point in his career, at age 22, he was the nation's youngest daily newspaper editor. The Hanford Sentinel was the first of three newspaper editor positions before joining the Sacramento Union's Capitol bureau in 1975, just as Jerry Brown began his governorship. Walters later became the Union's Capitol bureau chief, and in 1981 began writing the state's only daily newspaper column devoted to California political, economic and social events. In 1984, he and the column moved to The Sacramento Bee. He has written more than 9,000 columns about California and its politics and his column has appeared in many other California newspapers. Walters has written about California and its politics for a number of other publications, including The Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. In 1986, his book, “The New California: Facing the 21st Century,” was published in its first edition. He is also the founding editor of the “California Political Almanac,” the co-author of a book on lobbying entitled “The Third House: Lobbyists, Money and Power in Sacramento,” and contributed chapters to two other books, “Remaking California” and “The New Political Geography of California. He also has been a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting on California politics. Dan can be reached at dan@calmatters.org

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The McNick Minute 9/19/2018

The McNick Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 26:43

On this episode of The Minute, new correspondent Katy Kaser speaks with Myles Bailey about his ACT Perfection; new correspondent Claire Crawford interviews student authors Katie Limberg and Nigel Beeker about their writing; Thomas gives us the good news about National Merit; Patrick delivers the news with Upcoming Events; Olivia is back with a Random Rockets - Freshman Edition; and Kristin brings us a new Alumni Adventure with Class of 2005 alum Katie McClellan.

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27. ITER's $23B Fusion Project to Provide Cheap, Virtually Free Energy for the World | Director-General Bernard Bigot

The Disruptors

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 51:14

Bernard Bigot is the Director-General of the ITER Organization (@iterorg), an international fusion science and technology research facility based in France. Bernard has been closely associated with ITER since France's bid to host the project in 2003 and Mr Bigot was delegated by the French government to act as High Representative for the implementation of ITER in France, a position that he has occupied since 2008.Bernard has a long and distinguished career and has held senior positions in research, higher education and government. Prior to his appointment at ITER he completed two terms (2009-2012 and 2012-2015) as Chairman and CEO of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA. This government-funded technological research organization—with ten research centres in France, a workforce of 16,000 and an annual budget of EUR 4.3 billion—is active in low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies, and health technologies.From 2003 to 2009 Bernard Bigot served as France's High commissioner for atomic energy, an independent scientific authority whose mission is to advise the French President and the French government on nuclear and renewable energy policy and in all the other scientific and technological domains where the CEA intervenes.In his career as educator/researcher, Bernard also authored over 70 publications in theoretical chemistry and led research at the Ecole normale supérieure and Director of the Institut de recherche sur la catalyse, a CNRS laboratory specializing in catalysis research.Bernard Bigot is a Commandeur in the French Order of the Legion of Honour, a Commandeur in the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star, and an Officer the French Order of the National Merit. In October 2014 he received the Gold and Silver Star in the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.."I've always been concerned with energy issues. Energy is the key to mankind's social and economic development. Today, 80 percent of the energy consumed in the world comes from fossil fuels and we all know that this resource will not last forever. With fusion energy, we have a potential resource for millions of years. Harnessing it is an opportunity we cannot miss."You can listen right here on iTunesIn our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including: * The future of fusion and where we are headed * Why nuclear fusion still has not achieved net energy creation * How ITER is building the fusion reactor (tokamak) of the future to supply safe, clean energy for the world * The climate change problem and potential solutions to save us * Why fusion technology has taken so long see the light of day * The importance of governmental collaboration in large-scale scientific research * How fusion differs from "typical" nuclear power, ie fission * The implications of nearly free energy * Bernard's thoughts on creating a star * Why fusion may be the most exciting technology that no one is talking about * The reason the US and Russia collaborated during the Cold War on fusion research * Why nearly all energy in the solar system isn't accessible by conventional means--Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFMFringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with

178: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 26:50

The PSAT is practice for 95% of test takers. But for the other 5% it is an important test that qualifies students for the National Merit Scholarship competition. Learn more during this episode about how to tackle the PSAT, whether ... Read More » The post 178: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

178: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 26:50

The PSAT is practice for 95% of test takers. But for the other 5% it is an important test that qualifies students for the National Merit Scholarship competition. Learn more during this episode about how to tackle the PSAT, whether ... Read More » The post 178: Understanding the PSAT & National Merit Scholarships appeared first on The College Prep Podcast.

156: Community Colleges, National Merit Scholarships, and Bad Teachers