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My Top 10 education blogs I know I shouldn’t, but just can’t help myself. Onalyptica have updated their list of the 100 Most Influential Education Blogs. I was fully expecting The Learning Spy’s presence at no. 26 to be revealed as some sort of temporary and humiliating aberration. This makes my blog the 18th most influential education blog in the world! The weird thing is that I read very few of the blogs on this list and many I’ve never previously heard of. Anyway, this is a timely opportunity to review my own, proudly unscientific selection of Top 10 education blogs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. There are loads of other blogs I think are wonderful (you can find them on my favourite blogs page; the selection above just skims the surface of what I think is a bit of Golden Age of education blogging. I’ve amassed quite a body of writing now – do feel free to trawl though my archive – there’s a few howlers in there but a couple are quite good. Related Posts Houston, we have influence: the Top 100 education blogs
e-Literate The EQUATOR Network | Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of Health Research Lisa Nielsen Top 10 Innovative Blogs On Tech In Education Editor's note: This is a cross post from College Online where "The Innovative Educator" is named in the top ten ed tech blogs list. I'm thrilled to be mentioned with all these other wonderful bloggers. I know and follow most of them and look forward to getting to know better those I don't. Education, as with all aspects of culture, is greatly impacted by the forward progress of technology. Several blogs are maintained by well-known individuals in the field of education. Check out our picks here: 1. VOA Student Union Today’s post comes to us from Jemince, (or in Mandarin ‘如馨 贾’) from Beijing, China. She was studying English Chinese translation in Beijing International Studies University for her Master’s Degree until she arrived at Binghamton University together several month ago. She’s currently majoring in Comparative Literature and studying law on her own so as to get her Bachelor’s Degree once she returns to China. Today, she offers some thoughts on a question she recently asked herself: “Why Can’t Chinese Students Make Friends With Westerners? Since there is a growing trend for Chinese students to study abroad, many youngsters start to live their lives completely differently from their families or friends in China. I was about to study in the US together with other three Chinese students from Beijing, and both the positive and negative sayings about the country and its people just made me so curious but meanwhile anxious about the unknown life that was approaching me. Why so?
Taxes filing with the US IRS in London : British Expat Wiki From Wiki Taxes: Filing with the IRS While in London [edit] Disclaimer The information contained in this tax wiki is meant to be used as a guide only and does not constitute legal advice, nor is it claimed to be 100% accurate. If you are in doubt as to how to file your tax returns please consult with a tax professional. The information in this article was believed to be correct and up to date as of the date of the last revision. [edit] Acronym/abbreviation dictionary USC = US Citizen UKC = UK Citizen LPR = Lawful Permanent Resident (“green card holder”) IRS = Internal Revenue Service (the US income tax authority) UKIR = UK Inland Revenue (the UK income tax authority) GBP = Great British Pounds USD = US Dollars SSN = US Social Security Number ITIN = Individual Taxpayer Identification Number [edit] Overview Filing income tax returns with the IRS is mandatory for USCs and LPRs, regardless of where they live and work. There is a tax treaty in place between the US and UK governments. [edit] Assumptions 1.
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