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	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Editorials / GPS tempest
		Leaders of the city's school bus drivers have likened the devices to spyware, vowing to fight any effort to install the equipment in the city's fleet of 720 school buses.
		Boston school transportation officials, like their counterparts across the country, field numerous calls from frustrated parents waiting with their children for a bus to arrive and from frantic parents waiting at the end of the school day for their children to return.
		GPS data can be used to craft the most efficient routes in terms of time and capacity.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/12/13/gps_tempest (513 words)

	GPS Athletics News
		GPS Volleyball Bruisers were ecstatic over their 2-0 win against East Ridge.
		The GPS varsity soccer team took their steps on the soccer field Thursday night, Sept. 21, against Notre Dame, but their hearts were at the “Light the Night” walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at Coolidge Park.
		The GPS soccer team and coaches raised $2,500 for the benefit in honor of their teammate Palmer Griffin, who is undergoing treatment at St. Jude’s for leukemia.
	www.gps.edu /index2.php?newsType=27&year=2006 (1663 words)

	GPS Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If economically disadvantaged and minority students struggle to achieve a solid education, we would be acting in opposition to their interests by closing these schools and re-assigning a high proportion of minority children into larger schools.
		The average public school, in general, are about twice as large as the average private school.
		Large school size compounds the difficulties that confront children and youth – from poor attitudes about school, to substance abuse, to achievement levels.
	www.gpsschools.org (435 words)

	FETConnections - Summer 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Schools and their teachers must be able to determine if the technology in their schools is being used to its fullest potential.
		This study, in thirty schools, was conducted using multiple measures across several different units of analysis to produce a comprehensive profile of the validity and reliability of the GPS.
		Schools that score from 1 to 3.9 are considered to be at the Entry stage, from 4 to 6.9 at the Adaptation stage, and from 7 to 10 at the Transformation stage.
	www.fetc.org /fetcon/2001-Summer/curry.htm (1560 words)

	GPS Top News
		Both Hill and GPS tennis coach Sue Bartlett were the only coaches from the Chattanooga area selected as South Sectional Coaches of the Year in their sports for their contributions to high school athletics.
		The GPS history department, in conjunction with the school’s Key Club, encourages students to be informed about the issues facing their country and to be participants in civic life.
		According to Mary Baxter, GPS Orchestra Director and instrumental music instructor, the 17 girls who participated was the highest number to audition in five years, and the girls’ performances reflect the growth of the GPS music department.
	www.gps.edu /index2.php?newsType=2&month=2&year=2006 (2705 words)

	Schools have more to tackle than sport debate - smh.com.au
		In last year's merit listings in the HSC (dominated every year in the GPS by the rigorously selective Sydney Grammar and Sydney Boys' High), King's was shaded only by Shore in the number of merit listings per student among the six non-selective GPS schools.
		Besides, the most successful sporting school, not merely in the GPS, but in NSW, is, perhaps surprisingly, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, which won 15 of the 25 GPS premierships this past year and finished second in the other 10.
		Many private schools are improving their HSC performance, and thus their marketability, by giving academic scholarships in Year 11 to imported students.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/08/1031115971385.html (785 words)

	Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes and Tectonics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In its simplest form a GPS receiver receives the signal from the GPS satellite and uses the code to determine its distance from the satellite.
		This is achieved using more sophisticated GPS receivers that store the data received from the satellites, allowing the signals to be processed by computer at a later stage.
		The COMET scientists have used GPS for a wide range of applications, such as measuring the movement of mountains and measuring ground movement during and after earthquakes.
	comet.nerc.ac.uk /schoolsgps1.html (321 words)

	GPS: garmin, garmin gps, gps unit, gps system, gps map, 3600 ique, 3600 garmin ique, handheld gps, gps receiver, gps ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GPS systems have found a vast range of uses since their introduction to the public in 1989.
		The Garmin Rino, the Garmin GPS V, and the Garmin StreetPilot III Deluxe are this manufacturer’s premium handheld GPS units.
		The GPS 152 is a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver loaded with a database of American cities and nautical navigation aids such as lights, buoys, sound signals, day beacons and tide data.
	gpsonsale.com /garmin/index.htm?ovchn=GGL&ovcpn=Rino&ovcrn=garmin+... (2109 words)

	Healthy South Dakota - Schools
		SD Schools Walk is open to kids of all ages but students in grades K-6 are eligible to receive incentives for their walking achievements.
		SD Schools Walk is sponsored by Coordinated School Health in the Departments of Education and Health.
		A coordinated approach to school health is a powerful way of reinforcing positive, healthy behaviors throughout the school day to make it clear that good health and learning go hand-in-hand.
	www.healthysd.gov /Schools.html (805 words)

	GPS Technology Tackles Troublemakers - by Jim Stark - The Heartland Institute
		GPS systems can lower the likelihood that new crimes will be committed, as persons being monitored 24/7 know the odds of being detected through time and location monitoring are very high.
		Moreover, GPS tracking enables probation and parole officers to keep closer tabs on offenders who may pose a significant danger to their communities.
		GPS tracking is most beneficial for non-violent offenders whose detention in prison would only worsen their economic and social situation.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=11650 (822 words)

	IRB \| Graduate School of Education and Psychology \| Pepperdine University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The primary goal of the GPS IRB is to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects participating in research activities conducted under the auspices of Pepperdine University.
		Individuals who are submitting an application to the GPS IRB should consult the attached checklist when preparing their materials for submission. The checklist was designed to aid investigators and provides a list of all materials to be included in your submission to the GPS IRB.
		Because GPS IRB meetings not only include reviews of new applications, but also reviews of re-submitted applications, discussion of amendments to approved projects, adverse event reports, etc. it may not be possible for the IRB to review all applications submitted during a particular month.
	gsep.pepperdine.edu /irb (789 words)

	gps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The GPS activity in the lesson plan has students find the location of the class science geocache on the school ground.
		This activity will teach students how to use the GPS units available in their schools and the contents in the geocache will hook students interest in the core science area.
		GPS is a complex technology but understanding it can be quite easy if you take it one step at a time.
	t4.jordan.k12.ut.us /teacher_resources/Science/gps.html (651 words)

	LESD VTC: Global Positioning System
		GPS receivers without slots/cables are usually fine for school use, however if you are purchasing a GPS for your own use or for specific school activities requiring detailed maps, you may want to increase your mapping detail by downloading street-level maps onto the GPS using the cable or optional SD memory card.
		GPS receivers that allow you to upload/download coordinates generally do not come with the necessary cable to connect to your computer.
		Globes, Maps, and GPS — This is a lesson that introduces the concept of GPS devices and the relationship to maps, globes, and other ways of representing a location on Earth.
	www.lane.k12.or.us /insttech/vtc/gps.html (864 words)

	GPS: Title 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When parents/caretakers and schools act as partners in supporting and celebrating the achievements of students, everyone benefits.
		Results for each school were given to their respective teachers and parents in attendance at the meeting.
		Providing students' families with opportunities to become involved in their child's education and the life of the school – from pre-school right through high school graduation – is essential to improving student achievement and providing opportunities after graduation.
	www.gpsk12.org /title1.html (1178 words)

	SCIGN Installs GPS in Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Thirty-two schools and colleges that have responded positively to requests to install GPS stations on their campuses.
		A little under a dozen schools (such as Fremont High School and Windsor Magnet School) are in the Los Angeles Unified School District and have greatly helped our efforts to increase the density of the network in much of the L.A. basin.
		Individual schools elsewhere in the L.A. basin and regionally in southern California have joined in to fill gaps that were otherwise difficult to find sites in.
	www.scec.org /news/98news/scignschools.html (170 words)

	Gilbert schools retain resource officers
		The GPS governing board last week approved spending $107,500 to keep resource officers at three schools in Mesa, an officer at Desert Ridge High and an officer shared between Desert Ridge and Highland junior highs.
		School resource officers have become more popular following the school shootings of the late 1990s.
		GPS officials expect to approach the funding issue again next year.
	www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/186462 (428 words)

	GUSD Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GPS support staff are vital to our daily operations as well as contributing to long-range district goals.
		Gilbert Public Schools is participating in its second year of a national study, The Evaluation of Educational Technology Interventions, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
		GPS is the first district in Arizona to acquire the national pre-engineering program, Project Lead the Way (PLTW).
	www.gilbert.k12.az.us /info.html (555 words)

	Greenfield Public Schools Home Page
		An instructional technology teacher at Greenfield Middle School, Gabrielle A. Harrington, aims to make her school community aware of the concept, and is helping students recognize their own styles.
		She is employing questionnaires to make style determinations, and some of her sixth-grade students are about to put the results into graphs for use of the school community.
		Eventually, she wants teachers to fill in questionnaires too, in recognition that there are teaching styles as well as learning styles.
	www.gpsk12.org (526 words)

	GIS Class Schedule
		It is designed for all K-12 educators who wish to learn what GPS is and how to use it as a tool with their students in the classroom.
		Teachers will learn what GPS is, how to work with a GPS unit, initialize it, program it, collect data, enter data, clear data and how it is used in the real world and why it is important in education.
		Teachers will learn what GIS and GPS are about, why it is important in education, and ways of implementing this technology into their school curriculum.
	www.gis2gps.com /gisclasses/classes.html (990 words)

	GPS poaching row flares over star basketballer - National - smh.com.au
		Sydney's elite GPS schools - of which Sydney Boys is the sole public member - agreed to an anti-poaching code of practice in 2000 to take some of the heat out of a sporting competition that had become hypercompetitive and, some said, contrary to the ethos of a rounded education.
		Hulking mammoths had been popping up in the latter years of study at private schools, lending their weight to GPS rugby premiership games.
		The twist this time is that Sydney Boys High - which has struggled in GPS sport in recent years - has no $10,000-plus annual fees to be waived or covered on the sly by groups of sports-mad parents, as had allegedly happened at its private rivals.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/gps-poaching-row-flares-over-star-basketballer/2005/08/21/1124562750378.html (788 words)

	GPS Discounts for Educators
		GPS for Educators Classroom Instruction Kit Here is a kit for teaching GPS basics to students.
		It includes 10 Garmin GPS 72 units, an instruction manual with each unit, an instructors Guide, an instruction video, and an overview of how the GPS units determines positions on the face of the earth.
		GPS Services for Educators On-site GPS training courses, GPS consulting for course preparation and training in GPS field techniques for research projects.
	www.gps4educators.com (340 words)

	GPS Schools - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The GPS, Great Public Schools, or Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) is an association of mostly private boys' schools in New South Wales, Australia that share common interests, ethics, educational philosophy and contest sporting events among themselves.
		Of NSW's 130 Rhodes Scholars 1904-2006, 85 have attended a GPS School.
		Rifle shooting, commenced at school level in 1905, but competition at club level began in 1893.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GPS_Schools (636 words)

	Gps Cf
		The GPS (Great Public Schools) are a group of schools in Sydney, Australia sharing common interests, ethics, educational philosophy and contest sporting events between themselves.
		It should be noted that most of the GPS schools are in fact private schools.
		The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (A.A.G.P.S) formed at a meeting in a cafe on 30 March 1892.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/36/gps-cf.html (208 words)

	Grandville Public Schools - Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Members of the Grandville High School class of 1956 have generously donated $450 for the improvement of the sign that the class originally donated to the district in 1956.
		To be recognized, a school must demonstrate a strong commitment to educational excellence for all students.
		High School and Middle School students must have a current physical on file prior to the first day of tryouts to be eligible for sports.
	www.grandville.k12.mi.us.cob-web.org:8888 (546 words)

	GPS Drawing - Workshops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GPS drawing activities engage art and geography with practical objectives.
		On the screen of the GPS receiver it shows your current position and a trail of where
		recorded with a GPS receiver to create a much bigger version of the original drawing.
	www.gpsdrawing.com /workshops.htm (257 words)

	Middle school teachers to take part in science program at Illinois
		GPS technology can be used in activities such as geocaching, a form of treasure hunting, and ecocaching, which teaches children about the Earth and its history through visits to natural and historic sites.
		Prairie Flowers – with funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and support from the School of Integrative Biology and the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Illinois – provides teachers with training on technology that can be used in the classroom and teaching strategies to improve students’ attitudes toward science.
		The report card details Illinois schools’ performance in meeting state education standards by providing an online database showing the percent of students in each school who meet or exceed ISAT standards in reading, math and science.
	www.news.uiuc.edu /news/05/0601flowers.html (1062 words)

	Grandville Public Schools - About GPS
		Such a partnership means a mutual belief in and commitment to significant, educational goals for a student, a plan for the means to accomplish those goals, cooperation on developing and implementing solutions to problems that may be encountered and continuing communication regarding the progress in accomplishing the goal(s).
		The board needs parents to assume and exercise responsibility for their children’s behavior, including the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of majority, but are still supported by the parent.
		During the school hours, the board, through its designated administrators, recognizes the responsibility to monitor students’ behavior and, as with academic matters, the importance of cooperation between the school and the parents in matters relating to conduct.
	www.grandville.k12.mi.us /about/parental_inv.asp (854 words)

	Greenfield JH to join GPS schools with cameras
		Over winter break, the $30,500 security system will add another school to the goal of surveillance in every junior high, keeping students in and strangers out.
		All Gilbert high schools have security cameras, along with Desert Ridge and Highland junior high schools.
		The Gilbert School Board approved the latest installation at Greenfield Junior High.
	www.azcentral.com /community/gilbert/articles/0928gr-security28Z12.html (174 words)

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