Online learning enables us to expand our educational outreach across
the commonwealth with current industry-relevant courses.

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Temple University's Real Estate Institute Introduces Online Courses for Continuing Education

Brokers and salespeople must complete at least 14 hours of Commission -approved
continuing education courses every two years.temple.
To help provide students the opportunity to meet the high academic
standards the state has set in mathematics, the Center is recommending
that California's governor and Legislature immediately act to
establish summer institutes for 8th grade Algebra I teachers.

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In an initiative geared to providing real estate brokers and salespeople
with greater flexibility in completing their license renewal requirements, the
Real Estate Institute has partnered with Dearborn Publishing to offer online
courses.

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Schools
with lower pass rates are three times more likely to have
underprepared teachers than schools with the highest passing rates.

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In addition, at the high school level, nearly
2000 math teachers, about one out of every five, are teaching out of
their field of expertise or have not yet completed requirements for
even a preliminary credential.

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Burgeoning student enrollment at the
middle and high school levels coupled with increasing teacher
retirements, will further challenge California's capacity to provide
students with mathematics teachers.

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"The Real Estate Institute's addition of online courses will offer more
convenience for current real estate professionals and help us expand our
quality programs to other parts of the commonwealth," said Bill Parshall,
director of Temple University Center City and Extension Services .mcdonald@stonesthro.

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The 10 courses, each from six to 12 hours, have been approved by the
Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission, the regulatory agency for licensing.
On average, schools with the lowest passing rates on the
California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) have far more of these
underprepared teachers than schools with higher pass rates.
These findings and recommendations can be found in the new CFTL
Centerview: California's Approach to Math Instruction Doesn't Add Up
at www.cftl .

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"The Real Estate Institute has built a reputation as a leader in its
field.----Despite
California 's stringent academic standards, testing and graduation
requirements requiring knowledge of Algebra , more than 73,000 of the
state's middle school students are enrolled in Algebra I classes in
which the teacher is either underprepared or assigned "out-of-field.

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teaching faculty of real estate professionals provides comprehensive education
and training to the real estate community, to those interested in a real
estate career, and to consumers, in best practices and marketplace dynamics of
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PHILADELPHIA, Real estate professionals will now
have the option of enrolling in online continuing education courses through
Temple University's Real Estate Institute (REI).html .

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The deadline for the current
renewal cycle is May 31, 2006.
"Online real estate courses offer a practical solution for busy
professionals, giving them the ability to continue their education according
to their own schedules, any time of the day or night," said Barbara Korns,
director of Temple's Real Estate Institute. The "in-the-classroom" courses also meet the requirements for
continuing education in order to renew licenses.edu/tucc/rei or call Temple's Real Estate Institute at
215-204-1530.

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For more information or to register for the REI's online courses, as well
as classroom offerings for Spring 2006, visit the REI Web site at
http://www."
In California, 950 middle school teachers , or about 40% of the
workforce assigned to teach Algebra I in middle school, do not have a
single -subject matter credential in mathematics and may lack the
background and preparation necessary to effectively teach the subject,
according to a new briefing paper by the Center for the Future of
Teaching and Learning. The
institutes should be designed to give teachers the subject matter
knowledge and instructional skill they need to ensure their students
acquire a sound foundation in algebra that will enable them to succeed
on the high school exit exam and go on to higher level mathematics .

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Online course offerings include:

-- Buyer Representation in Real Estate
-- Commercial Real Estate: Listing Properties
-- Commercial Real Estate: Understanding Investments
-- Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice
-- Home Inspection and Environmental Basics
-- Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Sales
-- Investment Property Practice and Management
-- Real Estate Finance Today
-- Red Flags Property Inspection Guide
-- The Truth About Mold

The distance learning option augments the REI's in-the-classroom courses
offered at Temple's Center City campus, 1515 Market St.
An online version of this release is available through the Office of
Communications at: http://www. For additional information or comment, please contact
John McDonald at 310-798-3252 or 310-880-5332 or by email at
john.