| Regents Set to Alter Rules for Grading State Exams New York Times By SHARON OTTERMAN Teachers in New York State will soon be banned from grading their own students' state standardized tests, a Board of Regents committee decided on Monday, part of an effort to curtail cheating on the high-stakes exams. ... | ||
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| New Oriental Education 1Q Net Up 46% On Higher Enrollment Wall Street Journal New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.'s (EDU) fiscal first-quarter earnings climbed 46%, as the China-based private education provider saw enrollment grow in the double digits and revenue beat its own guidance. Despite the better-than-expected ... | ||
| Washington still debating whether student performance belongs in teacher evals Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Harkin, chairman of the Senate education committee, and Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., the panel's top Republican, largely would let states and districts decide whether and how to evaluateteachers. Districts that want to tap the federal Teacher ... | ||
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| Florida Board of Education meets at Miami Edison MiamiHerald.com Board members and Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson heard an update from the two principals and Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Among the latest changes: increased dual enrollment courses, a slate of renegotiated bonuses for teachers ... | ||
| Michigan Business Leaders Tout Economic Benefits of Early Learning Investments MarketWatch (press release) The business leaders cited an America's Edge report that found investments in early care andeducation are generating immediate sales of local goods and services, creating jobs and aiding in long-term economic security. "Quality early learning ... | ||
| Guest post: Teaching in the world's most isolated classroom Washington Post (blog) I believe that all teachers hope their work has a larger impact. However, in North Korea, I had to be politically neutral at all times and I wondered if the students were learning anything apart from academic English skills. However, I can definitely ... | ||
| Bennington teachers, boards begin talks; strike headquarters opened ... vtdigger.org ... Southwestern Vermont Education Association, the union representing 270 of the district's teachers. “We intend to stay at the table until the job is done, so that come tomorrow morning, we're back in school doing what we love: teaching our students. ... | ||
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| NEC Showcases Education Solutions to Help Higher Education Unlock Potential at ... MarketWatch (press release) "NEC offers customized solutions designed to meet individual education institutions' challenges, such as lowering energy costs through monitoring, or leveraging cloud and virtualized resources to enhance the learning experience through video ... | ||
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| Renaissance Learning shareholders approve sale BusinessWeek Plato Learning Inc., an education software company based in Bloomington, Minn., had tried to block the vote, saying it would pay $41 million more for Renaissance. But the board of Wisconsin Rapids-based Renaissance accepted Permira's lower bid, ... | ||
| Skyword Announces Education.com as New Content Production Platform Customer MarketWatch (press release) Education.com gives parents and educators the information they need to help their children reach their full potential and the ideas they want to make learning more fun. From kindergarten readiness through college prep, Education.com offers high quality ... | ||
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| In Cheating Cases, Teachers Who Took Risks or Flouted Rules New York Times They represent a tiny fraction of the more than 1250 accusations of test tampering or grade changing that the special commissioner has received since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of the city schools — most are handled by the Education ... | ||
| California Teachers Association Supports Occupy Wall Street Jobmouse The 325000-member California Teachers Association (CTA), affiliated with the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, has announced its support of the nationwide “Occupy Wall Street” movement for tax fairness and against corporate greed. ... | ||
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| SuccessFactors Delivers Learning as an Integrated Part of its Business ... MarketWatch (press release) SuccessFactors now delivers an unmatched set of learning capabilities in the cloud, including: formal, social/informal, content management and analytics to help improve employee skills, ensure corporate compliance and align organizational objectives. ... | ||
| Let's make early learning our 'big thing' Cincinnati.com Greg Landsman is executive director of The Strive Partnership, which is focused on improving education in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. My wife and I had our second child this past week, and as I walked our new son through the nursery wing of ... | ||
| Senate Democrats' education funding challenge Washington Post (blog) “There are almost 300000 jobs on the chopping block,” he said. “This creates 400000 jobs and is an investment in our teachers.” But one of the challenges in distributing education aid is that states have reacted very differently to the recession. ... | ||
| Teachers support parts of jobs bill Daily Mail - Charleston by Amber Marra American Federation of Teachers President Judy Hale calls for the passage of the American Jobs Act at Stonewall Jackson Middle School on Monday. Hale and other education leaders say the bill is vital for the state's education system, ... | ||
| Biden chats with fourth-graders about jobs and learning York Daily Record He used York's high school as an example, saying about 20 percent of its teachers were laid off. "What happens is kids don't get as much attention," he said. "They don't get to learn as much." Biden talked about the importance of learning early. ... | ||
| Juliet Jenkins: Fostering Future Physics Teachers Patch.com A graduate of from Brown University with a degree in geophysics and Harvard School of Educationwith a graduate degree in teaching and curriculum, Jenkins and her husband have lived in Belmont since 1994. They have three children: two at the Chenery ... | ||
| Keeping Teachers Off the ... - U.S. Department of Education “I don't want teachers on the unemployment line. I want them in the classroom,” Secretary Duncan said last Friday at an American Jobs Act roundtable in Richmond, Va. “This is really a moment of truth for the country,” Arne said. Either invest in ... News | U.S. Department of Education | ||
| Mozilla to host Hive Learning Network NYC | The Mozilla Blog By Mark Surman Mozilla has taken over stewardship of Hive Learning Network NYC: a network of over 30 organizations using digital technology and web culture to fuel learning. Hive NYC links educators from libraries, museums and after schools programs ... The Mozilla Blog | ||
| Pennsylvania Department Of Education Releases List Of ... By Ben Bowens The Pennsylvania education department releases its list of persistently dangerous schools, this week, and, once again, Philadelphia is the only district with schools on the list. CBS Philly | ||
| Stickery is reinventing mobile gaming and education for kids - The ... By Drew Olanoff Stickery, a company that is building a mobile learning platform focused on games for kids, generates progress reports for teachers and parents, using curriculums that are approved by educators. The company has announced its seed funding led by Google Ventures and 500 Startups, so it's ... Our goal is to eventually make the smartphone an on-demand “teaching assistant” for parents. TNW: What are your goals to change the way kids interact with games? Bjorn Lee: Young kids do ... The Next Web | ||
| Conference: distance learning and business education By Tony Bates What: Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education. Where: Fordham University – Westchester Campus, Harrison, NY ... Considerable attention is therefore now being given by business educators to fine-tuning pedagogical approaches in distance learning in the various sub-disciplines of business. The objective of this conference, hosted at Fordham University's ... Science Fanatic on Teaching science via remote control. Fine idea, but wouldn't that just make the students lazy? ... Tony Bates | ||
| Mānoa: College of Education receives $1.5 million grant from the ... Elementary program director Donna Grace, special education chair Amelia Jenkins, and Dean Chris Sorensen will provide leadership for the project. “With this new program, we will be able to serve and prepare teachers for tomorrow's ... UH News | ||
| Education and innovation | Harvard Gazette “Our gift is intended to support Harvard's leadership at a very significant moment in higher education,” said Gustave Hauser, LL.B. '53. “There is a whole generation of new students who require new teaching and learning methods. This project ... Harvard Gazette | ||
| Matthew Lynch: Embracing Bilingual Education Models | Education ... In his latest article on bilingual education, Dr. Matthew Lynch surveys the immersion and dualeducation models. ... The immersion model allows ELL students to learn all core subjects in English however teachers deliver lessons using simpler language than would be used with English-speaking students. English as a Second Language (ESL) uses ... While this may help with spoken fluency, it has not been proven effective for learning the written aspects of the language. "It's Time for a ... Education News | ||
| Should single-sex education be allowed? By Chloe Jane Dammen McAuliffe, the president of the women's college Bryn Mawr, argues that the report fails to take larger cultural forces into account, and that single sex education makes women and girls more likely to try and stay in traditionally ... Feministing | ||
| Hive NYC = rocket fuel for learning « commonspace By msurman It's this kind of interest based learning — combined with a platform that lets dozens (or thousands?) of people and orgs embed web skills into their own teaching — that Mozilla really needs to crack. Which is why I am so excited about bringing ... commonspace | ||
| School allows gum to aid learning | IceNews - Daily News By Jens Tags: education, gum, learning, schools, Sweden. A Swedish school has endorsed teachers' pet peeve – chewing gum – in class in the belief that the activity of chewing enhances learning. Parkskolan elementary school in Alvsbyn, northern ... IceNews - Daily News |
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