| Solving puzzle of bad teachers Albany Times Union But the woman in the example above, cited from state Education Department records, is not alone. She's just one of hundreds of tenured teachers across the state who have kept their jobs despite poor performance and offenses that in many workplaces ... | |
| Schools brace for more budget cuts Seattle Post Intelligencer But art, music, and physical education teachers in elementary schools were eliminated, forcing classroom teachers to incorporate the electives in their classroom teaching, said Kim Schwarz, 45, a teacher and president of the York City Education ... | |
| New coaches' education program could lead to better, cleaner version of summer ... Washington Post On Monday, IHoops, the basketball consortium Elmore leads, will reveal a new online coaches' education program that encourages teaching fundamentals instead of showcasing top players. All coaches competing at AAU's national championship level will be ... | |
| Newcastle 'talking kitchen' could aid language learning BBC News Developed at the University of Newcastle, it was trialed at Newcastle College and at the Institut Francais, a charity dedicated to teaching French. Designed for schools, universities and homes, it could be available by the end of next year. ... | |
| Why women's education in Tanzania is critical for slowing population growth The Guardian Every day across Tanzania, hundreds of schoolgirls become pregnant, bringing their learning to a halt. The taboo of young mothers returning to lessons is especially strong in the profoundly poor, drought-prone region of Shinyanga, where Kalunde lives, ... | |
| One day of teaching nets IL union lobbyists $100k-per-year state pensions Hot Air Thanks to a loophole in the law that the state legislature inserted into a “reform” law, that one day as substitute teachers will cost Illinois taxpayers a few million dollars in pensions: Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to ... | |
| Teachers, boards meet this afternoon; support professionals to hold ... vtdigger.org Negotiators for the Southwestern Vermont Education Association, the union representing 270teachers, said they are ready to work toward achieving a tentative agreement, despite the boards' statements to the Rutland Herald that they viewed today as a ... | |
| Kurzweil Educational Systems® Wins 2011 EDDIE Award Sacramento Bee Based in the San Diego area, the online publication's directors are former classroom teachers who have expertise in providing the finest computer education to children and adults. Cambium Learning Technologies designs and publishes instructional ... | |
| ATL plans pensions strike ballot The Press Association Teachers in Scotland are to vote for the first time on a national strike in a dispute over pensions. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) will start balloting members over plans to make changes to their pensions. The union says UK government ... | |
| McGraw-Hill Education Expands Educational Services Offerings Through ... Sacramento Bee The program couples adaptive learning tools with a mix of in-person and online instruction so that participants will enter college on-pace with their peers, and will be more likely to graduate. McGraw-Hill Education partnered with the Ohio Board of ... | |
| Teachers' two-hour strike The Maitland Mercury Maitland public school teachers will strike for two hours next week as they escalate their fight for a pay rise. Teachers across the city will stop work from 9am on Wednesday, November 2, to discuss the state government's delay in negotiations to make ... | |
| Guest commentary: Parents, teachers, principals -- we all have to help improve ... Detroit Free Press We need to constantly tell our children that education is important, to make sure they go to school every day, on time, prepared to learn. We need to make sure they do their homework and get enough sleep. We need to go to parent-teacher conferences and ... | |
| Why a school district rejected $2.5 million federal grant Washington Post (blog) That fund awards money to districts that agree to implement performance-based compensation systems in high-needs schools for teachers and principals that include the use of standardized test scores and merit pay. Officials in Oregon City's district and ... | |
| Teachers call firings unfair, Head Start officials defend action StarNewsOnline.com At the end of the past school year, Community Action fired four lead teachers and 11 teacher assistants – roughly half of the agency's teaching staff – because they didn't receive appropriate education degrees before a deadline this summer. ... | |
| 280000 Nationwide Teaching Jobs in Danger Following Senate Vote U.S. News & World Report (blog) The president said in his 2011 State of the Union address that he wants the United States to recruit 100000 new STEM teachers over the next 10 years. A June study by the National Center for Education Statistics found qualified teacher shortages in ... | |
| Langevin unveils technical education bill in RI Boston.com He cited a "disconnect" between the kinds of jobs that are available and the skills students are learning in the classroom. Langevin is co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus. One of his priorities is closing ... | |
| Report: Teaching licenses not targeting areas of greatest need Arkansas News She thought she could get a job teaching art. I know at one time that was a shortage area. It's no longer a shortage area.” Roebuck said she is urging education officials and fellow legislators to get the word out that the state urgently needs teachers ... | |
| Teachers wrap up Missoula conference KPAX-TV The teaches say the gathering shows they're not just "talking about the institution of education, but about the process of teaching and learning. Most we spoke with wanted to make sure they're learning about the newest technologies that students will ... | |
| Sami Shamoon College of Engineering Takes Nanotechnology Education Leadership ... MarketWatch (press release) "We are excited to bring the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program to SCE to support the college in continuing Israel's tradition of scientific excellence," said Dean Hart, chief commercial officer at NanoInk. "Israel has the third largest ... | |
| Follett Higher Education Group's Rent-A-Text Saves Students Nearly $90 Million ... PR Newswire (press release) Digital Content Booms with More Than 100 Percent Growth OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Follett Higher Education Group's Rent-A-Text continues to grow, and remains the most popular choice for students looking to save big on course ... | |
| The impact of Michelle Rhee's 'culture of urgency' Washington Post (blog) In her rush to shake up the teaching force, she fired hundreds of teachers but did little to ensure those with the highest IMPACT ratings worked in schools with high needs populations. And, as Turque noted, data exists indicating that the proportion of ... | |
| State of education: Tinker and tinker Paris Post Intelligencer Harkin said his bill “focuses on teaching and learning, not testing and sanctioning.” That sounds good, but the devil is always in the details. It would be great to find some agreement that would let teachers get down to work. | |
| Public School Sex Ed Class Could Inform On Oral Sex And Bestiality (VIDEO) (POLL) Huffington Post Teaching them about it in my mind doesn't sanction it or encourage it." The new lessons could make their way into classrooms as soon as this spring, as well as a free condom program at every NYC public school, as sex education is becoming more ... | |
| Low-Tech Learning In a Tech-Obsessed World Care2.com (blog) The school is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, one of 160 in the country and one of 40 in California, with a teaching methodology that emphasizes hands-on, creative learning and physical activity and that sees computers as inhibiting “creative ... | |
| Abbott Honored With Asian CSR Award for Leadership in Science Education PR Newswire (press release) Abbott Science Education Programs reached thousands of children in 2010-2011 through creative, innovative events designed to spark an interest in life-long science learning. A critical part of the Abbott Science Education Programs in China, ... | |
| MetLife Foundation Grant Provides American Heart Association Teaching Gardens ... MarketWatch (press release) MetLife Foundation's grant will also support the evaluation of and learning from the gardens, which will help the American Heart Association refine and expand the program to benefit other communities and schools. "MetLife Foundation is pleased to ... | |
| Chromebooks now available to enterprise and education customers ... By Terrence O'Brien Google made a big splash when it revealed plans to offer Chromebooks to enterprise and educationcustomers under a subscription model. What's not c. Engadget | |
| Will Higher Education Tip?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of ... By Arnold Kling In other words, it is possible to provide a first-class education in a school without a full range of campus facilities (or maybe even a school without a traditional campus) as long as the curriculum gives students access to the right kind of critical ... EconLog | |
| John Thompson: Liberating Inner City Teachers By John Thompson Her successor, Kaya Henderson, is supportive of Brown's new approach, although she says, "I think we need to ASK our high performing teachers what would make them consider teaching in a low-performing school, and what's holding them back. " Except for adrenalin junkies, we ... The more likely prospect would be suburban parents signing up for lotteries in the hope that their children would have a lucky draw for a respectful education. Before long, however, affluent parents would ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | |
| Expansion of LGBT education beneficial | Daily Trojan By rpflores California's new law and SDSU's groundbreaking new major underscore the importance of educationin generating progress in LGBT rights. Legislature is necessary for change, but perhaps what this fight for rights really needs is a shift from ... Daily Trojan | |
| A Road Map For Missouri's Education Future « CBS St. Louis By Brett Blume Other recommendations include tailoring instruction to the individual needs of students, using “excellent” salaries and benefits to attract and retain good teachers and providing “an adequate and equitable school finance system.” The two ... CBS St. Louis | |
| Charters experiment with evaluations | Thoughts on Public Education By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess If The College Ready Promise is to have legs, as Gates hopes, and become a potential model for district schools, union teachers will have to see its value. Gates is also funding Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching in public districts in ... Thoughts on Public Education | |
| Who are the real racists: teachers who treat black and white children ... By Katharine Birbalsingh Katharine has been teaching in inner London for over a decade and plans to set up a Free School in south London to help to serve underprivileged children. Her book, To Miss with Love, is out now. Follow ... This doesn't mean that all teachers are racist, by any means. In fact, racism in the way that so many imagine it to exist in ... There is no free schools 'revolution' – that's the surprising truth about Gove's education reforms. October 12th, 2011 16:35. Comment on this. X Share & ... News | |
| Educators Answer Questions About the Flipped ... - Education Next By Bill Tucker The term ' flipped classroom' places too much emphasis on a tool used by students to prepare for class and clouds the fact that teachers are developing fuller, richer learning cycles with their new time. Let's call it the 'flip-tool' and start to write ... Education Next | |
| iNACOL updates its online teaching standards | eSchool News By Laura Devaney As online learning becomes more ubiquitous in schools and districts across the nation, a leading online-learning organization has updated its national standards intended to help shape high-quality online teaching practices. ... “The new standards focus on providing teachers with a set of criteria for effective online learning and aim to guarantee that the teachers are better able to understand the technology, new teaching methods, and digital course content … to foster an personalized ... eSchool News | |
| Financial crisis threatens education in Swaziland « World Education ... By Hans Botnen Eide Swaziland's financial crisis could have devastating effects on its education system unless the government avoids cuts in social services. As we stated in the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, “divergence between Education for All financing ... World Education Blog | |
| Ekweremadu canvasses 26% budgetary allocation to Education By Charlesmgb ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said if Nigeria must achieve its target of becoming one of the top largest economies of the world, the education sector must be well funded and overhauled. He said increased funding ... Vanguard News | |
| Gubernatorial candidates discuss education, economy : The ... By News Staff Education in Kentucky was the major topic of the debate. David Williams, the current state Senate president, started the discussion by talking about the students. “I've tried to talk about the students' future and the future of Kentucky,” Williams ... The Kentucky Kernel | |
| Instapundit » Blog Archive » HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE ... By Glenn Reynolds HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: $1 trillion in student loan debt sparks furor. Note that as far as I can tell, none of the folks complaining about heavy debt and no jobs went to for-profit schools — they seem to have attended traditional ... Instapundit | |
| NYPD tells teachers, “No grading papers in public.” « Fred Klonsky's ... By Fred Klonsky Grade-ins have become common in cities across the country as teachers gather in public spaces to do work that usually gets done at home, off the clock and unrecognized: prepping for classes, grading papers and doing the unending ... Fred Klonsky's blog | |
| Unpacking the 'flexibility' mantra in US higher education ... By globalhighered The concept of flexibility was also used, in abundance, when I lived and taught in Asia until 2001, It was frequently used in association with the corporatization (aka autonomy) agendas occurring at the same time as Asian higher education ... GlobalHigherEd | |
| Community Matters » Should Our Teachers be Graded on Student ... By Pattye Benson As Tredyffrin Easttown School District candidates prepare for the League of Women Voters debate on Tuesday (7-9 PM at the Tredyffrin Township building), it was Corbett's fourth initiative on public education reform that caught my attention. I wonder what school board candidates think about Corbett's ... Is there any correlation between the quality of teaching (performance of teachers) and the performance levels of students? Corbett's is suggesting a reform of the teacher evaluation ... Community Matters | |
| Cantor Cancels Income Inequality Speech After Learning It Will Be ... Cantor Cancels Income Inequality Speech After Learning It Will Be Open To The Public. | House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has abruptly canceled a ... thinkprogress.org/.../cantor-cancels-income-inequality-speech-... | |
| Illinois pension system: 2 teachers union lobbyists used loophole for ... Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as ... 2 teachersunion lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions ... articles.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-met-pensions-teacher-perk-2...
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