| Idaho Board Approves First Ever Online Class Requirement Fox News The Idaho Education Association blasted the decision in a statement Thursday, saying the board "overruled the wishes of a majority of Idahoans and disregarded parental choice" by mandating the online credits. To online learning advocates, ... | ||
| Teachers to join pension strikes The Press Association Ministers said they had made improvements to their proposals which would benefit employees inteaching, local government, the NHS and other parts of the public sector. Holyrood's EducationSecretary Michael Russell said: "It is with regret that I hear ... | ||
| Khan Academy Receives $5 Million to Accelerate the Reinvention of Education MarketWatch (press release) The real-world testbed will make projects, simulations and explorations that create a fully compelling blended learning experience between the virtual and physical worlds. "When I spoke to teachers, administrators, and students who use the Khan Academy ... | ||
| Government Ensures New Policies Won't Burden People - Muhyiddin Bernama PUTRAJAYA, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet decision on the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI) proves that the government is responsive and willing to consider that new policies implemented will not be burdensome to the ... | ||
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| Tennessee Board of Education alters teacher evaluation program Chattanooga Times Free Press by Andy Sher NASHVILLE — The State Board of Education today unanimously approved minor changes in the state's new teacher evaluation program. One change is aimed at streamlining time-constrained principals' meetings with teachers both before and after ... | ||
| NSW teachers concerned by devolution Sydney Morning Herald NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli defended the trial, saying it had led to improvements in areas such as literacy and numeracy. "It's disappointing that the Teachers Federation are being so negative when it is clear that the pilot has led to such ... | ||
| Washington Post Reports Loss on Education, Newspaper Decline BusinessWeek 4 (Bloomberg) -- Washington Post Co., publisher of the namesake newspaper, had a third-quarter loss after circulation and advertising revenue slid and sales fell in its Kaplan education unit, which has come under government scrutiny. ... | ||
| ParentLink® Wins Multiple Awards of Excellence from Tech & Learning Magazine Sacramento Bee "Our readers are looking for rigorous edtech products that improve teaching and learning, inspire teachers and students, as well as meet today's assessment and standards requirements," said Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for NewBay Media's Tech ... | ||
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| Congressman Fattah Will Address Education Equity Symposium at ETS in Princeton ... Sacramento Bee "Currently, many school districts and states provide the least educational resources –in terms of highly effective teachers, college prep curricula, instructional materials and high quality early learning-- to students in the greatest need," Fattah ... | ||
| Learning Online WUPW Students at the electronic classroom of tomorrow are far away from the blackboard, in fact, they never set foot in a classroom. | ||
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| Health insurance hikes causing about 2000 education employees to retire Dothan Eagle The latest numbers from the Retirement Systems of Alabama show that about 2000 education employees will retire on Dec. 1, up from just a few hundred the year before. The increase in mid-school year retirements is being caused by changes to retirees' ... | ||
| Lack of Sleep, Overweight Linked to Kids' Learning Problems WebMD 4, 2011 -- Children who are overweight and don't get enough sleep may have a harder time learning, and those with learning difficulties may be at higher risk for obesity and sleep problems, new research suggests. The study found that a child's weight, ... | ||
| House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science ... Middle East North Africa Financial Network This is just one program in our portfolio of education programs including those aimed at early childhood education, TryScience and Teachers TryScience, MentorPlace and P-TECH. Transition to Teaching emerged from a decade of programs and learning of ... | ||
| Longer School Day Deal Reached Between Chicago Public Schools And Teachers ... Huffington Post The Chicago Teachers Union will announce at noon Friday an agreement on the length of the school day after a months-long public battle the mayor's office and Chicago Public Schools. Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office says she met recently with the ... | ||
| Education costs likely to get Oklahoma legislators' attention NewsOK.com Cory Holland, R-Marlow, has said he is concerned about legislative oversight of higher ed spending, particularly questioning the six-figure salaries of university employees without many teachingresponsibilities. When the Legislature convenes next year ... | ||
| One Economy Highlights Education and Technology at Gala Honoring Department of ... MarketWatch (press release) Discovery Education and SCIENCE, a Discovery network, will be partnering with One Economy to provide an engaging collection of multimedia resources highlighting STEM topics including dynamic video clips and lessons to support teaching and learning of ... | ||
| Plenty of Growth Drivers Remain for Career Education Corp and Corinthian Colleges MarketWatch (press release) Profits were up, and the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities was touting a Department of Education study that showed graduates of four-year private sector colleges and universities were employed in higher percentages than graduates ... | ||
| New Jersey's Christie Gives US Education Secretary High Marks BusinessWeek Duncan has supported charter schools and evaluating teachers based on student performance. “It was necessary for it to be a Democratic president and education secretary to do this, because they can go to the teachers union, which has been their normal ... | ||
| Program aims to revamp how teachers are rated Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The new method factors in student achievement, classroom observation, school building data and an elective category that allows teachers to suggest criteria they feel is crucial to effective teaching. It breaks down teacher ratings into four levels: ... | ||
| Mobile Learning and Native PowerPoint Content Contribution now Supported by ... MarketWatch (press release) The leading learning content management system (LCMS) for automating the development, management, maintenance, delivery, and publishing of modular and personalized learning. Use OutStart LCMS to also develop new mobile content or redeploy existing ... | ||
| Lack of Sleep, Overweight Linked to Kids' Learning Problems Kids who are overweight and don't get enough sleep may have a harder time learning, and those with learning difficulties may be at higher risk for obesity and sleep problems, new research suggests. WebMD Health | ||
| Yes on Ohio Issue 2 for Teachers, No for Unions (Part 3) | RedState By Jason Hart (Diary) When they aren't taking $54 from every member for an anti-reform smear campaign, Ohio Education Association (OEA) bosses pass the time by fighting with their. RedState | ||
| The Best Resources On Teaching & Learning Critical Thinking In ... By Larry Ferlazzo Teaching and learning critical thinking in the classroom will be the topic of my next Education Week Teacher column (contribute your ideas there, please), so I wanted to develop a “The Best…” list with supporting materials. I put out a call on ... Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | ||
| eSN Special Report: Smarter Education | eSchool News By Contributor ... make intelligent predictions to target their sales messages more effectively. Now, this same technology is appearing in schools and colleges as well—and observers say it's a development that could revolutionize education. ... Virtual learning acquisitions shake up marketplace ... Using predictive analytics software, teachers at Georgia's Gwinnet County Public Schools soon will be able to see at a glance which students might need more help. Sinclaire Community College in Ohio has... eSchool News | ||
| What Next For Education Struggles? | libcom.org By Django Education workers are the most obvious point of contact between the strikers and the students. Most teaching unions, ranging from the large and relatively militant National Union of Teachers to the small and conservative Association of ... libcom.org | ||
| ONE | A commitment to education attracts partners in Mali By Hallie Stevens The government of Mali is working with partners to improve the quality of basic and secondary education by training teachers, providing textbooks and other learning materials, installing dedicated reading areas inside classrooms, and ... ONE | ||
| The Higher-Education Leadership Vacuum | IdeaFeed | Big Think By Big Think Editors The cost of university education has risen steadily and now voices are rising against the trend. Businesses, too, complain that too many students leave ... Portney says leaders are needed to shift college faculty from research-driven tenure- seekers to ones who focus more on teaching. "We'll need [leaders] to close small departments and even ... Visit our new online learning course, where Big Think experts deliver actionable career insights. For institutions and individuals. Quantcast. Big Think |
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