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Teachers sound off regarding job action Vancouver Sun (blog) Yet this isn't the reason teachers are taking a stand right now. Rather, our aim is to highlight 10 years of underfunding and deteriorating working conditions, all of which affect students' learning at a time when education is more important than ever. ... | ||
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Education Management Corporation Announces Extension of Stock Repurchase Program Sacramento Bee We are committed to offering quality academic programs and continuously strive to improve the learning experience for our students. Our educational institutions offer students the opportunity to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and certain ... | ||
Pensions Improve Quality of US Public Education System, Reduce Turnover Costs MarketWatch (press release) Education policy literature finds that teacher productivity increases sharply within the first few years of teaching. Thus, the more retention that among mid- career teachers, the more that the average teacher productivity within a school will increase ... | ||
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Teachers plan strike tomorrow over pay talks Newcastle Herald Teachers planned to stop work between 9am and 11am and meet at 35 Hunter locations for a video link with other teachers around the state. The NSW Education Department said parents should check supervision arrangements with their child's school. ... | ||
Waivers spell likely end for tutoring program Boston.com Jack Jennings, president of the independent nonprofit Center on Education Policy, predicted that would be a priority for them. A federal mandate that often leaves education money unspent "doesn't make sense right now while teachers are being laid off," ... | ||
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Young Democrats launch education campaign against Paul, GOP field Iowa Independent And the truth is, no big government spending program can or will solve our nation's education problems. … Returning control of education to parents and teachers on the local level is the centerpiece of Ron Paul's education agenda. ... | ||
Education Union Lobbyists Game the System in Illinois Heritage.org (blog) [which allowed the two men] to get into the state teachers pension fund and count their previous years as union employees after quickly obtaining teaching certificates and working in a classroom. The Tribune reports that based on his salary, ... | ||
Ill. elementary school achievement gap narrowing Chicago Tribune AP Illinois' latest standardized test results show that the achievement gap among elementary school students is narrowing, largely because of gains among black, special education and low-income students, the Illinois State Board of Education announced ... | ||
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. Announces Date for Q3 Earnings Call MarketWatch (press release) To listen to the Company's upcoming conference call, please dial (800) 860-2442 and reference "Cambium Learning" at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The call will be recorded and archived until Tuesday, December 13, 2011, ... | ||
Kilimanjaro Education Foundation Builds New Bathrooms for Mrupanga Primary ... Sacramento Bee During the opening ceremony, all 400 children gathered outside, as did the District Education Officer and her team, the headmistress and teaching staff. "The kids were all singing and cheering in excitement," said Landy. "We all inspected each bathroom ... | ||
On Computers: Turn kids' computer into a fun learning device Maryville Daily Forum This is a non-profit foundation committed to computer learning. Their website for children ages 5 to 12 offers “courseware” in math, science, reading and computers. Here's a chance to discover the latest innovations in online education. ... | ||
Apple's iPad grabs education lead, says survey ZDNet (blog) Apple has an edge because it has a long history in education and students know the company's products. 44 percent of respondents saw tablets as a personalized learning too. 48 percent saw tablets as a primary way to access information. ... | ||
Illinois Teachers Retirement System hikes hedge funds, real return Pensions & Investments By Christine Williamson The $37.4 billion Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, Springfield, approved tactical plans that are adding hundreds of millions of dollars — and new money managers — to the hedge fund and real-return portfolios. ... | ||
College teachers focus lessons on Occupy Seattle The Seattle Times Beginning Sunday evening, instructors at Seattle Community College campuses are teachingclasses in support of Occupy Seattle. The Associated Press Maybe the instructors could give lessons on economics, civics, and political science. ... | ||
Good Grief… Loony Seattle Professors to Begin Teaching Classes ... By Jim Hoft Seattle Community College teachers have decided to begin teaching classes in support of the Occupy Seattle movement. The classes will include “The ... They say the policy is includes provisions to ensure that the learning environment will not be interrupted, the Farmers Market will not be disrupted and neighbors will be respected. Hat Tip Linda. The Occupy ... Subjects like these are proof that liberals don't give a damn about the education of our young people. That sheep skin isn't ... The Gateway Pundit | ||
Lifting Student Achievement by Weeding Out Harmful Teachers By rbrown From one perspective, a very good teacher can get a year and a half of student gain in learning over a school year, while a poor teacher gets half a year – a huge difference that leaves some students permanently harmed. ... In addition, multiple studies have shown that teachers are MUCH LESS important indicators for student achievement than the host of out-of-school factors affecting each child, including parental income and education levels (SES), cultural factors, English ... Eduwonk | ||
Quote of the Day: When Public Higher Education Was Public ... By Angus Johnston In contrast to these figures of the revenues from student fees, should be placed those of Harvard, $651000, Chicago, $581000, and Columbia, including the Teacher's College and Summer School, $1164000.” —A Cyclopedia of Education, ... Student Activism | ||
NASA Seeks Hosts for Space Station Interactive Education Events ... By News Staff These educational opportunities are made available through Teaching From Space, a NASAeducation initiative. Interested organizations should contact Teaching From Space to obtain information related to expectations, content, format, ... Clarksville, TN Online | ||
Learning commons coming to Portland and Gorham libraries | The ... By Noah Hurowitz Construction has been under way on two learning commons projects in both the Glickman Family Library in Portland and the Gorham Campus Library since September. The learning commons will combine tutors, research aids and librarians ... The Free Press | ||
Who Are You Teaching Today? | Deirdre Breakenridge By Deirdre Breakenridge Three years ago, I serendipitously landed an adjunct faculty position at Johns Hopkins, where, ever since, I have been teaching a course called “Communication dot Org; not-for-profits in the digital age.” This has been rather a delightful turn of events. You see, I come from a family ... If you think about it, though, all of us who practice in public relations are teachers, whether or not we are officially designated as such. We teach up-and-coming professionals the right, and wrong, way to ply ... Deirdre Breakenridge | ||
Five education practices that should be replicated nationally ... By Meris Stansbury Virtual learning acquisitions shake up marketplace · Study: More than half of young children use digital media · School fires up iPads to fine-tune phys-ed skills · Missouri repeals law restricting teacher-student internet and Facebook interaction · iNACOL updates its online teaching standards ...should be replicated nationally. An extra day for teachers to plan and collaborate each week, and requiring classes in advanced reading strategies in high school, were among readers' top ideas ... eSchool News | ||
Partnership aims to train teachers - ucanews.com Partnership aims to train teachers Church in Macau turns to Taiwan university for high school teaching diplomas. ... The majority of kindergarten and primary school teachers have educationdiplomas conferred by St. Joseph's College. ... ucanews.com |
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