Fox News
Schatz said the state's ability to move forward has been slowed down by complications with the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the union representing public school teachers across the islands. The two sides had reached a conceptual agreement before ...
Salem Education Foundation announces new leadership
Boston.com
“We will do this by partnering with public schools in Salem to fund high-impact district and school-wide grants, including grants to teachers, and by engaging the community-at-large in an ongoing dialogue about public education in Salem. ...
Learning Matters Plays a Vital Role in Education Reporting
Huffington Post (blog)
They promise us a twenty-fold return in quality independent coverage of education in return for your fully tax-deductible contribution. We all need to know what is really happening in education andLearning Matters brings high quality reliable ...
Teachers'code sparks debate over education faults
Xinhua
22 (Xinhua) -- Three drafts of a teachers' code, recently released to solicit public opinion, have been lauded for highlighting problems in teaching methods and divulging the shortcomings of China'seducation system. Early this month, the Ministry of ...
Cyberbaiting teachers: In the media, but is it in the schools?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Instead of "rounding up phones," we are teaching-but I wonder–in all those HS and MS classes where kids have their phones out? Whose LISTENING? Who's LEARNING. Dr. Spinks, with all due respect, I don't want-nor need- a camera in my classroom. ...
Guest post: Eight thoughts on higher education in 2012
Washington Post (blog)
These include the decline in federal and state support of higher education, the practical ceiling on tuition created by household income levels, and the advent of technology that fundamentally reshapes the teaching and learning processes. 2. ...
Language Learning Through Hip-Hop Music? Hellz Yeah
ABC News (blog)
“This means they get the benefit from repeated exposure, enabling them to better process contextual details that allow for learning these words.” Researchers gave 168 undergraduate students a set of rap-specific vocabulary words and then told the ...
Local Teachers Awarded Grants for Environmental Programs
Patch.com
These liaisons helped get the word out to classroom teachers. “The District recognizes the critical role STEM education — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — plays in preparing students for the future,” said Hull. ...
Gingrich, Romney, Obama--education triplets
Washington Post (blog)
In turn, the general agreement over education policy at the highest levels of both parties pleases the many educators and parents who think using standardized tests, weeding out weak teachers and giving parents more choices will help our schools break ...
Israeli Arabs enter Jewish classrooms
Boston.com
In an educational revolution of sorts, a growing number of Israeli schools are taking a novel approach to the instruction of Arabic They're hiring Arab teachers. The initiative is about far more than teaching children a new language. ...
Boston.com
New model has students teaching for year before they're on their own
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
It's being done in Minnesota and at major teaching universities such as Arizona State. Though Emporia, Kan., provided the model, Melmer said it involved only full-year learning opportunities for elementary education majors there. ...
University education programs responding to needs
TheChronicleHerald.ca
In addition, our teachers need to be equipped to address contemporary challenges such as bullying, 21st-century learning skills, and anti-racist education, to name a few. The idea that our programs could just eliminate seats to respond to changing ...
Guam Department of Education Signs $3.4 Million ERP Contract with Tyler ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The Guam Department of Education's selection of Munis requires zero customization to aid in tracking and managing federal and grant funding, while benefiting from Tyler's expertise in industry best practices and meeting generally accepted accounting ...
Learning lessons from the French bill
Today's Zaman
Turkey has been directing harsh criticisms and issuing warnings to France over a bill that proposes to make it a crime to deny that the Ottomans' mass killing of Armenians in 1915 was genocide. The criticisms mostly center on the bill blocking ...
Bahrain to reinstate education ministry staff
The Associated Press
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's official news agency says 79 education ministry employees who were dismissed from their jobs during months of protests will get their jobs back. The Bahrain News Agency said Thursday the employees would be back on the ...
Teaching poor children
Chicago Tribune
... not more difficult, to educate. Do we really want to? -- Deborah Lynch, former Chicago TeachersUnion president (2001-2004) and Gage Park High School teacher (2004-2011), professor of Graduate Studies, College of Education, Chicago State University.
Teachers union approves agreement; offer is for two years, no increase in ...
Quincy Herald Whig
The Quincy Federation of Teachers met Wednesday afternoon at Baldwin School to vote on a tentative contract agreement reached Tuesday morning with the Quincy School Board. (HW Photo/Steve Bohnstedt) By DAVID ADAM The Quincy Federation of Teachers voted ...
Education Services to address student dropout rate
Cherokee Phoenix
“We lost about 318 students between fall (20)10 and the end of spring (20)11,” Education Services Group Leader Dr. Neil Morton said. “Those students would average, because some are graduate students or part-time, they would average about $1600 a piece. ...
Testing Firm Faces Inquiry on Free Trips for Officials
New York Times
New York State's attorney general is investigating whether the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of one of the nation's largest educational publishers, acted improperly to influence state educationofficials by paying for overseas trips and other ...
More Political Attacks on Science Education Planned for 2012
Forbes
The past year was not a good one for creationists trying to force public school scienceteachers to water down the teaching of biological evolution. But as this year comes to a close, it looks like legislators in New Hampshire want to be the first to ...
Forbes
Higher Education Commission Launches Online Learning
The Chattanoogan
When teachers know how to guide their instructional practices based on the interpretation of TVAAS® and achievement data, the result is higher progress and achievement levels for students. Organized into four role-based learning paths, ...
California wins federal 'Race to the Top' Early Learning Challenge Grant
Lake County News
SACRAMENTO – California has been awarded a $52.6 million federal Race to the Top-EarlyLearning Challenge Grant. "Local education leaders have developed solid proposals for improving early childhood education, which have now been recognized by the ...
Segregated Charter Schools Evoke Separate But Equal Era in U.S. Education
Bloomberg
Minneapolis's Four Directions Charter School, 94 percent Native American, black and Hispanic, promotes “lifelong learning for American Indian students.” Charter schools, which select children through lotteries, are open to all who apply, ...
Bloomberg
NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog - U.S. Department of Education
By Arne Duncan
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching's (CETT) and giving them independence and power to make recommendations to transform the teaching profession. On December 8, they moved forward ... Andteachers need to be involved in making school decisions so that professional learning is targeted toteachers' needs and reflects the realities of the classroom. The commission's report reflects ...
ED.gov Blog
TheChronicleHerald.ca
In addition, our teachers need to be equipped to address contemporary challenges such as bullying, 21st-century learning skills, and anti-racist education, to name a few. The idea that our programs could just eliminate seats to respond to changing ...
Guam Department of Education Signs $3.4 Million ERP Contract with Tyler ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The Guam Department of Education's selection of Munis requires zero customization to aid in tracking and managing federal and grant funding, while benefiting from Tyler's expertise in industry best practices and meeting generally accepted accounting ...
Learning lessons from the French bill
Today's Zaman
Turkey has been directing harsh criticisms and issuing warnings to France over a bill that proposes to make it a crime to deny that the Ottomans' mass killing of Armenians in 1915 was genocide. The criticisms mostly center on the bill blocking ...
Bahrain to reinstate education ministry staff
The Associated Press
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's official news agency says 79 education ministry employees who were dismissed from their jobs during months of protests will get their jobs back. The Bahrain News Agency said Thursday the employees would be back on the ...
Teaching poor children
Chicago Tribune
... not more difficult, to educate. Do we really want to? -- Deborah Lynch, former Chicago TeachersUnion president (2001-2004) and Gage Park High School teacher (2004-2011), professor of Graduate Studies, College of Education, Chicago State University.
Teachers union approves agreement; offer is for two years, no increase in ...
Quincy Herald Whig
The Quincy Federation of Teachers met Wednesday afternoon at Baldwin School to vote on a tentative contract agreement reached Tuesday morning with the Quincy School Board. (HW Photo/Steve Bohnstedt) By DAVID ADAM The Quincy Federation of Teachers voted ...
Education Services to address student dropout rate
Cherokee Phoenix
“We lost about 318 students between fall (20)10 and the end of spring (20)11,” Education Services Group Leader Dr. Neil Morton said. “Those students would average, because some are graduate students or part-time, they would average about $1600 a piece. ...
Testing Firm Faces Inquiry on Free Trips for Officials
New York Times
New York State's attorney general is investigating whether the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit arm of one of the nation's largest educational publishers, acted improperly to influence state educationofficials by paying for overseas trips and other ...
More Political Attacks on Science Education Planned for 2012
Forbes
The past year was not a good one for creationists trying to force public school scienceteachers to water down the teaching of biological evolution. But as this year comes to a close, it looks like legislators in New Hampshire want to be the first to ...
Forbes
Higher Education Commission Launches Online Learning
The Chattanoogan
When teachers know how to guide their instructional practices based on the interpretation of TVAAS® and achievement data, the result is higher progress and achievement levels for students. Organized into four role-based learning paths, ...
California wins federal 'Race to the Top' Early Learning Challenge Grant
Lake County News
SACRAMENTO – California has been awarded a $52.6 million federal Race to the Top-EarlyLearning Challenge Grant. "Local education leaders have developed solid proposals for improving early childhood education, which have now been recognized by the ...
Segregated Charter Schools Evoke Separate But Equal Era in U.S. Education
Bloomberg
Minneapolis's Four Directions Charter School, 94 percent Native American, black and Hispanic, promotes “lifelong learning for American Indian students.” Charter schools, which select children through lotteries, are open to all who apply, ...
Bloomberg
NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog - U.S. Department of Education
By Arne Duncan
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching's (CETT) and giving them independence and power to make recommendations to transform the teaching profession. On December 8, they moved forward ... Andteachers need to be involved in making school decisions so that professional learning is targeted toteachers' needs and reflects the realities of the classroom. The commission's report reflects ...
ED.gov Blog
Corporate America's Call for Immigration and Education Reform ...
By Brad Jackson (Diary)
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to.
RedState
Learning Matters Plays Vital Role in Reliable Education Reporting
By Esther Wojcicki
Learning Matters Plays Vital Role in Reliable Education Reporting - The Huffington Post. ... Charter Schools; Education Reform; Standardized Testing; Talk Nerdy To Me ... Cheating TeachersImplicated: 49 Dougherty County, Georgia. ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
By Esther Wojcicki
Learning Matters Plays Vital Role in Reliable Education Reporting - The Huffington Post. ... Charter Schools; Education Reform; Standardized Testing; Talk Nerdy To Me ... Cheating TeachersImplicated: 49 Dougherty County, Georgia. ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Bloodletting Over an Anthology
By The Chronicle of Higher Education
1 News Source For Higher Education and Intellectual Life. GET UPDATES FROM The .... Dove isteaching this month on a cruise ship, and referred me to her NYRB response and earlier interviews on the dispute. Vendler responding to an ...
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
Online Learning Games | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…
By Larry Ferlazzo
…For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL. Online Learning Games. December 22, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo | 0 comments. I posted The Best Online Learning Games Of 2011 — So Far over the summer. I haven't seen any new games since that time that are worthy of being on a “The Best…” list, so that post will serve as the final versions for this year. Let me know if you think I'm missing anything… Hello there!.... My posts for Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo at Education Week Teacher. ...
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Information abyss – in the era of global education |
By Judy O'Connell
The officially mandated parameters of accreditation organizations (think departments of schooleducation or higher education) means that content and process may run parrallel to the naturallearning needs of students. ... library we find that the literature, magazines, information, technology,learning and teaching activities are designed to support the needs of the networked learningcommunity, creating a partnership between teachers, students, school, home and the global community. ...
Kirk Tours Early Education Center That Wants New Reforms « CBS ...
By Adam Harrington
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) spent the day Wednesday gathering information about education reform on Chicago's South Side.
CBS Chicago
12 O.C. teachers win national board certification | certification ...
By By SCOTT MARTINDALE
News: 12 O.C. teachers win national board certification | certification, teachers, board, national,teaching, certified, pass, percent, year, first.
The Orange County Register -...
Rick Perry's Texas education miracle | Arkansas Blog
By Max Brantley
But it's worth a look at the Rick Perry Texas miracle because Republicans love to tout it so much. School spending has been slashed. 12000 teachers fired. Special ed teachers? Gone. Teachers' aides? Gone. Bus drivers and security guards? ...
Arkansas news, politics, opinion,...
Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj Named "Teachers of the Year" By Better ...
By Abena Agyeman-Fisher
Better Education Place, a South Florida-based company, has named both Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj their Teachers of the Year. ... The methodologies the two stars are using are undeniable forces inlearning. Children learn their stuff because they have all the right methods. ... their award should be named “Most Negatively Influential People of the Year” instead. what they do isn't teaching, it's mind control…and it's f**king up the youth of today. sidenote: why does Nicki look five shades ...
News One
Transformational Learning, Paradigms, & Bias « Compassion in ...
By compassioninpolitics
Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions. Entrepreneurial social change plus faith and Kingdom principles. Mission | About · Best of Social Media, Innovation, and ...
Compassion in Politics: Christian...
Tampa Teachers Speak Out Against Gates Evaluations | Education ...
Perceived flaws in the peer evaluation component of the Gates Initiative has prompted a subset of Tampa teachers to complain.
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