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Education reforms obstructed by labor relations

Education's new path obstructed by ham-fisted labour relations
Vancouver Sun
Yet for all of that, teachers in the public system may be much readier than anybody thinks to consider the kind of changes anticipated by BC's proposed Plan For Education. On the other hand, what will inhibit that readiness are major organizational and ...
5000 college teachers to pursue advanced learning under 150-mln-yuan gov't ...
Xinhua
5 (Xinhua) -- China will spend 150 million yuan (23.6 mln US dollars) to help 5000 college teachers from inland regions pursue advanced studies during the 2011-2015 period, the Ministry of Education said in a statement Monday. ...
UGA professor receives $1.23 million grant for education study
Red and Black
“These programs will prepare responsive, early education and care providers for a relatively new Georgia teaching certification in Birth through Five. We promote an inclusion model in which teachers are prepared to meet the individual needs of all ...
Illinois Higher Education Floundering, Government Corruption Part Of The ...
Huffington Post
A study released last month by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education shows declining interest in higher education among Illinois students -- and says government corruption is at least partially to blame. ...
Learning to live with Islamists
Spectator.co.uk
Islamists have won a landslide in Egypt, with the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-Conservative Al Nour party winning some 60 per cent of the votes cast. Future rounds of elections may benefit them further, as they take pace in more rural and ...
Global Education Announces Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
MarketWatch (press release)
As of September 30, 2011, the Company's network comprised 115 directly operated and 327 franchised learning centers across China, as well as an online course delivery platform with more than one million registered members. ...
'Education key area for enhancing India-Australia ties'
Economic Times
"Education is one of the key sectors in India that facilitates enhancing relationship between the state of Victoria and India. Through this initiative, we are looking at providing state-of-the-art vocational training for the teachers in Maharashtra," ...
Maercker District 60 teachers still without new contract
The Doings Clarendon Hills
“Maercker teachers have, and have historically always given, 100 percent in effort for their students to make progress in all subject areas,” said Scott Larson, president of the teachers' association. “Maercker teachers take the profession of teaching ...
Education Reform Limps Along in Lame Duck
Patch.com
By John Mooney, NJSpotlight.com The legislature's lame duck session that was expected to be busy with education reform debate is looking sleepier by the day. Senate committees last week met in the Statehouse amid a lively rally outside for a proposed ...
Fierce, Inc. to Speak With Educators at 2011 Learning Forward Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
Through the FITS program, Fierce provides the education community with tools to enliven classrooms, improve learning outcomes, and enhance the ability of administrators, teachers, and their students to navigate their lives one conversation at a time. ...
Eagles For Education Generates $487500 for Nonprofit Partners at Chevron World ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Project Lead the Way engages students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields through its rigorous, hands-on curriculum that fosters in students a love of learning and a passion for solving our world's grand challenges. ...
Learning So Much (But Not At College)
Huffington Post (blog)
Another thing that you have be willing to accept is that it's not your school's fault if you aren't learning everything that you thought you would be learning. It is up to you to give yourself an education, even if it doesn't come from "school. ...
More classroom time viewed as vital for student teachers
DesMoinesRegister.com
Terry Branstad in October to propose an education reform blueprint. Aspiring teachers in Iowa today spend a significant amount of time learning teaching strategies inside college classrooms. State code mandates college students spend at least 80 hours ...
Tanzania: Serengeti Begins Teachers' Housing Project
AllAfrica.com
This school was opened four years ago, it has four classrooms already and four teachers' houses," the senior district education official said. Makundusi Village Government Chairman, Mr Juma Porini also thanked Grumeti Reserves Ltd for supporting ...
Issues in education
Mmegi Online
These results present many challenges for the Ministry Education and Skills Development, school heads, teachers, researchers, parents and all stakeholders. The continuing decline is a serious cause for concern that cannot be wished away without ...
Ex-CEO of Intel to lead Brewer's education council
Tucson Citizen
Officials plan to implement the test by 2015, and many students will likely fail in the first few years as schools work to catch up to the new teaching and learning demands. As a result, making those changes will require a lot of strong political will, ...
MT Teachers hope project turns students to careers in space
KPAX-TV
Nine teachers from two separate teams will test these experiments in near zero gravity, or microgravity, in February. Kaye Ebelt leads the Big Sky Density Flyers, along with other teachers, Jann Clouse, Ebelt's teaching partner from Target Range School ...
Obama Signs Executive Order on Education and Tribal Colleges
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By Rob Capriccioso December 5, 2011 Arne Duncan, Secretary of the US Department of Education, is directed to appoint an executive director of a new Indian education initiative created by executive order December 2, 2011 by President Barack Obama. ...
GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Provides $500 Bonus Awards to Program Participants ...
PR Web (press release)
GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, a provider of international education programs across the globe, is awarding $500 bonus scholarships to participants in its programs who receive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. “GlobaLinks Learning Abroad is ...
East Bay mom says her film is sparking education reform nationwide
San Jose Mercury News
Abeles spoke to teens, parents, teachers, psychologists, university officials and education experts about the toll that all work and no play takes on families. Students from Danville, San Ramon, Oakland, Marin, Concord, Lafayette and other parts of the ...
USU alumnus specializes in learning
The Statesman
Kohler said his learning and drive to help people with their education are the reasons he is where he is, today. "People in their lives have tipping points where they have to decide one way or another and decide which path is good for them and what ...
Michigan's Radical Assault on Public Education | Mother Jones
By Andy Kroll
Outsource public teachers. Curb collective bargaining rights. Kneecap teachers' unions. Open the floodgates to charter and "cyber" schools. Welcome to education reform in the state of Michigan, where a Republican-dominated legislature and a ... to overhaul public education have met resistance, state lawmakers have made an unprecedented push toward for-profit schools, dubious online curriculums, and budget cuts and anti-union measures that would make the public teaching ...
MoJo Articles | Mother Jones
Ex-CEO of Intel to lead Brewer's education council
By Ginger Rough
... Intel Corp. CEO and chairman Craig Barrett to lead her new education council. ... The board also will help implement a new student-assessment test that will eventually replace the AIMS exam and find new ways to recruit and train teachers who are experts in their field and willing to embrace the new curriculum. ... Officials plan to implement the test by 2015, and many students will likely fail in the first few years as schools work to catch up to the new teaching and learning demands. ...
azcentral.com | news
Learning Graphic Art Using Adobe Connect Professional « Adobe ...
By Dave Forrester
With global collaboration and a flat world in mind, this group of Adobe Education Leaders (primary through post secondary education) is sharing their expertise and thoughts on the use of technology in the school classroom and at districts and ...
Adobe Education Leaders
A truly international education at the heart of Berlin - The Local
It has been recognised as a private university by the Berlin Senate for Education, Science and Research. In November 2011, ECLA became a satellite institution of Bard College in New York, meaning it can now introduce new programmes ...
The Local - Germany's news in English
Jane's Pick of the Day: Key Social Learning Resources: Part 13
By Jane Hart
1 – Firstly, this week, here is a preview of Harrison College's new approach to online learning, KnowU: Where Social Meets Learning. ... (I expect we'll be going to see quite a few more examples of learning in education that  look like this in…
Jane's Pick of the Day
The failures of intuition in education « The Weblog of (a) David Jones
By davidtjones
The article argues that (one of) the reason(s) where the idea of learning styles are still widely given credence within education is because they appeal to intuition and common sense. The idea resonates with people and hence it is hard to ...
The Weblog of (a) David Jones
FG under pressure to revamp education sector, says Minister
By Nnamdiojiego
Education Minister Ruqayyatu Rufai said on Monday that her ministry would reposition the education sector to play a more effective role in the nation's human capital development. Rufai gave the assurance in Minna at the opening of a ...
Vanguard News
Faculty reexamine learning goals, outcomes - The GW Hatchet
By The GW Hatchet
When he first started teaching sociology courses as a graduate student at Bowling Green State University in Kentucky, Jones got caught up with “cookie cutter” learning outcomes, or conceptual guidelines for what students should know by the end of a specific course. ... The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, GW's regional accrediting agency, revised its standards to include an assessment of student learning as a key component of its accreditation review in 2002. ...
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