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Grade teachers more often? Gates Foundation says once not enough
TheNewsTribune.com
“This confirms what many teachers have been saying for years: That when high stakes decisions are being made, school districts should allow for more than one observation,” said Tom Kane, deputy director of the Seattle-based foundation's education ...

Government approves free education plan
Jerusalem Post
COM STAFF AND GIL HOFFMAN Jerusalem: 21 ministers vote in favor, 8 against; free educationplan to be funded by across-the-board budget cuts. The government approved a plan on Sunday to provide free education for children between the ages three and ...

Education needs soul: Nobel Laureate
The Hindu
“Teachers should realise that students rarely need to be delivered lectures. They can read on their own. They should be taught to learn by doing. The most efficient way of education is to stimulate the curiosity of students and learning will follow by ...

Bengals receive brutal learning experience
ESPN (blog)
By Jamison Hensley AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez Defensive backs Adam Jones and Chris Crocker each made critical mistakes in Cincinnati's playoff loss. HOUSTON -- The Texans were playing their first playoff game, but it looked like the Bengals were the ones ...

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Grammar schools 'to expand' to meet growing demand
Telegraph.co.uk
The first new grammar school for 50 years could be opened amid growing parental demand for selective education, it emerged today. Parents are campaigning for an expansion of grammar schools in Kent. Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Graeme Paton,Education Editor ...

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Teachers union would strip us of limited resources
phillyBurbs.com
You want to know why it can't — because the union has already been able to extract $35-plus million over 10 years in a retirement benefit that did nothing for education. Because the union was able to extract a salary matrix that included a salary bump ...

Worries mount over lack of physical education in schools
Kansas City Star
In Washington state, the Franklin Pierce school district in the Tacoma suburb of Parkland discovered that it could save a quarter-million dollars by reassigning its seven physical education teachers to different positions. And in New York, ...

Dozens of Green Bay teachers to retire this month
Green Bay Press Gazette
District workers include those who provide support to teachers or instruct deaf or hearing-impaired children. Human resources administrators expected to interview special education teachers Friday. About two-thirds of the January openings were in ...

Michelle Rhee: Education reform gaining momentum in Tennessee
Knoxville News Sentinel
While there is a real risk the state can slide backward, Tennessee also has an opportunity to continue to lead the nation in transforming education. Like teachers, principals in Tennessee also are now being held accountable for student learning. ...

Getting an education: School Board, City Council members see school district's ...
Foster's Daily Democrat
He urged the importance of politeness in education, "We believe that teaching manners like saying 'please' and 'thank you' while holding the door open for a visitor is as important as teaching reading or math." Currently, Woodman Park has 68 students ...

Education focus shifts to construction
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Michael E. Kanell When it comes to jobs, the conventional wisdom is that the answer iseducation — the more the better. AP Georgia is putting together a program aimed at encouraging more young people to pass on college and head instead for ...

Teachers deal, whale watch, Navy rescue
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Negotiators for the state and the teachers union reached a tentative contract agreement Friday, six months after the state unilaterally imposed a new contract on teachers. The dispute had put at risk a $75 million federal education reform grant. ...

Overseas Indians discuss higher education, FDI in retail
Economic Times
JAIPUR: The Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met here today during which its members discussed matters concerning highereducation, FDI in retail and other governance issues. ...

Israel cabinet approves plan for free education
Haaretz
Israel's cabinet approved a plan to fund free education for children over the age of three on Sunday, after approving a wide range of governmental budget cuts. The vote, which was supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, passed only after the ...

Haaretz

educators say legislative move may strengthen NCAE
Asheville Citizen-Times
NCAE officials said the bill was retaliation for teachers speaking out against state cuts toeducation. “The notion that teachers have been targeted, I think, people find distasteful,” NCAE President Sheri Strickland said. The NCAE — North Carolina's ...

N.J. education 'Items to Watch' in 2012: School budget, teacher evaluation ...
newjerseynewsroom.com
If one classroom has a number of special education students or limited English speaking students, should we rate the teachers the same on their students' test scores? What if there is a teamteaching approach? How do you credit each teacher for the ...

Library's Early Learning Center inspires children's imaginations
The Columbian
If you disembark from the elevator to the left, and turn left again, you'll soon come to the EarlyLearning Center, specially designed and equipped for children 5 and younger, and their parents or other caregivers. You'll find a wealth of play ...

Jindal says he'll focus on elementary, secondary education this time around
NOLA.com
The answer will dovetail with the administration's ability to use the historic power of the governor's office and those new GOP majorities to withstand whatever opposition local school officials and the teachers unions can muster. ...

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Democrats, educators object to parts of Branstad's education reform plan
Quad City Times
Require teaching licensure candidates to pass a test demonstrating content-specific and teachingknowledge. · Base work force decisions for teachers based on performance more than seniority. · Give all preschool students and enrolled 4-year-olds a ...

EDUCATION: Scholarship fair coming up
Delmarva Daily Times
SALISBURY – As college financial aid deadlines start to loom, Delmarva Education Foundation (DEF) is helping connect students to available aid by hosting the first annual Scholarship Fair for this region on Saturday at the Centre at Salisbury mall from ...

Christie: 2012 will be year of education reform
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Christie gave a shout-out to his nemesis, the powerful public teachers union, for its support of the Urban Hope Act, a bill that allows nonprofits to open new schools in three failing districts, but expressed frustration that his nominee for education ...

Scranton teachers still without contract; strike possible
Scranton Times-Tribune
BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL (STAFF WRITER) Scranton teachers have been working without a contract for more than four months - and could be working without one for months more. District officials canceled a negotiation session scheduled for Dec. ...

Education, economic vitality and employment: Now is the time to make the most ...
AnnArbor.com
Rick Snyder and the Legislature had to make some difficult, unpopular decisions in order to balance the state's budget, we argued early on that the cuts being proposed to K-12 education were too severe. The Legislature agreed, and tempered the ...

Latino Students' Difficulties Confront Connecticut Reformers
Fox News
Connecticut's investment in teaching of English as a second language declined steadily over the last decade despite a 50 percent increase in the Latino population. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP2011 Everyday Ana Lozada navigates a dicey and entrenched ...

Litchfield Education Officials Ponder Seeking Waiver of State's Minimum Budget ...
Litchfield County Times
By RICKY CAMPBELL LITCHFIELD — Local education officials are exploring cost-cutting possibilities as they approach budget season. One of the options could be petitioning the Connecticut Department of Education's for a waiver of the state-directed ...

Teachers' union steps up to the plate
Stamford Advocate
It would judge teachers on criteria such as how well they plan, develop professionally, and organize and manage their classrooms. We believe student achievement should be part of the mix, butteaching/learning is a complex process. ...

Catholic school teachers stunned by decision to close Bonner-Prendie
Delaware County Daily Times
The commission also called for the establishment of a dedicated fundraising foundation to generate continued financial support for Catholic education. It also called for continued support for voucher legislation in the state Legislature. ...

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Education round up 7/1/12 | libcom.org
By Choccy
I've not heard much rank and file chatter amongst teachers and other education workers outside of our own little circles, but fuck knows we need it! Gove talks shite about academies. No surprise here, given this man is intent on destroying ...
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Higher Education in the Marketplace | Working Memories
By Maria Pretzler
But now it's not fish and lentils that are being sold with incidental teaching merely going on at the edge of the square: we are getting ready to sell education itself . I have just come across a story from the USA which suggeststhat in such a ...
Working Memories

New international quality label for e-learning courseware
By Tony Bates
epprobate is a new international quality label for courseware, an initiative of three organisations: TheLearning Agency Network (LANETO), the Agence Wallonne des Télécommunication (AWT) and the e-Learning Quality Service Center ...
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'21st Century Learning' « The Spicy Learning Blog
By Royan Lee
This entry was posted on Sunday, January 8th, 2012 at 00:18 and tagged with education, technology, TED, 21st century learning, video, royan lee, ken robinson, steven johnson, cathy n. davidson, adora svitak, diana laufenberg, did you know, rsa animate, jamie oliver, dan pink and posted in Learning. You can follow any responses to this entry through the ... Don't get me wrong. He's right on, but he's also saying what teachers have been saying for years. Reply. Jeannine St. Amand ...
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Public School Teachers Prepare To Strike In Neshaminy - CBS Philly
By stasiad
654 teachers in the Neshaminy school district are set to begin a strike Monday barring a last minute surprise settlement.
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Education law's promise falls short after 10 years | National & World ...
A decade on the books, President George W. Bush's most hyped domestic accomplishment, the No Child Left Behind education law, has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress' inability to fix something that's clearly flawed . ... The law forced schools to confront the uncomfortable reality that many kids simply weren't learning, but it's primarily known for its emphasis on standardized tests and the labeling of thousands of schools as "failures." Sunday marks the ...
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How kids' voices can spark teacher learning « Fires in the Mind
By Kathleen Cushman
It never fails to amaze me how right-on students are when they bring their real-life experiences to bear on those issues of teaching and learning. So WKCD has started bringing these voices into workshops with teachers–and you can, too. ...
Fires in the Mind

The Importance of Continuing Education | Education Book Library
By admin
Over the last few years, the number of adults who are continuing with their education has increased tremendously. This term “continuing education” describes the opportunity and process of learningnew skills and acquiring knowledge that is ...
Education Book Library

Online Training Choices for Computer Education | StarPlane Project
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Online Training Choices for Computer Education. ... Through specific online study, students can enter an extensive selection of careers from entry-level to teaching. Certificate programs could be acquired before degree training or after, and therefore some careers only need ... Students learn to utilize computer systems in multiple areas, including learning how to create, repair, design, and implement different programs and systems. The area of great interest for college students ...
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Editorial: Court right on education slap, until it overreached ...
Despite a 1975 case that faulted the state for over-reliance on local property tax levies, the Legislature has gradually allowed the share of education dollars raised using voter-approved tax levies to increase from 9 percent to 28 percent, and ...
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Secretaries of Education and Labor Met With Illegal Aliens at Ed ...
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Education Secretary Arne Duncan meeting at the Department ofEducation with a group that, according to the Department of ...
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FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION
Recently merged into CIC, the Foundation for Independent Higher Education ( FIHE) was established in 1958 as the national partner for a network of state- based ...
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Learning and performance
Some are obvious: Learning a language will lead to conversation. ... Learning to play an instrument ultimately results in some form of musical performance. ... will be one of the vital components ofeducation and training in the coming years. ...
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What's Wrong with the Education System?
Fox News
I am immediately transported to the early 90s, when I was first involved in education. Back then, people were having the same conversations over teachers who don't know how to engage their students in the learning process, parents who don't participate ...

Occupy education | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
Watch this Al Jazeera report about Latin America's most unequal education system and what young people there are doing to fight back. 0 comments Adbusters ...
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