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New Questions About Trips Sponsored by Education Publisher Pearson
New York Times
In April, Kentucky's Education Department approved a $57 million contract with Pearson. And then, over the next six months, the commissioner who oversees that department, Terry Holliday, traveled to both China and Brazil on trips underwritten by ...the Pearson Foundation . . . 

Gov. Cuomo to announce state education commission to reform schools: sources
New York Daily News
Cuomo will annouce a state education commission to come up with reforms, sources said. ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo, in his second state-of-state address Wednesday, will accuse New York's schools of being unaccountable and announce a commission to come up with ...

New York Daily News

Education reforms must address basic social needs (Viewpoint)
MLive.com
It appears the reform issues leave out the most important and basic needs: social supports and financial supports to improve working conditions forteachers. The woes of public education could be addressed by a dramatic shift in redirecting dollars to ...

MLive.com

euronews learning world - Learning to count the pennies
euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ All over the world the economic downturn is having a negative impact on education. Public spending is being slashed and schools have not been spared. Now, as students take to the streets, governments are struggling to maintain ...

Early education needs funds
Hattiesburg American
One effort already underway to boost awareness of the importance of early education is a campaign called Learning Can't Wait, which was launched by the Mississippi Center for Education Innovation. The campaign is an effort "to create a groundswell and ...

Education department plans NCERT syllabus from Class 1
Times of India
AJMER: The school education in the state will acquire new dimensions this year as theeducation department is not only planning to introduce NCERT syllabus from Class I to Class VII, but also want to change the evaluation system. Teachers will have to ...

Dalai Lama Begins Teaching in Bodh Gaya
Voice of America
Monday, 02 January 2012 Dalai Lama Begins Teaching in Bodh Gaya VOA Tibetan The Dalai Lama, imparted teachings to thousands of devotees on Sunday at Bodh Gaya in India's eastern Bihar state, venue of the ten-day Kalachakra Puja, a sacred Buddhist ...

How investment in Science and Technology education boosts economic development
IPPmedia
Sometimes in mid 2010, the former Minister for Education and Vocation Training, Professor Maghembe announced that about USD 150 million has been set aside for purchasing learning and training facilities, construction of laboratories, teachers houses, ...

IPPmedia

Education board meeting to discuss Untalan move
Pacific Daily News
She said the board is worried about the impact to students' learning if the move is done in the middle of the school year. Board vice-chairman Paul Pineda, who is off island, confirmed a meeting would be held to discuss issues related to Untalan but ...

Education gets top priority
Oman Daily Observer
In continuance of the government's attention to upgrade education sector, promote curricula and develop teaching methodologies that are consistent with the basics ofeducation, and because of what is expected from the teaching staff in the future and ...

Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert retires after 42 years of ...
Tuscaloosa News
He and a young Alabama State University graduate and politically active black named Joe Reed in 1969 merged Reed's all-black Alabama State Teachers Association with the AEA into the modern organization that has been a powerful political force in ...

Teachers to be careful on FB, Twitter
Times of India
Teachers in Scotland have been warned against putting up too much information about their personal lives on Facebook and Twitter as it could endanger their careers. The General Teaching Council of Scotland is preparing new guidelines on social ...

DepEd releases special education funds
Manila Bulletin
The country's 276 recognized Special Education Centers continue to receive subsidy from the DepEd to enable these schools to deliver quality educational services to children with special learning needs. Luistro said DepEd is on its third year of ...

Character Building Improves Quality of Education
PsychCentral.com
A new study from researchers at Oregon State University in the Journal of School Health found that teachers believe this approach improved “overall school quality” by 21 percent, with parents and students agreeing in slightly smaller numbers. ...

PsychCentral.com

Education: Sibal's push for exam reforms, cheapest tablet PC
Rediff
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's [ Images ] unsuccessful efforts to get key legislations on reforms in higher education passed, his push for examination reforms, rise in IIT tuition fees and launch of world's cheapest tablet PC marked the year 2011 in the ...

Rediff

Recognising the contribution of teachers
The Hindu
The award would help motivate teachers and improve student-teacher relationship in schools in the district, the organisers said. Ms. Buvaneshwari, who started her teaching career in 1982, took charge as the headmistress of the school in 2008. ...

The Hindu

Changes in education must be well-managed
Daily Nation
For parents, it means paying fees, providing uniforms and other teaching and learningmaterials. Similarly, schools have to grapple with new enrolments, new teachers, changes in curriculum and push for academic excellence. This time round, things are ...

Fears over teachers lost in translation
Scotsman
Learning languages gives a competitive edge, and demonstrates a genuine interest in other markets and cultures.” Tory education spokeswoman Liz Smith said it was important for the government to get a grip of the situation and not “pass the buck” on to...

Teachers help with hot meals
Chronicle-Telegram
Correthers said she loves her teaching job and the spark of joy “when kids get it.” The assistance from a number of public school teachers was welcomed by Robin Smith, a member of Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist Church. Smith helps coordinate the ...

Teachers 'need help to fight youth extremism'
The Local.de
“The education in schools is very much fixated on the theme of the Third Reich and National Socialism,” he said, calling for more extensive training of teachers. But the tentacles of the extreme right also extend into leisure activities such as sports ...

The Local.de

Vidyãrambh Education Pvt. Ltd. Engages Francorp for expansion
India PRwire (press release)
New Delhi, Delhi, January 2, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- VIDYARAMBH EDUCATION PVT LTD, leaders in Multiple Intelligence Preschooling and committed to excellence by adhering to the global occupational standards and code of ethics, has joined hands with...

Virtual learning gains popularity
The Daily Citizen
Georgia Virtual employs 12 full-time teachers and another 100 to 175 adjunct faculty members. Teachers must meet the same education and certification requirements as regular classroom teachers, said director Cristina Clayton. Still, virtual learning ...

Higher Education Bubble: Columbia to Offer 'Occupy 101′ Class ...
By Publius
Imagine my surprise, when I was informed that their Constitutional Law Professor, wasteaching them that the Constiturion was a living document. Imagine their surprise, when I informed them that their Professor was wrong, and that he was a total and abject idiot, ...Too bad there's no way to get rid of all these professors, teachers, etc, and start all over from scratch..Maybe schooling could be done right the second time around…It's a shame that we at one time had some of the best ...
Big Government

Making Teachers Rich - Practical Theory
By chris@practicaltheory.org (Chris Lehmann)
I want to talk about the idea that we want to make teachers rich. We shouldn't. Economically, teaching should be a wonderfully middle-class career. You should be able to buy a house in the district you teach in. You should be able to afford to ...
Practical Theory

Character Building Improves Quality of Education | Psych Central ...
By Janice Wood
A new study from researchers at Oregon State University in the Journal of School Health found that teachers believe this approach improved “overall school quality” by 21 percent, with parents and students agreeing in slightly smaller numbers. ...
Psych Central News

STEM education proliferating in Maine — Maine News — Bangor ...
By Christopher Cousins
Those measures included recruiting and training 100000 new STEM teachers and developing incentives for them to succeed, and creating 1000 new STEM-focused schools over the next 10 years. According to Bernhardt, Maine is at an advantage when it comes to ... Bowen is in the midst of developing an educational strategy document for the state and has said that individualized learning will be at its center. Bernhardt said she sees that as a positive. “Resources are slender right ...
Bangor Daily News

Better Math Instruction, Fewer Learning Issues? | Always Learning
By Leigh Pretnar Cousins, MS
I'm also very excited to see Khan videos now being used for actual classroom instruction in the form of Flip Teaching (the lectures are listened to at home, and the practice and projects that were typically done as homework are done in the ...
Always Learning

Learning with 'e's: Learning and performance
By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Wheeler)
Wheeler S (2010) Using Wikis in Teacher Education: Student generated content as support in professional learning. In MJW Lee and C McLoughlin (Eds.) Web 2. 0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching. Hershey ...
Learning with 'e's

From Whence Come Ideas for Reforming Teaching Practices ...
By larrycuban
Yet those facts do not fully account for the persistence of particular ideas targeted atteachers' beliefs, knowledge, skills, and actual classroom practices—e.g., teachersexpecting more of all students, their learning more about math and science ...
Larry Cuban on School Reform...

Teaching is about conveying a way of thinking « Jon Udell
By Jon Udell
In many ways, teaching computer and technology skills courses absent a meaningful application of them is ineffective and silly. We wouldn't teach driver's education and not let students drive. We don't teach a “pencil skills class” in which we ...
Jon Udell

What I learned in 2011: Learning objectives matter - Casting Out ...
By Robert Talbert
One of the biggest things I learned this semester is: Everything in a class should revolve around learning objectives. ... This entry was posted in Education, Teaching and tagged Course objectives, pedagogy, SBG, Standards based grading. ...
Casting Out Nines

Science and Education Win . . . in Georgia « JONATHAN TURLEY
By jonathanturley
Consider an alternative situation: a geography student who believes in the Flat Earth Theory and refuses to teach anything else as part of their teaching practicum in pursuit of their Ph.D. Surely the school is reasonable in withholding a degree ...
JONATHAN TURLEY

NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog - U.S. Department of Education
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching (CETT) and giving them ...
www.ed.gov/blog/2011/12/nea-teachers-step-up/

M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All - Forbes
... free college education regardless of your academic performance or background ...
www.forbes.com/.../m-i-t-game-changer-free-online-education...

MIT to launch MITx learning platform, offer free teaching materials in ...
MIT to launch MITx learning platform, offer free teaching materials in 2012. By Zach Honig posted Dec 20th 2011 9:24PM. Want a degree from MIT without the ...
www.engadget.com/.../mit-to-launch-mitx-learning-platform-o...

11 Tech Factors That Changed Education in 2011
The Gates Foundation, sponsor of the Next Generation Learning Challenges, ... andteachers, Edmodo has won the race in America's K-12 education system. ... the University of Southern California's Teaching M.A. and MSW programs online. ...
mashable.com/2011/12/21/education-2011/

Curiosity as a Learning Outcome -- Campus Technology
While techniques such as portfolio-based assessment and problem-based learninghave attempted to go well beyond measuring mere recall, our education ...
campustechnology.com/.../curiosity-as-a-learning-outcome.asp...

10 education predictions for 2012
He writes a popular blog for teachers and is the author of three books. ... tool ineducation will take a backseat as for-profit online learning charlatans ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAB2PbPP_blog.html

Sex Education Gets Directly to Youths, via Text
Chicago, for example, does not have a mandated sex education curriculum, althoughteachers are encouraged to include material in science or physical ...
www.nytimes.com/.../sex-education-for-teenagers-online-and-i...

How Digital Learning Will Benefit Low Income Students
Teachers can use social learning platform Edmodo, video sharing service ... Aseducation shifts from a place to a service, social learning groups will ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../digital-learning_b_1172137.html

BBC News - Teachers warned over Facebook and Twitter use
Scottish teachers are being warned that their use of social networking sites could ...The General Teaching Council of Scotland is preparing new guidelines on ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16379494

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