Common traits that great teachers share

What turned our teachers into our favorites?
Florida Times-Union
Each might use unique techniques — a conga line to teach division, for example — but together their love of teaching is potent and contagious. Here are some of the common traits that great teachers share on education's frontlines. . . . TEACHING IS ‘A CALLING’ . . . THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR STUDENTS’ SUCCESS . . . . THEY’RE LIFELONG LEARNERS . . . THEY GO THE EXTRA MILE AND THEN SOME . . . THEY KNOW EACH STUDENT PERSONALLY . . . THEY VALUE COLLABORATION . . . THEY ARE EXUBERANT, POSITIVE, UNDAUNTED . . . THEY BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN . . . . THEY KNOW THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT . . . 

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Verbal abuse of autistic student sparks calls for reform
USA TODAY
In Deptford, a 15-year-old special education student made a covert video last year that appeared to show bullying by his teacher. The Gloucester County Special Services District is seeking to dismiss the teacher, who was suspended without pay in ...

USA TODAY 

Cherry Hill teacher accused of demeaning autistic student Akian Chaifetz ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Reusche said she hoped to minimize "disruption to our schools" since the identity of former Horace Mann Elementary School special-education teacher Kelly Altenburg was made public in a second YouTube video, released Wednesday by Stuart Chaifetz, ...

Teacher on leave after tape reveals verbal abuse of autistic boy
Detroit Free Press
AP CHERRY HILL, NJ -- A teacher in southern New Jersey who oversees a classroom where a father says his autistic son was verbally abused by adults has been placed on paid leave, according to district officials. The father, Stuart Chaifetz, posted clips ...

The Education Report: Local school power and a new system for assessing teachers
San Jose Mercury News
IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy. April 26: The Oakland school board this week unanimously approved a policy that establishes its intent to give principals,teachers and families greater authority to improve their school as ...

Thousands protest health, education cuts in Spain
The Associated Press
By HAROLD HECKLE, AP – 1 minute ago MADRID (AP) — Tens of thousands of people across Spain protested Sunday against education and health care spending cuts as the country slid into its second recession in three years. Unemployment is at a eurozone ...

NJ Dad on YouTube: Teachers Bullied My Autistic Son
Patch.com
A Cherry Hill, NJ, father who says his autistic son was tormented for at least six months by public-school special education teachers and support staff has taken his case viral with damning, covertly gathered audio of the classroom in which he says his ...

Teacher denies using slur
The Tennessean
Speaking at a news conference Friday, lawyer Matthew Wieliczko said Altenburg is a dedicated special education teacher of 23 years who did not know about the comments until she was contacted by district officials about the covert recording and after ...

'CPM, Maoists, teachers trying to stop development in WB'
Hindustan Times
West Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee on Sunday blamed the opposition Left Front and a section of teachers for trying to stop the developmental work in the state by spreading canards against the 11-month-old state government.

Parents demand to know why Indian nursery schools are teaching kids 'B is for ...
Washington Post
Ram Authar Dixit, president of the Parents-Student Welfare Association of Gurukul Academy in Uttar Pradesh state, said Sunday that the national education board was investigating how such a book was cleared for private nursery schools.

New Jersey teacher accused of bullying autistic student put on leave
New York Daily News
Lawyers for special education teacher Kelly Altenburg say she wasn't in the room when the abusive remarks were made, and she does not condone the comments. A school district investigation also confirmed Altenburg wasn't there.

New York Daily News

Education leader sees no reform in Phila. plan
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Kristen A. Graham Diane Ravitch, education historian and pointed observer of the American educational scene, came to Philadelphia last week to speak at a math teachers' convention. She had read the Philadelphia School District's "Blueprint for ...

Entry standards for teaching hit skids
The Australian
There are also concerns that falling entry standards for teacher education, based on the ATAR, will compromise the future teaching workforce. The Gillard government has repeatedly said it wants to attract high-quality teachers and last year said it ...

More Than A Teacher: 'One Of The Best Feelings'
NPR
With students who had difficulties at home, the teachers stepped up to mentor and comfort children in need — and they're still there for them today. Harlee Patrick, now a high-school student, was entering third grade when she met teacher Kate Musick.

Teacher Joshua Waguespack Allegedly Recorded Girls Undressing At Catholic School
Huffington Post
A Catholic school teacher is under fire after he allegedly hid a camera in a pen and recorded girls undressing inside a classroom storage closet where his students changed. Joshua Waguespack, 33, was charged Thursday after he reportedly lost his iPad ...

Parents wire kids to prove teachers' verbal abuse
Albany Times Union
Chaifetz was told that his son Akian was acting violently at his New Jersey school -- including physical assaults against his teacher and teacher's aide -- so he decided to investigate. Akian has autism, as do the rest of the students in the class.

More teachers seeking special education careers
MetroWest Daily News
By Scott O'Connell/Daily News staff A few years ago, it might have been difficult to find an experienced, licensed special education teacher right out of school, Westborough Superintendent Marianne O'Connor said. “You didn't have too many kids coming ...

Mixed reactions to teacher tenure proposal
BlueRidgeNow.com
... teachers could become eligible for performance bonuses under the proposed education reform package. Veteran teachers earn tenure, or their permanent teaching license, after a four-year probationary period teaching at their respective schools.

Mayville teacher charged with sex assault
Fond du Lac Reporter
A Mayville High School teacher accused of carrying on a sexual relationship with a student is out of jail after posting $5000 bail. Shannon L. Cardinal, 43, made her initial Fond du Lac County Circuit Court appearance Friday on six counts of sexual ...

WNC teachers, lawmakers weigh in on teacher tenure
Asheville Citizen-Times
They have piled on and beat on teachers for a year,” said Sen. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe. The tenure proposal would have teachers move to one-year contracts. It is part of broader educationlegislation that would also have local school systems come up ...

An education revolution: That started here in NH
The Union Leader
Despite initial hostility from teachers unions and new Gov. John Lynch, the “real-world learning” change was made and has stuck. Now it is called “competency-based learning,” and it has become a national model. In February, Education Week profiled New ...

$2.3B allocated for K-12 education in '13 state budget
Jackson Clarion Ledger
State lawmakers Saturday passed dozens of budget bills for state agencies, commissions and boards, with a few snags, including dissension about money for public education and anticipated voter identification litigation.

Guest Column: Great teachers inspire, engage students
Rockford Register Star
By Jack Becherer Year after year, my favorite event in the Rock River Valley is the Golden Apple Excellence in Education Banquet. The Golden Apple Foundation annually honors 20 outstanding teachers and awards five with the coveted Golden Apple.

Jefferson Parish school officials, teachers union hammering out a new deal
NOLA.com
Bobby Jindal has signed sweeping education reforms and Jefferson Parish voters have renewed a $28 million property tax for public schools, Jefferson schools officials and the teachers union are preparing to negotiate a new collective bargaining ...

NOLA.com

Educators: New teacher evaluation system is a lot of talk -- but so far that's ...
York Daily Record
Still to come is how student performance will affect a teacher's evaluation. By ANGIE MASON Erica Fabie, second grade teacher at Windsor Manor Elementary School, helps her class with a recent project. Famie is among local teachers who helped pilot part ...

Teacher of the Year Awards: Apples of their students' eyes
Prescott Daily Courier
By honoring them, we also pay tribute to all the teachers in the county whom they represent - and to their families and friends who support them daily." The top honor, Yavapai County 2012Teacher of the Year, was given to Angela Hillman, who teaches at ...

UGA education dean will retire, search on for replacement
Online Athens
By Lee Shearer - lee.shearer@onlineathens.com Arthur “Andy” Horne has announced that he'll step down as dean of the University of Georgia's College of Education at the end of this year. When he leaves in December, the 70-year-old Horne will have spent ...

Malloy pitches education plan to urban districts
Boston.com
HARTFORD, Conn.—Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is reaching out to state lawmakers who represent some of the lowest performing schools in Connecticut. He wants them to support his ideas for overhauling the state's public schools.

Education Notes: Free GED classes to be offered in Senoia
Newnan Times-Herald
The organization “encourages superior academic achievement, promotes intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning and assists students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society,” Earwood said.

CPS Chief Education Officer Resigns | NBC Chicago
By ALEXANDRA CLARK
Chicago Public Schools announced on Friday Chief Education Officer Dr. Noemi Donoso, appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, is leaving. ... CTU's Lewis: Teachers Support Strike in Mock Poll. "Their polling indicates no confidence in the way CPS continues to enforce their top-down, misguided policies throughout our ... “It appears that anyone who knows anything about teachingand learning has a short shelf life at CPS." Her resignation is the fourth high-ranking CPS resignation in ...
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Kelly Altenburg, New Jersey Teacher Accused Of Verbal Abuse, Put ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
Speaking at a news conference Friday, lawyer Matthew Wieliczko said Altenburg is a dedicated special education teacher of 23 years who did not know about the comments until she was contacted by district officials about the covert recording and ... The father said the tape revealedteachers at the school chiding and mocking Akian in a class that contains only children with autism who have trouble communicating. ... Dad wires up autistic son, 10, to expose 'bullying' byteaching staff ...
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Teacher Tenure Bill Heads To Dayton « CBS Minnesota
By sdswanson
(AP) — A bill making significant changes to the process for teacher layoffs is headed to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, who has pledged a veto. The legislation would eliminate so-called “last in, first out” rules that protect more senior teachers.
CBS Minnesota

Schools Matter: Is the US Department of Education Saying ...
By skrashen
The following was presented as an exemplary quote in Teaching Matters, published by the US Department of Education. It is listed among the “top 5 teacher quotes” and labelled as “wisdom from teachers heard by ED” (Department of ...
Schools Matter

Blogging with Freire | Learning with 'e's
By Steve Wheeler
Freire was critical of the banking approach to education, where teachers regulate learning: "The teacher's task is to organise a process which already occurs spontaneously, to 'fill' the students by making deposits of information which he or she ...
Learning with 'e's

Evaluating teachers: What about special ed? — Joanne Jacobs
By Joanne
To get Race to the Top funds, states must boost the number of effective teachers in specialeducation and other hard-to-staff specialties. Federal officials want to link teacher effectiveness to whether students reach “acceptable rates” of ...
Joanne Jacobs

Authorities: Teachers abused student | South Carolina News - WYFF ...
Authorities: Teachers abused student. Alleged ... Police said the boy cannot talk and wasn't aggressive toward the teacher's aide or the school behavioral manager. Self and ... Tags school assault student teacher special needs school bus ...
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Teaching the LA Riots at 2 LA city schools | 89.3 KPCC
By By Carrie Kahn | NPR
Most history books used in L.A. schools end at the Civil Rights era of the 1950s and '60s, so 11th-grade history teacher Anthony Lawson, who was 10 at the time of the riots, has to improvise. Lawson teaches at Animo Locke High, a charter ...
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Bath-based Distance Learning | Southgate Amateur Radio News
The team that runs the Advanced Distance Learning based in Bath were awarded the Kenwood Trophy for their contribution to amateur radio training at the RSGB AGM.
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Hybrid education gets foothold « Online Learning Update
By Ray Schroeder
Hybrid education gets foothold. By Peneliope Richards, the Baruch College Ticker. A recent hot topic at Baruch has been hybrid and online teaching and learning. It has been a hot topic because there is a plan to teach several introductory ...
Online Learning Update

West Seattle schools: Explorer West hosts 'exchange teachers'
By WSB
Earlier this week, Explorer West Middle School hosted 14 Japanese teachers for an unique, educational exchange opportunity as part of the The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program forEducation for Sustainable Development (ESD).
West Seattle Blog...

Bouncing on Stonehenge: Fun Learning Tool? | Care2 Healthy Living
By Eric Steinman
Teaching children about ancient history is a monumental task. Making the Shang Dynasty, the Vikings and the death cults of Egypt at all engaging takes some real dressing up and some inspired creativity. And all of these aforementioned ...
Care2 Healthy Living

RHTY&SC Teacher and Student of the Term Programme : Kaieteur ...
By KNews
The promotion of education and sports among youths were programmes close to the duo and as such it was decided to honour them via the educational programmes. The administration of the two schools were mandated to select the Teacher ...
Kaieteur News

Education or Professional Sports: Is it Truly an Adversarial ...
By Glenn Logan
I understand why [Kentucky's starting five] made the choice, but their collective decision says something about the options in front of all young African-American men. The Great Migration that saw my elders move from the farm to the factory has ...
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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Innovation

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Innovation
Huffington Post
Craig Hatkoff "Educate to Innovate," President Obama's campaign for excellence in science, technology, engineering & math, is a call to action that our education system embrace a specific type of orientation. Innovation requires educators to think ... 

Obama targets diploma mills that market to vets
The Associated Press
By ANNE GEARAN, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to trademark the term "GI Bill" in an effort to shield veterans and military families from being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education ... 

Teacher who was fired after fertility treatments sues diocese
CNN
There are other infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, which are not morally licit according to Catholic teaching." The statement adds that teachers working in the diocese are required to "have a knowledge and respect for the Catholic ...

Autistic Boy's Wiretap Show Teacher Abuse, Bullying?
Reuters
The teacher and aide were yelling at Akian and calling him names. When the district's response wasn't enough, MSNBC reports Stuart Chaifetz posted the following video on the web: The above audio includes the teachers talking about having a hangover, ...

Teacher test results show abysmal pass percentage: Kapil Sibal
Daily News & Analysis
Informing the Rajya Sabha about the status of teachers in the country, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said it needed to be ensured that private institutions provided the right quality of education to produce quality teachers. "Results show that those who ...

Examining the Role of Teachers to Reward Merit and Encourage Long Careers
New York Times
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with one of the Department ofEducation's Teaching Ambassador Fellows to give feedback on a not-yet-public draft of the policy proposal before it is offered to schools. While there was much to like about ...

New York Times

Fewer teachers, school days in Cobb. When do cuts threaten quality?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
There seems to be little good news on the school budget front in Cobb where parents are looking at fewer days and teachers as the system grapples with fallen real estate taxes and reduced state funding. Here would be my concerns if I were a Cobb ...

Father of autistic boy allegedly bullied by teacher demands answers
Fox News
They were destroying my son," the father said of the February incident Attorneys for Altenburg, a 25-year special education teacher, released a statement Thursday claiming she has been misrepresented in reports of abuse in the classroom.

Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF
Fox News
Indiana teacher Emily Herx says she was fired in June, 2011, from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kathleen DeLaney)AP2010 An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman ...

Should Catholic Schools Be Able to Fire Teachers Over Fertility Treatments?
The Atlantic
(Kevin Lamarque / Reuters) Emily Herx was a popular literature teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, until she used her medical leave for in vitro fertilization. Herx lost her job and says a church official called her a "grave, ...

The Atlantic

Cherry Hill teacher denies wrongdoing
Cherry Hill Courier Post
MEL EVANS/Associated Press CHERRY HILL — A Cherry Hill teacher has said she was not present when classroom staffers allegedly berated a 10-year-old autistic boy who was secretly recording the comments. Kelly Altenburg, a 23-year educator, ...

Teacher, 3 students hurt in NY school lab fire
Wall Street Journal
AP CLAY, NY — Authorities say a teacher and three students are recovering from burns suffered in a small explosion and fire during a science class demonstration at their suburban Syracuse school. Officials with the Liverpool Central School District ...

Teacher fired by Catholic school over IVF
msnbc.com
in indiana tonight, a former teacher at a catholic school is suing the diocese of ft. wayne. she said she was fired from her job because she was trying to get pregnant using the fertility treatment ivf. here is katy tur. >> it is one woman's battle ...

Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond
Washington Post (blog)
A former president of the American Educational Research Association, Darling-Hammond focuses her research, teaching, and policy work on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality and educational equity. By Linda Darling-Hammond There is much ...

International education, FT boost Pearson results
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Publishing group Pearson reported underlying sales growth of 3 percent in the first quarter, helped by international education and the Financial Times, and said it still expected sales and operating profit to grow this year.

White House issues new protections for military families, veterans targeted by ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to trademark the term “GI Bill” in an effort to shield veterans and military families being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education benefits. President Barack Obama is signing a ...

SMALLab Learning Announces Winners of the Flow Design Contest for Teachers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This kinesthetic approach opens new pathways for teaching and learning in the K-12 classroom. Flow can be added to any existing Interactive Whiteboard or other projection system. Judges reviewed the entries to find the best proposals for Flow.

Teacher safety key issue in Gresham-Barlow strike
Bend Bulletin
But the teachers union in the Gresham-Barlow School District, after backing off on some of its wage proposals, zeroed in on other demands. The two sides reached a tentative agreement Wednesday after a marathon 24-hour mediation session and a ...

Students, Teachers Relieved At Two City Schools Spared Closure
NY1
While an educational panel weighed the fates of 24 public schools on Thursday, parents, students and educators at a Brooklyn high school and a Queens high school were thrilled to learn from the Department of Education that their schools would be spared ...

NY1

Teacher's Aide on Upper West Side Charged With Sexually Abusing 8-Year-Old
New York Times (blog)
By ANDY NEWMAN A teacher's aide at Public School 84 on West 92nd Street was arrested on charges that he groped an 8-year-old girl and made her touch him, the police said on Thursday. The aide, Hany Abdalla, 35, was charged with sex abuse and ...

Teaching The LA Riots At Two City Schools
NPR
Most history books used in LA schools end at the Civil Rights era of the 1950s and '60s, so 11th-grade history teacher Anthony Lawson, who was 10 at the time of the riots, has to improvise. Lawson teaches at Animo Locke High, a charter school.

Teachers rally for responsible reform
Reminder Newspapers
A similar rally on April 24 drew an estimated 1000 teachers. The rallies were organized to protest the original version of Gov. Dannel Malloy's education reform bill, and to urge legislators to get reform done right. “We've heard you,” House Majority ...

Reminder Newspapers

What's Wrong With Education in the US?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By David Wessel The Journal reported that American children no longer have substantially more education than their parents. The article (read it here) drew a strong response from readers. Below is a selection of comments, some of which have been edited ...

Autistic bullying: What parents can learn from dad's viral video
msnbc.com (blog)
The now-viral You Tube video posted by single dad Stuart Chaifetz, which chronicles how his 10-year-old autistic son Akian was verbally abused by his school teachers, shows one way. Chaifetz, surprised by reports that his normally-happy son was ...

Teachers, students, parents rally in Tulsa, express outrage over school funding
Tulsa World
Their messages included "20-1 ratio - Bring it back," referring to the small class sizes mandated by House Bill 1017, an education reform effort passed in 1990. One little girl carried a hot pink sign that read, "How can I be a fashion designer if you ...

URS Awarded Education and Training Contract by U.S. Navy
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced that the Company has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple award contract for education training products and services for the Naval ...

Cobb school budget: fewer teachers and school days
Atlanta Journal Constitution
If the tentative budget becomes final, there will be about 400 fewer instructional personnel, 350 of them teachers, and maximum class sizes will rise by two students across all grades. The school year will be missing five days when teachers will be ...

Inquiring minds want to know about Quinn's teacher pension reform
Chicago Tribune
Q: Why should I care about teacher pensions if I'm not a teacher? A: Because even though Illinois is putting $2.4 billion into the Teachers' Retirement System this year, that system still accounts for more than half of the state's estimated $83 billion ...

Chicago Tribune

OpenSecrets Blog PolitiQuizz: Who is Education's Favorite Senator ...
Virginia Foxx.jpg Last week, OpenSecrets reported on Rep. Virginia Foxx's statement that she has “very little tolerance” for college students with loan debt. As it turns out, Foxx, who sits on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce ...
OpenSecrets Blog

African-American Male Teacher A Vanishing Phenomenon, Experts ...
NEW ORLEANS -- According to the National Education Department, African-American maleteachers and administrators are becoming extinct. Thursday, April 26, 2012.
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A Constitutional Right to Education? | The Iowa Republican
By Nathan W. Tucker
The Plaintiffs argued that the State abridged their constitutional right to an education by failing “to establish standards, to enforce any standards, to adopt effective educator pay systems, and to establish and maintain an adequate education ...
The Iowa Republican

Teacher At Catholic School Allegedly Fired For Using IVF As “Grave ...
By jonathanturley
Emily Herx, a teacher at the St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has sued the school and the Catholic Diocese, for allegedly firing her for using in vitro fertilization (IVF) to try to get pregnant. Herx (shown here with her husband) says that the local ... Notably, Laycock publicly said that he did not believe that the ruling would support many teachers who did not teach religious subjects: “If he teaches theology, he's covered. If he teaches English or physics or some clearly ...
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Change of Subject: Inquiring minds want to know about teacher ...
By Eric Zorn
A: Seventy-five percent of the average salary in the four highest consecutive years in the last 10 years of teaching, with 3 percent compounded annual raises for teachers hired before Jan 1, 2011 (See TRS' EZ Guide to Retirement Plan Tier I and ... But some suburban and downstate lawmakers, as well as Cinda Klickna, president of the Illinois Education Association, fear that the cost of fairness here will be either dramatic cuts in cash-strapped districts, increases in property taxes to ...
Change of Subject

Pittsburgh Federation Of Teachers President Talks Cuts « CBS ...
By jessberardino
Nina Esposito-Visgitis, of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, spoke with KDKA Radio's Robert Mangino on future teacher cuts. ... Nina Esposito Visgitis On Education Cuts. You can hear Robert Mangino weeknights only on NewsRadio ...
CBS Pittsburgh

Jonathan says education is tool for peace, justice, equity
By ojiego
President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for the “Education for All'' to guarantee peace, justice and equity on the African continent. Jonathan spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the opening of the Conference of Ministers of Education of ...
Vanguard News

Professor Peggy Gish: The Joy of Teaching
By Professor Peggy Gish
I am immensely grateful to all of you for your phenomenal level of support, and also very grateful to be reminded of why I feel so passionate about teaching; what it is that makes teaching such a truly joyful experience for me. As the week ... Spending a semester learning from one another heightens their awareness of these differences promoting greater respect and understanding. ... Tennessee SexEducation Bill Promotes Abstinence-Only, Warns Against 'Gateway Sexual Activity' ...
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Parents, Teachers Outraged Over Potential School Closings Across ...
By pvictorwins
Aside from the effect the closings would have on students, another big concern is that only half of some 3000 teaching jobs are expected to be restored once the replacement schools open. ... Some people may need to go, but I say they need to go at the board of mis-education, too, because the bureaucracy does not work for the children,” one parent added. Student also expressed their angry sentiments and feelings toward the PEP. “We are simply your lab rats. You are experimenting ...
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Transferred Miramonte teachers wait - and learn to sew - LA Observed
By Kevin Roderick
But it sounds like they really are just hanging on until they can go back to their kids. One teacher tells Shuman they have classes in knitting and sewing, so I guess that's nice. More by Kevin Roderick: Transferred Miramonte teachers wait - and ...
LA Observed

Maryland's Teacher Of The Year Meets President Obama « CBS ...
By sbhagav
Maryland's top teacher takes a trip to the nation's capital. ... It's why he was named the MarylandTeacher of the Year back in October. And this week, Parker joined the nation's other teachers of the year at the White House to meet the president. “ He seems very, very genuine. He asked ... In addition to meeting the president, Parker gets a slew of prizes including $9000 in cash, $15000 inteaching supplies and a 2012 Honda Civic. Parker also gets to throw out the first pitch at an Orioles...
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Teacher Fired From Catholic School For In Vitro Fertilization
By Melissa Stusinski
Emily Herx, a Fort Wayne, Indiana school teacher, was fired from a Roman Catholic school for undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. Herx's. ... She was not required to and didn't have any religion teaching. She wasn't even ...
The Inquisitr

Stateline State Headlines - News about state government and policy ...
Loud crowd greets Malloy's education reform pitch ... From Michigan to Illinois to Ohio, teacherpension problems -- and changes -- fuel political debate ...
www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines?issues=328444

U.S. News - Analyst: Teacher fired over porn acting has case for ...
An Oxnard teacher fired for being in a pornographic video before she was hired is ... the school board has cleared him to pursue his teaching certificate again.
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U.S. vs. the world in education reform

U.S. vs. the world in education reform
Philadelphia Inquirer
By contrast, Finland, the world leader in education, requires all its teachers to have master's degrees and accepts just 10 percent of the college graduates who apply for teacher training. Replicating this here would require raising the social and ...

Teachers rally shows how Connecticut works
Journal Inquirer
The teacher unions summoned a thousand members to hear union leaders denounce Governor Malloy's proposal to connect teacher evaluations with teacher certification and tenure -- that is, to connect job performance with job security, ...

Fight over teacher evaluations
New York Daily News
Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be headed toward a fight over teacher evaluations. ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo flatly rejected the “total disclosure” of teacher evaluations Wednesday, putting himself at odds with Mayor Bloomberg.

New York Daily News

MARKS FOR SPARKS: Teachers going back to school to study for a bonus
NEWS.com.au
"The draft framework released today will provide the first national set of guidelines for performance assessments for the teaching profession," School Education Minister Peter Garrett said. "Teachers will have a clear understanding of what they will be ...

Parents wire kids to prove teachers' verbal abuse
Boston.com
But George Giuliani, executive director of the National Association of Special Education Teachersand director of special education at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, says that while the documented mistreatment of children has been disturbing, ...

Catholic school teacher fired over fertility treatments
msnbc.com
Herx was told she could no longer work at the Catholic school where she'd been teaching for the past seven years because of Catholic doctrine forbidding in vitro fertilization. The 32-year-old mother of one is now suing the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South ...

The promise of closing schools
New York Daily News
With more school options and better teaching, we've seen test scores rise. Graduation rates have also improved — on average by 20 points, in some cases doubling that of the schools they replaced. New schools are also far more popular with public ...

New York Daily News

Chile's students challenge president's $700 million plan for education reform ...
Washington Post
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday a tax overhaul he is sending to congress will raise $700 million that will be enough to bring real changes to Chile's educationsystem. He spoke as thousands of students marched in the ...

The folly of closing schools
New York Daily News
Since Mayor Bloomberg took office, the city Education Department has closed 140 schools. There are 26 more currently on the chopping block; these are the subject of Assembly hearings as well as protests throughout the city. I am not opposed to closing...

New York Daily News

Gap in Teacher Training
Huffington Post
Most degree programs include one or possibly two courses focused on teaching students with mental health disabilities and subsequent challenging behaviors. This leaves teachers to learn on the job in a busy classroom. It can be like learning to drive ...

Parent: Teachers bullied my autistic son
CNN
(CNN) -- A New Jersey man has launched a website to publicize what he calls "a culture of bullying" by teachers in his son's Cherry Hill classroom after sending the boy -- who has been diagnosed with autism -- to school with a covert recording device.

Teacher Claims Catholic School Fired Her Over IVF
WRTV Indianapolis
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A Fort Wayne teacher who claims she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights.

Teacher fired and called 'immoral sinner' by Catholic school for receiving IVF ...
IrishCentral
A married Catholic school teacher is suing the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. She claims she was fired for undergoing IVF treatments. Her Church called her a “grave immoral sinner”. Emily Herx (32), a teacher at the St Vincent de Paul School, Indiana, ...

Cherry Hill father fires new online salvo at school district
Philadelphia Inquirer
In it, he names the teacher he says is on the recording and offers what he calls evidence that she still works for the district. On Tuesday, the school district issued a statement saying that the people who were heard on the February recording “raising ...

Strayer Education, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2012 Revenues and Earnings; and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Strayer Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Financial highlights are as follows: -- Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2012 decreased 13% to $149.5 million, ...

Strayer Education 1Q Net Falls 33% On Fewer Continuing Students
Wall Street Journal
Strayer Education Inc.'s (STRA) first-quarter earnings fell 33% on a slump in continuing-student enrollment, even as new-student enrollment increased. Strayer and many of its peers in the for-profit college industry have seen enrollments fall on ...

Girls' education is back in the shadows
Bend Bulletin
Then two brothers, among the few literate men in the village, began quietly teaching math, reading and writing to their female relatives in a living room on the edge of town. They wanted to keep the classes small, they said, to stay off the Taliban's ...

NJ teacher, aide heard bullying autistic boy
USA TODAY
He contends the recording depicts a teacher and an aide bullying his son to the point of tears, as well as discussing such inappropriate topics as one staffer's hangover. "I want to assure our parents that the individuals who are heard on the recording ...

Whole Education Asks 'Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?'
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Both challenges and opportunities are arising from the radical changes being introduced in the English education system. Against a backdrop of increased accountability and expectation how can schools ensure they raise pupils' achievement whilst ...

Dad: Teacher failed bullied son
Asbury Park Press
He posted another video Tuesday night, asserting that his son's teacher is still employed by the district, saying that she should be held accountable. “Even if she said nothing, even if (she) was never heard on that audio, she was responsible for the ...

Education Slowdown Threatens US
Wall Street Journal
By DAVID WESSEL And STEPHANIE BANCHERO Higher education in the US has a problem: More students are getting into college, but they're not finishing. One community college in Maryland has developed a program aimed at getting students to graduation day.

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Mass. announces Teacher of the Year finalists
Boston.com
MALDEN, Mass.—The Massachusetts education department has announced the six finalists for itsTeacher of the Year award. The winner will be announced May 8 on National Teacher Day. The award goes to the teacher who best exemplifies the dedication, ...

Teacher scorecards might sound easy, but good ones carry a price
St. Cloud Times
But the devil's always in the detail," said Rose Hermodson, assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Education. "And if the real goal is to improve instruction and teaching, this is going to require a commitment of resources from the state ...

Emily Herx, Teacher Claims She Was Fired From Catholic School For In Vitro ...
Huffington Post
By CHARLES WILSON 04/25/12 03:15 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over ...

Garrett maps criteria for teacher reviews
The Australian
School Education Minister Peter Garrett will today release a draft framework for consultation that sets out what measures could be used in the annual performance evaluations of teachers to be introduced next year. The proposal, developed by the ...

Roma Bank talks financial education with Roebling School students
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“Roma Bank is pleased to be part of the educational experience by offering financial literacy education to our local schools.” The Teach Children to Save program uses lessons that bring together real life and classroom learning, incorporating hands-on ...

Apple Profit Surge Fueled by China Teachers to Furniture Makers
Bloomberg
Li Wenhua, a 35-year-old school teacher in Beijing, left work early last week to buy an iPhone -- even though she didn't need it for work and wasn't planning to use many of its features. “A lot of people in my office use it and said I should get one, ...

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Elsevier to Publish The International Journal of Management Education
MarketWatch (press release)
It publishes reflective papers which bring together pedagogy and theories of management learningsuch as: descriptions of innovative teaching, including critical reflection on implementation and outcomes. The journal welcomes submissions on education ...

TED-Ed website launches in beta, lets teachers customize video ...
By Sarah Silbert
Last month, TED announced its new education initiative -- fittingly named TED-Ed -- with a YouTube channel showcasing teachers' lessons presented as.
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Teacher Caught On Tape Bullying Autistic Boy Has Hired Lawyer ...
“All I am looking for is justice for my son and to protect future children, because this teacher does not deserve to teach a child again. Beyond just being fired, her teaching certificate needs to be torn in half and thrown to the four winds to be ...
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Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Teaching Our Children the Ethics of Eating ...
By Rabbi Edward Bernstein
Each child comes to the table with a different perspective, and the parents as teachers and role models must educate them about Passover's message of human dignity according to their ability and demeanor. So here's an imagined dialogue ...
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Parents Wire Kids To Prove Teachers' Verbal Abuse | Breaking ...
By Abena Agyeman-Fisher
But George Giuliani, executive director of the National Association of Special Education Teachersand director of special education at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., says that while the documented mistreatment of children has been ...
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Skelos: Spend Money On Education, Not Campaigns
By Nick Reisman
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos would rather spend money earmarked for the public financing of state political campaigns go to education, reiterating his opposition to a measure introduced by Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Assembly on ...
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Chile Student Protest: Students March Despite President Pineda's ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday a tax overhaul he is sending to congress will raise $700 million that will be enough to bring real changes to Chile's educationsystem. He spoke as thousands of students ... Chile Student Protest: Students March Despite President Pineda's Education Reform Promise. By EVA VERGARA and FEDERICO .... Like. 42k. Akian · Father Sends Son To School With A Wire, Records Verbal Abuse From Teachers. Recommend ...
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Are abusive teachers an example of how poor funding affects school ...
Ana Kasparian and Michael Shure discuss a recent story involving a New Jersey father who wired his autistic 10-year-old son and exposed recordings of special education teachers being verbally abusive.
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Education Association holds conference | WAVY.com | Virginia ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Education Association plans to hold its annual statewide meeting this week in Virginia Beach. The VEA says more than 900 members are expected to attend the Delegate Assembly, which starts ...
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…For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL ... It's filled with excellent posts where teachers are describes lessons when their students were in the state of “flow” — when they were completely absorbed in what they were doing. ... My next book, "The ESL/ ELL Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English Language Learners of All Levels," (co-authored by Katie Hull Sypnieski) is now available for pre-order. ... My Education Week Teacher Blog ...
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Busted: Autistic child wearing 'wire' exposes abusive teacher « The ...
By Howard Portnoy
A teacher who has no business being anywhere near children has been captured on audio by an enterprising father, and what the “tapes” reveal is beyond shocking. Not only can the woman be heard verbally abusing the children in her ...
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Education Faculty Less Accepting of Evolution Than Other ...
By Dan Berrett
Three-quarters of faculty members who educate prospective teachers accept the truth of biological evolution, far less than the 94 percent of general faculty members who say the same, according to a study of professors and students at 35 colleges and universities in New England that has been published in Evolution Education and Outreach. The study—by Guillermo ... Still, an overwhelming majority of education faculty, 86 percent, favored teaching evolution exclusively. In general ...
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Teacher/Bully: How My Son Was Humiliated and Tormented by his ...
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/nj-father-records-teachers-bul. ... that he was ...
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Parents wire kids to prove teachers' verbal abuse - Yahoo! News
News: Teachers hurled insults like "bastard," ''tard," ''damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ... executive director of the National Association of Special Education Teachers and .... I won't speak to ateacher, police officer, fireman, etc. without a recording ... several prestigious awards for teachingetc and homeschooled them instead.
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TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing
Science & Technology. Just How Small Is an Atom? Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those ...
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Digital Education Revolution: TED-Ed's Online Learning Platform

The Digital Education Revolution, Cont'd: Meet TED-Ed's New Online Learning ...
The Atlantic
For the most part, though, despite years of education reform, we tend of think of education as a highly vertical experience, one of active teachers and passive students, one in which knowledge radiates out from a single speaker to a roomful of silent ...

New Jersey Autistic Boy Records Teachers' Alleged Abuse
ABC News
So Chaifetz said it was totally out of character when he began receiving reports from Horace Mann Elementary School that Akian was hitting his teacher and a teacher'saide. "The thing that said to me that something horrifyingly wrong was going on was ...

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In rush to evaluate teachers on student performance, districts struggle with ...
Washington Post
Still, the South Florida teacher sees signs of growth in the nine kindergarten to second-grade students in her class. Those little steps are what teachers like Campbell consider major leaps for students with the most significant physical and cognitive ...

Struggle over how to evaluate special ed teachers
Fox News
In a survey by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 63 percent of specialeducation teachers said they believed student achievement gains should be a component of their evaluations, but only 21 percent thought standardized test scores ...

Teachers Taught to Combat Homophobia
Voice of America
April 25, 2012 Teachers Taught to Combat Homophobia Student actors are part of program to control classroom conduct Anny Celsi | Los Angeles, California In 2010, violent crimes against gay, lesbian and transgendered people were up 13 percent over the ...

State's top court considers releasing names in old NYC schools' anti-communist ...
Washington Post
ALBANY, NY — New York's top court is set to hear arguments on public disclosure of informants and teachers who were subjects of the anti-communist investigations by New York City Board ofEducation from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Burbank teacher wins national award, and praise from Obama
Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Mieliwocki, a seventh-grade teacher at Luther Burbank Middle School, was recognized Tuesday as the National Teacher of the Year. The president calls her 'the definition of above and beyond.' Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches her seventh-grade students ...

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Testing teachers
The Daily Advertiser
For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) The Associated Press MIAMI — Since the first day of class this school year, Bev Campbell has been teaching her students how to say their names.

International Teaching Job Opportunities for American Teachers - Featured on ...
Houston Chronicle
NewsWatch recently aired a story about the thriving job market for international teaching jobs. During a time when American teachers are facing fewer jobs, the international education market is currently experiencing phenomenal growth.

Teacher Fired After Receiving Fertility Treatments
ABC News
A Catholic school teacher in Indiana is suing a diocese there, claiming that she was unlawfully terminated after school officials learned she was undergoing fertility treatments to become pregnant. In a federal lawsuit filed in a Fort Wayne, Ind., ...

ABC News

Warning over school pay as 700 heads pocket £100k
Telegraph.co.uk
At least 700 head teachers earn six-figure salaries, according to the Department forEducation. Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Official figures show that 700 heads are earning at least £100000 this year following a rise in ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Teachers union poll: Voters split on Emanuel's job performance
Chicago Sun-Times
By ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter rrossi@suntimes.com April 24, 2012 8:40PM Chicago voters are evenly divided on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's job performance — with increasing numbers giving him negative reviews, according to a poll released by the Chicago ...

Struggle over how to evaluate special ed teachers
Albany Times Union
More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (Lynne Sladky / AP) In this April 3, 2012, photo, teacher Bev ...

Teachers have new contract
Buffalo News
By Karen Robinson Teachers in the Frontier School District have a new contract that guarantees them a 4.15 percent average increase in their salaries over five years, but it also boosts their employee health insurance contributions, and prescription ...

Obama Honors National Teacher of The Year
ABC News (blog)
Standing before winners of state teachers of the year awards, Mieliwocki stressed “I am not the best teacher in America. There isn't one. All across this nation there are millions of teachers who do the work that I do, and many do it better.

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Conn. Gov. continues education tour in Bridgeport
Boston.com
Malloy will meet with parents, teachers and others during an hour-long town hall-style meeting Wednesday night at Central High School in Bridgeport. This session the Democratic governor is pushing an education reform package that includes expanding ...

Striking Gresham-Barlow teachers begin picketing in front of schools
OregonLive.com
The strike was announced on a teachers union website. Salary and preparation-time issues continue to separate the sides. Carol Burkamp, a 31-year-old teacher wearing an “I (Heart) My Students” t-shirt, was among about 15 teachers picketing at Gresham...

OregonLive.com

St. Mary's education center to expand services
Washington Post
Breanna Hurley, 8, said she remembers being intimidated by the idea of visiting the EducationOutreach Center at Leonard's Freehold in Leonardtown. “The first time I was nervous,” Breanna, a second-grader at Leonardtown Elementary School, ...

Obama honors Burbank's Rebecca Mieliwocki as teacher of the year
Los Angeles Times
President Obama recognized Burbank teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki as the 2012 National Teacher of the Year during a ceremony Tuesday at the White House. Mieliwocki, a seventh-grade Englishteacher at Luther Burbank Middle School, was cheered loudly by the ...

District 180 Teacher Salaries Below Average for DuPage County
Patch.com
Members of the District 180 Board of Education say they have made a fair and competitive offer for a new collective bargaining agreement with teachers, who have been working without a contract since Sept. 1, 2011. Board members say teacher salaries ...

Teacher assignments under review
CBC.ca
Education Minister Ramona Jennex was a teacher and union activist before becoming a politician. (CBC) Nova Scotia's education minister is creating a committee to examine why some teachers are assigned to teach topics they know little about.

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Mitchell teacher meets president
Daily Republic
South Dakota Teacher of the Year Pat Moller, of Mitchell, met President Barack Obama on Tuesday at the White House along with the Teachers of the Year from other states for a reception andteacher appreciation event. “You don't really plan to be ...

Teachers seek an end to salary freeze
Springfield News-Leader
The teachers aren't seeking base salary increases; they want a freeze on step advancement along the Nixa R-II School District's salary schedule lifted. The Board of Education raised the starting salary for teachers to $33660/year in 2011.

700 heads earning above £100000
The Press Association
Data published by the Department for Education reveals that 200 heads working in publicly funded schools are earning upwards of £110000 and 500 others had salaries of between £100000 and £109999. It means they are earning double that of the average ...

Capella Education 1Q profit falls with enrollment
CBS News
MINNEAPOLIS — Capella Education saw a 23 percent decline in first quarter profits because of falling enrollment amid tighter regulations. The online education company said that it expects revenue to fall between 1 percent and 2 percent during the ...

How One App Uses Digital to Empower Education
By Alissa Skelton
Three Ring allows teachers and students to digitize student work by snapping a picture or video with their mobile or tablet devices. ... Three friends — Alec Turnbull, Michael Lindsay and Steve Silvius — who share a passion for education reform joined to create Three Ring. Silvius has taught in LA charter schools. “Portfolios are powerful tools ... From there, the teacher can access the students' work on the Three Ring website from a tablet or computer. The teacher can create different ...
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President Obama Welcomes the Teacher of the Year | The White ...
By Colleen Curtis
The President and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan welcomed Mieliwocki and all the recipients of the nation's highest honor for educators, the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year, to the White House for a ceremony in the East ...
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Don McLeroy, Former Texas Education Board Chair, On The Colbert ...
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... textbook debate. McLeroy, former chair of the Texas Board of Education, is a dentist whose predominant classroom teaching experience is in Sunday School. ... Loading... School Bullying ·Teachers · Standardized Testing · Arne Duncan .... More in Education... Stuart Chaifetz, Father, Puts Wire On Son... Marco Inskip, Teacher, Accused Of Telling 7-Year-Old... Joy Furman, Bullied Kentucky Girl's Mom, Seeks... We Need Experienced Teachers. FOLLOW US. Facebook. Twitter. Apple ...
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News Quiz | April 25, 2012 - New York Times Learning Network
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The Learning Network - Teaching and Learning With The New York Times ... This Week on TheLearning Network ... Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. ....Other Education Resources at The Times ...
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Teacher From Louisville Honored By President Obama « CBS Denver
By matthewbuettner
I wouldn't be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me and pushed me and put up with me and inspired me and set me straight when they had to,” the president said. A seventh-grade English teacher from Southern ...
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Learning Societies: Spring Meeting Part Three | MIT Center for Civic ...
By natematias
As an intentional polymath, Nathan's activities have ranged widely over the arts, technology, charities, ideas, and education. A graduate of Elizabethtown College and the University of Cambridge, his academic research has been just as ...
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Can Gaming Salvage The Education System? - PSFK
Second, games are nature's way of teaching, and human-kind's way of learning. Play is the way that children learn boundaries and basic skills. While you aren't going to learn chemistry or biology from the type of play that children engage in, ...
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FG to withhold states's grants over teacher training
By adekunle
ABUJA — The Federal Government has declared that states that have not conducted the 2011 Professional Teacher Training programme will henceforth not get the annual Universal Basic Education Teachers Training Grants. Minister of State ...
Vanguard News

Gresham-Barlow cancels Wednesday classes; teachers strike set for ...
By James Mayer, The Oregonian
Enlarge Randy L. Rasmussen, The Oregonian GRESHAM, OREGON-April 24, 2014-- Tom Urbanowicz, a teacher at Gresham High School and bargaining chairman for the Gresham-BarlowEducation Association, hugs one of his students ...
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Distance-Learning Survey Shows Growing Concern for Student ...
By Joanna Chau
Other challenges included adequate assessment of distance-education classes, compliance with new financial-aid requirements, and operating and equipment budgets. “With the greater focus on distance learning, colleges' expectations are ...
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Dan Brown: The 5 Worst Things a Teacher Can Say to Students
By Dan Brown
Yet no matter what happens, there are some words so destructive that they should never be uttered by a teacher. ... Honesty is a virtue, but as a teacher, your top priority is building a safe and trustful environment for student learning. Showing your hand as ... More in Education... Two Poems for the Month of Testing. Stuart Chaifetz, Father, Puts Wire On Son... Marco Inskip, Teacher, Accused Of Telling 7-Year-Old... We Need Experienced Teachers. FOLLOW US. Facebook. Twitter. Apple ...
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Dad releases audio of teachers allegedly bullying autistic son
I battled teachers with my son when he was 6..he had a first grade teacher that ... and any credentials that would allow them to be in an education setting. ... teachers who teach these children have the credenital's for teaching children with ...
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Stuart Chaifetz Secretly Tapes His Autistic Son at School, Discovers ...
In October 2011, he met with Akian's teachers and school therapists. ...Another aide and ...
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Falsely accused teacher calls for accountability - British Columbia ...
An Ontario substitute teacher who was cleared of abuse allegations is speaking ... Dowell was on lunch room duty, during a one-day teaching assignment at R.L. .... of education at McGill University, has studied false allegations against teachers. ... is "a significant step" toward learningwhat befell the elderly St. Albert , Alta., ...
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Human Rights Petition: To the New Jersey Legislature and ...
My son, Akian, who has Autism, was bullied by his teacher and aide. ... To the New Jersey Legislature and Congress: Pass legislation so that teachers who bully ...
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