CBS News
(CBS News) Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National Teacher of the Year, said funding is an issue facing public school students and teachers. "We don't necessarily have the funding to keep up with all the things we need to do to give children a 21st ...
Ed Dept seeks to bring test-based assessment to teacher prep programs
Washington Post (blog)
By Valerie Strauss The Obama administration wants to expand the use of standardized test scores as an accountability tool from K-12 into higher education. The Education Department just tried — and failed — to persuade a group of negotiators to agree ...
Actors, artists aim to turn around failing schools
Boston.com
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will announce a new Turnaround Arts initiative as a pilot project for eight schools with officials from the White House and US Department ofEducation. Organizers said they aim to demonstrate new ...
Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks - NYTimes.com: "CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — This past year has been a time of signs and wonders for the open educational resources movement, which pushes for the free public access to educational materials. . . . The first sign came from Palo Alto, California, where a Stanford professor, Sebastian Thrun , decided to offer his introductory course in artificial intelligence for free online. Thanks in part to an article in The New York Times, enrollment for the class topped 160,000. And suddenly a movement that had spent a decade struggling to get the world’s attention found itself at the top of policy agendas."
Mannya resigns from education dept
Independent Online
By SAPA Modidima Mannya has resigned as Eastern Cape education department head, premier Noxolo Kiviet announced on Monday. “Our discussions with Mannya... culminated in a mutual agreement to re-determine his employment contract,” Kiviet said in a ...
Independent Online
Teaching kids about money at Disney World
CBS News
Thinking it through, I think there are two best approaches for teaching kids about cash in a retail-rich environment. For older children (who can count) you can set a "gift shop budget" from the beginning. They can spend it on what they want, ...
CBS News
2 state bills on teacher misconduct pass hurdles
Los Angeles Times
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Two bills dealing with teacher sexual misconduct are making their way through the Legislature, with each passing a key hurdle last week. One bill passed the state Senate Education Committee, and separate legislation ...
SAS Recognizes Excellence in Teaching and the Use of Analytics
MarketWatch (press release)
ORLANDO, Fla., Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Analytics is not only one of the hottest fields for new graduates, it is also used by educational institutions to improve administration, teaching andlearning. In acknowledgement of the importance of ...
The Nature Conservancy And Discovery Education Join Forces To Launch Dynamic ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This new online destination, www.natureworkseverywhere.org , provides middle school teachers, students and families with free tools and resources to explore and understand nature. Launching to coincide with Earth Day celebrations around the world, ...
"The Global Learning Series" Launching Sustained Global Heart Health Education ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- "The Global Learning Series," the storiededucation-focused global web and television distributed program, will feature dozens of magazine-style documentary segments shot over the next 18 months regarding ...
Actors, artists join White House initiative to turn around failing schools ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are signing up for a new initiative with the Obama administration to adopt failing schools and help turn them around by integrating arts education throughout the schools.
The digital teacher
Atlanta Journal Constitution
That is one of the promises of online learning, said Bryan Hassel, co-director of Public Impact and a speaker at last week's Thomas B. Fordham Institute's panel on Education Reform for a Digital Era. Hassel said that only about 25 percent of classes ...
Architectural Record Launches First-Ever Continuing Education Mobile App ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Architectural Record, part of McGraw-Hill Construction and the leading provider of continuing education for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community, is celebrating a number of ...
On visit to Staten Island, State Education Commissioner John B. King decries ...
SILive.com
And while many complain about the assessments -- and linking them to promotion for students and evaluations for teachers promotes "teaching to the test" -- StateEducation Commissioner John B. King said test prep isn't the best way to pass tests.
SILive.com
Personalized Learning Becomes More Prominent in Classrooms
Fox Business
According to a new report from McGraw Hill Education's, higher education institutions are increasingly using advanced educational tools that include futuristic ways of learning to help students become more accustomed to lecture-hall style learning and ...
Conn. Teacher of the Year to be honored
Boston.com
Connecticut's Teacher of the Year, David Bosso of Berlin, is being honored in Washington, DC with fellow finalists for the 2012 National Teacher of the Year. Bosso, a Berlin High School social studiesteacher, is scheduled to appear at a reception ...
Gaza's Hamas rulers will begin teaching Hebrew in schools
Washington Post
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A senior Hamas official in Gaza says the territory's militant rulers intend to begin teaching Hebrew for high school students beginning next year. Ziad Thabet, the educationministry undersecretary, said Monday the government ...
Barbara Shelly: Accelerated education, taken to the nth degree
Kansas City Star
"I've been around gifted education for a very long time, and the general consensus is that children are very much enriched by their parents and their experiences up until the third grade," said Connie Isbell, the lead teacher for the Center School ...
Sonic Foundry Partners with the Sloan Consortium to Webcast Blended Learning ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Themed "Perfecting the Blend," the conference and workshop aims to improve the state of education by blending the student experience through practice and research while harnessing the potential of new and emerging technologies, pedagogies, ...
Corporate Learning Executives Gather at University of Pennsylvania's Graduate ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Corporate University Xchange ("CorpU"), the leading talent development insight and education provider, and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education ("Penn GSE"), an innovator in ...
Ohio's education leaders want to overhaul 12th grade so students are ready for ...
Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio's top education leaders want to "reinvent" the senior year of high school so that instead of cruising through their final year, students get involved in technical training, apprenticeships or college classes.
Plain Dealer
Obama Administration Selects Denver's Noel Community Arts School For Program ...
Huffington Post
Over the course of two years Noel Community Arts School will receive intensive arts educationresources, art supplies, musical instruments, expertise and the involvement of award-winning actress Alfre Woodard, according to a press release.
Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?
TIME
By Adam Cohen | @adamscohen | April 23, 2012 | + Tennessee was the center of the national debate when it prosecuted John Thomas Scopes for the crime of teachingevolution. Now, 87 years after the Scopes “monkey trial,” Tennessee is once again a ...
TIME
FIRST (R) Announces Alliance with National Parent Teacher Association(R)
MarketWatch (press release)
... and participation in science and technology, and the National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA(R)) today announced a national Alliance to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in K-12 education.
Laureate Online Education BV Enters Agreement With London's University of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BALTIMORE, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Laureate Online Education BV today announced it has entered an agreement with the University of Roehampton, London, for the delivery of online master's degree programs. The new online degree programs ...
Teaching with a critical eye
Concord Monitor
Next year, the Concord Regional Technical Center's teacher preparation program will be equipped with cameras in several places so the teachers can observe the students giving lessons to the children. That system will replace the current system of ...
Teacher Fired Due To Porn Past
DrJays.com Live
It is the face of 31 year-old California middle school teacher Stacie Halas. Seems innocent enough, right? Before becoming a school teacher, Halas performed as a pornographic actress, under the stage name Tiffany Six. Fearing that students would become ...
England Student Debt Unprecedented as Government Shifts Funding
Bloomberg
As the US grapples with record-high college costs and outstanding student loans of $1 trillion, England is embarking on a plan this year that shifts much of the government's burden of paying for higher education to students and saddles graduates with ...
Bloomberg
Blackboard Introduces Open Enrollment for CourseSites
MarketWatch (press release)
"During the past decade, the world has become wide open for learning," said Dr. Curtis Bonk, a Professor of Education at Indiana University who is using CourseSites to launch an open course this month on learner-centered approaches to blended and ...
Hill International Selected as Project Manager for Al Bayaa Teaching Hospital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"This new teaching hospital will help to improve healthcare services in Baghdad and throughout Iraq," said Akram Ogaily, Senior Vice President in charge of Iraq operations for Hill's Project Management Group. "We are proud to be participating in this ...
How the iPad Is Changing Education
By John Paul Titlow
... but it's already becoming clear how it will revolutionize certain aspects our lives. Education is a huge one, as recent developments have demonstrated. ... It's purely anecdotal, but students at Riverside Unified School District have said that using an iPad makes learning and doing homework more enjoyable. Their teachers confirmed that students seem more eager to participate thanks to the iPad. Anybody who's ever spent a long stretch of uninterrupted time reading or watching ...
ReadWriteWeb
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Corporate University Xchange ("CorpU"), the leading talent development insight and education provider, and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education ("Penn GSE"), an innovator in ...
Ohio's education leaders want to overhaul 12th grade so students are ready for ...
Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio's top education leaders want to "reinvent" the senior year of high school so that instead of cruising through their final year, students get involved in technical training, apprenticeships or college classes.
Plain Dealer
Obama Administration Selects Denver's Noel Community Arts School For Program ...
Huffington Post
Over the course of two years Noel Community Arts School will receive intensive arts educationresources, art supplies, musical instruments, expertise and the involvement of award-winning actress Alfre Woodard, according to a press release.
Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?
TIME
By Adam Cohen | @adamscohen | April 23, 2012 | + Tennessee was the center of the national debate when it prosecuted John Thomas Scopes for the crime of teachingevolution. Now, 87 years after the Scopes “monkey trial,” Tennessee is once again a ...
TIME
FIRST (R) Announces Alliance with National Parent Teacher Association(R)
MarketWatch (press release)
... and participation in science and technology, and the National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA(R)) today announced a national Alliance to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in K-12 education.
Laureate Online Education BV Enters Agreement With London's University of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BALTIMORE, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Laureate Online Education BV today announced it has entered an agreement with the University of Roehampton, London, for the delivery of online master's degree programs. The new online degree programs ...
Teaching with a critical eye
Concord Monitor
Next year, the Concord Regional Technical Center's teacher preparation program will be equipped with cameras in several places so the teachers can observe the students giving lessons to the children. That system will replace the current system of ...
Teacher Fired Due To Porn Past
DrJays.com Live
It is the face of 31 year-old California middle school teacher Stacie Halas. Seems innocent enough, right? Before becoming a school teacher, Halas performed as a pornographic actress, under the stage name Tiffany Six. Fearing that students would become ...
England Student Debt Unprecedented as Government Shifts Funding
Bloomberg
As the US grapples with record-high college costs and outstanding student loans of $1 trillion, England is embarking on a plan this year that shifts much of the government's burden of paying for higher education to students and saddles graduates with ...
Bloomberg
Blackboard Introduces Open Enrollment for CourseSites
MarketWatch (press release)
"During the past decade, the world has become wide open for learning," said Dr. Curtis Bonk, a Professor of Education at Indiana University who is using CourseSites to launch an open course this month on learner-centered approaches to blended and ...
Hill International Selected as Project Manager for Al Bayaa Teaching Hospital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"This new teaching hospital will help to improve healthcare services in Baghdad and throughout Iraq," said Akram Ogaily, Senior Vice President in charge of Iraq operations for Hill's Project Management Group. "We are proud to be participating in this ...
How the iPad Is Changing Education
By John Paul Titlow
... but it's already becoming clear how it will revolutionize certain aspects our lives. Education is a huge one, as recent developments have demonstrated. ... It's purely anecdotal, but students at Riverside Unified School District have said that using an iPad makes learning and doing homework more enjoyable. Their teachers confirmed that students seem more eager to participate thanks to the iPad. Anybody who's ever spent a long stretch of uninterrupted time reading or watching ...
ReadWriteWeb
learning about pedagogy | Scientopia Guests' Blog
By unlikelygrad
learning about pedagogy. Apr 23 2012 Published by unlikelygrad under Uncategorized. This semester I've been taking a class on teaching at the college level which has been very eye-opening. I'm a goodteacher and have been for years.
Scientopia Guests' Blog
Information Context, Learning Context « Hack Library School
By Paul Lai
While Ashley focused on learning the tools of a different discipline, anthropology, for direct use in librarianship (i.e., librarian as ethnographer), I wonder how much can be expected of librarians in terms of knowledge about the communities and knowledge contexts in which they work. After all, information and learning carry ... For some library positions, this question has a straightforward answer (e.g., law librarians need a legal education background). And for others, job ads sometimes...
Hack Library School
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Learning Disabilities Associations ...
By Autism Reality NB
The Learning Disabilities Associations of Canada and Ontario have also opposed the full inclusion model which limits placement options, causes physical harm to some, and deprives some of a realeducation: ... For one student, the plan may be provided in the regular classroom yet for another student, the regular classroom may be an inappropriate placement and may need alternative instructional environments, teaching strategies, and/or materials that cannot or will not be provided ...
Facing Autism in New Brunswick
Dr. Jean & Friends: WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING
By Jean
WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING. The brain is so fascinating to me, and I'm always anxious to learn everything I can about it! Krista Weber recently sent me some interesting information by Chris Biffle: WholeBrainTeaching.com. I think Chris and I could ... 1. The Attention Getter: Class-Yes! Teachersays, “Class!” and children respond, “Yes!” 2. The Organizer: Rehearse Classroom rules with gestures. 3. The Whole Brain Activator: Teach/Okay. Teach briefly and then clap your hands and say, ...
Dr. Jean & Friends
Federal teacher evaluation mandate's impact felt across country ...
By Sarah Garland, Hechinger Report
In the last of three articles about the reform effort produced by Education Week, The Hechinger Report, and the Education Writers Association, Sarah Garland looks at the national impact of a federal requirement — tougher teacher ... that seemed the least invasive: Instead of closing schools or firing at least half of the teaching staff, schools could undergo less aggressive interventions, such as overhauling how teacher performance is measured and rewarding teachers who do well.
GothamSchools » Newsroom
The Best Advice For New Teachers | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of ...
By Larry Ferlazzo
Ten Alternative Tips for New Teachers is from Nancy Flanagan at Education Week. ... TeacherAdvice: The Good, the Bad, and “That Would Never Happen in MY Class.” ... A Skeptic's Guide to Loving Surviving Teaching in Tough Times ...
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Captain Capitalism: How Boring Teachers Destroy Education
By Captain Capitalism
How Boring Teachers Destroy Education. This is a very long piece, but of the many lessons to pull from it, one of the primary ones is that boring teachers should not be allowed to teach. However, this is what happens when your primary source ...
Captain Capitalism
Why & How Higher Education is Embracing Sustainability
By 3p Guest Author
Learn 7 reasons higher education is getting interested in sustainability as well as major trends describing exactly how they're doing it. ... Register for our GRI Certified Training Course. Why & How Higher Education is Embracing Sustainability ...
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit
New Sloan's 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education – Stephen's ...
By admin
The Sloan Consortium is a professional leadership organization dedicated to helping online learningmove into the mainstream of higher education. As part of this mission they have published numerous effective practices for online education ...
Stephen's Lighthouse
Instapundit » Blog Archive » LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Now ...
By Glenn Reynolds
LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Now That's Transparency: 'Most Honest Law School' Admits a Graduate Is Employed as a 'Sheep Farmer.' Plus depressing news on Michigan job placement generally. Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 8:20 am ...
Instapundit
Teaching Intolerance - By Eman Al Nafjan | Foreign Policy
By EMAN AL NAFJAN
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In the years just before the 9/11 attacks, I spent two semesters at a public school in Riyadh for my training as a teacher. I was stationed each day at the campus gates, instructed to inspect the girls' ... The Education Ministry responded to the criticism, appearing to commit itself to reform by relegating 2000 teachers it deemed extremists to administrative roles far from the classroom. The ministry also instructed principals to report anyone preaching extremism.
Foreign Policy
Are Digital Badges and DIY Learning the Future of Education?
By Maggie McGary
Even more intrigued when I clicked through to the other article about DIY learning. I think there is a lot to be said for DIY learning, and hope that somehow higher education is magically transformed in time for me not to have to pay two college ...
SocialFish
Teacher Appreciation:From the Mouths of Babes! « Diary of a Public ...
By Oldschoolteach
Posted April 22, 2012 by Oldschoolteach in Blogging about Education, Education Blog, EducationIssues, Elementary Education Blog, Teacher issues. Tagged: Student, teacher, teacher appreciation,teacher appreciation day, teacher informal ...
Diary of a Public School Teacher!
Environmental Education (EE) | Environmental Education | US EPA
Environmental education increases public awareness and knowledge about ... A primary desired outcome of environmental education programs is ... Teacher Awards ... plans and resources for K-12 teachers · National Environmental Education ... Greening STEM: The Environment as Inspiration for 21st Century Learning ...
www.epa.gov/education/index2.html
Falsely accused teacher calls for accountability - Canada - CBC News
An Ontario substitute teacher who was cleared of abuse allegations is ... 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.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/.../bc-teacheraccused.htm...
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