Washington Post
CINCINNATI — Educators including the US secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus this week on ways to transform the teaching profession with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career ...
Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts
New York Daily News
MADRID — Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the ...
Spain teachers strike at all education levels to protest spending cuts under ...
Washington Post
MADRID — Teachers at all levels of Spain's education system are on strike to protest billions in spending cuts enacted as part of an austerity drive. Students are also taking part in the Tuesday strike, unprecedented in that all levels — from ...
Teachers and students strike in Spain over spending cuts
GlobalPost
Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts. In a similar event in 2011, teachers demonstrated in Madrid to protest education spending cuts at a time when ...
District Grant Contest Unveiled
New York Times
“We need to take classroom learning beyond a one-size-fits-all model and bring it into the 21st century,” Arne Duncan, the education secretary, said in a statement. The rules require districts to show how they will focus resources on “students facing ...
New York Times
Student defends criticism of Obama after being berated by teacher
Fox News
The North Carolina high school student who was berated by his teacher after he spoke critically of President Obama told Fox News on Monday that he wanted to "laugh" when he heard the teacher suggest he could be arrested for criticizing a sitting ...
Teacher suspended over Obama argument
USA TODAY (blog)
By David Jackson, USA TODAY A North Carolina school system has suspended ateacher as it looks into an argument she had with a student over the coming contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Among other things, the teacher said it was illegal ...
USA TODAY (blog)
Teachers strike over academy row
The Press Association
The teachers, who are all National Union of Teachers (NUT) members, were joined by up to 30 parents as they demonstrated over the proposal by the Department for Education (DfE) to force the establishment to become a sponsored academy.
Teacher's aide charged with 11 felony counts of child abuse
Los Angeles Times
A 25-year-old man employed as a teacher's aide at a Los Angeles elementary school was charged Monday with 11 felony counts in connection with lewd acts committed on a child, prosecutors said. Jorge Luis Dominguez, was charged with 10 counts of lewd ...
Teachers strike across Spain, protesting cuts
euronews
By Teresa Larraz Mora MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish teachers went on strike on Tuesday to protest against cuts in education spending that labour unions say will put 100000 substitute teachers out of work but that the government says are needed to tackle ...
euronews
Ex-Okla. teacher to stand trial on porn charges
Fox News
Nine students testified Monday that their former third-grade teacher took photos of them in her classroom and during a pizza party at her home while they were wearing tank tops and underwear, and prosecutors said the girls also were videotaped naked ...
Teachers strike against eduction cuts in Spain
Xinhua
MADRID, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Teachers in Spain are protesting against government cutbacks in the public education system. On Tuesday, strike were organized in all areas of Spain -- with the exception of the Basque Country, La Rioja and the Balearic ...
Race To The Top 2012 Invites School Districts To Compete
Huffington Post
The competition this year opens $400 million in grant money to school districts -- and not states, like in previous rounds -- with a focus on "personalized learning," US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce Tuesday.
Teachscape's Observation and Professional Learning Technologies Named as ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Deemed by the AEP as the best-of-the-best products for education, the Golden Lamp Awards are the educational resource industry's top honor, recognizing the best overall tools for teaching andlearning. Teachscape Reflect Live, a tablet-based ...
Prominent Statistics Educators Conduct Teacher Workshops
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"Education is a prime focus of the ASA," said Ron Wasserstein, ASA executive director, "and we are proud to have presented MWM to teachers across the country, helping to improve statisticaleducation for students in grades K-12.
Portland-area teachers strike after talks fail
Bend Bulletin
By AP TROUTDALE — Talks between the Reynolds School District and teachers union ended without an agreement Monday, and no new mediation sessions are scheduled until Wednesday. The Reynolds Education Association started picketing at schools in the east ...
Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1000 broadband users
Computerworld
Schools are moving away from viewing Internet instruction as an add-on to traditional teaching, said Christine Fox, director of educational leadership and research at SETDA. Many schools are beginning to embrace online textbooks, video conferencing and ...
Spanish school and university protest at education cuts
BBC News
Schools and universities in Spain have closed in protest at government cuts - the first ever strike across all levels of public education in the country. Pupils, parents andteachers have joined the protests. The cuts will see class sizes increase, ...
BBC News
Teachers question school district layoff list
Port Huron Times Herald
By CRYSTAL GARCIA A new teacher evaluation system came into question Monday when members of the Port Huron Board of Education approved the layoff list of 23 teachers at their regular board meeting. About 50 people attended the meeting at the McKinley ...
Former McLoud teacher, man ordered to stand trial on child porn charges
NewsOK.com
One of the girls testified that Crain, a former third-grade teacher at McLoud Elementary School, took a group of five girls to the teacher's Shawnee home a few weeks before last Christmas. The girl said Crain told them to change into bras and panties, ...
DOE offers FCAT resources for parents
MiamiHerald.com
The state Department of Education has set up a call center, a website and an email address dedicated to parent questions. The Florida Department of Education has set up a call center and website to help answer parents' questions about the FCAT.
Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ Awards Scholarships to Five Deserving High ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are proud to be able to support these young adults as they go on to receive a college education, especially during a time when attending higher education can be a very big expense." Through Quotes for Cash, Teachers' Insurance donates money into a ...
School's out in Spain as teachers strike over cuts
euronews
From kindergarten to university, Spain's education system came to a standstill on Tuesday as teachers went on strike in protest at austerity cuts and other measures designed to save money. Classrooms remained empty as students and teachersstayed away.
euronews
Ofsted: bright children failed by poor maths lessons
Telegraph.co.uk
Inspectors are to launch a fresh crackdown on substandard maths teaching after it emerged that almost 40000 bright children are leaving school with a “mediocre” grasp of the subject, Ofsted said today. Almost 40000 bright children are failed by poor ...
Telegraph.co.uk
School districts can compete for $400 million in Race to the Top education awards
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is inviting school districts to compete for $400 million in grants, taking its Race to the Top education initiative to the classroom level. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is to announce the new competition ...
EDUCATION: Record number of schools in financial jeopardy
Press-Enterprise
BY MICHELLE L. KLAMPE A record number of California schools, including 31 in the Inland Empire, may not be able to pay their bills in the next couple of years, the California Department of Education announced Monday, May 20.
Obligatory: North Carolina teacher tells student not to criticize ...
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“The Rowan-Salisbury School System expects all students and employees to be respectful in the school environment and for all teachers to maintain their professionalism in the classroom. This incident should serve as an education for all ...
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Rowan teacher suspended in classroom dispute | CharlotteObserver ...
A Rowan County high school teacher has been suspended after being heard on video shouting at a student and suggesting he could be arrested for criticizing President Obama.
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The Making and Breaking of Education Policy | Cato @ Liberty
By Andrew J. Coulson
Matt Ladner does a good job of explaining how his beliefs shape his education policy recommendations. It's a quality that he shares with Horace Mann, who persuaded the people of Massachusetts to adopt a fully tax-funded state school ...
Cato @ Liberty
Unhinged NC Teacher Suspended After Viral Video Exposes ...
By Jim Hoft
A Rowan County high school teacher has been suspended following the release of a YouTube video in which she is heard yelling at a student in class and telling him it's wrong to criticize President Barack Obama. The Salisbury Post ... Our public education/indoctrination dollars at work. #8 May 22, 2012 at ... School boards and teachers need to be reminded that the public employs them and these ridiculous protections for incompetent teachers need to be erased. #18 May 22, 2012 at ...
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The Secrets It Holds - The Learning Network - The New York Times
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Learning is everywhere | Harold Jarche
By Harold Jarche
There are lots of “learning specialists” in organizations and they work for variously named departments. As learning specialists, I assume they are supporting workplace learning, so let me ask: If I'm sitting at my desk with a work-related ...
Harold Jarche
Teacher Suspended After Audio Captures Her Yelling at Student for ...
By America Live
It was a moment in a North Carolina classroom that was caught on tape recently that is making national headlines, after a teacher was recorded yelling at a student in her social studies class for criticizing President Obama, even telling him that ...
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Tanya Dixon-Neely, Teacher, Tells Student He Will Be Arrested For ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
... him question the education Dixon-Neely's students are receiving. "My larger concern is, if this excerpt is indicative of her teaching style and classroom management skills -- her students may not be learning much of anything," Clark writes.
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Kimberly Ann Crain, Former Teacher, Charged With Child Porn For ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
The students, aged 9 to 11, took the witness stand in Pottawatomie County District Court during a preliminary hearing for former McLoud teacher Kimberly Ann Crain of Shawnee and retired professor of early childhood development Gary Doby ...
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Artfldgr Says: May 21st, 2012 at 1:46 pm. So bella dodd running the communist party usa AND theteachers unions had no effect, and its not important.. neither is it important that Dewey the father of modern education, was a communist too… .... ( Taxonomy, page 88). Bloom also said the purpose of education was to “change the thoughts, actions and feelings of students” (All Our ChildrenLearning, 1982) and defined good teaching as “challenging the students' fixed beliefs.” (Taxonomy ...
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By neo-neocon
Artfldgr Says: May 21st, 2012 at 1:46 pm. So bella dodd running the communist party usa AND theteachers unions had no effect, and its not important.. neither is it important that Dewey the father of modern education, was a communist too… .... ( Taxonomy, page 88). Bloom also said the purpose of education was to “change the thoughts, actions and feelings of students” (All Our ChildrenLearning, 1982) and defined good teaching as “challenging the students' fixed beliefs.” (Taxonomy ...
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The Benefits Of A College Education | ZeroHedge
By Tyler Durden
Meanwhile, older Americans who were less likely to pursue higher education are exiting the work force. In 2011 ... A no brainer on that one, but university teaching, and outside consulting while in grad school was fairly lucrative back then. ..... Learning means going to the 3-4 courses you take every quarter half of which are "History of Gender Inequality in 19th Century Germany" or the like. ...The Obama voting "teacher" screaming at the student is a product of our university system.
INSTAVISION ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE - PJ Media
By Glenn Reynolds
INSTAVISION ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE: I talk with Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of The Faculty Lounges, And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get The College Education You Paid For. Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 8:52 am ...
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High School Teacher Tells Student He Can Be Arrested For ...
High School Teacher Tells Student He Can Be Arrested For Criticizing Obama ... Carlson sat down with Education Action Group founder Kyle Olson to discuss a ... RELATED: Tucker Carlson:Teachers Union Leader 'Pro-Soviet, Totalitarian, ...
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Dyersburg State Gazette: Local News: The price of education ...
The price of education: Superintendents weigh in on budgets, scores and competition ... No one can put a price on education or the role a good teacher plays in the life of a student. .... 'If you have great teachers, you have great education' ... being excited as a teacher and the students being excited about learning because it ...
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Education Department Senior Official to Deliver Keynote Address at ...
U.S. Department of Education ... goals for using technology to transform education in five areas:learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity.
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