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Harvard has joined with MIT to deliver courses over the Internet, for free, to anyone in the world. The new joint venture, called edx, builds upon MIT’s existing online learning platform, MITx, which already runs a handful of courses, including Circuits and Electronics, for around 120,000 students worldwide. The courses offered through edx will incorporate video lessons, online quizzes, and real-time feedback. Students will receive a certificates of mastery for their efforts. In recent years, there has been a massive groundswell in online learning—enabled by high-speed Internet connections, ubiquitous computers, and back-end technology like cloud computing. Edx is just the latest—and most prestigious—endorsement of that phenomenon. . . platforms like edx could also help institutions such as MIT and Harvard identify and nurture the smartest students from anywhere in the world. Anant Agrawal, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and leader of the development of MITx, says edx will also involve researching new ways of automating the learning process—including machine-learning to grade written papers. He adds that such a massive interactive learning platform will offer a chance to run completely new kinds of experiments, and explore how people learn and improve that process. The research will feed into the courses offered on campus at MIT and Harvard as well as those offered through edx. When asked who the leader of the online interactive learning trend is, Agrawal singled out Salman Khan, the MIT and Harvard grad who started out tutoring his cousins via YouTube, and went on to create the online learning platform Khan Academy."
Free Harvard, MIT classes for all? Yes and no.
Washington Post (blog)
By Daniel de Vise Harvard and MIT jumped to the front of the free online education movement this week with edX, a $60 million partnership that promises online coursework to the masses from two leading academic brands. The venture illustrates both the ...
What America Can Learn From Ontario's Education Success
The Atlantic
Morale of teachers and principals is stronger (fewer teachers leave the profession in the first few years), and achievement gaps have been substantially reduced for low-income students, the children of recent immigrants, and special educationstudents ...
The Atlantic
Teacher strike appears imminent
Chicago Tribune
Eagle Point School District administrators plan to hire substitute teachers so students can continue to attend classes and remain on track to graduate in the event of an employee strike. In an ad placed online, the district suggested that its schools ...
Hawaii teachers union to revisit rejected contract
CBS News
Okabe said the contract offer was the best the teachers would get. Further, without it, the union won't have a say as the state develops new teacher evaluations reflecting student performance, he said. "HSTA feels strongly that the January tentative ...
Mo. House narrowly OKs changes to teacher layoffs
CBS News
"We are going to dismiss faculty not according to seniority but performance, so that we can keep the best teachers in the classroom" when forced to make cuts, said House EducationCommittee Chairman Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, who sponsored the ...
NYC Teachers Can't Friend Students on Facebook
Reuters
By Edward Tan, JD at FindLaw.com New York City is going to be a lonelier place for public school teachers. The city's Department of Education has ruled that NYC teachers can't become Facebook friends with students or follow their Twitters.
Yahoo confirms CEO's education misstated, will launch probe
San Jose Mercury News
If Thompson fudged his education he should be fired, and questions should be asked of board member Patti Hart, who led the search committee that picked Thompson, some experts said. its investors, I think the board has no choice but to terminate the CEO ...
Miramonte teachers speak at rally
Los Angeles Times
Thursday's rally marked the first time that the teachers spoke publicly. "We just really want to go back to our students," said one teacher in a interview. Like many others, she declined to be identified. "We never got to say goodbye," she said.
Teachers to vote again on contract
Chicago Tribune
The teachers union announced Wednesday it will take another vote on a proposed contract overwhelmingly rejected in January, a decision a union leader said is "driven by the urgency to preserve" the state's $75 million Race to the Top grant.
Dayton vetoes overhaul of teacher tenure rules, a top GOP priority
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The education measure would have ended the "last-in, first-out" seniority-based system of layoffs that governs Minnesota public school teachers whose local contracts do not already allow consideration of other issues such as teacher effectiveness.
Displaced Miramonte teachers recount their hurt and anger
Los Angeles Times
At least 40 teachers and other staffers rally outside the South LA campus they were reassigned to following the arrests of two teachers on lewd conduct charges.Teacher Joyce Berwanger, center, takes a moment to comfort fourth-grade student Stacy ...
Los Angeles Times
Education websites awarded Webbys
CNN (blog)
By John Martin, CNN (CNN) - Khan Academy took the top prize for education at this year's Webby Awards, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday. TED Talks won the Webby People's Voice Award. The academy will dole out ...
Teaching colleges in Missouri, Illinois, balk at ratings
STLtoday.com
Organization says it wants to show which universities have been the most effective at trainingteachers. An effort to rate the nation's teacher preparation programs isn't making many friends in Missouri or Illinois. The National Council on Teacher ...
Top teachers lagging behind in wage stakes
ABC Online
But the report cited concerns from teachers who believed different pay rates would affect the collegiality of the teaching profession. Melbourne secondary school teacher Mick Butler says the plan would be a "disaster". Mr Butler, who has taught for ...
Three-quarters of teachers want performance-related pay
Telegraph.co.uk
Most teachers believe pay should be linked to performance, according to research by the Sutton Trust. Photo: JANE MINGAY By Graeme Paton, Education Editor More than three-quarters of school staff are in favour of linking salaries to performance in the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Settlement of CityTime Scandal Will Pay for Teachers
New York Times
That will likely affect class size, make it possible for the city to serve hundreds of additional special education students, and provide stability heading into the new school year. With no new taxes in the city budget, where will that additional money ...
Education Leaders Share Solutions for Providing Quality Education to Nation's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW ORLEANS, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Declaring that America's schools "are still in trouble," NBC News Education Correspondent Rehema Ellis moderated aneducation session at the WK Kellogg Foundation's America Healing conference last ...
York City teachers turn down wage concession proposals
Chicago Tribune
The York City Education Association voted Tuesday to reject a number of wage concessions proposed by the school district, which is working to close a $19 million budget gap for the 2012-13 school year. The district had proposed a number of concessions, ...
WSJ: Washington Post 1Q Net Improves; Education Unit Swings To Loss
Wall Street Journal
(WPO) reported significantly weaker first-quarter results from its education and newspaper businesses, even as one-time items helped the company report higher net income. Theeducation division, which long has been a cash cow for the Post, ...
Dayton vetoes 'teacher seniority' bill
MinnPost.com
Dayton wrote in his veto letter Thursday that the bill was just one of many introduced this legislative session that was 'anti-public schools, anti-public school teachers, or anti-collective bargaining rights.' … Education Minnesota President Tom ...
TE Teachers Ask School Board to Re-Check Math
Patch.com
The T/E Education Association is asking the school board to take another look at a proposal to reduce salary costs by demoting some teachers with PhD's. The T/E community recently spoke out against teacher demotions at the April 23rd School Board ...
Productivity Commission recommends teacher pay reform
ABC Online
He's taught for more than 30 years and is a councillor with the Australian Education Union. MICK BUTLER: Did surprise me was that there wasn't a statement saying that the salaries of allteachers were inadequate and I was very disappointed in the ...
Kacy Wilson, former Fla. teacher, arrested for allegedly having sex with student
CBS News
Former Osceola County, Fla. teacher Kacy Wilson has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student and sending pornographic photos to the teen. PICTURES: Notorious teacher sex scandals CBS affiliate WKMG reports that the 28-year-old ...
CBS News
With arbitration ruling, teachers union wins battle but comes out a loser
Las Vegas Sun
By J. Patrick Coolican (contact) A conundrum: Polls show that teachers are some of the most admired people in America. Yet, nearly half of the respondents in a 2011 Gallup poll said teachers unions hurt the quality of education, while just 26 percent ...
Las Vegas Sun
Teachers pension sues Wal-Mart officials over bribery allegations
Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO --The country's second-largest public pension fund, the California StateTeachers' Retirement System, is suing current and former board members and executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., accusing them of using bribery and corruption to gain ...
Graphic porn allegations against ex-Lincoln High teacher
Chicago Tribune
STOCKTON — Heidi Kaeslin, the Lincoln High School special-education teacher fired in February amid an avalanche of allegations she was operating pornographic websites on a school district computer, is contesting her dismissal by Lincoln Unified.
Teachers 'back pay for performance'
The Press Association
The findings come just days after the influential Commons Education Select Committee called for the best teachers to be rewarded with higher pay than their colleagues. The cross-party group of MPs called for the Department for Education to develop a ...
Smart Education: How Lynda.com Hit $70M In Revenue Without A ...
By Rip Empson
Student loan debt is over $1 trillion, unemployment remains high for the recently graduated, and non-traditional students — older people, single mothers, workers looking to re-train — are returning to academia and learning programs in ... which, along with the maturation of online content distribution channels, are helping to lower the cost of higher, primary, and continuingeducation — both making it easier for teachers to do what they do best as well as transforminglearning into ...
TechCrunch
What I've Learned About Learning :zenhabits
By Leo
I'm a teacher because I help Eva homeschool our kids — OK, she does most of the work, but I do help, mostly with math but with everything else too. ... Why Learning is Independent. One of the foundations of Unschooling, which Eva and I and the kids do here at home, is that you're notteaching subjects to your kids — in fact, you're not really teaching them at all. They take responsibility for ... The best teachers know this, and so they inspire, and help you to put thelearning into action.
zenhabits
Alleged US Army doc: re-education camps and psy-op missions ...
By RT
An American military document just uncovered appears to detail an US Army plan that calls for detaining “political activists” at re-education camps staffed by military-hired “PSYOP officers” in both America and abroad.
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Helping teachers hone their techniques | Harvard Gazette
Run by the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, and underwritten by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT), the series attracted a range of faculty members seeking new models and techniques to improve classroom ...
Harvard Gazette
Land-Grant Partnership Seeks to Transform Math Teaching in ...
By Dan Berrett
The program, known as the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership, will draw on the expertise of about three dozen teams of college and university faculty members, math coordinators, and teachers. The teams will develop guiding ...
The Ticker
Commentary: Blended learning transforms teaching ...
By Guest Columnist
However, there is a new “blended learning” (a combination of teacher-led and computer-learning) education movement taking place that holds an implicit belief that teacher'sspecialized skills should be better appreciated and used in a more ...
EdNewsColorado
Jobs of 4 teachers at risk | WLFI - Delphi, Indiana
By Dan Klein
Four teachers could lose their jobs and become the state's first victims to new legislation. ...Landis said this round of potential layoffs is particularly difficult because with the changes in state law, the decisions may not be able to be made until July 1, keeping riffed teachers fromlearning their fates until it may be too late to find another job in the fall. An unofficial vote by the 32 union ... Landis hopes cuts can be made in other areas so no teacher loses his or her job. "We're hoping that we ...
News | WLFI TV
Scott Thompson's Education Records To Be Probed By Yahoo Board
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board of directors will review a discrepancy in the educational record of its chief executive, Scott Thompson, a spokesman told Reuters, ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../scott-thompson-education_n_147...
Leaked U.S. Army Document Outlines Plan For Re-Education ...
RELATED: Yes, The Re-Education Camp Manual Does Apply Domestically to U.S. ... The re-education process is the responsibility of the “Psychological ...
www.infowars.com/leaked-u-s-army-document-outlines-plan-f...
Education Week Teacher: Displaced Miramonte Teachers Rally for ...
Teachers who were removed from the California elementary school where two teachers were ...humiliation, lost sleep and questioning the pride they once had in the teaching profession. ....Using Collaboration to Impact Teaching & Learning ...
www.edweek.org/tm/articles/.../30mct_camiramonte.h31.html
Teaching Ambassador Fellow to Discuss Elevating the Teaching ...
Teaching Ambassador Fellow to Discuss Elevating the Teaching Profession with South Carolina College Students and Faculty. Contact: Sara Gast, (202) ...
www.ed.gov/.../teaching-ambassador-fellow-discuss-elevating-...
The Digital Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Teachers in California. Orphans in Mongolia. ... Slide Show: Technology for Learning in Every Direction ... Teaching with Technology. Open Education's Wide World of Possibilities 1. OpenEducation's Wide World of Possibilities Premium Link ...
chronicle.com/section/The-Digital-Campus/491/
Teacher Appreciation
My own DIY - "P is for Mrs.Powlik, a very special teacher." Tomorrow is my 3.5 year old, Ella's last day of playschool, so we're going to give her teacher this as a ...
pinterest.com/nicky12/teacher-appreciation/
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