Huffington Post
"What is fundamentally different today is that education systems now need to equip all teachers, and not just some, for effective learning." -- Andreas Schleicher "It is very clear that high performing systems generally have a high performing teacher ...
Chicago teachers head for polls as CTU ad pushes for strike approval
Chicago Sun-Times
BY ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter June 6, 2012 6:28AM President of Chicago TeachersUnion Karen Lewis outside King High School after voting on teacher strike authorization. | Brian Jackson~ Sun-Times Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis ...
Chicago teachers line up to vote on strike authorization
Chicago Tribune
The CTU hopes to top that percentage to send a message about teacher dissatisfaction with reforms being pushed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools. Shortly after 6:30 am, the firstteachers began to cast their votes at King College Prep ...
Teachers walk out over merit-based pay deal
The Australian
More than 10000 teachers are expected to join the strike. The Australian Education Union is taking the action amid claims the government is going back on a pre-election pledge to make Victorianteachers the best paid in the country.
YogiPlay Appoints Learning Veteran Dr. Jim Gray As Chief Learning Officer
Sacramento Bee
His academic background includes research at the Center for Innovative Learning Technologies andteaching Interactive Media Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Gray holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a ...
Harford teachers have no choice but work-to-rule
Baltimore Sun
I am a teacher at Fallston High School, and I read in the newspaper about the recent work-to-rule action at Bel Air High School. Last Thursday afternoon, teachers at Fallston High School as well as other schools across the county decided to adopt a ...
Email battle ahead of Chicago teachers' strike vote
Chicago Sun-Times
By ROSALIND ROSSI Education Reporter June 6, 2012 12:35AM More than 25000 ChicagoTeachers Union members begin voting Wednesday on whether to authorize a strike — a move their leaders say is critical to their bargaining “leverage'' but one district ...
Ex-teacher's aide gets 8 years for molesting boys
Sacramento Bee
A former Long Beach teacher's aide has been sentenced to eight years in prison for molesting three boys. The Long Beach Press-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/LnJ13F) says 29-year-old Rudy Rivera was sentenced Tuesday, apologized and broke into tears.
Spending for a Special Education Program Is Investigated
New York Times
By Maria Newman A program in special education for 3- and 4-year-olds is costing New York City big bucks. The New York Times's David Halbfinger reports that the city is paying private contractors more than $1 billion this year to operate the ...
What Romney's Education Plan Means for College Students
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
On May 23, Mitt Romney unveiled his own education plan, "A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education." While the plan is relatively lacking in shock-value, your Student Loan Ranger will take a stab at ...
Texas Teachers' Harris Taking Alternative Investing to New Risks
San Francisco Chronicle
He tried teaching, setting up a class on investing at Texas A&M University, his alma mater. Then, in late 2006, a headhunter approached him about taking the top investing job at the TeacherRetirement System of Texas. It was a place where he could make ...
Fairfax drama teacher practices what she preaches
Washington Post
Oakton High School students are getting an opportunity to see one of their favorite teachers unravel in front of a crowd, but it's not what one might think. Drama teacher Vanessa Gelinas stars in “God of Carnage,” a dark comedy by French playwright ...
Striking Neshaminy teachers being threatened, union says
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Bill Reed The Neshaminy School District teachers' union has reported a death threat to one of its members and physical and verbal attacks on others as they picket outside schools, its leaders said Tuesday. The death threat was posted by a student on ...
On education funding and 'redistribution of wealth'
The Union Leader
Carolyn McKinney, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, has come up with a load of bogus and deeply misinformed arguments to try to persuade Republicans to oppose CACR 12, the education funding constitutional amendment up for a ...
Teachers' strike set to close 150 schools
ABC Online
Teachers are fighting for a 30 per cent pay rise in line with the Government's pre-election promised to make them the highest paid in Australia. The Minister for the Teaching Profession, Peter Hall, says some teachers will be the highest paid, ...
StormWind Reshapes Learning Landscape with New HD Training; More Than 500000 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHOENIX, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- StormWind, a next generation IT and custom learning company, has launched a new model for delivering live and recorded, HD quality online training. The StormWind approach increases knowledge retention ...
Are certificates the future of higher education?
Washington Post (blog)
By Daniel de Vise Certificates, not degrees, are the future of higher education, a Georgetown researcher contends in a new study. Commencement at Craven Community College in New Bern, NC A new report stresses the importance of post-secondary ...
Learning Chinese Made Easy with Locally Made iPad App
Patch.com
Whereas many language programs are dependent upon textbooks, workbooks, audio files and videos, all commanded by a vigilant teacher, the new app combines these elements into one auto-correcting iPad application. Instead of a workbook, students can ...
How Illinois teachers got $900 million more in benefits
Chicago Daily Herald
That's up from 18 percent of the total teacher pension payout just five years ago. A constitutionally guaranteed 3 percent annual increase in teacher pensions accounts for some of the spike. But the fact that these increases are compounded annually ...
Strike a blow for kids' freedom
Herald Sun
TODAY, as thousands of Victorian school teachers go on strike, parents around the state are desperately trying to figure out where to leave their children so that they can go to work. These strikes are extremely disruptive for parents and employers.
Thousands of Vic teachers to strike
Sydney Morning Herald
Some 10000 teachers are expected to rally at Hisense Arena in Melbourne on Thursday in strike action that the Australian Education Union (AEU) says will be the largest in the state's history.Teachers will then head to the steps of parliament house.
Education Commissioner gets contract extension
WKYT
“This board's relationship with Terry is extremely interactive on significant, high-level policy issues, such as the implementation of 2009's Senate Bill 1, the state's new assessment and accountability model, teacher and administrator professional ...
Teachers press forward as Chicken Little Caucus prepares to cluck
Las Vegas Sun
By Jon Ralston (contact) Twenty-two years after the teachers union first attempted to fundamentally change the state's tax structure with a corporate income tax, the Nevada State Education Association is at it again with a new initiative.
Trends in education: Online learning opportunites
Herald Review
Carson Leonhardt and his teacher, Mrs. Wills, at his recent Minnesota Connections Academy kindergarten graduation in St. Paul. Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 9:00 am | Updated: 8:34 am, Wed Jun 6, 2012. Essentially, when it's broken down, ...
Teachers Cast Ballots On Whether To Authorize Strike
CBS Local
CHICAGO (CBS) — Labor peace hangs in the balance Wednesday in the Chicago Public Schools system, as teachers vote on whether to authorize a strike. With the ballots delivered and the talk tough, the Chicago Teachers Union is taking the first step ...
CBS Local
Judge delays ruling on suit targeting LAUSD teacher evaluations
Los Angeles Times
The lawsuit demands that LA Unified follow a state law, known as the Stull Act, that directs school districts to use evidence of student learning in job performance reviews, including state standardized test scores. Los Angeles County Superior Court ...
Ladies Learning Code Team Aims to Fix Programmer Education ...
By Klint Finley
HackerYou is guaranteeing a 10:1 student to teacher ratio, and is making project-based learning the core of its curriculum. But instead of single-day workshops, which Ladies Learning Code will continue to offer, HackerYou will offer ongoing ...
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By Klint Finley
HackerYou is guaranteeing a 10:1 student to teacher ratio, and is making project-based learning the core of its curriculum. But instead of single-day workshops, which Ladies Learning Code will continue to offer, HackerYou will offer ongoing ...
ReadWriteWeb
Neshaminy Teachers On Strike Again, Parents And Students ...
By Chelsea Karnash
Hundreds of parents packed the Maple Point Middle School's gym for the tonight's school board meeting, carrying signs with a message for the striking teachers in Neshaminy.
CBS Philly
Pam Allyn: The Power of Accompaniment: In Education, in Health, in ...
By Pam Allyn
How can we serve as side-by-side accompaniment to children and their parents who so hunger forlearning and so love the stories that bring great joy? So that the dark pathways home are accompanied by the memory of a story, the sound of ...
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Former High School Coach, Teacher Sentenced « CBS Denver
By matthewbuettner
A former Fountain-Fort Carson High School coach and teacher has been sentenced to five years of community corrections for having sex with a 17-year-old girl.
CBS Denver
Birmingham Board of Education rejects Alabama school officials ...
By Marie Leech -- The Birmingham News
The state for years has said the Birmingham system is top-heavy with administrators.
Breaking News from The Birmingham News
Beaverton School Board OKs Teacher Layoffs, Program Cuts · OPB ...
By Courtney Sherwood
Among the reasons for that shortfall: dropping state support, lower school district reserves thanks to earlier draw-downs and higher per-teacher costs because of union-negotiated raises and the rising cost of health care. The changes students ... Temporary teachers have already been notified that they may not be asked back, but the district is waiting to determine how many people have accepted early retirement offers before sending out further layoff notices, Wheeler said. Next school ...
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Remainders: Chicago teachers set to vote on allowing a strike ...
By Philissa Cramer
Chicago's teachers are voting tomorrow on whether to allow their union to call a strike. (Catalyst) Ed Sec Arne ... (Hechinger); “It won't be long now” before the end of the year and the feelings it brings, ateacher writes. (Mr. Foteah); Zombie ...
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Walter's Perspective: Mayor Wants Teachers To Shut Up And Do ...
By Todd Feurer
So what's unfair about that, a teacher voting to authorize a strike just in case? The city of Chicago is preparing what to do in case contract negotiations break down. Why can't the teachers prepare? What do the mayor and Brizard expect the ...
CBS Chicago
To increase knowledge of civics, try teaching civics | Washington ...
By Bruce Cole
Unfortunately, for all the information this new report contains on who engages and who does not, it fails to make the most constructive suggestion -- to make sure teachers and students are taught fundamentals of U.S. history and government. ETS demonstrates a relationship ... ETS, an outfit that's close to the higher education establishment (it administers the SAT, a test not without its critics), will certainly applaud this statistical correlation. But it is just that -- a correlation. It would be...
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The Condition of Education 2012
National Center for Education Statistics · Institute of Education Sciences ... The report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition ...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012045
By Bruce Cole
Unfortunately, for all the information this new report contains on who engages and who does not, it fails to make the most constructive suggestion -- to make sure teachers and students are taught fundamentals of U.S. history and government. ETS demonstrates a relationship ... ETS, an outfit that's close to the higher education establishment (it administers the SAT, a test not without its critics), will certainly applaud this statistical correlation. But it is just that -- a correlation. It would be...
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The Condition of Education 2012
National Center for Education Statistics · Institute of Education Sciences ... The report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition ...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012045
Teachers of Reddit, what's the best thing you've overheard in class ...
Teachers of Reddit, what's the best thing you've overheard in class? .... The teacher wrote that him and a black friend were talking about penis size in "typical ...
www.reddit.com/.../teachers_of_reddit_whats_the_best_thing_...
Early learning key to later career success — Opinion — Bangor ...
Results from the best early learning programs show that participating students have increased language skills, less need for special education and increased ...
bangordailynews.com/.../early-learning-key-to-later-career-suc...
Education Amendment Saga Nears Conclusion? | New Hampshire ...
We look at the latest iteration of the education funding amendment, its prospects for passing and the implications for the future of the New Hampshire.
www.nhpr.org/.../education-amendment-saga-nears-conclusio...
We look at the latest iteration of the education funding amendment, its prospects for passing and the implications for the future of the New Hampshire.
www.nhpr.org/.../education-amendment-saga-nears-conclusio...
Washington State K–12 Learning Standards
... Education · Highly Qualified Teachers ... Teaching and Learning ... Basic education in Washington state is defined by the Legislature (RCW 28A.150.2).
www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/learningstandards.aspx
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