Chinese 'Patriotic' Education Draws Protesters in Hong Kong

Chinese 'Patriotic' Education Draws Protesters in Hong Kong
Businessweek
Tens of thousands of parents, students and social activists marched through Hong Kong yesterday to oppose plans for Chinese national education lessons in the city that detractors say will stifle independent thinking. With many clad in black and white to ...

'National education' raises furor in Hong Kong
CNN
Many teachers, parents, and students have interpreted the booklet as a basis for the nationaleducation curriculum, which will be introduced in primary schools in September and in secondary schools the following school year. "We don't want the next generation of Hong Kong people to ... "I don't think the government is really going to supervise the specific teaching of this subject," he added, predicting, "There will be a pluralistic way of teaching the same subject." The controversy followed major protests in the last two ...

DA eyes education overhaul
iAfrica.com
A scarce-skills allowance for teachers and specialised secondary schools for mathematics and science are among DA proposals to solve South Africa's education crisis. "Yes, we will overhaul the whole ... These included good teaching; good time management, ensuring children got their full learning time; really good textbooks; and, technology. "We'll be looking very ... Zille said her party would also seek to introduce regular teacher testing, as well as legislation limitingteachers' right to strike. The latter would "include ...

Biden fires up national teachers union at Cobo conference
Detroit Free Press
"Don't tell me you value education and (then) don't invest in it," he said during his remarks at the American Federation of Teachers conference at Cobo Hall, as he launched into a litany of proposed spending on education he said the Republicans in Congress had voted down. The reason the Republicans make all ... of Livonia, a Detroit Public Schools teacher. "It was a great reminder of why I voted for them (Obama/Biden) last time -- they get what being a teacher is about and how to support us," the 45-year-old said.

Biden draws education contrasts in speech to teachers
USA TODAY
The American Federation of Teachers opposes each of those. Biden spoke to the country's other major teacher union -- the National Education Association -- less than a month ago. His visit to Detroit drew a sharp response from Michigan Republicans, who ...

USA TODAY

Teachers union says too much focus put on testing
NECN
DETROIT (AP) — The nation's second-largest teachers union has taken a stand against high-stakes testing, passing a resolution at its annual convention in Detroit that says the focus on standardized tests has undermined the United States' education system. The American ...Instead of basing teacher evaluations on the results of standardized tests, schools use multiple measures to assess teacher performance and focus on helping them improve throughout their careers, Weingarten said. She touted such a system ...

To Earn Classroom Certification, More Teaching and Less Testing
New York Times
Teachers will also be judged on their ability to deepen reasoning and problem-solving skills, to gauge how students are learning and to coax their class to cooperate in tackling learningchallenges. Linda Darling-Hammond, an expert on teacher education at ...

Campbell Brown: Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators
Wall Street Journal
One example: An arbitrator in 2007 found that teacher Alexis Grullon had victimized young girls with repeated hugging, "incidental though not accidental contact with one student's breast" and "sexually suggestive remarks." The teacher had denied all these charges. In the end the arbitrator ... Ms. Brown, a former news reporter and anchor at CNN and NBC, recently testified on this issue before the New York governor's Education Reform Commission. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved ...

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Hong Kong Responds to Protests With Committee
Wall Street Journal
"Teachers should not avoid discussion of controversial issues," a government spokesman said, adding that the government will not mandate the use of anyteaching materials. The goal of "moral and national education," the spokesman said, is to "cultivate ...

Wall Street Journal

Thousands Protest in Hong Kong over Chinese Curriculum
New York Times (blog)
Most parents said they had no problem with national education, or their children learning about China's language, culture and politics. But they took issue with this specific curriculum, which is heavy on pro-Communist Party propaganda and light on major ...

How education reform can fight crime
Washington Post (blog)
The idea that poor education is related to crime is pretty intuitive: good teachers are less likely to want to serve in high-crime areas, poor education makes finding non-criminal employment more difficult, crime and poor education both cluster around low-income, high-poverty neighborhoods, etc. ... A new study by economists Costas Meghir of Yale, Mårten Palme of the University of Stockholm, and Marieke Schnabel of University College London suggests that yes, you can kill two birds with one education reform stone.

Hong Kong protests 'national education'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Groups of parents, teachers and students were among the thousands who protested Sunday in Hong Kong against the government's plan to teach students more about China. Hong Kong officials deny that the new courses will mimic “patriotic education” on ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Pa. district won't punish teacher over Nazi speech
Huffington Post
A Pennsylvania school district says a teacher was exercising his First Amendment rights during a speech in which he drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the United States under President Barack Obama. Spring Cove School District officials say no ...

Minister targets inadequate teachers
Sydney Morning Herald
THE NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, is planning to make bold changes to the way school teachers are trained, supported in the job, and managed out of it to lift teacher quality and improve learning outcomes. Mr Piccoli wants to look at how underperforming teachers can be removed from classrooms as one element of a comprehensive review of how best to improve the quality of teaching in all schools in NSW. ''You've got to have a ... ''This really is the key to education reform. Nothing is off the table.'' ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Miss. teachers to get debit cards
Sacramento Bee
In the past, such purchases had to meet strict bookkeeping measures. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/Qbz2xH) that the cards will be issued in equal amounts per teacherdetermined by the total number of qualifying personnel and funds available.

Pekin teachers' contract talks ongoing
Peoria Journal Star
District Superintendent Paula Davis said she has not heard of any intention by the teachers to not report to work in August ahead of the start of classes, and Denise Johnson, the treasurer of the Pekin Education Alliance, said teachers plan to report to work on ...

District: Teacher's comments free speech
Altoona Mirror
ROARING SPRING - At a Hollidaysburg rally earlier this month, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith said Spring Cove government teacher Philip Waite spoke "eloquently." A day later, he called Waite's words "divisive and beyond the bounds of ...

Further Helping California Public Education Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost ...
Sacramento Bee
A former special education teacher with the Mount Diablo Unified School District, Ms. Rowe-Gonzalez is respected statewide for her cost-conscious and student-focused approaches to student-related legal matters. The arrival of Ms. Rowe-Gonzalez coincides ...

2 Bay Area Teachers Nominated For National Awards « CBS San ...
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Two Bay Area teachers are on the list of 2012 California State Finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced this week. ... Each teacher applicant had to submit a 45-minute video lesson demonstrating their mastery of math or science as well as their effective use of teaching methods and strategies while showing leadership in education outside of the classroom, according ...
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Teachers Unions Protecting Pedophiles | The Lonely Conservative
By Lonely Conservative
Michael Loeb, a middle school teacher in the Bronx and UFT member, calls this a “horrible situation,” telling me “if you keep these people in the classroom, you are demeaning our profession.” Parents I spoke with described their ... Maria Elena Rivera says her 14-year-old daughter was stalked by one of her Brooklyn high school teachers (who resigned from his position before the Department of Education decided whether to send the case to arbitration). Today her daughter is in ...
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24hour link for students,teachers - The Nation
The Sakdibhornssup Foundation for Education and Health has created the online learning and sharing community in a bid to connect teachers and students across the nation to share and learn from each other. It is part of the foundation's ...
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AM Roundup: New requirements for new teachers - Blogs - Times ...
By Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol bureau
A.M. Roundup: New requirements for new teachers. ... The archives are an arm of the EducationDepartment, under the Board of Regents, supposedly independent of the governor's office, not a minion.//Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ...
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Philip Waite, Pennsylvania Teacher Who Made Nazi Speech, Will ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Spring Cove School District officials say no disciplinary action will be taken against teacherPhilip Waite for comments he made at a July 1 tea party rally in Blair County. ... Teachers; School Bullying; Standardized Testing; Education Reform. More ..... The teacher at a suburban San Antonio school is accused of orchestrating the slugfest after a younger teaching colleague went to her seeking suggestions on how to discipline the 6-year-old, according to a police report from the Judson ...
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Why Higher Education is Looking for Online Learning Leaders ...
By Ray Schroeder
Universities and community colleges are posting job openings for a range of e-learningleadership positions, reflecting the growing popularity of online education. Working students are searching for the most economical way to earn a degree, ...
Online Learning Update

Learning to Embrace Change as Opportunity, Not Loss | Tiny Buddha
By Kelly McQuillan
Learning to Embrace Change as Opportunity, Not Loss. Editor's Note: This is a contribution by Kelly McQuillan. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.” ~Lao Tzu. Two years ago my life as I knew it changed forever.
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New Dress Codes to Make Teachers Feel Even More Unappreciated
A wave of new teacher dress codes is inundating schools across America and ... teachers' appearance, from the number of visible tattoos a teacher is allowed to ... reaching 19 percent according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Grant supports NDSU's summer institute for local teachers | NDSU ...
The project offers regional teachers professional development opportunities, including ... The U.S. Department of Education's Supporting Effective Educator ... of Sassi and Grand Forks Central High School Spanish teacher Pam Fisher, who ...
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Legacy, Partners in Environmental Education
Legacy, Partners in Environmental Education is a non-profit environmental education organization that serves the citizens of Alabama by providing balanced , ...
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Compass Launches New Learning Management System for Cisco ...
Compass Business Solutions makes learning how to use Cisco's ... Non- technical professionals want their learning provider to make training easier.” Compass ...
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Websites help ease kids back into school mode

Websites help ease kids back into school mode
USA TODAY
The site sorts the content by grades (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12) and by subject matter broken into math, language arts, science, art & music, computer programming, using technology and Your Life. All the digital materials found on PowerMyLearning have been ...

Hong Kong protests education plan, calls it Chinese propaganda
Chicago Tribune
Hong Kong (Reuters) - Thousands of Hong Kong parents marched in the streets on Sunday in protest against a school curriculum plan they said was an attempt to brainwash students by extolling the achievements of the Chinese Communist party.

At annual teachers meeting in Detroit, a resolution on testing
Detroit Free Press
"We need to re-balance this so that teaching is the center of education, not testing," Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said after the vote. The Washington, D.C.-based union -- which has 1.5 million members -- is ... Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch NAACP, who wrapped up Saturday's session with a speech in which he declared, "If you're a teacher in America, you're catching some kind of hell." Anthony said Michigan and Detroit are at the center of predominant ...

American higher education must reinvent itself
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that venture capitalists have poured about $500 million over the last few years into education-technology start-ups, trying to cash in on a market they see as ripe for a digital makeover. There is a very ... Both are a waste of time because of the lack of learning, with a purpose, and the potential of what is learned that can have an immediate impact on the lives of the learners (both teachers and students). ... Time to get down to the “business” of teaching and learning once again.

Thousands in HK protest China patriotism classes
San Francisco Chronicle
Teachers, parents, students and pro-democracy activists marched Sunday to the government headquarters of the semiautonomous territory to protest against the new curriculum, which authorities are encouraging schools to begin using when classes resume in September. Photo: Vincent Yu / AP .... Sunday's demonstrators carried placards and banners and shouted slogans calling for the government to withdraw its plan to introduce the Moral and National Education curriculum. The government has stood firm and ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Education Equation: Larger class size = better teacher pay?
Mason City Globe Gazette
That tradeoff to boost compensation and leadership roles for teachers has been part of successful reforms in other states and countries, said Jason Glass, director of the state Department of Education. Glass said ... 2013 legislative agenda will be some form of a teacherleadership structure supported by a redesigned compensation system that “looks at raising base pay, creating teacher leadership roles, addressing labor-market issues in areas such as high-needs subject areas or teaching in high-poverty schools.” ...

Is algebra that important?
Arkansas Times (blog)
Education Is algebra that important? Posted by Max Brantley on Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:43 AM. algebra.jpg. Via Shutterstock ... There are many defenses of algebra and the virtue of learning it. Most of them sound reasonable on first hearing; many of them I once accepted. ... My mother-in-law, a teacher and generally brilliant person, always argued that success in math was a key to success in just about every other educational endeavor. I never knew her to be wrong about almost anything. But I found Hacker's premise ...

Hong Kong Protests China Patriotism Propaganda Classes
Huffington Post
HONG KONG -- Tens of thousands including teachers and parents pushing strollers took to Hong Kong streets Sunday to protest the upcoming introduction of Chinese patriotism classes they fear will lead to brainwashing, the latest sign of growing discomfort over Beijing's influence in the semiautonomous territory. Students and ... Sunday's demonstrators carried placards and banners and shouted slogans calling for the government to withdraw its plan to introduce the Moral and National Education curriculum.

Thousands protest Hong Kong education plan
Financial Times
“We will do our best to provide a diversified range of teaching materials reflecting multiple points of view,” said Mr Ng, refuting fears national education would amount to brain-washing students about Communist China's history. “'Brain-washing' is against ...

Financial Times

Hong Kong parents protest pro China education curriculum
GlobalPost
... basis of the “Moral and National Education” curriculum to be introduced into schools in Hong Kong in the coming years. Parents are worried their children will be brainwashed and are calling on authorities to bin the book and the rest of the teaching material.

Hong Kong parents protest education scheme seen as Chinese propaganda
Herald Sun
The protest came after a teaching booklet called "The China Model", which heavily praised China's one-party system, was sent to local schools in recent weeks, further fuelling debates over the lessons. The plan to introduce national education has been on ...

Teachers return on Wednesday; new school year to begin Aug. 6
Newnan Times-Herald
“We will use some of our time during our pre-planning to meet with the teachers to discuss our CRCT data, ethics, safety plans and professional learning,” said Arnall Middle School Principal Jan Franks, who is entering her fifth year. “Teachers will also have time in their classrooms to ...“One of the main goals at Evans will be incorporating literacy and writing within all content areas, including Connections classes such as art, music and physical education,” she added. With student orientations at all Coweta County ...

Why I became a teacher: to bring some personality to the classroom
The Guardian (blog)
Later my mum moved to England and as I was growing up she instilled in me the importance of education and knowledge. We were bought up with ... That was the start of a learning curve to be myself as a teacher and trust my own judgment. I then taught at ... Some people can be very negative about teaching but I became ateacher because I wanted to bring the best out in my students - and teaching is full of magical moments. Few things beat ... So what's my advice to NQTs and trainingteachers? First of all don't ...

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Students work, but education doesn't: How school keeps kids from learning
OregonLive.com
Children and teens who claim not to enjoy learning can rattle off sports statistics, movie quotes, pieces of information they heard on the radio or television, and more. ... Discussion, teacherlecture, student lecture, performance and more can all be used.

Zim Teacher Shines in South Africa
AllAfrica.com
WHILE teachers plotted a strike last week, their former colleague, Jonathan Mangwiro was blazing the trail in South Africa, where television channel, eTV has described him as a South African hero for his contribution to education in that country. The popular ...

More evidence that DC education reforms are working
Washington Post
Ms. Henderson is less of a lightning rod than was Ms. Rhee, and Mr. Gray has not been as single-mindedly focused on education reform — almost to the exclusion of other issues — as was Mr. Fenty. But there hasn't been, to Mr. Gray's credit, a rollback of reform. Changes undertaken by Ms. Henderson, notably implementation of a curriculum and introduction of common core standards, may not grab headlines the way firing low-performing teachers does, but they are no less significant in raising the quality of ...

Education menu expands
Monroe News Star
In our hearts, we want to give education reform efforts a chance.- 11:51 pm. Be still for once, ...Charter schools are given flexibility in curriculum and implementation, finances and teachercertification as long as the school is deemed successful according to state accountability standards. Charter schools are ... In northeastern Louisiana, existing Type 2 charters are New Vision Learning Academy in Monroe, D'Arbonne Woods Charter School in Farmerville and Delhi Charter School in Richland Parish. In Monroe City ...

Teacher ratings won't be made public
Dailyrecord.com
Proponents of the bill say teachers still will be held to task for their performance. But the privacy clause has been panned by parents and other stakeholders, who say they won't know what was detailed in a teacher's review under a plan that will cost millions of ...

Learning lag: More sad news
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia's dismal rank among worst-educated states was reaffirmed last week by the annual Kids Count report, which indicated that roughly three-fourths of this state's students fail to meet national learning standards. Specifically, 79 percent of West Virginia eighth-graders aren't proficient in math, and 73 percent of fourth-graders lack proficiency in reading. These sad results drag the Mountain State down to nearly last place in America, 47th among states in education. State Kids Count Director Margie Hale told ...

Tougher standards may worsen science-teacher shortage
Orlando Sentinel
... 78 percent to 58 percent. "Of course, we applaud anything that increases rigor," said Sherry Southerland, a science-education professor at Florida State University and co-director of FSU-Teach, a program that aims to train more math and science teachers. ... And they don't get at the "larger issues," she added, which is that many college students with talent and interest in science don't pursue teaching careers. Those who do, she said, ... "Hopefully the end result is better learning for kids." lpostal@tribune.com or ...

CalL him 'shelley'
The Register-Guard
But what he really wants is more public funding for education. Hoping to lobby at the state level for change, Berman notes that in 1997-98, the state ranked 15th in the nation in per-pupileducation spending but that by 2008-09, the Oregon had fallen to 33rd.

Power of music in education changes lives
Ocala
And this is a new outlook on learning. My 7-year-old student was described as a "child with problems" by many school employees and teachers. She had obvious low self-esteem and used poor behavior choices as a means of drawing attention to herself.

Schools get ready to grade teachers, principals
Glens Falls Post-Star
The approach is not to catch teachers who are teaching ineffectively. That's not the approach. However, when we see areas that need improvement, it will be addressed.” Schools will use a rating system to determine the performance of a teacher or principal.

Work Based Learning Gives Students Hands-On Experience
Patch.com
Other occupations available through the program include public safety, during which students ride along with police officers; business and marketing education; family and consumer science; culinary arts; teacher education; early childhood education; video ...

Hong Kong parents protest China patriotism lessons
AFP
HONG KONG — Thousands of stroller-pushing Hong Kong parents and activists Sunday protested a plan to introduce national education lessons, slamming it as a bid to brainwash children with Chinese propaganda. The government has said the subject is important to ... The protest came after a teaching booklet called "The China Model", which heavily praised China's one-party system, was sent to local schools in recent weeks, further fuelling debates over the lessons. The plan to introduce national education has ...

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Cambodia: Social Media and Education · Global Voices
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Tweet · submit to reddit · Nayheak Khun discusses the role of the internet and social media in improving the delivery of education in Cambodia. Google +1 icon. Email this to a friend Email. StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper ...
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Does mathematics have a place in higher education? « mathbabe
By Cathy O'Neil, mathbabe
I've observed a host of high school and college classes, from Michigan to Mississippi, and have been impressed by conscientious teaching and dutiful students. I'll grant that with an outpouring of resources, we could reclaim many dropouts ...
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Opting out of their own education system | Samizdata.net
By Brian Micklethwait (London)
Staff room discussions were usually dominated by the iniquities of private education, and how socially divisive it was, up to the point she let slip that she sent both her boys (self included) to a fee-paying school. As a consequence, she often ...
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Bangalore school teacher accused of sexually abusing students ...
New Delhi: A teacher at a private school in Bangalore has been accused of sexually abusing several of his female students. The Hindi teacher who began teaching just a month ago, is accused of passing lewd remarks at class IX students and ...
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Pembroke Pines Religion Teacher Accused Of Fondling Boy « CBS ...
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PEMBROKE PINES (CBSMiami) — A 71-year-old man is accused of fondling a five-year-old boy's genitals during religious studies at the man's home. Worse yet, other children may have studied at Syed's Pembroke Pines home. On July 17, a ...
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NC Education Lottery sets records, sees 33 win $1M - English, baby!
By engorlis
July 29, 2012. RALEIGH, N.C. AP The N.C. Education Lottery has established records for sales and contributions in fiscal 2012, and its also made nearly three dozen people rich. Lottery officials say ticket sales rose for the sixth year in a row ...
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DOE update on new teacher evaluation system; 50000 teachers in ...
By Maureen Downey
No 1: Georgia needs a professional “electronic platform” for evaluators of teachers to record their observations and for teachers to respond. So, the state has contracted with one of the big names in online teacher evaluation tools, ...
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The impact of online learning on the future of higher education: a ...
By Tony Bates
By 2020, higher education will be quite different from the way it is today. There will be mass adoption of teleconferencing and distance learning to leverage expert resources. Significant numbers of learning activities will move to individualized, ...
Tony Bates

From Smartclass to Education Cities: India Plans for IT Education ...
By Lauren Riggs
Faster learning assessment tools, like a teacher's ability to display questions about the current lesson while students submit real-time answers on their own personal answering devices, allow instructors to quickly review or repeat concepts that students have not ... In a 2012Education Outlook report, New Delhi-based consultant firm Technopak estimates that India will require at least six million more trained teachers by 2020 to attain the world average in student-teacher ratios.
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A Revised List of Learning Plans - Welcome to the US SMB&D TS2 ...
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School bullies ID'd – the teachers union!
By Dave Tombers
Dave Tombers is a retired police officer, former teacher, ex-Realtor, and past chairman of a large Christian school. Dave lives with his wife, 6 kids, and 2 dogs and has been writing ... The American Federation for Children – the nation's voice for school choice which is dedicated to empowering families with the ability to take charge of K-12 education choices for their children – today condemned the actions of the LAE. In a prepared statement, the federation alleges the LAE is bullying ...
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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE - PJ Media
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Going Away to College This Fall? You' re Now the Exception. “For American students, heading off to college has ...
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Teachers meet as fiscal, policy pressures mount

Teachers meet as fiscal, policy pressures mount
Reuters
The layoffs are eating into teacher union membership. The National Education Association, the biggest U.S. teachers union with 3.2 million members, acknowledged earlier this month that its ranks have dropped by 100000 over the past two years. The NEA ...

Teachers union leader promotes new unionism at Cobo
Detroit Free Press
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called it solution-based unionism, and she said it's the way the AFT must respond to years of cuts to public educationand attacks on collective bargaining rights. It's a kind of unionism, she ...

Randi Weingarten Heads To Detroit, Aims To Force Contract Negotiations For ...
Huffington Post
A few years ago, when Randi Weingarten and her colleagues at the American Federation ofTeachers chose to set their 2012 convention in Detroit, the leadership of the nation's second largest teachers' union thought it would be nice to invest in the Motor City, ... After a few years of signifying an openness to the policies known as education reform, a new lobbying and advocacy movement that stresses the use of data to spur student achievement, Weingarten is again making the overemphasis on standardized testing ...

Teachers union to urge focus on teaching, learning -- not standardized testing
Detroit Free Press
And in Michigan and other states, teacher evaluations are now required to be based in part on how well students do on exams. The AFT resolution being voted on this weekend says the current "test-and-punish" environment has damaged public education.

PREVIEW-US teachers meet as fiscal, policy pressures mount
Chicago Tribune
8:02 a.m. CDT, July 27, 2012. * Teacher pay and benefits have become "a big fat target" * Membership in teacher unions falling ... education, is hardly limited to "Motown" - though the measures taken here may have

Do higher education tax credits make sense?
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Higher education is a good investment, even though some new grads currently struggling to get jobs don't think so. But does it make sense for the federal government to subsidize college with both tax incentives and direct grants? And if it doesn't, which ...

Christian Science Monitor (blog)

Viewpoints: Sac City needs new teacher evaluation system
Sacramento Bee
In June, the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education celebrated the top twoteachers in our district for the 2011-12 school year. These teachers were acknowledged as outstanding classroom educators, excellent collaborators and unrivaled ...

One in four teachers are unsure how to spend pupil premium
Telegraph.co.uk
One in 10 said the money would be used to increase one-to-one tuition while 13 per cent said it should fund extra teaching assistants or teachers. Eight per cent said their priority was to use the ... Earlier this year, research by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) found just a quarter of schools said the pupil premium would make any difference to children's education. The scheme, championed by Nick Clegg, will ... FREE PRINCE2 Project Management qualification from The Learning People · Interactifs .

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Wanted: Master teachers
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Home > NJ Voices Guest blog > Education ... Last week, the White House announced the creation of a new Master Teacher Corps -- a national resource pool of experienced teachers in science, technology, engineering and math, also called the STEM fields. The program would begin with 50 designated ... But the next part of the equation is keeping those teachers teaching-- giving them strong, experienced colleagues to advise them, good resources to work with and a sense of support at school. The kind of national ...

Education limits chances to emulate Sally Ride
Syracuse.com (blog)
Since that time, the sensible idea of educational standards has shifted to the concept that children's learning can only be gauged by onerous, repeated testing in some areas and virtual ignorance of others. That silly idea has further morphed into our current craze that teachers, principals ... They don't waste students' time on test preparation instead of true education; theirteachers and principals don't see their careers as held hostage to those tests. Our students' educational opportunities are limited by monetary and ...

Paul LePage, Maine Governor, Lays Out Education Proposal, Says High ...
Huffington Post
Standardized Testing; Education Reform; Charter Schools; Teachers .... So in a plan to improveeducation for students in the state, the Republican governor has laid forth a a remedial plan that he will propose in the next legislative session, noting the high number of students who need remedial classes when entering college as proof that Maine's public education is failing ....Teaching for 25 years: I can tell you that by the time a student is in HS, it's pretty much his choice if he wants to put in the work ethic to pass.

President Obama's Education Initiative Unlocks the Gate for African Americans
Huffington Post
And when a child does make it to school in these disturbing environments, they often receive questionable education from schools that are lacking in resources and quality teachers. The chances of this very child going to college (let alone graduating high ...

City Releases Details of Turnaround Plans
New York Times
—Extended learning time for students in the form of after-school and Saturday interventions for struggling students. —A teacher residency program for teachers completing their masters degrees and getting certified in math, science, English and social studies.

Education Management Corporation Announces New Chairman And New Chief ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ:EDMC) announced today that John R. McKernan, Jr., will step down as Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective August 15, 2012. He will remain a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. McKernan ... We are committed to offering quality academic programs and continuously strive to improve the learning experience for our students. Our educational institutions offer students the opportunity to earn ...

Teacher effectiveness focus of new panel
Sacramento Bee
The panel is called the Prichard Committee's Team on Teacher Effectiveness. In addition toteachers, it includes legislators, business people, advocates and other educationprofessionals. The panel will examine teacher issues in an effort to come up with ...

OUR OPINION: Teachers union, LePage both fail
Morning Sentinel
The Harvard report would appear to give LePage a strong rationale for taking a different approach to education reform. Unfortunately, he chose to poison his proposal with unjustified attacks on Maine's reputation and make a blatantly untrue claim about how ...

Coming explosion in e-learning an opportunity to rethink journalism education
Poynter.org
This means journalism education will face challenges very similar to the ones faced by the media industry 15 years ago — a disruption in the economic model for schools and a disruption in the content and teaching methods for education. For some schools, these changes will mean a significantly ... In many respects, the economic challenge facing universities is an opportunity to rethink what each school does best and allow teachers to focus on working with students. While massive open online courses haven't hit ...

Nevada Education Ranked Last In Country By 'Kids Count' Report, Parents ...
Huffington Post
Loading... Education Reform; Standardized Testing; Charter Schools; Teachers. More .... The "Kids Count" report released Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation placed Nevada last in education and 48th overall in the U.S. The foundation is a private charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of children. The report found ... As Texas lawmakers prepare to cut billions in education funding and give school districts a heavier hand in determining teacherpay, the state's educators are... Nevada and ...

Thelma Glass, Ala. teacher at the forefront of civil rights activism, dies at 96
Washington Post
The women's council, formed at Alabama State in 1946, included at its peak as many as 300 public school teachers, social workers, nurses and wives of black professionals in Montgomery. Mrs. Glass joined the organization soon after she began teaching at ...

Louisiana teachers union warns it will sue voucher schools
Alexandria Town Talk
The letter states that if the schools do not send statements by today to the Department ofEducation and to LAE refusing the funds, "we will have no alternative but to institute litigation." Blackwell said he was trying to make the schools aware that the issue of the ...

Mississippi Learning: Why the State's Students Start Behind — and Stay Behind
TIME
"He couldn't even hold a pencil," says Judy Packer, his kindergarten teacher at McNeal Elementary School in Canton, a city of 13000 about 30 miles northeast of the state capital in Jackson. Akeeleon was one of about 10 percent of kindergarteners kept back ...

Real free education coming
New Era
WALVIS BAY - Namibian schools will provide free compulsory education at primary level, the Minister of Education Dr Abraham Iyambo announced at Walvis Bay this week. Currently parents are required to pay a form of school fee for their children enrolled in ...

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Ohio auditor will investigate attendance reports of public schools and state ...
Plain Dealer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio auditor's office is launching a statewide investigation into how attendance is reported by school districts, charter schools and the Ohio Department of Education. The move announced Thursday follows revelations about ...

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Prince William teachers punished for inappropriate SOL assistance
Inside NoVA
The students at Vaughan were considered learning disabled and had approval for a “read-aloud” accommodation for their tests through their Individual Education Plans. The student at Cedar Point was also on an IEP. According to the report, the teacher at ...

Leaders from NEA Student Program Talk Teacher Prep with Secretary
By Samuel Ryan
Earlier this month, future teachers from the National Education Association (NEA) Student Program met with Secretary Duncan to discuss ways to reinvigorate teacher preparation and enhance communications with the Department of Education. ... The Department's top officials and Teaching Ambassador Fellows have held 250 roundtables with more than 3500 teachers to discuss and gain feedback on transforming the teaching profession so that teachers are as well prepared, ...
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Lagos recruits non-education graduates for schools
By johnabayomi2
LAGOS—THE Lagos State Government has recruited graduates without teaching qualifications to teach core subjects in its secondary schools, Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said, yesterday. In a statement, the commissioner declared that the ... Oladunjoye said: “I charge those who got the job to be committed and productive so as to prove that the state government has put the right teachers to teach in its schools. Meantime, Governor Babatunde Fashola, ...
Vanguard News

AFT Chief: Teachers, Public Education Under Attack « CBS Detroit
By sstoddart
The president of the American Federation of Teachers says anti-labor campaigns around the country threaten teachers' well-being and the group's "very existence as a union."
CBS Detroit

Makerspaces, Participatory Learning, and Libraries | iLibrarian
By Ellyssa
Buffy Hamilton at the Unquiet Librarian writes about Makerspaces, Participatory Learning, and Libraries. This article is a great intro to the concept of makerspaces that provides a slew of excellent examples and links to …
iLibrarian

Alabama Education Association vows legal fight over layoffs at ...
By Marie Leech -- The Birmingham News
(The Birmingham News/Bernard Troncale) Birmingham School Board Meeting July 24, 2012 gallery (10 photos). BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Lance Hyche, Birmingham representative for the Alabama Education Association, said he's been in ...
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Education Olympics: How Does America Rank Compared To Other ...
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Teachers to be utilised in census; conflict areas may not be counted ...
By AFP
Tens of thousands of teachers will carry out Burma's first nationwide census since 1983, a minister said yesterday, but some areas may remain out of reach because of conflict with separatist groups. The count, which will take place in 2014 ...
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African-American Education Office: Obama Announces White House ...
By Henry Wolff
In his remarks Wednesday, Obama said he is creating the office “so that every child has greater access to a complete and competitive education from the time they're born all through the time they get a career.” {snip}. Original Article ...
American Renaissance

Teacher's union threatens to sue private schools that accept ...
By Walter Olson
Teacher's union threatens to sue private schools that accept vouchers. by Walter Olson on July 27, 2012. “If we do not receive a signed copy of the attached letter from you [agreeing not to accept voucher funds under Louisiana's newly enacted ...
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Ashley Taylor: Learning the Art of Losing: A Response To Taylor ...
By Ashley Taylor
Teacher Accused Of Slapping, Force Feeding Students 527 · Teen Wows Google With Brilliant Cancer Diagnosis App 237 · Obama Announces First-Ever African-American Education Office 1k · National Physicians Group Pushes Petition To Ban Milk In School Lunches 382 · Former Florida Football Coach, Teacher Arrested For Falsifying Transcripts For Student-Athletes 12. Like. 10k. Go to Education. More in Education. Education Reform · Teachers · Bullying · Ed-Lection 2012 ...
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Amazon's New Worker Education Program: Good Business or PR ...
Amazon (AMZN), which has come under intense scrutiny for unfavorable labor conditions at its fulfillment centers, announced a new worker-education program ...
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Teacher's Guide To Social Media [Infographic]
A simple guide to show teachers creative ways they can incorporate social media into their classrooms to spark conversations and learning. ... One question I keep asking myself about the current state of education in the United States, or at ...
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Times Higher Education | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
A new one for Times Higher Education supplement for an opinion piece on the importance of higher education for social mobility. I love working with papers as ...
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Education secretary urges balanced budget cuts

Education secretary urges balanced budget cuts
Boston.com
WASHINGTON—Services would have to be slashed for more than 1.8 million disadvantaged students and thousands of teachers and aides would lose their jobs when automatic budget cuts kick in, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.

Education Budget Cuts From Sequestration Could Be Devastating, Duncan Says
Huffington Post
As many as 15000 teachers and aides could lose their jobs, and 10000 special educationworkers could be laid off. Harkin ... Some lobbyists in the education reform camp note that U.S.education spending has skyrocketed, while test scores have stagnated. ... Until Schools Are No Longer Separate, We... Standardization Will Destroy Our Education System, If... The Market forTeacher Voice · African-American Education Office: Obama Announces White House... Comments; 185; Pending Comments; 1; View FAQ ...

Learning in Classrooms Versus Online
New York Times
In “The Trouble With Online Education” (Op-Ed, July 20), Mark Edmundson captures the inadequacy of online courses from the teacher's perspective, and I can corroborate from the student's. I was a math-obsessive in high school. To supplement my school's ...

Education groups call for funding
The Sunshine Coast Daily
THE call for action on school funding reform came in loud and clear from two of education'sbiggest interest groups on Thursday, the education union and secondary principal's association. While Education Minister Peter Garrett has already committed to ...

NC Education Lottery sets records, sees 33 win $1M
Sacramento Bee
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The N.C. Education Lottery has established records for sales and contributions in fiscal 2012, and it's also made nearly three dozen people rich. Lottery officials say ticket sales rose for the sixth year in a row, reaching an estimated $1.59 ...

Strayer Education 2nd Quarter Profit Drops 28% on Enrollment Declines
Wall Street Journal
Strayer, which primarily caters to working adults completing their degrees rather than students new to higher education, has seen competition in its segment of the market increase as other schools look to enroll more-qualified students who stand a better ...

CPS teachers turn up the heat on school board with protest
Chicago Tribune
Despite a breakthrough in contract talks on the key issue of longer days, hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teachers showed up for a demonstration Wednesday intended to remind the school board that issues remain before they agree to a contract. ... T-shirts and carrying hand-painted signs, teachers and union supporters marched in front of CPS headquarters before a school board meeting and called for more money for neighborhood schools, teacher salaries, and art, music and physical education programs.

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Learning by Doing: Sports Management Education Takes the Next Step at the ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Our fellow educators worldwide continue to advocate this type of active learning over passive study. Last week, Oxford University released a study demonstrating that such education may even benefit math students as young as elementary schoolers. The key ...

Obama announces new education program focused on African Americans
msnbc.com
The official added that the initiative would be housed in the Education Department, which will work with the Executive Office and other Cabinet agencies to identify practices that will improve African Americans' achievement in schools and colleges. The administration official did not yet know how much funding the .... Of course, at least for the political teachers, they don't care if they are insulted or not as long as their is more money in it for them. And, how will this help black students? 35 votes. #1.11 - Wed Jul 25, 2012 ...

Sharon Turbiak, Michigan Teacher, Accused Of Slapping, Grabbing, Force ...
Huffington Post
Parents and the NAACP spoke out during a Board of Education meeting, accusing Pyles of inappropriately <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/kathleen-pyles-connecticu_n_1580779.html?utm_hp_ref=teachers" target="_hplink">calling a ... The teacher at a suburban San Antonio school is accused of orchestrating the slugfest after a younger teachingcolleague went to her seeking suggestions on how to discipline the 6-year-old, according to a police report from the Judson Independent School District ...

Education leaders call for modernization
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Montessori kindergarteners Chelsey Cruz (center with hand to her face) and Tarrance Ricks (to right of Chelsey) listen to Montessori teacher Meghan Burgess on the first day of school at Dr. William L. Cobb Elementary. Children at Dr. William L. Cobb ...

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NJ teacher confronts Christie, gets apology
NorthJersey.com
McLaughlin said she's still stung by his 180-degree reversal from the open letter he wrote to teachers during the campaign. In the letter, Christie accused his opponents of distorting his position on education and promised not to diminishteachers' benefits.

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Obama launches African-American education initiative
CNN (blog)
CNN Wire Staff. (CNN) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an initiative he said will give African-American students greater access "to a complete and competitiveeducation from the time they're born all through the time they get a career." ...

Sequestration could spur furloughs at Education
FederalNewsRadio.com
"If we're faced with tough calls, we have an obligation to be fiscally responsible," Secretary Arne Duncan said in an interview with Federal News Radio after a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and ...

Mayor: Money to hire new teachers won't come from charter school budget
Chicago Sun-Times
Those fears were only heightened by Tuesday's breakthrough agreement with the ChicagoTeachers Union that could go a long way toward averting the city's first teacher strike in 25 years. It calls for hiring 477 teachers to staff the longer school day so ...

HEA National Teaching Fellowships: championing excellence in learning
The Guardian
The Higher Education Academy's highly prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Scheme celebrates excellence in learning and teaching and recognises individuals who have impacted on the student learning experience. This year's recipients are awarded ...

The Guardian

Online Learning, Teaching and Misleading Opinions
Forbes
In Jay Mathews' Washington Post column, “Nothing can replace a good teacher,” (July 15, 2012), he cites the sad case of a school in Michigan as an example that technology alone won't save our schools; we still will need teachers. Mathews is right ... By transitioning thoughtfully to a new education system powered by digital learning in which teachers' roles are different from those of today but no less vital, we can bolster every child's learning to help them realize their highest hopes and most daring dreams. * * * ...

Chicago Teachers Union and city agree to hire more teachers, avoid future strike
Examiner.com
While talk of a potential teacher's strike from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) certainly seemed like a possible reality in the coming months, the CTU may have finally made an agreement with the city of Chicago this week. In recent educationnews, ... Nonetheless, it is always refreshing to hear of a win-win situation that allows both sides and parties on an issue find a compromise, particularly on the key topic of education and teaching the young minds of students in the United States. To stay up-to-date with the ...

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Few jobs for new teachers as veterans retain posts
The Detroit News
Nationally, teaching is among the largest occupation groups in the United States, with more than 3.2 million K-12 teachers in 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Richard Ingersoll, a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied the teacher work force in America, examining data from 1987 to 2008. His findings conclude the national work force is growing in size, getting older, employing a larger percentage of beginners and becoming ...

African-American Education Office: Obama Announces White House Initiative On ...
Huffington Post
Loading... HuffPost's QuickRead... Loading... Education Reform; Teachers; Charter Schools; Standardized Testing. More .... In his remarks Wednesday, Obama said he is creating the office "so that every child has greater access to a complete and competitive education from the time they're born all through the time they get a career." From his speech: And that's why we're pushing ..... American education system is still teaching our children that Columbus discovered America. Do black people know America's founding ...

Professor Craig Mahoney on learning and teaching for higher education today
The Guardian
Like the rest of the UK, the higher education sector continues to be affected by the downturn in the economy. Research brings much-needed funds into universities. What incentives are there for the sector to focus on learning and teaching? There are several.

The Guardian

Office Depot Salutes Educators across the US and Puerto Rico with Teacher ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Now in its ninth year, Office Depot's Teacher Appreciation Week events are opportunities forteachers to network, discuss classroom decorations, learn about the newest tech gadgets and school supplies, and get excited for the school year ahead. To help ...

Fla. higher education task force to 'brainstorm'
Sacramento Bee
Rick Scott's Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform. The panel is meeting Thursday at St. Petersburg College to continue seeking comment from business people, parents, students, faculty members, administrators and others.

HEA National Teaching Fellows 2012
The Guardian
The Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship Scheme celebrates excellence in learning and teaching, recognising individuals for their positive impact on the student learning experience. The 55 fellows selected this year work in a diverse ...

The Guardian

National teachers union meeting in Detroit
The Detroit News
Members of the federation represent pre-K through 12th-grade public school teachers, paraprofessionals, school personnel, higher education faculty and other school-related professions, AFT spokeswoman Carolyn Fiddler said. During the conference, they will debate and vote on ... But instead of support, teachers are faced with high-stakes testing policies that drive rather than inform teaching and learning. These policies have forced educators to sacrifice... Walled Lake teacher sues in trampling case · Tue, Jul 24 ...

Apple Will Now Let Any Teacher Publish Content to iTunes U - Liz ...
By Liz Gannes
Apple is upping its bid for its hot-selling iPad to be a teaching device. ... teacher to create a private course. The new features, aimed at K-12 teachers who use iPads in the classroom, allowteachers to create up to 12 private courses. Within each course, teachers can point students ... At the same time, iPad sales to the education market are ramping up. But the new iTunes U isn't a total ... Berkeley Aligns With Harvard and MIT's edX Online Learning Initiative. July 24, 2012 at 9:35 am PT ...
AllThingsD

Higher-Ed Learning with Windows 8
By Erwin Visser
Based in New Jersey, Seton Hall University is working hard to create new and dynamic learningenvironments and wants all of their students to have access to the latest technology to prepare them well for the workforce when they graduate. ... I' m excited to share with you that the entering Class of 2016 at Seton Hall recently received a Samsung tablet or Ultrabook running Windows 8, a Windows Phone (Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 900) and access to Office 365 foreducation.
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iTunes U Now Lets Teachers Invite Students to Lesson Plans
By Kate Freeman
Any teacher can signup to offer courses via iTunes U. Launched in 2007, iTunes U allows member educational institutions to ... Through the app, teachers can upload a course syllabus, arrange audio, video and iBooks onto iTunes U. Also introduced on Wednesday are “powerful new note taking features for audio and video let students easily search their notes.” SEE ALSO: Why the iPad Won't Transform Education — Yet. In January, six universities created more than 100 free courses ...
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What Is The Purpose Of Education? | Thought Catalog
By Michael Blancato
Fortunately, my graduate student responsibilities included teaching a writing course immediately following my early morning class. The existential angst I experienced while ... Our class discussion began as a critique of films that portray teachers as zealous missionaries, but quickly dovetailed into an inquiry about the nature of education itself. I asked my students the question that had been at ... To them, learning was a means to a material end. I was starting to become disheartened by ...
Thought Catalog

Eric Sheninger: Standardization Will Destroy Our Education System ...
By Eric Sheninger
HuffPost's QuickRead... Loading... Education Reform; Teachers; Standardized Testing; Arne Duncan. More .... As a leader, this is the type of teaching and learning culture that I want to foster and cultivate, one where creativity flourishes, students find relevancy and meaning in theirlearning, and teachers are given the support to be innovative. A teaching and learning culture ....To be a better teacher, you have to let go, relax and have some down time. Otherwise you'll burn out. Maybe I ...
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President Barack Obama addresses education, gun violence in ...
By Joy-Ann Reid
He said responsibility for curtailing bloodshed also rests with parents, neighbors and teachersto ensure that young people “do not have that void inside them.” Speaking just six days after the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 ...
theGrio

Which “Market-Based” Education Reform? — The League of ...
By Conor P. Williams
After I finished college, I went to teach first grade at a charter school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, so I have complicated, conflicted views on education reform that are at once personal and political. Nothing bothers me ... American Federation of Teachers head Randi Weingarten loathes “market-based” reform but still stringently opposes empowering parents with Parent Trigger laws. Does this .... I really don't see why anyone except idealists goes into teaching these days. The hours are ...
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

For Some Teachers, $4000 Now Beats $8000 Later
By Emily Richmond
For Some Teachers, $4000 Now Beats $8000 Later. I have to admit I'm intrigued by a new approach to teacher merit pay, one that explores whether the fear of having to give back bonus money you already have in your pockets is a better ...
The Educated Reporter

Education reform's dilemma: Improving creative thinking or ...
Rote learning can take a toll on building creativity in schools. ... Talk about teaching to the test: The last year of high school is often given over to ... in teacher evaluations, but they pay too little attention to enabling teachers and students to take ...
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of Teaching and Learning ... Teaching & Learning Conference; Teaching Resources. A to Z list... Educause Sprint: Analytics on Higher Education's Doorstep ...
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Obama announces new education program focused on African ...
The official added that the initiative would be housed in the Education Department, which will work with the Executive Office and other Cabinet agencies to ...
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Obama creating African-American education office - News from The ...
Interactive: Becoming a Teacher in Mid-career. Survey of College Fundraising ( PDF). AP Poll: Public Education. Report on Loan Options for Community College ...
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Unionized Charter School Teachers Need Your Support | Edwize
The teacher-led contract committee diligently attended all bargaining ... for the best working conditions for teachers and learning conditions for students.
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Eric Sheninger: Standardization Will Destroy Our Education System ...
Education Reform; Teachers; Standardized Testing; Arne Duncan. More .... A teaching andlearning culture powered by intrinsic motivation will achieve this. .... To be a better teacher, you have to let go, relax and have some down time.
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Grow Teachers effort grows fruitless | teachers, program, grow - The ...
Grow Teachers effort grows fruitless | teachers, program, grow, debt, billions, ... the loan if the person spends at least five years teaching in a low-income school. ... So far, though, it has cost more than $271000 for each teacher produced. ... the Illinois Board of High Education that showed about half of all participants end up ...
www.thetelegraph.com/.../teachers-73544-program-grow.html

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