Obama Admin. Unveils $1-Billion “Master Teacher Corps”

Obama Admin. Unveils $1-Billion “Master Teacher Corps”
The New American
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps, comprised of “some of the nation's finest educators in STEM subjects,” is slated to launch with 50 teachersgrounded in 50 different sites, with a four-year goal to reach 10000 .... with this plan, like so many other plans to fix education, is that the plan does nothing to get rid of poor administrators, who often emphasize unproductive school activities such as "group learning"; it does nothing to weed out unmotivated, poor teachers; and it ...

Obama calls for 'Master Teachers' to help schools
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a $1 billion program to recruit high-performing math and science teachers to mentor and evaluate their peers and help students excel. The so-called Master Teacher Corps ...

Chicago school board, teachers reject report
CBS News
CHICAGO — A fact finder's recommendation to give Chicago teachers a double-digit raise was rejected Wednesday by both the city's teachers union and the governing board of the Chicago public school system, paving the way for a teacher strike. ... Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates unanimously rejected the report. CTU president Karen Lewis said teachers want smaller class sizes and "a rich curriculum that includes art music foreign language and physicaleducation." She told teachers to "stay tuned." ...

Obama turns to 'master teachers' to improve US math scores
MinnPost.com
While the investment would be significant, improving science and math teaching has been a longstanding challenge, and the plan is not a silver bullet, education experts say. Initially, 50 master teachers would mentor ... Merit pay is controversial among teachers, but the aspect of it that has seen the biggest jump in teacher support in the past five years has been the idea of giving teachers more money for teaching in hard-to-staff subjects such as science and math, Ms. Silva says. The selection criteria for the Master ...

Collier, Lee education leaders split on Obama science, math teacher corps ...
Naples Daily News
Announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama, the Master Teacher Corps program would provide $20000 annual stipends to high-performing teachers of science, technology, educationand math, or STEM. The corps is slated to begin with ... Teachers selected for the program would be required to commit for multiple years, and while part of it would share knowledge and skills in STEM teaching. The program's intent is to .... Kids Free Fridays at Rookery Bay Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center. 10 a.m. ...

School Board, Teachers Union Say No To Arbitrator's Report
Chicagoist
The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago School Board, as expected, rejected the results of an arbitrator's report offering recommendations on how to solve the impasse over a new labor contract Wednesday. On the bright side, at least the two... Reducing class size so that we can adequately address the varying educational needs of each child before them, or; The need for not merely a longer school day, BUT a BETTER DAY which offers students a world class education. We must make it a priority to deliver to ...

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CPS, teachers union reject arbitrator's report
Chicago Tribune
Moliviatis said union leadership told teachers during Wednesday's meeting that classroom sizes could be doubled if teachers get double-digit raises. He also wants a contract that addresses job security. Linda Goff, a special education teacher at Chappell ...

Chicago Tribune

School board, teachers union both reject fact-finder's report
Chicago Tribune
On Wednesday night, the union's House of Delegates and the CPS board agreed on one thing -- both unanimously voted down the arbitrator's report that recommended teacher raises of 15 to 20 percent in the first year and 35.74 percent at the end of a four-year contract. Each rejected the report for its own reasons. CPS ... Linda Goff, a special education teacher at Chappell Elementary School, worries about what lies ahead for teachers if a deal cannot be reached. "I've been so happy we've had labor peace for so ...

Teachers at 24 Schools Receive Status Updates
New York Times
An Education Department spokeswoman, Erin Hughes, said the city sent a second letter to 2700teachers who were assigned to the 24 schools in 2011-2012, saying they do not have to take any action in order to reclaim their jobs. It does ask them ... The city was counting on millions of dollars in federal school improvement grants, which were held up in January by the state when the city and the United Federation of Teachers weren't able to agree on a new teacherevaluation system for these schools. Mayor Michael ...

Obama administration announces STEM teacher corps
CNN (blog)
Is "Udacity" the future of higher education? Scoring AP exams is a learning experience ... The Department of Education said it will work with nonprofit organizations, along with business partners and school districts, to identify teachers for the Corps through a competitive selection process. Membership will require a multi-year ... to promote and expand STEM education. Administration officials say STEM Master Corps members will develop new lesson plans and strategies to improve science and math teaching.

Obama Aims to Develop STEM Master Teacher Corps
Education Week News (blog)
The White House today is turning its attention back to STEM education, as the Obama administration lays out plans to launch a national "master-teacher corps" to recognize and reward top educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The goal over four years is to ... The initiative will be discussed today at an event at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue involving senior White House officials, as well as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a group of math and science teachers. The White House ...

Teachers, administrators, parents weigh in
Chicago Sun-Times
I believe that all parties can work together in good faith to reach a fair agreement for our taxpayers, teachers and our students that ensures students are in class on day one with a full school day.” — Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “I just hope that the public realizes ...

Chicago Teacher Raises: Rahm Emanuel Calls Recommended Pay Bump 'Not ...
Huffington Post
A couple of voices from Mayor Emanuel's "education reform" choir are up in arms because some public schools teachers are now talking seriously about the possibility of a teachers' strike in Chicago later this summer. Around the Web: ..... Given that productive people outwork their lazier counter part by 2 times (and high achievers are more productive), this is an absolute bargain to raise the teaching quality. By the way ... Studies have shown that this is especially injurious in early learning years. Increasing pay for ...

Obama Unveils Science, Math Teacher Mentoring Program
PC Magazine
"If America is going to compete for the jobs and industries of tomorrow, we need to make sure our children are getting the best education possible," President Barack Obama said in a statement. ... According to the White House's description, Master Teachers are "classroom-based educators who are highly effective in improving learning outcomes for their students, model outsanding teaching, and share their practices and strategies with their professional colleagues to lead and guide improvements across education." ...

Alabama Department of Education, Birmingham school board spar in courtroom ...
al.com (blog)
Witherspoon, who has led the district since March 2010, was fired Tuesday night in a 5-3 vote by the Birmingham Board of Education. He filed for a temporary restraining order against the school board's vote Wednesday, after going to the school system offices ...

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Teacher ratings to remain hidden
Dailyrecord.com
What's going on in our schools? Visit Home & School, blogs.app.com/learning, for more. More. If you think the new education reform bill means you'll get to see what grade your child's teacherreceives on his or her evaluation, think again. ... But Monmouth County Vocational School District Superintendent Tim McCorkell said he thought opening reviews would be unfair to teachers, adding he couldn't think of any other public or private industry in which evaluations are made public. “Usually they're personnel matters; ...

Nikki Haley Vetoes On Funding For Arts, Teachers, Rape Crisis Centers ...
Huffington Post
CHARLESTON, S.C., July 18 (Reuters) - South Carolina lawmakers voted in a special session on Wednesday to override dozens of budget vetoes by the state's governor that cut funding for teachers' pay raises, an arts commission, and non-profit rape crisis ...

UPDATE 1-Obama calls for 'Master Teachers' to help schools
Chicago Tribune
The so-called Master Teacher Corps program calls for recruiting 2500 such educators at the outset and increasing that to 10000 over ... Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the plan would raise the prestige of the profession and increase teacher retention.

Fact finder gives report — school board, teachers say no thanks
Chicago Sun-Times
Related Documents. Board of Education rejection notice · Fact-finding report · ChicagoTeachers Union rejection notice ... 13; the remainder should start Sept. 4. Teacher Jacquelyn Ward, who lost her job when Marquette Elementary was “turned around,'' said she supports the union's position that qualified teachers who lose their job through no fault of their own should have the first crack at job openings. “They [CPS officials] don't want a recall policy. They'd rather fire 1000 teachers a year and hire recent college ...

Edmodo Raises Another $25 Million For Education Tech
Forbes
Edmodo Wants To Make Social Networking A Learning Experience · Tomio Geron Forbes Staff · Edmodo Nabs $15 Million From Benchmark, Greylock For Educational Technology · Tomio Geron Forbes Staff. Startup Edmodo has raised $25 million led by venture firm New Enterprise Associates to scale its online education platform. The new funding comes just seven ... Edmodo provides a web based service for teachers and students to communication on assignments and class topics. The service works from web ...

Educators Weigh In On $1 Billion Plan for STEM Teachers
WHSV
"It's really hard to find good STEM teachers because the job market for them elsewhere is better. There's a better chance for them to get higher pay, and in education, that pay is not there," said Harris. The teachers selected for the Master Teacher Corps would ...

Albuquerque teachers speak out against possible evaluation changes
Upstart (blog)
... test scores in teacher evaluations. Many felt that such a change would be harmful to the students, forcing teaching techniques to emphasize memorization and test-taking over critical thinking. ... While the issue did not pass when taken to lawmakers last year, the Public Education Department says it can now make the changes without legislative approval because the federal government is mandating change in New Mexico's teacher evaluation system, prompting Wednesday's out-cry. For more information see the ...

Is New Oriental Education's Management Telling the Truth?
TheStreet.com
New Oriental Education's(EDU) shares fell through the floor for the second day in a row. Falling in sympathy were Apollo Group(APOL), Bridgepoint Education(BPI), Corinthian Colleges(COCO) and Devry(DV). EDU Chart EDU data by YCharts. Shareholders ...

Teacher evaluations are new political battle for Martinez and legislators
Alamogordo Daily News
Susana Martinez's administration on its plan to rate teachers based in part on the results of student test scores in reading and math. "This is the same approach that was used ... Hanna Skandera, secretary-designate of public education, said in an interview that standardized test scores are "a valid and reliable" measure of whether a student is learning. She said her department planned to move ... Morales, though, said Skandera's move violates the spirit ofeducation reform. "In essence, what they want would bypass ...
Rep. Fattah Lauds Obama for New STEM Education Initiative, Inspires Summer ...
Sacramento Bee
"These Master Teachers –10000 strong within a few years – will be inspiring and shaping the next generation of young scientists and engineers," Fattah said. "President Obama's innovative plan will help our nation win the future in science, technology and innovation." The White House announced the plan for a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) MasterTeacher Corps comprised of some of the nation's finest educators in STEM subjects. Obama said he will launch the Corps with $100 million ...

Brizard Remains Confident That Contract Will Be Settled With Teachers
CBS2 Chicago
Newly Single Celebs. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Public Schools and theirteachers are back to square one in their efforts to agree to a contract and avert a strike, but schools chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard remains optimistic. On Wednesday, the Chicago School Board and the Chicago Teachers' ... “Perhaps I'm an optimist, but I know Karen Lewis. I know she's interested in having a contract. Just about every teacher I talked to really wants to get back to work in August and September,” Brizard said.

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Top Hat Lands $8M For A Learning Platform That Will Make ...
By Rip Empson
Top Hat Lands $8M For A Learning Platform That Will Make Teachers Want Phones In Class. Rip Empson. posted yesterday ... There's nothing more fundamental to education than the student-teacher relationship. Not surprisingly ... Since launch, Top Hat's platform has worked its way into more than 200 educational institutions globally, and today, the startup is ready to begin accelerating its expansion into higher education, fueled by a new infusion of capital. On Wednesday morning ...
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The Educated Reporter: Obama Proposes `Master Teacher Corps ...
By Emily Richmond
"Republicans share the president's goal of getting better teachers in the classroom," Sollberger told the Associated Press. "However, we also value ... Obama's announcement of yet another new initiative comes on the heels of a House Appropriations sub-committee vote approving a bill that would dismantle three key elements of his education reform plan: Race To The Top, the School Improvement Grant program, and the Investing In Innovation (i3) grant program. It's still too early to ...
The Educated Reporter

Why Open Education Matters | Open Society Foundations
Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use. OpenEducation Resources include full courses, course materials, ...
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Teachers raise alarm over insecurity in Northern schools
By mbgolu
Worried by the security challenges in the country and its attendant risks, head teachers of primary schools across the nation have asked the Federal Government to protect the lives of school children by providing adequate security around Nigerian ... primary schools and called the attention of the Federal, states and local government areas to it and demands an emergency solution before the greatest damage is done to the existing low level of standard of primaryeducation in Nigeria.
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Times Higher Education - The week in higher education
The two institutions, which were on the list of 102 approved free schools released by the government on 12 July, will be central to the universities' teacher-training programmes, with Birmingham billing its institution as a University Training ...
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Why California Democrats Protect Sex Abuser Teachers - Page 1 ...
Gloria Romero, a Democrat who was the Legislature's expert on education during her years in Sacramento and now is state director of Democrats for Education Reform in California, says the Berndt scandal "should have been the final ...
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Greeley Teacher Arrested, Admits To Having Student's Child « CBS ...
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GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)- A Greeley teacher admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student two years ago and having his child. An anonymous tip led police to Rhonda Eisenberg's home. The teen allegedly lived with ...
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Senate Delays Vote On Changes For Teachers « CBS Detroit
By sstoddart
LANSING (AP) - Long-sought changes to the state public school employees' retirement system have been delayed by weeks, as the Michigan Senate on Wednesday evening rejected the House version of a bill that would end state-provided ...
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Schools, Teachers Weigh In On Fact Finder's Report - Chicago Tonight
By Yasmin Rammohan
Education. Schools, Teachers Weigh In On Fact Finder's Report. Yasmin Rammohan | July 18, 2012 11:30 am. The School Board and the union rejected a report that was originally meant to strike a compromise between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union. Now, a 30-day ... For parents as well, many of the children have summer learning month, and adding to that additional time lost due to a strike would be detrimental to a student's learning development. What is ...

Obama proposes $1 billion for science, math teachers | theGrio
By Josh Lederman, Associated Press
The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary stipends is part of a long-term effort by President Barack Obama to encourage education in high-demand areas that hold the key to future economic growth — and to close the ... John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the HouseEducation and the Workforce Committee, noted that the federal government already has more than 80 teacher quality programs and said it would be foolish to pump money into programs that may be ...
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Florida Educators Concerned Higher Testing Standards For Teachers
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Tables have turned for some Florida educators after the state Department of Education announced they want teachers to earn higher grades on their certification exams, WFTV reports.... Loading... Arne Duncan; Lunch Box; Teachers; Education Reform. More ..... Many people don't realize that if a certified teacher is not available, the school must hire a "substitute," sometimes a long-term substitute, who may not have a degree at all, much less a degree in the subject she/he is teaching.
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Obama Proposes Federal Paychecks for Local Teachers
This is not the first time the Administration has proposed subsidizing teacher ... and their “contributions to the continuous improvement of teaching and learning. ... a quick fix to oureducation problems, federal money cannot buy teacher quality.
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DOE Tells 2700 Teachers They Can Keep Their Jobs - NY1.com
Thousands of teachers were told Wednesday that they can keep their jobs after an arbitrator ruled in their favor last month.
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Obama's $1 Billion STEM Program: Money Alone Won't Attract Good ...
The teachers selected for the Master Teacher Corps will receive a $20000 ... "I think it is a very good idea," says Peter Noguera, professor of education at New York ... and engineering and one of the critical shortages in teaching is in that area.
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