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 .
Telegraph.co.uk
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 ...
New Era
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 ...
Plain Dealer
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, ...
ED.gov Blog
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 ...
New Era
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 ...
Plain Dealer
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, ...
ED.gov Blog
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
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 ...
Breaking News from The Birmingham News
Education Olympics: How Does America Rank Compared To Other ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Loading... Standardized Testing; Education Reform; Charter Schools; Teachers. More .....Education Act. Esther Wojcicki: Revolution Needed for Teaching Literacy in a Digital Age ...Sharon Turbiak, Michigan Teacher, Accused Of Slapping,.
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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 ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
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 ...
Overlawyered
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 ...
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
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 ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../amazon-worker-education-program-go...
Amazon (AMZN), which has come under intense scrutiny for unfavorable labor conditions at its fulfillment centers, announced a new worker-education program ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../amazon-worker-education-program-go...
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 ...
www.bitrebels.com/social/teachers-social-media-guide/
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 ...
www.bitrebels.com/social/teachers-social-media-guide/
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 ...
www.flickr.com/photos/7452274@N08/7656254766/
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