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Coursera provides access to college courses online for free
Daily Illini
In today's digital age, everything is online and available with a few keystrokes or finger swipes. The Internet has bridged gaps in communication between people, and education is another avenue whereonline technology makes it easier than ever to get ...  

EdX Announces Free Online Courses for Fall Launch - US News ...
The free online platform will join a crowded field of education providers.
www.usnews.com/.../edx-announces-free-online-courses-for-f... 

LEARNING: Online schools offer virtually unlimited options
San Angelo Standard Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Teala Howell, a graduate of an online school, says it's not for everybody. "It has to be for somebody who's motivated, somebody who wants to get an education," she said. "If you're one of those kids who sits in the back row and isn ...

Heads call for regrading of English GCSEs
BBC News
Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary, said: "This speculation that education is now increasingly a political football is extremely corrosive to teachers trust in the government's handling of the education system. "We welcome the fact that Ofqual ...

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Clark: As education in Illinois changes, don't forget students
The State Journal-Register
Education reform. Common Core Standards. Budget cuts. As we start a new school year in Illinois the most important priority is probably the least discussed: The children in our public school systems. Standardized tests, higher standards and new laws ...

Teachers set to rally at Ontario legislature
CBC.ca
Education Minister Laurel Broten unveiled the details of proposed legislation from the Ontario government in mid-August, which would freeze teachers' wages if approved. (CBC). Related. Related Stories. Unions vow to take fight against teacher bill to ...

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Followers of the Virgen del Rosario religious group fight for secular education
San Francisco Chronicle
Mexican authorities are still unable to overcome the resistance of an apocalyptic religious sect in western Mexico which has refused to allow public school teachers to hold classes in their town. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) Photo: Alexandre ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Veteran teachers out at Social Justice High School
WBEZ
... teachers is a year-long sub for the freshman English teacher, who is out on maternity leave. CPS spokeswoman Robyn Ziegler said a new English teacher will start today and noted that there is currently a teacher for the AP Literature and Composition ...

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Special Education
Huffington Post (blog)
Firstly, the school is fully serviced -- meaning it has a wide-ranging staff of teachers, therapists, specialists, a social worker, psychologists, and other experts all available under one roof. That is unusual ... Each class has a teacher and an ...

Special education advocates to rally in Lansing over class sizes, caseloads
Detroit Free Press
"Teachers are overburdened and overstressed. It's not sustainable," said Marcie Lipsitt, a parent advocate and co-founder of the Michigan Alliance for Special Education, which is sponsoring the rally. The rally is attracting advocacy groups and ...

Funding Education-Back To Basics
Mesquite Citizen Journal
Administrators and teachers must together help reduce the isolation of the lone teacher behind closed doors in the classroom by mentoring, coaching, and connecting with each other, in a true spirit of support, networking and collegiality. Teachers must ...

Williams named new head of Texas Education Agency
Houston Chronicle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A tea party favorite who worked for the U.S. Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush was tapped Monday to become Texas' top education official, and he'll take over just weeks before the start of major litigation ...

Word of the Day | errant - NYTimes.com
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About The Learning Network. The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. Students can respond to our ...
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Teacher Robert Duncan Fired For Obama Cartoons Fights For His ...
A Louisiana teacher finds job in jeopardy because of two Obama cartoons drawn by middle school students. ... Are we so ashamed of our childrens thoughts that we should crucify their teachers? Sounds like the dark ages, or the times of the ...

Back to School: Teachers Union Loses Members While Per-Pupil ...
By Lindsey Burke
We're living with a recession that just won't end, political attacks that have turned brutal, and societal changes that are impacting us—from stupid education “reform” to an explosion of technology—all coming together to impact us in ways that we had never anticipated. Pringle is likely referring to the reforms that Governor ... [T]oday's entrepreneurs know they can harness emerging technologies to reimagine teaching and learning. It's a story as old as change itself. The candlemaker's ...
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Seeking respect, Wisconsin teachers go abroad | eSchool News
By staff and wire services reports
She doesn't know exactly what to expect as a teacher at Qatar Academy Al-Wakra, but she knows what the Middle Eastern sun will do to her fair skin if she's not careful. “I'm freaked,” Wolfe said while waiting for her flight at Mitchell International ...
eSchool News

Ex-OC Teacher Pleads Guilty To Having Sex With A Student He's ...
By neilajamee
An ex-Orange County high school teacher pleaded guilty Monday to having a sexual relationship with a former 17-year-old student.
CBS Los Angeles

Romney's pick for Education: Jeb? Rhee? — Joanne Jacobs
Bush wrote the foreword to Romney's education plan and is the “godfather” of the ... given Romney's dissing of the teacher's unions, Luna's got anti-union street ...
www.joannejacobs.com/.../romneys-pick-for-education-jeb-rh...

Daily Kos: Chicago Teachers Union Grassroots Campaign ...
Astroturf groups like Stand for Children, Democrats for Education Reform, ...High School ...
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Could Solar Power Save Teachers' Jobs? : Discovery News
Could Solar Power Save Teachers' Jobs? Turning to solar can reduce energy bills for school districts, especially important during these belt-tightening times.
news.discovery.com/.../solar-power-teachers-jobs-120828.htm...

Greater Boston Area Sylvan Learning Centers Launch - Yahoo! News
Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 To help encourage a love of learning and ... an individualteacher, a mentor, an educational program, a tutoring program, ... E. Bavaria, senior vice president of education outreach for Sylvan Learning.
news.yahoo.com/greater-boston-area-sylvan-learning-centers-l...

Online learning alternative opens shop in Trinidad
Trinidad Times Independent
Some students struggle with a traditional classroom educational experience, whether it's because they don't feel comfortable in a room filled with other students or because their lifestyle has other commitments with jobs or children that don't allow ...

Districts Require E-Courses for Graduation
Education Week News
This school year, incoming freshmen in the Kenosha Unified School District have another requirement to fulfill as they look ahead to graduation: online learning. "We had very little resistance to it," said Daniel M. Tenuta, the assistant superintendent ...

UT trustees gather in Nashville for online learning workshop
The Tennessean
The scenario was part of a 10-minute video that imagined a world where existing advances — such as the free online courses offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other organizations — evolved to completely redefine higher education.

Quality Control a Challenge for Virtual Ed.
Education Week News
As online learning has entered the mainstream—with roughly a third of the nation's high school students enrolled in at least one online course, according to a report released in June 2011—more states have created policies, procedures, and even ...

E-Learning Funding Models Analyzed
Education Week News
For instance, the costs associated with operating a full-time virtual school are much different from the costs of providing supplemental online courses, which consequently need a much different funding formula. While similarities in finance mechanisms ...

Clarke Middle students learn to farm
Online Athens
Clarke Middle School students might soon transform a small garden and agriculture classes into a true farm and business. For years, master gardeners with the Athens Area Master Gardener Association tended to a garden at the middle school. Raised-bed ...

Treehouse: Learning Web Development, Programming and Coding Online
Technapex
Over 12,000 students have begun learning with Treehouse, an online platform that features a wide variety of video lessons taught by experts in each topic area. Treehouse's subjects are broken down into three categories; web design, web development and ...

Western Illinois University Selects Desire2Learn(R) Learning Suite to Support ...
Broadcast Newsroom
Faced with increasing demand from students for online classes and a blended learning environment, Western Illinois University selected Desire2Learn Learning Environment to supplement the on-campus experience with online courses. Launched in ...

How Online Classrooms Resemble Facebook | Inside Online Schools
By Dr. Diane Hamilton
The good news for new online students is that there is training and usually some tutorials that can help students learn how to navigate in the online classroom. Based on the questions that people ask me about online learning, there are many ...
Inside Online Schools

Michigan State University Moves from Blackboard's ... - e-Literate
By Phil Hill
After many technical difficulties, lost homework assignments, complaints and deliberation, MSU announced Tuesday the selection of Desire2Learn, or D2L, as the university's new online learningmanagement system, or LMS. Blackboard's ...
e-Literate
University of Missouri invests $2.5 million to develop e-learning ...
About 9,000 students enrolled in online courses last year, a 22 percent increase from 2010. Currently for the fall semester, 3,659 students are enrolled in one or ...
mizzouweekly.missouri.edu/archive/2012/34-1/.../index.php

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