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What Can Other Schools Learn–and Copy–From Your School?

What Can Other Schools Learn–and Copy–From Your School?
New York Times (blog)
The teachers, especially the master teacher who is floating between the clumps, are on the move, hovering over one student, then the next. It is less like a factory for learning and more like a postindustrial workshop, or even an extended family ...

Top Virginia Education Official Accused of Accepting Trips Paid for by Pearson Education,
Washington Post (blog)
By Kevin Sieff A top Virginia education official is under fire for accepting overseas trips funded in part by Pearson Education, a company whose contracts with the state education department are worth millions of dollars. Patricia I. Wright, the state ...

Education Different Next School Year
Manila Bulletin
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines (PIA) — Education as most Filipinos know it will be different next school year, Education Secretary Armin Luistro said over the weekend, referring to the changes in the education curriculum for the upcoming implementation of ...

McGraw-Hill School Education's Proven Digital Solutions Selected as Finalists ...
MarketWatch (press release)
--The CODiE awards recognize excellence in software development and outstanding resources for teaching and learning --Everyday Mathematics(TM), Instant Science(TM), Networks(TM), McGraw-Hill spark! among finalists NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire ...

ChinaCast Education Board Removes CEO
Fox Business
ChinaCast Education Corp.'s (CAST) board removed Ron Chan Tze Ngon as the post-secondary education and e-learning services provider's chairman and chief executive, naming one its new directors as his successor. Derek Feng, who has served on the board ...

Teaching Leadership to MBAs, European Style
BusinessWeek
Apparently there is a fit between networks of influence and clambering around in the mud, but professors join the students to help them analyze their contribution, looking at what worked and what didn't, mutual respect, and the importance of learning ...

Teacher Absenteeism - Is Angie Motshekga Afraid of Sadtu?
AllAfrica.com
Despite stating publicly that she will take measures to deal with teacher absenteeism, BasicEducation Minister Angie Motshekga has not set any targets to ensure that teachers are in classrooms teaching our children. This was revealed in a briefing to ...

Survey: Teachers say standardized tests not best tool
Amarillo.com
Alexander said the purpose of the survey was to gather opinions about education issues directly from teachers. “People talk a lot about teachers, but they don't talk a lot to teachers,” Alexander said. “If you're talking about teaching, ...

Bayan Cadotte: Have Teachers Share the 'Wows and Wonders'
New York Times
How hard was it for teachers to adopt to these new ways of teaching? The chancellor and the deputy for instruction, Shael Polakow-Suransky, wanted us to to complete two project-based tasks this year, one in math and one English Language Arts. The ...

New York Times

ChinaCast Education appoints interim CEO
Reuters
* Appoints Derek Feng as interim CEO * CEO Ron Chan removed from his position March 26 (Reuters) - ChinaCast Education Corp, a post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in China, said it appointed Derek Feng as interim chief executive, ...

Connecticut education reform bill expected to pass committee today, but some ...
Minuteman News Center
Sharon Palmer, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said she didn't get home from negotiations with the administration and lawmakers until 3 am on Saturday and by 9 pm Sunday was still unsure what would transpire before the Education ...

McGraw-Hill Expands Reach of Education Services in China Through Partnership ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Through the partnership, Chinese children ages 2-6 will for the first time have access to some of McGraw-Hill Education's digital learning solutions through a specially designed international curricula that will enhance the English language skills of ...

ChinaCast Education Removes Ron Chan Tze Ngon As Chairman, CEO
RTT News
(RTTNews) - ChinaCast Education Corp. (CAST: News ) on Monday said its Board of Directors removed Ron Chan Tze Ngon from his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in China's Board ...

Cheating our children: AJC's testing investigation spurs action
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Craig Schneider A US senator from Georgia and a national teacher union leader on Sunday called for investigations into possible cheating in school districts cited in an investigation into suspicious test scores by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Post announces teacher, principal awards
Washington Post
The Washington Post is announcing Monday the winners of awards given to top teachers and principals from the region's schools. Those honored with the Agnes Meyer Outstanding TeacherAward and the Distinguished Educational Leadership Award were chosen ...

Introduction of Live Online Professional Development Offering Expands ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, Mar 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CompassLearning® officially unveiled Impact Teacher Academy® Online today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Convention and Exhibit Show in Philadelphia, PA. The online expansion of Compass Learning Impact Teacher ...

ConnectYard Named a Finalist for 27th Annual CODiE Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
WAYNE, NJ, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ConnectYard, an education-focused technology company that provides a unique, two-way communication platform that connects faculty and students to build stronger education communities, today announced ...

How do you evaluate teaching?
Evening Observer
By DR. ROBERT HEICHBERGER , The OBSERVER The New York State Education Department and the teachers' unions reached an agreement , more or less. This agreement allows the state to use student test scores to evaluate teacher performance.

Sir Ken Robinson and Bill Strickland to speak at Emergent Learning Conference
Sacramento Bee
By Bridgeway Academy Association HALIFAX, March 26, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ - Bringing together a community of parents, teachers, and education professionals, Emergent Learning: Turning Tides in 21st Century Education is a new conference that challenges ...

Pols' 'sneaky' bid to ban teacher grades
New York Post
By YOAV GONEN and CARL CAMPANILE Facing tremendous pressure from teachers unions, lawmakers are pushing to insert a provision in the state budget that would ban the public from seeing new teacher report cards, sources said last night.

New York Post

Program recruits troops as teachers
Philadelphia Inquirer
The program provides veterans from any branch of the service with stipends to use toward education certifications and then gives them advice for finding teaching jobs. It's up to the veterans to land jobs themselves, but Troops to Teachers offers ...

Teachers warn of fresh strikes over plans to scrap national pay scales
The Independent
They are warning a move towards regional pay agreements could bring salary cuts for thousands of teachers in the poorest areas. Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teacher and Lecturers - traditionally the most moderate teachers' ...

Report: Test Cheating May Be Widespread
WLKY Louisville
About 180 teachers have been implicated in the scandal. So far, one teacher, Damany Lewis, has admitted to cheating and been fired. Other educators suspected of cheating who have not accepted a "resign or be fired" deal are being brought before a ...

Lockheed Martin Launches Academic Prepar3D® Simulation Software as a Learning ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ORLANDO, Fla., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) released academic licensing of its Prepar3D® simulation software to immerse students in learning and problem solving. The special pricing of $49.95 makes simulation ...

Teachers Union Tips Its Hand
CT Newsjunkie
Dannel P. Malloy's education reform bill, the state's largest teachers union inadvertently sent an email to lawmakers and others outside its organization tipping its hand regarding negotiation tactics. The Connecticut Education Association email ...

State teacher evaluation plan gets B- in 2011, up from D- in 2009
Tulsa World
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer Oklahoma is ahead of most states in implementing policies to identify effective teachers and get rid of those who aren't, according to new 2011 rankings by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Shaun Johnson: Occupying the Department of Education
By Shaun Johnson
Alternative to an ongoing physical presence, United Opt Out National will temporarily "occupy" the conversation on education reform, demanding that educators, parents, and students, those who actually know about curriculum and teaching, ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Will Teaching Kids How to Write Software Help Fix Young America?
By Alex Fitzpatrick
But each student will learn how to think like a coder — an education that will develop students' mathematical, logic and reasoning abilities, all skills that software engineering relies upon. Beyond that, Schwaitzberger wants the school to excel ...
Mashable!

Teacher Helps Pre-Schools Navigate Mysteries Using the iPad ...
By Adam Harrington
Teacher Frances Judd has taken to designing games to help kids navigate pre-school mysteries on iPads.
CBS Chicago

Education Minister Dobeš tenders resignation to PM Nečas | Prague ...
26 March 2012. Prague, March 23 (CTK) - Czech Education Minister Josef Dobes (Public Affairs, VV) tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) Friday and he will leave the post at the end of March, officially because he disagrees with further cuts in the ministry's budget. ... He claims that he has promised teachers to get for salaries four billion crowns more than last year, and now he would have to take a part of the sum from them again. Both experts ...
Prague Monitor

Teacher: 'Cold reading' is boring, shallow — Joanne Jacobs
By Joanne
... Our School · Advertise. You are here: Home / Education / Teacher: 'Cold reading' is boring, shallow ... The exemplar, in fact, forbids teachers from asking students if they have ever been to a funeral because such questions rely “on individual experience and opinion,” and answering them “will not move students closer to understanding the Gettysburg Address.” . . . it is impossible to have any ... That's not good teaching, writes Chaffee, a 13-year veteran. He thinks Common Core's ...
Joanne Jacobs

3.75 percent tuition increase would fund new teachers ... - Daily Lobo
By Miriam Belin
“Affordability — making sure our students and their families can afford their education. Student services — particularly in the light of the new formula of funding, UNM will have to be focused on the things and invest in those things that will make ...
New Mexico Daily Lobo

Educating kids, learning himself - Education - The Olympian ...
“He loves what he helps his students accomplish,” said Yelm High Principal Brian Wharton. “This passion and energy motivates other teachers.” Bergh ... Back then you showed up you said, “I want to be a teacher” and you were in. I couldn't have made a better decision in my life. I just love this job. What do you enjoy about teaching? I enjoy learning my subject. I love educating myself. And then I love the creative aspect of taking that knowledge and forming it into lessons for students.
The Olympian Online -- Education

Education bills a highlight in Augusta this year — Business ...
By UnBylined
It may seem like a small thing, but just imagine the opportunities for regional coordination and collaboration if every school in an area had the same times set aside for teacher training, vacations and similar activities. ... history of standards-based education in Maine ( KJ), reviewed the way student choice drives the new system ( KJ), looked at how teachers must change in a standards-based system ( KJ), and found 22 schools already using a standards-based approach to learning ( KJ) ...
Bangor Daily News

State Government forfeits education scheme funds Lastupdate:- Mon ...
Srinagar Mar 25 The JK government has failed to take advantage of Sakshar Bharat the central government scheme to take education to the grassroots and encourage adult learners pursue further education Funds in crores under the scheme ...
Greater Kashmir:Front Page

Teaching Math With Music | Care2 Causes
By Kristina Chew
Are Standardized Tests Valuable? 72% Of Teachers Say “No” ... Fractions are one of the “most difficult” topics in the math curriculum for elementary students. Researchers Susan Courey, assistant professor of special education at San Francisco State University, notes that, if students are not able to grasp fractions, they are likely to struggle in learning algebra and other mathematical principles. Some students used the “Academic Music” curriculum for six weeks while others were taught ...
Care2 Causes

Education Radio: Teacher Performance Assessment: A Money Grab ...
By barbara madeloni
Featuring interviews, testimony and analysis on issues facing public education in the U.S. through voices of teachers, parents, students, community members, education activists andeducation scholars. Education Radio is ... Both Amy and Rachel are completing their studentteaching practicum in the University of Massachusetts Amherst licensure program in secondaryeducation. Barbara Madeloni is a .... Diane Ravitch on why education reform is doomed to... Ed Radio Program 2 : ...
Education Radio

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... Association (Dong Zong) today accused the Education Ministry of compromising Chinese education by “deliberately” not training enough… ... “ Then, purporting to resolve the teachershortage problem in Chinese primary schools, the ... from Chinese schools, including thoseteaching Bahasa Malaysia and English.
www.themalaysianinsider.com/.../dong-zong-sees-moe-conspir...

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