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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Innovation

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Innovation
Huffington Post
Craig Hatkoff "Educate to Innovate," President Obama's campaign for excellence in science, technology, engineering & math, is a call to action that our education system embrace a specific type of orientation. Innovation requires educators to think ... 

Obama targets diploma mills that market to vets
The Associated Press
By ANNE GEARAN, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to trademark the term "GI Bill" in an effort to shield veterans and military families from being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education ... 

Teacher who was fired after fertility treatments sues diocese
CNN
There are other infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, which are not morally licit according to Catholic teaching." The statement adds that teachers working in the diocese are required to "have a knowledge and respect for the Catholic ...

Autistic Boy's Wiretap Show Teacher Abuse, Bullying?
Reuters
The teacher and aide were yelling at Akian and calling him names. When the district's response wasn't enough, MSNBC reports Stuart Chaifetz posted the following video on the web: The above audio includes the teachers talking about having a hangover, ...

Teacher test results show abysmal pass percentage: Kapil Sibal
Daily News & Analysis
Informing the Rajya Sabha about the status of teachers in the country, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said it needed to be ensured that private institutions provided the right quality of education to produce quality teachers. "Results show that those who ...

Examining the Role of Teachers to Reward Merit and Encourage Long Careers
New York Times
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with one of the Department ofEducation's Teaching Ambassador Fellows to give feedback on a not-yet-public draft of the policy proposal before it is offered to schools. While there was much to like about ...

New York Times

Fewer teachers, school days in Cobb. When do cuts threaten quality?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
There seems to be little good news on the school budget front in Cobb where parents are looking at fewer days and teachers as the system grapples with fallen real estate taxes and reduced state funding. Here would be my concerns if I were a Cobb ...

Father of autistic boy allegedly bullied by teacher demands answers
Fox News
They were destroying my son," the father said of the February incident Attorneys for Altenburg, a 25-year special education teacher, released a statement Thursday claiming she has been misrepresented in reports of abuse in the classroom.

Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF
Fox News
Indiana teacher Emily Herx says she was fired in June, 2011, from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kathleen DeLaney)AP2010 An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman ...

Should Catholic Schools Be Able to Fire Teachers Over Fertility Treatments?
The Atlantic
(Kevin Lamarque / Reuters) Emily Herx was a popular literature teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, until she used her medical leave for in vitro fertilization. Herx lost her job and says a church official called her a "grave, ...

The Atlantic

Cherry Hill teacher denies wrongdoing
Cherry Hill Courier Post
MEL EVANS/Associated Press CHERRY HILL — A Cherry Hill teacher has said she was not present when classroom staffers allegedly berated a 10-year-old autistic boy who was secretly recording the comments. Kelly Altenburg, a 23-year educator, ...

Teacher, 3 students hurt in NY school lab fire
Wall Street Journal
AP CLAY, NY — Authorities say a teacher and three students are recovering from burns suffered in a small explosion and fire during a science class demonstration at their suburban Syracuse school. Officials with the Liverpool Central School District ...

Teacher fired by Catholic school over IVF
msnbc.com
in indiana tonight, a former teacher at a catholic school is suing the diocese of ft. wayne. she said she was fired from her job because she was trying to get pregnant using the fertility treatment ivf. here is katy tur. >> it is one woman's battle ...

Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond
Washington Post (blog)
A former president of the American Educational Research Association, Darling-Hammond focuses her research, teaching, and policy work on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality and educational equity. By Linda Darling-Hammond There is much ...

International education, FT boost Pearson results
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Publishing group Pearson reported underlying sales growth of 3 percent in the first quarter, helped by international education and the Financial Times, and said it still expected sales and operating profit to grow this year.

White House issues new protections for military families, veterans targeted by ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to trademark the term “GI Bill” in an effort to shield veterans and military families being swindled or misled by schools that target their federal education benefits. President Barack Obama is signing a ...

SMALLab Learning Announces Winners of the Flow Design Contest for Teachers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This kinesthetic approach opens new pathways for teaching and learning in the K-12 classroom. Flow can be added to any existing Interactive Whiteboard or other projection system. Judges reviewed the entries to find the best proposals for Flow.

Teacher safety key issue in Gresham-Barlow strike
Bend Bulletin
But the teachers union in the Gresham-Barlow School District, after backing off on some of its wage proposals, zeroed in on other demands. The two sides reached a tentative agreement Wednesday after a marathon 24-hour mediation session and a ...

Students, Teachers Relieved At Two City Schools Spared Closure
NY1
While an educational panel weighed the fates of 24 public schools on Thursday, parents, students and educators at a Brooklyn high school and a Queens high school were thrilled to learn from the Department of Education that their schools would be spared ...

NY1

Teacher's Aide on Upper West Side Charged With Sexually Abusing 8-Year-Old
New York Times (blog)
By ANDY NEWMAN A teacher's aide at Public School 84 on West 92nd Street was arrested on charges that he groped an 8-year-old girl and made her touch him, the police said on Thursday. The aide, Hany Abdalla, 35, was charged with sex abuse and ...

Teaching The LA Riots At Two City Schools
NPR
Most history books used in LA schools end at the Civil Rights era of the 1950s and '60s, so 11th-grade history teacher Anthony Lawson, who was 10 at the time of the riots, has to improvise. Lawson teaches at Animo Locke High, a charter school.

Teachers rally for responsible reform
Reminder Newspapers
A similar rally on April 24 drew an estimated 1000 teachers. The rallies were organized to protest the original version of Gov. Dannel Malloy's education reform bill, and to urge legislators to get reform done right. “We've heard you,” House Majority ...

Reminder Newspapers

What's Wrong With Education in the US?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By David Wessel The Journal reported that American children no longer have substantially more education than their parents. The article (read it here) drew a strong response from readers. Below is a selection of comments, some of which have been edited ...

Autistic bullying: What parents can learn from dad's viral video
msnbc.com (blog)
The now-viral You Tube video posted by single dad Stuart Chaifetz, which chronicles how his 10-year-old autistic son Akian was verbally abused by his school teachers, shows one way. Chaifetz, surprised by reports that his normally-happy son was ...

Teachers, students, parents rally in Tulsa, express outrage over school funding
Tulsa World
Their messages included "20-1 ratio - Bring it back," referring to the small class sizes mandated by House Bill 1017, an education reform effort passed in 1990. One little girl carried a hot pink sign that read, "How can I be a fashion designer if you ...

URS Awarded Education and Training Contract by U.S. Navy
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced that the Company has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple award contract for education training products and services for the Naval ...

Cobb school budget: fewer teachers and school days
Atlanta Journal Constitution
If the tentative budget becomes final, there will be about 400 fewer instructional personnel, 350 of them teachers, and maximum class sizes will rise by two students across all grades. The school year will be missing five days when teachers will be ...

Inquiring minds want to know about Quinn's teacher pension reform
Chicago Tribune
Q: Why should I care about teacher pensions if I'm not a teacher? A: Because even though Illinois is putting $2.4 billion into the Teachers' Retirement System this year, that system still accounts for more than half of the state's estimated $83 billion ...

Chicago Tribune

OpenSecrets Blog PolitiQuizz: Who is Education's Favorite Senator ...
Virginia Foxx.jpg Last week, OpenSecrets reported on Rep. Virginia Foxx's statement that she has “very little tolerance” for college students with loan debt. As it turns out, Foxx, who sits on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce ...
OpenSecrets Blog

African-American Male Teacher A Vanishing Phenomenon, Experts ...
NEW ORLEANS -- According to the National Education Department, African-American maleteachers and administrators are becoming extinct. Thursday, April 26, 2012.
WDSU.com - Local News

A Constitutional Right to Education? | The Iowa Republican
By Nathan W. Tucker
The Plaintiffs argued that the State abridged their constitutional right to an education by failing “to establish standards, to enforce any standards, to adopt effective educator pay systems, and to establish and maintain an adequate education ...
The Iowa Republican

Teacher At Catholic School Allegedly Fired For Using IVF As “Grave ...
By jonathanturley
Emily Herx, a teacher at the St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has sued the school and the Catholic Diocese, for allegedly firing her for using in vitro fertilization (IVF) to try to get pregnant. Herx (shown here with her husband) says that the local ... Notably, Laycock publicly said that he did not believe that the ruling would support many teachers who did not teach religious subjects: “If he teaches theology, he's covered. If he teaches English or physics or some clearly ...
JONATHAN TURLEY

Change of Subject: Inquiring minds want to know about teacher ...
By Eric Zorn
A: Seventy-five percent of the average salary in the four highest consecutive years in the last 10 years of teaching, with 3 percent compounded annual raises for teachers hired before Jan 1, 2011 (See TRS' EZ Guide to Retirement Plan Tier I and ... But some suburban and downstate lawmakers, as well as Cinda Klickna, president of the Illinois Education Association, fear that the cost of fairness here will be either dramatic cuts in cash-strapped districts, increases in property taxes to ...
Change of Subject

Pittsburgh Federation Of Teachers President Talks Cuts « CBS ...
By jessberardino
Nina Esposito-Visgitis, of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, spoke with KDKA Radio's Robert Mangino on future teacher cuts. ... Nina Esposito Visgitis On Education Cuts. You can hear Robert Mangino weeknights only on NewsRadio ...
CBS Pittsburgh

Jonathan says education is tool for peace, justice, equity
By ojiego
President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for the “Education for All'' to guarantee peace, justice and equity on the African continent. Jonathan spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the opening of the Conference of Ministers of Education of ...
Vanguard News

Professor Peggy Gish: The Joy of Teaching
By Professor Peggy Gish
I am immensely grateful to all of you for your phenomenal level of support, and also very grateful to be reminded of why I feel so passionate about teaching; what it is that makes teaching such a truly joyful experience for me. As the week ... Spending a semester learning from one another heightens their awareness of these differences promoting greater respect and understanding. ... Tennessee SexEducation Bill Promotes Abstinence-Only, Warns Against 'Gateway Sexual Activity' ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Parents, Teachers Outraged Over Potential School Closings Across ...
By pvictorwins
Aside from the effect the closings would have on students, another big concern is that only half of some 3000 teaching jobs are expected to be restored once the replacement schools open. ... Some people may need to go, but I say they need to go at the board of mis-education, too, because the bureaucracy does not work for the children,” one parent added. Student also expressed their angry sentiments and feelings toward the PEP. “We are simply your lab rats. You are experimenting ...
CBS New York

Transferred Miramonte teachers wait - and learn to sew - LA Observed
By Kevin Roderick
But it sounds like they really are just hanging on until they can go back to their kids. One teacher tells Shuman they have classes in knitting and sewing, so I guess that's nice. More by Kevin Roderick: Transferred Miramonte teachers wait - and ...
LA Observed

Maryland's Teacher Of The Year Meets President Obama « CBS ...
By sbhagav
Maryland's top teacher takes a trip to the nation's capital. ... It's why he was named the MarylandTeacher of the Year back in October. And this week, Parker joined the nation's other teachers of the year at the White House to meet the president. “ He seems very, very genuine. He asked ... In addition to meeting the president, Parker gets a slew of prizes including $9000 in cash, $15000 inteaching supplies and a 2012 Honda Civic. Parker also gets to throw out the first pitch at an Orioles...
CBS Baltimore

Teacher Fired From Catholic School For In Vitro Fertilization
By Melissa Stusinski
Emily Herx, a Fort Wayne, Indiana school teacher, was fired from a Roman Catholic school for undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. Herx's. ... She was not required to and didn't have any religion teaching. She wasn't even ...
The Inquisitr

Stateline State Headlines - News about state government and policy ...
Loud crowd greets Malloy's education reform pitch ... From Michigan to Illinois to Ohio, teacherpension problems -- and changes -- fuel political debate ...
www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines?issues=328444

U.S. News - Analyst: Teacher fired over porn acting has case for ...
An Oxnard teacher fired for being in a pornographic video before she was hired is ... the school board has cleared him to pursue his teaching certificate again.
usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../11371061-analyst-teacher-fired-o...

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