The Guardian
First, "independent" academies increase the opportunities for commercial involvement in state-funded education. Many schools will use their extra cash to pay private companies to run anything from back-office management to teachingand learning ...
The Guardian
National Union of Teachers to consult staff in every academy about strikes
The Guardian
The NUT is opposed to academies and free schools, which have greater freedom to change the timings of the school day, teachers' pay and the subjects they teach, and are accountable to the education secretary, Michael Gove, rather than their local ...
The Guardian
Teachers vote to strike if government presses ahead with plans for local pay
The Guardian
The National Union of Teachers has resolved to strike in defence of national pay and conditions if the government goes ahead with plans to introduce local pay. Theeducation secretary, Michael Gove, has asked the School Teachers' Review Body – which ...
The Guardian
Teachers demand 'mass resistance' campaign in pay row
Telegraph.co.uk
The National Union of Teachers today said it was prepared for further strike action to block plans for regional pay. Photo: PA By Graeme Paton, Education Editor The National Union of Teachers said a campaign of “mass resistance on the streets” should ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Alberta Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says constituent attacked him ...
National Post
By Nicki Thomas, Marta Gold and Mariam Ibrahim EDMONTON — AlbertaEducation Minister Thomas Lukaszuk and a constituent he has accused of attacking him each say a security camera video proves their version of the event. The footage shows Lukaszuk ...
National Post
Teachers' union backs regional pay battle
BBC News
By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News One of the biggestteaching unions has voted to join other unions to challenge any government attempts to introduce regional pay for UK public sector workers. At its annual conference in Torquay, ...
BBC News
Teachers union urges 'resistance' on pay plans
The Independent
National strikes by trade unions should be organised to push back the proposals, which could lead to the "fragmentation and privatisation" of education, the National Union of Teachers' (NUT) annual conference in Torquay was told.
'You're not welcome': teachers vote to ban Ofsted
The Independent
Ofsted inspectors could be barred from classrooms across the country after teachers voted overwhelmingly to boycott the inspection body. The executive of the National Union of Teacherswill now examine the proposals after teachers spoke out about the ...
DPM: Report on education system review in 3 months
Malaysia Star
BANGI: A comprehensive evaluation report on the review of the country's education system would be ready in three months said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday. Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said a review of the ...
Teaching unions warn of strike action as anger mounts over increasing burden ...
WalesOnline
by Gareth Evans, Western Mail THE UK's biggest teaching union has accused the Welsh Government of “exploiting” school staff by introducing “unnecessary bureaucratic burdens”. The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) ...
Children's lives 'are put at risk on school trips because Government removed ...
Daily Mail
By Rick Dewsbury Cutting the red tape surrounding school trips has put children's lives at risk because teachers cannot be expected to 'rely on their common sense', unions claimed yesterday. MPs cut the health and safety guidance for days out from 150 ...
Daily Mail
Teachers on Tyneside set for summer strike action
ChronicleLive
The votes came at the annual conferences of teaching unions the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and the National Union of Teachers. Teachers from the region backed plans for regional strikes as well as a national day of ...
Now militant teachers threaten to boycott Ofsted inspections in push to ...
Daily Mail
Inspectors face being barred from classrooms and denied access to exam results as part of a union campaign to force the abolition of the education watchdog. The National Union of Teachers, which has 300000 members, voted yesterday to pursue a campaign ...
Daily Mail
Atlanta teachers in the Middle East: Challenges and adventures at every turn
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Atlanta teacher Carrie Cooper recently returned from teaching in the Middle East. (Special to the AJC) Carrie Cooper of Sandy Springs just returned from teaching in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to take a post at a private Atlanta school.
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Education advocates fear Queens school closings could aggravate overcrowding ...
New York Daily News
Education advocates said low-performing new students, who would have gone to the schools marked for closure, could also jeopardize the future of the existing institutions. City education officials stressed students are guaranteed spots in the proposed ...
New York Daily News
Teachers' union against pay plan
ITV News
A campaign of "mass resistance" is needed against the Government's plans for regional pay for public sector workers, teachers heard today. We're approaching this in an open-minded way and are well off putting forward any concrete proposals.
Teachers' union considers legal challenge over free school assessments
The Guardian
The largest teachers' union is considering a legal challenge over Michael Gove's free schools policy amid concerns that it is damaging children's education. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) could appeal to the information commissioner over Gove's ...
The Guardian
Teaching unions give notice of more strikes
Financial Times
By Chris Cook in Torquay Education is Britain's most unionised sector – and its two loudest voices have issued a battle cry. The conferences of the two biggestteaching unions gave notice over the weekend that their 570000 members will start a fresh ...
Financial Times
Teaching colleges how to handle sexual-misconduct cases
Philadelphia Inquirer
AKIRA SUWA / Staff Photographer The 19-page letter from the US Department of Education to colleges and universities across the nation last April made already-busy Philadelphia lawyer Gina Maisto Smith even busier. The letter emphasized that colleges ...
Teacher, 41, Who Left Job and Family for Student,18, Left in the Cold
JDJournal.com
Jordan Powers, 18, eloping with her 41-year old high school teacher James Hooker, made headlines when the couple appeared on nationally televised shows to defend their relationship. The relationship, which made James Hooker abandon all his ...
How a Photo of Joel Klein Saved a Teacher's Job
New York Times
By Mary Ann Giordano During this holiday weekend, The New York Times continued to dig deeper into cases of teachers accused of inappropriate conduct, this time explaining why a music teacher in Washington Heights was able to keep his job after placing ...
Cengage Learning Launches Partner Program to Recognize and Reward Valued ...
MarketWatch (press release)
STAMFORD, Conn., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of print and digital teaching, learning and research solutions, today announced a new program to recognize partner companies that add unique ...
Pupils are recruited to spy on us during our lessons, say teachers
Daily Mail
By Sarah Harris Pupils are being 'actively recruited' by schools to spy on theirteachers in the classroom, a union has warned. They are being used as 'management tools' to carry out covert – and even open – surveillance of members of staff, ...
Daily Mail
North East teachers threaten new school strike
Journal Live
by Tom Rowley, The Journal TEACHERS in the North East say they are ready to shut down classrooms in their dispute over pensions. Representatives of the region's teachers voted for strike action that could begin as early as the summer term.
Tennessee Sex Education Bill Promotes Abstinence-Only, Warns ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
Tennessee lawmakers added language to the state's abstinence-only sex education curriculum that warns against "gateway sexual activity." Although Senate Bill 3310 does not specifically define what "gateway sexual activity" comprises, ...
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Education, key to nation's dev – Amosun's wife
By mbgolu
ABEOKUTA—Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, weekend, describededucation as a veritable tool for national development, saying every child must be educated to enable them realise their potentials and contribute ...
Vanguard News
A Better Way to Evaluate Colleges—and Improve Education ...
By Richard Kahlenberg
The book argues that while the college access and completion agendas that are at the center of our higher-education discussions are important, we should refocus attention on the degree of actual higher learning that goes on in college. ... higher education needs to focus on developing high-quality standards and assessments if it wants to avoid the fate of K-12 schooling, where the No Child Left Behind Act has imposed poor quality tests and demoralized a generation ofteachers.
Innovations
Capitol Confidential » A.M. Roundup: Close to a deal on teacher ...
By Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol bureau
A.M. Roundup: Close to a deal on teacher evaluations? ... State lawmakers are considering whether to make teacher evaluations available to parents. (GNS). Fred Dicker says Cuomo and lawmakers are close to a deal, but it's still an open ...
Capitol Confidential
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE ...
By Glenn Reynolds
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: There Are as Many Student-Loan Debtors as College Graduates. “That's right: as many debtors as degree holders! How can that be? First, huge numbers of those borrowing money never graduate ...
Instapundit
Ex-teacher faces child porn charges | CharlotteObserver.com & The ...
By abethea@charlotteobserver.com (April Bethea)
A former Asheville-area middle school teacher and coach is facing federal child pornography charges, accused of taking videos of teenage boys as they used the bathroom.
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Michael Jascz: Bullying: Why Social and Emotional Learning in ...
By Michael Jascz
HuffPost's QuickRead... Loading... HuffPost's QuickRead... Loading... Teachers · Arne Duncan · Smarter Ideas More. Log in Create Account. Sign Out. April 9, 2012 ... Get Education Alerts. Sign Up. Submit this story. digg reddit stumble. Let's get in before the bullying starts. If that sounds obvious, I'm not talking about just educating children about the damage that bullying causes -- although those .... 1of 2. State Sex Ed Bill Could Prohibit Teaching Contraception, Kissing, Hand-Holding ...
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skip to main | skip to sidebar. Free Technology for Teachers. Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology ... Documents for Teachers. The 40 page guide (embedded below) is designed to help teachers who have never used Google Documents. .... Win a $3000 Scholarship from Shmoop and Zinch · Seven Resources for Teaching & Learning About Elec... Make Interactive Images on ThingLink Education · Unseen Titanic - An Interactive Image Gallery. ► Mar 29 (6) ...
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