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Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, Common Core

Brown Center on Education Policy | Brookings Institution
Choosing Blindly: Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, and the Common Core. April 10 ... Evidence shows that instructional materials have large effects on student learning. However, little research exists on the effectiveness of most instructional materials, and very little systematic information has been collected on which materials are being used in which schools....
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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education
USA TODAY
Those figures compare with 26 percent of mentally disabled young adults, 7 percent of young adults with speech and language problems, and 3 percent of those with learning disabilities. Those with autism may fare worse because many also have each of the ...

Employment Prospects Dim for Young Adults With Autism
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Jenifer Goodwin MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults with an autism spectrum disorder are less likely to continue their education or get a job after high school when compared to young adults with other disabilities, new research indicates ...

American teacher blasts off to space today
USA TODAY
By Todd Halvorson, Florida Today CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – A former teacher and present US astronaut will rocket up to the International Space Station on Monday for a six-month expedition. Quarantined Expedition 31 prime crew members, from left,...

USA TODAY

Higher-Education Ranking Judges by Country
New York Times
A global network of universities has released a new system for judging higher education, by rating entire countries instead of individual schools. The inaugural study, published Friday by Universitas 21 , a network of 24 universities and colleges, ...

Autism: Life After High School a Challenging Time
WebMD
The first nationally representative study of education and employment outcomes among young adults with ASD reflects the challenges faced by autistic teens and their families. About 1 in 3 autistic teens in the survey went on to attend a two- or ...

1 in 3 young adults with autism lack jobs, education
Orlando Sentinel
A study being published Monday in Pediatrics says 1 in 3 young adults with autism have no jobs or college or technical school education nearly seven years after high school, and fare worse than those with other disabilities. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jeff ...

Study finds setbacks for young autistic adults
Los Angeles Times
One in 3 lack job experience or higher education, researchers say, based on data gathered before unemployment peaked from the recession. About half a million autistic children will reach adulthood in the next decade. Associated Press CHICAGO — One in ...

National Geographic Learning Enters Higher Education and Career Markets via ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BELMONT, Calif., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- National Geographic Learning(NGL), part of Cengage Learning and a provider of quality educational materials for the K-12, higher education, adult education and ELT markets, today announced its ...

Capella Education Company to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
Capella Education Company also owns an innovative startup company called Sophia (http://www.sophia.org ) - a social teaching and learning platform that integrates education with technology. Capella University offers online graduate degree programs in ...

Immigrants find education, hope at East High School
Kansas City Star
Every teacher is a reading and writing teacher — whether teaching science, math, social studies, art or PE The immigrant students at East build their language through academic content. Teachers have to ensure that they are learning, and the proof is ...

Kansas City Star

Teacher Licensing
New York Times
To the Editor: Re “Move to Outsource Teacher Licensing Process Draws Protest,” by Michael Winerip (On Education column, May 7): The educator preparation community knows that graduates could end up teaching anywhere and that we need a nationally ...

Pink slips for teachers but hope is high
San Mateo Daily Journal
Teachers who are laid off could be asked back over the summer, when the state's budget becomes clear. Local districts are currently working with conservative budgets in case Gov. Jerry Brown's budget doesn't materialize. As proposed, education funding ...

Class size grows in high schools after cuts to teaching positions
Baltimore Sun (blog)
She had assembled some handmade charts, drilling down as far as the data she had would allow to document what had happened after the county decided to cut 196 teaching positions. The Sun decided to take her work a step further, and asked the county ...

Baltimore Sun (blog)

Teacher of the Year: Junior High Requires 'Special Breed of Teacher'
Patch.com
Josh Stumpenhorst, a Naperville teacher and Oswego resident, was named the IllinoisTeacher of the Year and recently met President Barack Obama. By Summer Scott Lincoln Junior High teacher Josh Stumpenhorst, far right, stands with teachers from across ...

Scoring of State Math and Reading Tests Is Almost Complete
New York Times
By Yasmeen Khan Teachers are logging their final hours of test grading this week, ending a process that some said took them out of classrooms at an inconvenient time and was less straightforward than many had hoped. Education officials said about 3000 ...

China Education International, Inc. Announces 2.5 For 1 Forward Stock Split
MarketWatch (press release)
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- China Education International, Inc. ("CEII" or the "Company") (OBB:CEII) , a manager and operator of private schools and educational activities in China, announced today that its Board of ...

2012 Recipients of Herbst Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The award is intended to identify and reward a teacher at the school who that year most reflects the following core teaching values: (1) engages students in critical and creative thinking; (2) inspires the joy of learning resulting in a break through ...

The McGraw-Hill Companies Takes Additional Steps to Prepare for Education ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The process of creating this new entity requires multiple changes across operating and support functions to both separate the education segment from The McGraw-Hill Companies and to stand up McGraw-Hill Education as an independent, digital learning and ...

From ABC to PHD
Washington Post (blog)
Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guests. By Valerie Strauss This was written by David B. Cohen, who has been a teacher since 1993 and is in his 13th year of teaching ...

McGraw-Hill Names Milano CFO Of Standalone Education Company
Wall Street Journal
(MHP) made a handful of executive changes in its education unit as it pushes forward with its planned separation of the business into a standalone company. McGraw-Hill last year said it would split itself into two standalone companies, with one focused ...

Foundation Cash Boosts Education Advocacy Groups
Education Week News
And beginning in 2010, the Walton Family Foundation has supported all three of those advocacy organizations, including $2.5 million for Stand for Children, $1 million to StudentsFirst, and $2.4 million to Education Reform Now, which is associated with ...

Education: Devaluing value-added assessments
Washington Post
It comes from education analyst and teacher trainer Grant Wiggins and his “Granted, but . . .” blog. He starts with the reasons many people, including him and me, like the idea of value-added. Why not rate teachers by how much their students improve ...

A call for students to be more responsible for their learning
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
This is the second piece he has written for the Get Schooled blog By Mpaza S. Kapembwa Our method of fixing problems in education today seems to be laying all the blame on our teachers. We have grown comfortable not being responsible. At the same time, ...

New Advocacy Groups Shaking Up Education Field
Education Week News
Bearing names meant to signal their intentions—Stand for Children, Democrats for Education Reform, StudentsFirst—they are pushing for such policies as rigorous teacher evaluations based in part on evidence of student learning, increased access to ...

Free Technology for Teachers: Summer Learning Opportunities
By noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
Summer Learning Opportunities. Summer time is learning time for many teachers. If you're looking for some learning opportunities to participate in this summer, here are some that I am involved in either directly as a presenter or indirectly as a publisher. ... Teachers. FPU is offering two new courses for educators interested in learning more about cloud computing and social networking in education. ... Labels: ed tech teacher, summer pd, teaching technology, TeachingWith Technology ...
Free Technology for Teachers

Instapundit » Blog Archive » HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE DEBT ...
By Glenn Reynolds
As I've said before, any other industry that did this to its customers would be regarded as predatory in the extreme. And, in a related note, my The Higher Education Bubble, soon to be published by Encounter Broadsides, is now available for ...
Instapundit

New Jersey Education Officials Will No Longer Use 'Secret ...
By bkallet
The state Department of Education said that the question was reviewed and approved by it and a panel of teachers. They said it was only being tried out and would not count in the students' scores. But after further review, Department of ...
CBS New York

Teaching teachers is the crucial first step - The Nation
Late last year the Education Ministry announced its English Speaking Year policy -but no clear guidelines to assist teachers to speak English have been seen so far. Two teachers who have never had any conversations in English with their ...
NationMultimedia.com - National

The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy ...
By markcuban
The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won't Get Better Any Time Soon. May 13th 2012 7:34PM. This is what I see when i think about higher education in this country today: Remember the housing meltdown ?
blog maverick

New York City and its Teachers Want MORE | assailedteacher
By The Assailed Teacher
We stand for a union that recognizes that teacher working conditions are student learningconditions and that, after parents, teachers are best situated to understand the needs of young people. In the world of education reform, non-educators ...
assailedteacher

Teaching Children How To Be Great Future Spouses | Black and ...
By Tiya Cunningham-Sumter
We are the people our children will get their first sample of a relationship from; we can't take this task lightly. We have everything we need to provide them with the proper guidance and direction. Let's teach our children, how to be great “future” ...
Black and Married With Kids.com...

New Cost Savings in Education eBook - The UK Higher Education ...
By Tim Bush
News from Microsoft for universities, written by the UK Education team. ... Running until the end of September 2012, we have partnered with the Guardian to offer access to a range of great value-add assets via their vibrant Teacher Network communities. clip_image001. We will be blogging about the ... We are delighted with the outcome, especially when there's genuine impact not only on school budgets but on the learning experience of children and students, also. The eBook can be ...
MSDN Blogs

Special interest column – Developing teachers « IH Journal
By ihjadmin
One of the most important things all teachers can do is reflect on their lessons. What worked? What didn't? How would you do it differently next time? With all the pressures of lesson planning, paperwork and actual teaching, it can be hard to ...
IH Journal

Teacher evaluation process exempted from collective bargaining in ...
By Greg
(A) Not later than July 1, 2013, the board of education of each school district, in consultation with teachers employed by the board, shall adopt a standards-based teacher evaluation policy that conforms with the framework for evaluation of .... the over 100000 educators in the state should be involved in the construction of a performance-based evaluation process that could effectively transform their profession — if there was any incentive to include the experts on teaching in the process.
Plunderbund

New Possibilities in African Higher Education | HESA
By Alex Usher
Teaching students to “learn how to learn” thus isn't just cant – it's the heart of the most important productivity revolution in world education. ... Since the tools to “learn to learn” didn't exist, the only way “learning” can occur is in the classroom.
HESA
Tennessee Enacts Worst Education Law Since Scopes - Yahoo! News
Instead of encouraging students to stop at second base, teachers are required to ... or inflicts date rape, will the teacher become liable for associated treatment costs? ... meanwhile the Asians were teaching math and science in their schools.
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Pogroms -- Palestinian teachers and veterinarian have their cars ...
Teachers initially tried coming to the school, located in the Jinba cave village ... here…considering this maroon Joe Pitts, with his Masters in Education, & former.
mondoweiss.net/.../pogroms-palestinian-teachers-and-veterinar...

Democurmudgeon: New Study predicts Walker cuts to Education ...
When you cut $1.6 billion from education like Scott Walker did, and expect the ... the impact of the budget on school funding, teacher quality, student learning, ...
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/.../new-study-predicts-walker...

Lawrence students learning video game business
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Left to right: Sixth-grader Ethan Marks, technologyteacher Sara Wolf, seventh-grader Natalie Tsor, seventh- grader ...
www.newsday.com/.../lawrence-students-learning-video-game...

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