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What Makes A Good Teacher? « CBS Philly
By amyparmenter
Occupational rankings don't put teachers at the top; maybe they should be. During TeacherAppreciation Week many adults recall teachers who made a significant difference in their lives.
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Sophia Survey Finds Student Grades Improve When Teachers "Flip" Their Classroom
MarketWatch (press release)
The study surveyed teachers about the flipped classroom - a relatively new teaching method that reverses the traditional homework model. In the flipped classroom, students watch multimedia tutorials as homework and then use valuable class time to ... 

Ex-teacher charged with theft of school prom money in cash-strapped southwest ...
Washington Post
HAMILTON, Ohio — A former high school teacher in southwest Ohio has been charged with stealing money meant for a school prom in a cash-strapped district. The district says a teacheron the Lakota East High School prom committee apparently urged ...

Legal Rulings Favor Teachers' Union
New York Times
As Gotham Schools reports, the Public Employment Relations Board, the arbiter of matters involving public employees in the state, ruled that the city must use a mediator to continue negotiations with the union over establishing a teacher evaluation ...

Education minister's exit leaves Charest holding the bag
Globe and Mail
The surprising resignation of Quebec's education minister has dealt a major blow to Premier Jean Charest's efforts to end a bitter months-long battle with students over tuition fee hikes. For Canada's current longest-serving Premier, the resignation of ...

Globe and Mail

Quebec's education minister resigns
TheChronicleHerald.ca
QUEBEC — Quebec's education minister resigned from politics Monday in a bombshell announcement that came after months of student-related unrest.Education Minister Line Beauchamp said she was not resigning because of violence and intimidation related ...

TheChronicleHerald.ca

Brown proposed $8.3 billion in cuts across education, health care and welfare ...
Politico
Brown proposed $8.3 billion in cuts across education, health care and welfare programs in laying out a plan to address the state's $15.7 billion shortfall, an amount equal to 17 percent of the state's discretionary fund. He warned that additional cuts ...

Politico

Towson University Partners With Learning House to Offer Professional ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Learning House, Inc., an online education solutions partner that helps colleges and universities develop and grow high-quality online degree programs and courses, announced today that Towson ...

Nazareth Teachers, District at Odds Over Wage Proposal
Patch.com
It's the Nazareth Area School District's place to make a wage-concession proposal, says the president of the Nazareth Area Education Association, which represents the district's teachers. By Eric Mark Nazareth School Board president Lorin Bradley, ...

Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education Celebrate Eco-Heroes in "Siemens We ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ISELIN, NJ, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Siemens Foundation, DiscoveryEducation, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the College Board today announced the finalists in the 2012 Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, ...

Learning to pander
New York Daily News
High -fives all around at the United Federation of Teachers as Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on Monday became the first Democratic mayoral contender to call for scrapping teacher performance ratings based on errors in this year's state ...

New York Daily News

Former teacher charged with stealing Lakota East prom funds
Dayton Daily News
By Denise Wilson and Lauren Pack LIBERTY TWP — A former Lakota Local School Districtteacher was charged with misdemeanor theft Monday for allegedly taking prom money from students. Heather Schoell-Schroeder, 45, of Liberty Twp., and her attorney met ...

Brevard school district, teachers union ties frayed
Florida Today
Last week's school board vote to give some teachers raises and others one-time bonuses ended a long and hard-fought contract dispute between Brevard Public School administrators and the teachers union. But it may mark the start of soured relations ...

Education standards slated to become more flexible
Milford Daily News
But when the results come in, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will determine which districts and students truly have the greatest needs. Districts will have more accountability in closing the proficiency gaps in their schools ...

Willmar, Minn., School Board OKs new teacher contract with longer workdays
West Central Tribune
Teacher salary schedules commonly consist of a series of steps and lanes. Teachers move up the steps based on years of service and move to different lanes with additional education. For this school year, there will be no increase in the salary schedule ...

1 in 3 autistic students have no college education nearly a decade after high ...
Fox News
A new study found one in three young adults with autism had no post-secondary education or employment in the years after graduating from high school. According to the researchers, autistic youth had a higher risk of not enrolling in college or finding ...

West Bloomfield teaching pro wins medalist honors at US Open local qualifier
Detroit Free Press
By Tom Lang BATH – Teaching pro David Vanloozen, 46, of West Bloomfield won medalist honors at a US Open local qualifier for the second time in his career with a 68, Monday, at Eagle Eye Golf Club. The 4-under par was earned on the closing three holes ...

Guiding Stars® Announces Participation in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day
MarketWatch (press release)
Dow is among the official participants in this first-ever worldwide day of actions focused on highlighting locally sourced, fresh food and the need for better food education. Guiding Stars' Dow will join community members--including personal trainers ...

Wayne Township teacher earns a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship award
Indianapolis Star
When David Johnson was growing up with two teachers as parents, there was one thing he was pretty sure of: He didn't want to be a teacher. Instead, he studied business at Delaware State University, completed a fellowship in public policy in Washington, ...

St. Lucie County teachers protest lack of raises: Not doing 'extras'
WPTV
In a peaceful protest for higher salaries, many St. Lucie County teachers are only working the hours required by their contract. St. Lucie teachers have not received a pay increase since 2007. Hoping to send a message to St. Lucie school officials and ...

QSM, Inc. Approved as Registered Education Provider by Project Management ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MCLEAN, Va., May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Quantitative Software Management, Inc. (QSM) today announces that the Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's largest project management member association, has named it as a Registered Education ...

No procrastinator left behind
Los Angeles Times
California's request for a waiver from a flawed federal education law has merit, but where's the state's plan? High school students are shown in Antioch, Calif. The intent of No Child Left Behind was noble: to lay bare, publicly, the shockingly low ...

Indiana diocese says teacher's lawsuit over IVF-related dismissal barred by US ...
Washington Post
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant.

Principals tinker for Naplan
Herald Sun
< Prev of 2 Next > PRINCIPALS are teaching preps time management, tinkering with curriculums and setting practice tests for homework in efforts to ace Naplan. An Education Department memo, sent to more than 100 principals weeks before the controversial ...

Grading Teachers: A Tri-State Conundrum
MetroFocus (blog)
AP/ Jessica Hill. Governor Malloy signed an education reform bill on May 8 that includes, among other things, an overhaul of the way the state evaluates teachers, particularly in relation toteacher tenure. Currently, all teachers in Connecticut public ...

Noah Education Announces Unaudited Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 Results
Sacramento Bee
Revenue from supplemental education, which includes English training courses and sale ofteaching materials, was RMB8.1 million (US$1.3 million), remained at a similar level when compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2011 as two of the learning ...

Education minister to re-allocate £72m
BBC News
Minister for Education John O'Dowd has said he has found £72m in his budget to re-allocate to a range of sectors over the next three years. Special schools, buildings maintenance and the Early Years range of services will receive the largest amounts.

BBC News

Guide to Free, Quality Higher Education | MindShift
By MindShift
What's the Best Way to Encourage Kids? A.P. Chemistry students use their cell phones to answer their teacher's question. How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom ... to enhance in-class teaching. Based on a Department of Education study that shows onlinelearning can be as effective as classroom learning, the participating universities will offer a mixture of interactive and static learning to explore the best way for students to retain the information. CERTIFICATION: As ...
MindShift

Portland School Board approves budget that preserves teachers, full ...
By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian
No teachers cut....so the can is kicked down the road until the next budget cycle next year...sort of like the Greek economy....and then it repeats again....the teacher's union has PPS locked in to a mediocre education system where about 40% of ...
Portland News

PA Teacher Videotapes, Humiliates Gay Student Who Took Trans ...
By Dan Avery
Teachers should not be playing video, audio recordings, or showing photographs of any student without permission. Teacher needs to be reprimanded and the class needs to be informed this is not appropriate behavior. May 14, 2012 at 6:18 ...
Queerty

Another story about parents and education cuts – Off the Kuff
By Charles Kuffner
In the 150-seat state House alone, at least 29 candidates who are current or former school board members, or have other education experience, are challenging incumbents or vying for open seats in the May 29 primary. ... like the school district is a Chevy Suburban and it's been driven by a superintendent … then the state comes and saddles them with a 40000 pound trailer on the back end of it and starts blaming the Suburban or the principals or the teachers or the kids,” Jones said.
Off the Kuff

International Conference: Chess and Mathematics – Learning by ...
By Goran
Teaching chess at school may significantly improve pupils' mathematics learning abilities, according to a study by INVALSI (the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the EducationSystem) conducted as part of a controlled research project ... The conference, which is open to the public, will mainly address primary and secondary-school teachers and will also discuss the possible implications of the European Parliament's recent declaration on the introduction of the “Chess in ...
Chessdom

Officials want to know why BPS teaching staff so much whiter, more ...
By adamg
I guess if there is a Federal probe, then they cannot ignore it, but orchestrating hearings about how the teachers are too white and female should be a lower priority than improving the quality ofeducation. Nobody appears to have a coherent plan ; we just get these .... The question is whether the amorphous benefits a "racially and gender diverse teacher workforce" provides (as cited by Councilor Pressley) off-set these losses. I'm skeptical - I want my kids to be taught by the best ...
Universal Hub

Second Barrington Elementary teacher faces child porn ...
Second Barrington Elementary teacher faces child porn investigation | YNN, Your News Now provides viewers with the latest news, weather, sports, and traffic 24 hours a day for the Austin, Texas market. ... "They should really do some thorough background checks on these teachers, not just this that, they should do some really a thorough background checks on these teachersbefore you let them in," parent Amber Eberett said. No charges have been filed, and the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
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Applying 'Brown v. Board' to Higher Education - Innovations - The ...
By Richard Kahlenberg
Board of Education decision recognizing that separate schools for black and white are inherently unequal. Even after de jure segregation was officially dismantled, K-12 educators acknowledged that de-facto racial, ethnic, and economic ...
Innovations

WAHS teacher named to nonprofit council
The organization formed the council to provide Chalkboard and education ... with specific recommendations to support and strengthen the teaching profession. ... In March, Chalkboard invited award-winning teachers from across Oregon to ...
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Ex-Teacher Charged With Stealing Ohio Prom Money - Careers ...
A teacher in Ohio has been charged with stealing money... from students. ... HAMILTON, Ohio -- A former high school teacher in southwest Ohio has been ...
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School of Education partners with Stockholm University (May 15 ...
"It cuts across departments within the School of Education and represents an affiliation ... will cover the $650000 cost of the two-year research and teaching exchange. ... roles of teachers, increasing standardization of curriculum and assessment, and market-based solutions." ...International · Learning · School of Education ...
www.news.wisc.edu/20682

BBC News - World's oldest yoga teacher Tao Porchon-Lynch at 93
Tao Porchon-Lynch has been named the oldest yoga teacher in the world by ... who has had a hip replacement, said she would continue teaching "until I can't ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18068548

Quebec's education minister resigns amid student crisis; Lib majority ...
From Yahoo! News Canada: QUEBEC - Quebec's education minister and deputy premier resigned from politics Monday in a bombshell announcement that ...
ca.news.yahoo.com/quebecs-education-minister-resigns-amid-...

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