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Will Choice Kill Public Education?

How Choice May Kill Public Education « Diane Ravitch's blog
By dianerav
When people start seeing education as a private commodity that parents buy for their own children — just another personal choice, like whether to buy designer duds or that hot new toy — then we are going to see a taxpayer revolt like we have never seen before, and public-funded ....There's a myth that people have an interest in educating children- which includes the myth that teachers as a whole care about educating children- that isn't based much on what happens in schools.
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Blackboard and Learning.com Partner to Make Vast Catalog of K-12 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The Learning.com and Blackboard partnership would allow our teachers to ... can offer the K-12 education market: Blackboard's user-friendly learning management ... corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning ...

Blaming Teachers for Our Low Test Scores Is Like Blaming Doctors ...
Huffington Post
Blaming Teachers for Our Low Test Scores Is Like Blaming Doctors for Our ... Charter Schools , éducation , Education Reform , Teacher's Union , Unions , Labor ...

Calif. Teacher, 4 Students Arrested in Hazing Case
ABC News
A Southern California high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of ... Investigators alleged that Delarosa, a summer school teacher at A.B. Miller High ...

Defiant public teachers to strike
Sydney Morning Herald
The NSW Teachers Federation says the Local Schools, Local Decisions ... policy is a wolf in sheep's clothing, designed to cut expenditure on education and shift ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Splashtop Announces 800 Teachers to Use Splashtop Whiteboard ...
San Francisco Chronicle
“As a teacher I can bring the lesson to an individual student to see what they are ... of education services and Riverside County Administrator of the Year, 2012. ... I can see learning through the eyes of a child, instead of a one-way teaching ...

Silverchair Learning Systems Approved as Curriculum Developer in ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Silverchair Learning Systems, the leading provider of online education and communication systems in senior care, has been approved as a Curriculum ...

American College of Education Offering Concentration in Digital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... Education in Curriculum & Instruction with a Concentration in Digital Learning & Teaching. ...The Digital Teacher uses a project-based approach in studying technology in education, best practices for classroom teachers, and strategies ... American ...

Honored Perth Amboy science teacher goes to Washington
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Perth Amboy High School science teacher has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and she is ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Sex education law garners title 'no holding-hands bill'
The Tennessean
School cafeteria workers from all over Tennessee are learning how to make .... “Our perspective is that comprehensive sex education is appropriate and ...

Teacher, students arrested in alleged hazing at Fontana high school
Los Angeles Times
Four students and a teacher were arrested Friday in connection with an alleged in-classroom hazing incident at a Fontana high school, police said.

RPT-A rebound in for-profit education? Not yet
Reuters
By Megha Mandavia and A. Ananthalakshmi. June 22 (Reuters) - A year ago, investors in the U.S. for-profit education industry saw the stocks trading at their ...

Conditional 'Yes' on Money for 24 City Schools
New York Times
But before departing for the weekend, the state Education Department slipped in ... How an Australian Company Won the Top Spot in Teacher Training ... A persistent criticism of teachers unions about charter schools is that they don't .... The Learning ...

Rankin math teacher to be recognized by Obama
WLBT-TV
A Northwest Rankin High School mathematics teacher is heading to Washington, ... by President Barack Obama as one of the best math teachers in the nation. ... 2012 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

NJ Assembly to Weigh Dramatic Teacher Tenure Reforms
WNYC
education, classroom, school, school supplies, class, teachers, students Enlarge ... Tenure is currently awarded to teachers in the state after three years. Political ...

McGraw-Hill Makes Digital Waves at International Education ...
MarketWatch (press release)
It is fully customizable from the district level to the teacher level. ... "Part of the value we bring is to help teachers enhance and tailor their instruction. ... educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing ...

New system in St. Clair County bases teachers' pay on merit
Detroit Free Press
Teachers in St. Clair County's intermediate school district may be paid based on merit -- not ...Emily Miller remembers learning about Title IX during history class, probably ... RESA Superintendent Dan DeGrow approached the Intermediate Education ...

Tenn. Pro-Abstinence Sex Education Law Sparks Debate
Christian Post
A pro-abstinence sex education law enacted recently in Tennessee has critics warning that it will fail to check the state's teen pregnancy rate, as supporters ...

West Seattle Blog… » 1 more teacher farewell: Arbor Heights ...
By WSB
(From left, AH principal Christy Collins, Mark Ahlness, 1st-grade teacher Ms. Wilson) As the school year wound down to its Friday finale, we have featured several farewell celebrations for beloved retiring teachers. In most cases, the ...
West Seattle Blog...

Jane's Extracts: Using a collaborative platform for brilliant learning
By Jane Hart
Here's the description of my presentation: If you are looking to introduce more social approaches to learning in your organisation – from augmenting face-to-face events or socializing formal online learning, to enabling and supporting ...
Jane's Extracts

Abia to pay teachers' salaries in mission schools
By mbgolu
UMUAHIA—ABIA State Government has accepted to pay salaries and allowances of teachers in the mission schools it planned to hand over to original owners in August. The government would also pay the pensions and gratuities of the ...
Vanguard News

Tennessee No-Holding Hands Bill: Sex Education Law Blasted By ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest in the nation. The most debated section of the bill bars educators from promoting "gateway ...
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New College of Education Dean Perry Schoon to start on July 2 ...
By Kristi Wilken
Schoon is currently the dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. An Illinois State alumnus, he earned a bachelor's degree in technology and a doctorate in education at Illinois State. “Dr. Schoon is an accomplished ...Among his accomplishments, Schoon collaborated with several Western Carolina colleges to develop dual degrees in undergraduate secondary teacher education programs. Before arriving at Western ...
Illinois State News

Schools Matter: Guest Post: What Is American Education? Douglas ...
By P. L. Thomas
Common Core is LIBERAL–in that the liberal elite will say, “this” is what is important andlearning this material will make the nation stronger, wiser, more open, etc. This is .... A battle is brewing on the education reform front over Indiana's embrace of Common Core — a set of math and English standards being implemented across the country to govern what is taught and tested from kindergarten to grade 12. Leading policy experts ... Chicago Teachers Vote to Stand Up for Children, Pa.
Schools Matter

fcgi dbapp Education Directory - SFGate
SFGate.com Education Guide is a resource to find universities, colleges, trade and vocational schools in California and across the nation. You can search this ...
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Alcoa Foundation Celebrates 15 Years of Environmental Education ...
Alcoa Foundation announced today that it is sponsoring 30 teachers from across the ... to life through meaningful learning experiences that inspire scientific inquiry, ... The lesson is designed to explore the sustainability of any topic the teacher ...
www.businesswire.com/.../Alcoa-Foundation-Celebrates-15-Ye...

Sylvan Learning kicks off Summer Reading and Math programs
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - School may be out for the summer, but fifth grader, Samantha Shockey is brushing up on her reading and math skills. It's part of Sylvan's ...
www.abc2news.com/.../sylvan-learning-kicks-off-summer-rea...

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education to ...
U.S. Department of Education ... Brenda Dann-Messier also will address importance of businesses' support of career and technical education. Contact: ...
www.ed.gov/.../us-assistant-secretary-vocational-and-adult-edu...

VPO Press Release - American College of Education Offering ...
SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American College of Education, one of the ... ofEducation in Curriculum & Instruction with a Concentration in Digital Learning & Teaching. ...The Digital Teacher uses a project-based approach in studying technology in education, best practices for classroom teachers, and ...
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