Chinese 'Patriotic' Education Draws Protesters in Hong Kong

Chinese 'Patriotic' Education Draws Protesters in Hong Kong
Businessweek
Tens of thousands of parents, students and social activists marched through Hong Kong yesterday to oppose plans for Chinese national education lessons in the city that detractors say will stifle independent thinking. With many clad in black and white to ...

'National education' raises furor in Hong Kong
CNN
Many teachers, parents, and students have interpreted the booklet as a basis for the nationaleducation curriculum, which will be introduced in primary schools in September and in secondary schools the following school year. "We don't want the next generation of Hong Kong people to ... "I don't think the government is really going to supervise the specific teaching of this subject," he added, predicting, "There will be a pluralistic way of teaching the same subject." The controversy followed major protests in the last two ...

DA eyes education overhaul
iAfrica.com
A scarce-skills allowance for teachers and specialised secondary schools for mathematics and science are among DA proposals to solve South Africa's education crisis. "Yes, we will overhaul the whole ... These included good teaching; good time management, ensuring children got their full learning time; really good textbooks; and, technology. "We'll be looking very ... Zille said her party would also seek to introduce regular teacher testing, as well as legislation limitingteachers' right to strike. The latter would "include ...

Biden fires up national teachers union at Cobo conference
Detroit Free Press
"Don't tell me you value education and (then) don't invest in it," he said during his remarks at the American Federation of Teachers conference at Cobo Hall, as he launched into a litany of proposed spending on education he said the Republicans in Congress had voted down. The reason the Republicans make all ... of Livonia, a Detroit Public Schools teacher. "It was a great reminder of why I voted for them (Obama/Biden) last time -- they get what being a teacher is about and how to support us," the 45-year-old said.

Biden draws education contrasts in speech to teachers
USA TODAY
The American Federation of Teachers opposes each of those. Biden spoke to the country's other major teacher union -- the National Education Association -- less than a month ago. His visit to Detroit drew a sharp response from Michigan Republicans, who ...

USA TODAY

Teachers union says too much focus put on testing
NECN
DETROIT (AP) — The nation's second-largest teachers union has taken a stand against high-stakes testing, passing a resolution at its annual convention in Detroit that says the focus on standardized tests has undermined the United States' education system. The American ...Instead of basing teacher evaluations on the results of standardized tests, schools use multiple measures to assess teacher performance and focus on helping them improve throughout their careers, Weingarten said. She touted such a system ...

To Earn Classroom Certification, More Teaching and Less Testing
New York Times
Teachers will also be judged on their ability to deepen reasoning and problem-solving skills, to gauge how students are learning and to coax their class to cooperate in tackling learningchallenges. Linda Darling-Hammond, an expert on teacher education at ...

Campbell Brown: Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators
Wall Street Journal
One example: An arbitrator in 2007 found that teacher Alexis Grullon had victimized young girls with repeated hugging, "incidental though not accidental contact with one student's breast" and "sexually suggestive remarks." The teacher had denied all these charges. In the end the arbitrator ... Ms. Brown, a former news reporter and anchor at CNN and NBC, recently testified on this issue before the New York governor's Education Reform Commission. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved ...

Wall Street Journal

Hong Kong Responds to Protests With Committee
Wall Street Journal
"Teachers should not avoid discussion of controversial issues," a government spokesman said, adding that the government will not mandate the use of anyteaching materials. The goal of "moral and national education," the spokesman said, is to "cultivate ...

Wall Street Journal

Thousands Protest in Hong Kong over Chinese Curriculum
New York Times (blog)
Most parents said they had no problem with national education, or their children learning about China's language, culture and politics. But they took issue with this specific curriculum, which is heavy on pro-Communist Party propaganda and light on major ...

How education reform can fight crime
Washington Post (blog)
The idea that poor education is related to crime is pretty intuitive: good teachers are less likely to want to serve in high-crime areas, poor education makes finding non-criminal employment more difficult, crime and poor education both cluster around low-income, high-poverty neighborhoods, etc. ... A new study by economists Costas Meghir of Yale, Mårten Palme of the University of Stockholm, and Marieke Schnabel of University College London suggests that yes, you can kill two birds with one education reform stone.

Hong Kong protests 'national education'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Groups of parents, teachers and students were among the thousands who protested Sunday in Hong Kong against the government's plan to teach students more about China. Hong Kong officials deny that the new courses will mimic “patriotic education” on ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Pa. district won't punish teacher over Nazi speech
Huffington Post
A Pennsylvania school district says a teacher was exercising his First Amendment rights during a speech in which he drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the United States under President Barack Obama. Spring Cove School District officials say no ...

Minister targets inadequate teachers
Sydney Morning Herald
THE NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, is planning to make bold changes to the way school teachers are trained, supported in the job, and managed out of it to lift teacher quality and improve learning outcomes. Mr Piccoli wants to look at how underperforming teachers can be removed from classrooms as one element of a comprehensive review of how best to improve the quality of teaching in all schools in NSW. ''You've got to have a ... ''This really is the key to education reform. Nothing is off the table.'' ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Miss. teachers to get debit cards
Sacramento Bee
In the past, such purchases had to meet strict bookkeeping measures. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/Qbz2xH) that the cards will be issued in equal amounts per teacherdetermined by the total number of qualifying personnel and funds available.

Pekin teachers' contract talks ongoing
Peoria Journal Star
District Superintendent Paula Davis said she has not heard of any intention by the teachers to not report to work in August ahead of the start of classes, and Denise Johnson, the treasurer of the Pekin Education Alliance, said teachers plan to report to work on ...

District: Teacher's comments free speech
Altoona Mirror
ROARING SPRING - At a Hollidaysburg rally earlier this month, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith said Spring Cove government teacher Philip Waite spoke "eloquently." A day later, he called Waite's words "divisive and beyond the bounds of ...

Further Helping California Public Education Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost ...
Sacramento Bee
A former special education teacher with the Mount Diablo Unified School District, Ms. Rowe-Gonzalez is respected statewide for her cost-conscious and student-focused approaches to student-related legal matters. The arrival of Ms. Rowe-Gonzalez coincides ...

2 Bay Area Teachers Nominated For National Awards « CBS San ...
By kpix5jirwin
Two Bay Area teachers are on the list of 2012 California State Finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced this week. ... Each teacher applicant had to submit a 45-minute video lesson demonstrating their mastery of math or science as well as their effective use of teaching methods and strategies while showing leadership in education outside of the classroom, according ...
CBS San Francisco

Teachers Unions Protecting Pedophiles | The Lonely Conservative
By Lonely Conservative
Michael Loeb, a middle school teacher in the Bronx and UFT member, calls this a “horrible situation,” telling me “if you keep these people in the classroom, you are demeaning our profession.” Parents I spoke with described their ... Maria Elena Rivera says her 14-year-old daughter was stalked by one of her Brooklyn high school teachers (who resigned from his position before the Department of Education decided whether to send the case to arbitration). Today her daughter is in ...
The Lonely Conservative

24hour link for students,teachers - The Nation
The Sakdibhornssup Foundation for Education and Health has created the online learning and sharing community in a bid to connect teachers and students across the nation to share and learn from each other. It is part of the foundation's ...
NationMultimedia.com - National

AM Roundup: New requirements for new teachers - Blogs - Times ...
By Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol bureau
A.M. Roundup: New requirements for new teachers. ... The archives are an arm of the EducationDepartment, under the Board of Regents, supposedly independent of the governor's office, not a minion.//Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ...
Capitol Confidential

Philip Waite, Pennsylvania Teacher Who Made Nazi Speech, Will ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Spring Cove School District officials say no disciplinary action will be taken against teacherPhilip Waite for comments he made at a July 1 tea party rally in Blair County. ... Teachers; School Bullying; Standardized Testing; Education Reform. More ..... The teacher at a suburban San Antonio school is accused of orchestrating the slugfest after a younger teaching colleague went to her seeking suggestions on how to discipline the 6-year-old, according to a police report from the Judson ...
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Why Higher Education is Looking for Online Learning Leaders ...
By Ray Schroeder
Universities and community colleges are posting job openings for a range of e-learningleadership positions, reflecting the growing popularity of online education. Working students are searching for the most economical way to earn a degree, ...
Online Learning Update

Learning to Embrace Change as Opportunity, Not Loss | Tiny Buddha
By Kelly McQuillan
Learning to Embrace Change as Opportunity, Not Loss. Editor's Note: This is a contribution by Kelly McQuillan. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.” ~Lao Tzu. Two years ago my life as I knew it changed forever.
Tiny Buddha

New Dress Codes to Make Teachers Feel Even More Unappreciated
A wave of new teacher dress codes is inundating schools across America and ... teachers' appearance, from the number of visible tattoos a teacher is allowed to ... reaching 19 percent according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Grant supports NDSU's summer institute for local teachers | NDSU ...
The project offers regional teachers professional development opportunities, including ... The U.S. Department of Education's Supporting Effective Educator ... of Sassi and Grand Forks Central High School Spanish teacher Pam Fisher, who ...
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Legacy, Partners in Environmental Education
Legacy, Partners in Environmental Education is a non-profit environmental education organization that serves the citizens of Alabama by providing balanced , ...
https://legacyenved.org/

Compass Launches New Learning Management System for Cisco ...
Compass Business Solutions makes learning how to use Cisco's ... Non- technical professionals want their learning provider to make training easier.” Compass ...
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