Reuters
The goal: an education revolution in which public schools outsource to private vendors such critical tasks as teaching math, educating disabled students, even writing report cards, said Michael Moe, the founder of GSV. ... Ravitch argues that schools have, in effect, been set up by a bipartisan education reform movement that places an enormous emphasis on standardized test scores, labels poor performers as "failing" schools and relentlessly pushes local districts to transform low-ranked schools by firing the staff and ...
Teachers to face annual review of performance
Sydney Morning Herald
The reviews form part of the Australian Teacher Performance and Development Framework, which has been developed by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. Mr Garrett said the reviews would allow the ''many ... leadership of the debate over teaching quality. The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, this week released a discussion paper that seeks substantial reform of the wayteachers are trained, supported in the job and managed out of it to lift quality and improve learning outcomes.
Sydney Morning Herald
Teacher training: how can we attract, recruit and retain the best teachers?
The Guardian (blog)
The Committee also recommended getting more evidence on how best to supportteachers as they begin their careers, to give them a good start and hopefully keep them in teaching. ... Instead most teachers study a subject to degree level, then spend a year learning how to teach before starting a job with the possibility of no induction, support or coherent CPD to build on what they learned in their teachertraining year. ... Nansi Ellis is head of education policy at the Association ofTeachers and Lecturers (ATL).
The Guardian (blog)
Lifting teaching standards
The Australian (blog)
IF we want our children to receive the best possible education, it is critical that our teachersmeet a high standard of academic excellence and teaching performance. Teaching is not simply a one-way process of regurgitating names and dates, facts and figures ...
DeMorning Links: More DCPS teachers fired
Washington Post (blog)
Henderson has kept the heat on poorly performing teachers. (Evy Mages - For The Washington Post) Education reform, D.C.-style, continues apace under Chancellor Kaya Henderson: The D.C. Public Schools have fired nearly 100 teachers for subpar ...
98 DC teachers fired for poor performance
Washington Post
This week's firings are the second round of teacher dismissals under Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), who received considerable support from the local teachers union during his 2010 campaign. The numbers released Wednesday include ... This year, 988 teachers — or about a quarter of the teaching corps — earned that top rating, up from 663 last year. The bonuses are expected to cost ... Gray has largely continued education reforms begun by his predecessor, Adrian M. Fenty (D). But the mayor has voiced concern that ...
Education jargon: What 'no excuses' and other terms really mean
Washington Post (blog)
She is now teaching part-time at Portland State University. By Joanne Yatvin ... But there is a problem here: I am a partisan, on the side of public schools, career teachers, teachers unions, and progressive education. Although I ... In many states teacher evaluations will now include the results of value-added assessments. Meaning: ... Meaning: The writer disapproves of current educational reforms that minimize social, moral, physical, and imaginative learning in favor of a sole focus on academic learning. All schools in ...
Carnegie Learning Leads the National Math Transition to the Common Core ...
Sacramento Bee
1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Learning is leading the K-12 mathematics transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by unveiling a transition plan featuring new core and intervention curricula written and created specifically for alignment to ...
Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson Maintains He Was Not Forced Out
The Ledger
Robinson told The Ledger last week that he was still researching the issue and DOE officials needed to know the level of interest from students and teachers in the schools.What course of action is taken will depend on the State Board of Education, he said.
The Nation's Top Educators Awarded at Microsoft Partners in Learning US Forum
MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft Partners in Learning is a 10-year, nearly $500 million commitment by Microsoft to helpeducation systems around the world. Since its inception in 2003, the Partners in Learningprogram has reached more than 210 million teachers and students in ...
Florida State Board of Education names interim education commissioner
Tampabay.com
The Florida Board of Education already has selected an interim education commissioner, less than two days after commissioner Gerard Robinson's surprise resignation. Pam Stewart, theeducation department's K-12 chancellor, will take the post effective Aug. 31, when ... Before leaving, Stewart had been deputy chancellor for educator quality, helping to create the state'steacher quality and discipline initiatives. Board chairwoman Kathleen Shanahan, who proposed Stewart's name, said Stewart was "ready to go." ...
Chancellor named interim education commissioner
MiamiHerald.com
mrvasquez@MiamiHerald.com. In an emergency early morning conference call, the Florida State Board of Education on Thursday tapped Division of Public Schools Chancellor Pam Stewart to serve as the state's interim education commissioner after the resignation of Gerard Robinson earlier this week. Stewart is not interested in holding the position ... Broward School Board gives first OK to budget. Broward's spending plan includes money to hire more teachers and restore specials like music and art. Advertisement ...
World Education University: Disruptive New Player in Free Online Higher Ed ...
Sacramento Bee
Adaptive Learning Model Personalizes Instruction WEU upends the traditional one-size-fits-all instructional model with its proprietary Pinpoint Adaptive Learning System (PALS), designed to meet each student where they are in terms of learning strengths and ...
Alabama Education Trust Fund revenue on track to meet expenses
al.com (blog)
He also predicted the state General Fund, a major source of state money for Medicaid, prisons and other non-education areas of government, should collect enough revenues to meet its trimmed spending target for the year without further cuts. "Our estimates ...
Florida Education Commissioner Robinson says he wasn't forced out
Tampabay.com
Even Pinellas School Board candidates were asked during a luncheon Wednesday whom would they pick for education commissioner if they had a choice. The State Board of Education will meet in a ... Robinson's departure "gives the state board and the governor another opportunity to sit down and listen to the parents and teachers and administrators and everybody who has been so critical of the system," said Mark Pudlow, spokesman for the Florida EducationAssociation. House Democratic leader Rep.
Nearly 100 teachers in District of Columbia fired after receiving low scores on ...
Washington Post
The teachers did not perform well on the IMPACT evaluation, which links teacher pay and job security with classroom performance and student achievement. The evaluation system has drawn criticism from union leaders and many teachers who consider it ...
North Carolina Board of Education considers expanding charter schools number
Fayetteville Observer
The State Board of Education is considering whether to allow the opening of another 25 charter schools in August 2013 in addition to the eight new ones cleared earlier this year to accept new students beginning next month. The school board discusses the ...
Higher Education All Over Again
Education Week News (blog)
In that blog, I pointed out that although the price of higher education has been rising at rates higher than the rate of inflation for decades, the amount of time in the academic year available for educating students—the number of days available for classroom ...
Photo Release -- First ECO Classroom Teacher Teams Complete Innovative ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, Aug 2, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Sixteen teachers from across the U.S. completed the inaugural ECO Classroom course, a ground-breaking professional development program set in Costa Rica for U. S. public middle and high school scienceteachers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation, in collaboration with Conservation International, created the innovative program designed to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. A photo accompanying this ...
Blackman teacher may lose license for inappropriate conduct with students
Shreveport Times
MURFREESBORO — The state Board of Education is seeking to revoke the license of a Blackman High teacher under investigation by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office for allegedly assaulting students and possibly abusing them. The sheriff's office, with ... “The board proposes to seek revocation of your teaching license for your assaulting of students and DCS indication as a perpetrator of child abuse,” Walker wrote. If Kimberly does not ... 1:12 AM. As summer winds down, teachers prepare classrooms. 1:19 AM ...
Teachers Story Contained Major Errors: Fact Check
Voice of San Diego
To evaluate student-to-teacher ratios, I pulled student enrollment records from San Diego Unified and teacher employment records from the state Department of Education. Regrettably, each set of records did not represent similar information and this led to ...
McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Key Curriculum, Publisher of Sketchpad ...
MarketWatch (press release)
2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MHP) , today announced the acquisition of Key Curriculum, a privately held developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and ... "With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and an increased national focus on the teaching of math, the acquisition of Key Curriculum allows us to better meet the evolving needs of digitally minded students, instructors and schools," said Lloyd G.
Junking old way of teaching writing
Washington Post (blog)
We would hire or train teachers to do what my first editors did: Cross out cute phrases, ask what I was trying to say, break overlong sentences into pieces, ask for specific examples, replace inactive verbs with active ones, and so on. A class of ... When learning to write, editing is crucial.... Two readers — Kathleen Sahm, a Bethesda tutor and former teacher, and Tiffany Swanson, admissions director for a graduate program at Georgetown University — said they would like to try teaching such a reading and writing class.
Advocates Claim Special Ed Bill Misunderstood
New York Times
Principal Grapples With Turnaround Aftermath. Join the Conversation. How should successfulteachers be rewarded? ... Andrew M. Cuomo vetoed a special education bill supporters and opponents kept the debate going even though chances of an override were unlikely. The bill, passed by both the state senate and assembly, would have required school .... The LearningNetwork Teaching and learning, with The New York Times as a resource. Thechoice75 The Choice Help for students, parents and counselors on ...
Higher Education in Crisis
AllAfrica.com
Under-investment in the higher education has not only affected the quality of education but also the quality of graduates produced mainly because most schools and institutions of higherlearning are without basic provisions, equipment and teaching and learning materials. ...Recently, in an interview with The Financial Gazette, Education Sports and Culture Minister David Coltart lamented the loss of maths and science teachers to neighbouring countries affecting the quality of the country's education sector. "We lost ...
Times Higher Education - The week in higher education
The week in higher education. 2 August 2012. Regent's College received glowing praise after it became the latest private institution to secure degree-awarding powers. A leader in The Times on 27 July declared that the award "introduces a ... A USA Today editorial put the boot in after a damning Senate committee report into the industry found that such companies spent just 17.7 per cent of their income - the majority of which comes from federal grants and loans - onteaching, yet took ...
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Career Education shares plunge on Q2 loss - Consumer News ...
(Updated 3:03 p.m.). (Crain's) — Career Education Corp. shares plunged 21.6 percent in trading today, a day after the for-profit education institution reported a second-quarter loss of $100.2 million. Shares of the Schaumburg-based parent of ...
Chicago Business News
Mandela Barnes Means Jobs and Education. - Blogging Blue
By Ed Heinzelman
Mandela Barnes Means Jobs and Education. One of the more exciting side effects of the biased redistricting of Wisconsin's various political units has been the appearance of new progressive voices on the scene. One of the most visible races ...
Blogging Blue
Mike Swick Talks About Learning UFC on FOX News on Same Day ...
By Ariel Helwani
LOS ANGELES -- Watch below as Mike Swick talks about his first UFC fight in two and a half years, his long road back to the UFC, his fight against DaMarques Johnson at UFC on FOX 4, how he expects to...
MMA Fighting - All Posts
26 Teachers Participate in Free Cyber Security Boot Camp -- THE ...
"We're aiming to create cybersecurity education evangelists, and hope that this first group ofteachers will return with both the passion and the know-how to engage their students and those in neighboring schools," Memon said. "Ultimately, this ...
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Educators under fire for teaching climate science, visiting speaker ...
By Beth Hawkins
For three decades, the National Center for Science Education(NCSE) has focused most of its efforts on defending the teaching of evolution in the classroom. Increasingly, however, theteachers its executive director, Dr. Eugenie Scott, hears ...
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How about equality for all in our education system? | | Independent ...
By Richard Reiser
Education Secretary Michael Gove Arrives At The Royal… News Photo Getty Images UK 145409879 142238 Mr Gove and the Government are developing academies and free schools to give more 'choice to parents'. Ironically, this will give ...
blogs.independent.co.uk
By Richard Reiser
Education Secretary Michael Gove Arrives At The Royal… News Photo Getty Images UK 145409879 142238 Mr Gove and the Government are developing academies and free schools to give more 'choice to parents'. Ironically, this will give ...
blogs.independent.co.uk
Scout.com: Favre on a coaching learning curve
By The Associated Press
Brett Favre lines up at the 40-yard line and takes off in a dead sprint, juking briefly to his right before heading left. He turns and lifts his arms just before quarterback Kirk McCarty's wobbly pass hits him in stride, right on the hands. “Nice,” Favre ...
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Indian Wells Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 4th Grader ...
By Alan Carter
Teacher Robert Keith Bryan, 59, was taken into custody at his Palm Desert home in the 72800 block of White Drive around 10:30 a.m. His arrest follows an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department into allegations of a sexual ...
CBS Los Angeles
Literacy: Learning Through Creating Books of Their Own
By Tricia Hogbin
Literacy Learning Through Creating Books of Their Own. August 2, 2012. Post image for LiteracyLearning Through Creating Books of Their Own. This post is by regular contributor Tricia Hogbin of Little Eco Footprints. I've helped my daughter ...
Childhood101
Learning from ArtPrize - Brooklyn Museum
By Shelley Bernstein
Learning from ArtPrize. Posted on August 1, 2012 by Shelley Bernstein. As we continue to move forward throughout the summer, it seems fitting to talk about the inspiration behind GO. I've already mentioned that the Brooklyn Arts Council ...
bloggers@brooklynmuseum
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Education Reform | RedState
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ohio Governor John ...
www.redstate.com/.../ohio-gov-john-kasich-on-education-refo...
Larry Cuban and teachers making tech choices - Home - Doug ...
Without serious teacher involvement in decisions to purchase and use new ... Do we wantteachers to spend time being technology experts or teaching experts? ... All areas of education reform and change need to be wrested from the hands of ...
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IT and Creative Design Education in China « Adobe Education ...
Every year, during the summer vocation, we hold training camp to teachers from other ... Duringteaching terms, we invite company technical key staff to give ... The students by then were not interested in learning the software, and they were ...
https://blogs.adobe.com/.../it-and-creative-design-education-in...
Institute for Youth, Education & Families
The Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), a special entity ... host a Statewide Mayoral Summit on Afterschool/Expanded Learning this year.
www.nlc.org/find.../institute-for-youth-education-and-families
State Board Of Education Chooses Interim Commissioner ...
Putting Education Reform To The Test ... Panel Recommends Lowering Passing Score For FCAT Writing, But Will Education Commissioner Agree? Teaching ... The Secret Lives of Students: Tips From a 10-Year-Old on How to Be a Better Teacher ... Training Teachers To Use Mobile Technology in Miami-Dade Classrooms ...
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