Recruiting America's Best Teachers - Education Panel
Complete video at: Complete video at: fora.tv A panel of education policy experts discusses ways to encourage America's best minds to consider ...
School teacher browbeats student over being a McCain support
Ashville NC School teacher browbeats student over being a McCain supporter Teacher Diantha Harris browbeats McCain supporting student, Kathy,in ...
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(1 diggs) Joe Williams: Fenty Is the Right Choice for Kids
Next week, voters in the District of Columbia will go to the polls to pick their Democratic mayoral candidate, and nothing short of the future of D.C.'s public school system -- a major step forward or setback for reforming America's education system -- is staked on the outcome of the election.
Over the past three and a half years, the District of Columbia Public School system has undergone radical changes, and for the first time in decades, D.C. students are beginning to gain access to a...
Next week, voters in the District of Columbia will go to the polls to pick their Democratic mayoral candidate, and nothing short of the future of D.C.'s public school system -- a major step forward or setback for reforming America's education system -- is staked on the outcome of the election. Over the past three and a half years, the District of Columbia Public School system has undergone radical changes, and for the first time in decades, D.C. students are beginning to gain access to a...
(4 diggs) To Surly, With Love: Are Teachers Overpaid?
Public school teachers are at the forefront of protests against state budget cuts and restrictions on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and elsewhere.
Teachers have a lot to lose. According to Department of Education statistics, in 2007-2008 (the latest year available), full-time public school teachers across the country made an average of $53,230 in "total school-year and summer earned income." That compares favorably to the $39,690 that private school teachers...
Public school teachers are at the forefront of protests against state budget cuts and restrictions on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and elsewhere.Teachers have a lot to lose. According to Department of Education statistics, in 2007-2008 (the latest year available), full-time public school teachers across the country made an average of $53,230 in "total school-year and summer earned income." That compares favorably to the $39,690 that private school teachers...
(1 diggs) OmniSpeak В» Blog Archive В» LA Schools Blasted for Limiting Schoolwork
Education experts are blasting the LA Unified School District for a plan to make homework just 10 percent of a student’s grade, calling it a “travesty.” Executive president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence, Michael Petrilli says it takes away one of a teacher’s incentives for students to do their homework.
Education experts are blasting the LA Unified School District for a plan to make homework just 10 percent of a student’s grade, calling it a “travesty.” Executive president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence, Michael Petrilli says it takes away one of a teacher’s incentives for students to do their homework.
(1 diggs) Guest Blogger: Ron Miller on School Choice
On 09.27.10 12:00 PM posted by Ron Miller
It should anger black Americans that, for decades, government at all levels has denied black parents and their children the opportunity to pursue a quality education at the school of their choice, all in the name of politics. Generations of young black people are condemned to lives of desperation and hopelessness through the failure of our school system.
Some have called parental choice the civil rights issue of our time and we need to understand that...
On 09.27.10 12:00 PM posted by Ron MillerIt should anger black Americans that, for decades, government at all levels has denied black parents and their children the opportunity to pursue a quality education at the school of their choice, all in the name of politics. Generations of young black people are condemned to lives of desperation and hopelessness through the failure of our school system.
Some have called parental choice the civil rights issue of our time and we need to understand that...
(2 diggs) How the teachers union killed D.C. school choice
Bob Ewing of the Institute for Justice has a must-read, true-life tale of how Big Labor educrats killed the D.C. school choice program. In a nutshell, the teacher unions bought off politicians to kill a program that improved the fortunes of thousands of the poorest kids in DC: -The program saved taxpayers millions of dollars [...]
Bob Ewing of the Institute for Justice has a must-read, true-life tale of how Big Labor educrats killed the D.C. school choice program. In a nutshell, the teacher unions bought off politicians to kill a program that improved the fortunes of thousands of the poorest kids in DC: -The program saved taxpayers millions of dollars [...]
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Public schools no place for teachers' kids - Washington Times
More than 25 percent of public school teachers in Washington and Baltimore send their children to private schools, a new study reports.
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Those of us at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute are hawks when it comes to charter school accountability. ... School Choice. American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence ...
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Education reform ideas that stick, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute ... single school factor that has more of an effect on student learning than teacher quality. ...