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NEA: Teachers For America is TAKING AWAY OUR JOBS!

Posted in News by smarty 320 days ago (http://blogs.edweek.org)

The NEA has taken a new position on Teach for America, the not for profit that places qualified teachers into low income and distressed schools where hiring teachers is sometimes difficult. The NEA's new position is simple: Teach for America is taking our jobs, is being used to bust unions and is bad for local teachers colleges. Apparently the NEA doesn't get that Teach for America is ab

Charter School Teacher Tapped To Lead School Turnaround Effort in Indiana

Posted in News by smarty 337 days ago (http://www.ibj.com)

Indiana Superintendent of Public Education Tony Bennett has selected former seventh grade charter school teacher Jim Larson to lead the state's efforts to turn around 18 failing public schools. Read More | Discuss

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YouTube - ‪Florida Teacher Punches Student. Self Defense or Child Abuse?‬‏

Posted in News by momoffive 349 days ago (http://www.youtube.com)

Wow! I usually don't side with a teacher who hits a child. But after watching this video, I can see how this teacher was using self defense to get out of that situation. She did what she needed to do, and no more. She stayed in control. What do you think? Self defense or child abuse? Read More | Discuss

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Michelle Rhee's Collective Bargaining Massacre US Tour

Posted in News by smarty 349 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)

Washington Post blogger Vallerie Strauss has taken a look at former DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's travel journal and determined that Rhee has been hard Read More | Discuss

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School Bullies Have Sleep Problems

Posted in News by momoffive 354 days ago (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com)

New research shows that kids who are bullies or have other problems behaving in class are lacking sleep! Kids just need to hit the hay! Read More | Discuss

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Is Eliminating Homework a Good Idea?

Posted in News by smarty 355 days ago (http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com)

School districts across the United States are considering the suggestion that we ditch homework because there is no connection between achievement and homework. The Anti-Homework movement is based largely on the work of Sara Bennet in her book " Read More | 1 Comment

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DC Cheating Scandal Widens - 14 Security Breaches in Last Month's Testing

Posted in News by smarty 369 days ago (http://washingtonexaminer.com)

D.C. school officials are investigating 14 security breaches by students and teachers during last month's standardized testing. This comes on the heels of the discovery of abnormally high erasures on last year's tests at several DC schools and put academic gains under out last year's scores from three classrooms with "evidence or a strong suspicion of a test security violation." T Read More | Discuss

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Smile, kids! You're on calorie camera!

Posted in News by momoffive 374 days ago (http://today.msnbc.msn.com)

In an effort to try to reduce obesity and health issues, five San Antonio elementary schools are installing a $2 million project that takes a picture of the kids lunch trays before and after. Then a computer analyzes how many calories were eaten. At the end of the article it says, "Mark Davis, the school's principal, said getting consent from parents hasn't been a problem. He su Read More | 1 Comment

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