Bullying of Teachers Pervasive in Many Schools
The problem of workplace bullying in schools has gone unchecked for too long. Teachers - and their students - are paying the price.
U.S. Competitiveness Undermined By Cuts in Higher Education
As U.S. falls further behind in the global marketplace, public colleges and universities are turning away students and closing programs.
Removing Health Barriers to Student Learning
New recommendations spell out how a national effort to address health issues in schools can close the achievement gap.
Survey: The State of Parent-Teacher Relationships is Strong
Although teacher and parents give each other high grades, the survey also reveals a disconnect on some important issues.
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Bullying of Teachers Pervasive in Many Schools
By Cindy Long Workplace bullying is on the rise. About a third of American workers have been impacted by bullying in the workplace, either as a target or as witness to abusive behavior against a co-worker. Unfortunately, it’s even more prevalent in the field of education. In a recent survey of medium-sized school districts, 25 percent of employees... [Read more]
U.S. Competitiveness Undermined By Cuts in Higher Education
By Mary Ellen Flannery When state and federal lawmakers invest in public higher education, it pays off— not just for those college degree-earning students, who will earn much more money over their lifetimes, but also for their country, which will enjoy billions of dollars in additional revenues, concludes a recent report. Unfortunately, the United... [Read more]
Removing Health Barriers to Student Learning
By Tim Walker One of the few education issues where you can find almost universal consensus is the connection between student health and the capacity to learn. The conditions for health and well-being in many of the nations’ schools, however, are an impediment to learning. Too many students spend their days in dilapidated buildings with unhealthy... [Read more]
Survey: The State of Parent-Teacher Relationships is Strong
By Tim Walker According to a new survey, the majority of parents and teachers categorize their relationship as “great” or “open,” although the two groups differ on some specific issues. Communication is key and parents and teachers have different ideas and expectations about how to keep these avenues open. Parenting Magazine and the National... [Read more]
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Must Reads
Why Education Inequality Persists and How to Fix ItParents, teachers, and political leaders must reject long-standing practices that undermine students’ opportunity to learn in the city’s most neglected communities, write Pedro Noguera and John Jackson. In their place, they must advocate for genuine reforms, which will assure equitable access to good schools and programs. Source: The Washington Post
How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom
The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.In the most ideal class settings, mobile devices disappear into the background, like markers and whiteboards, pencil and paper – not because they’re not being used, but because they’re simply tools, a means to an end. Source: KQED MindShift
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Labor-Management Conference: Collaborating to Transform the Teaching Profession – May 23-24Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education together with NEA, the Council of Chief State School Officers and others, the 2012 Labor-Mangement Conference will focus on improving student achievement by increasing the stature of the teaching profession and the number of highly effective teachers in our nation’s schools. Visit NEA.org for more information.
May is Asian-Pacific Islander Month
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contributed to politics, military, medicine, aviation, entertainment, and sports in the United States. Celebrate their heritage and contributions with these lessons and activities.
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