Study: Where Are Teachers Most Respected?
The "status" of teachers varies widely across countries, according to a new survey, with teachers in China having the highest social standing of those countries measured.
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October 04, 2013
July 22, 2013
What Ed. Schools Can Learn From Med. Schools
A former teacher says that teacher-preparation programs should be modeled after medical schools.
July 19, 2013
Rumblings of an Anti-TFA Movement
In what some are saying is a first-of-its-kind moment, critics of Teach for America are beginning to pool their efforts to counter the program.
June 10, 2013
Bank Analysis: Teachers' Degrees Not Paying Off
A new study from Bankrate.com finds that, when it comes to return-on-investment for professional degrees, teachers are getting a raw deal.
June 07, 2013
Obama's ConnectED Plan Seeks to Improve Teacher Tech Use
The president's proposal to overhaul the e-rate program in large part prioritizes training teachers to better use technology in the classroom and providing them with more technology resources.
May 15, 2013
PD Program Targets Cross-Curricular Reading and Confidence
At an event in downtown Washington yesterday, panelists discussed a professional development program that brings reading and social/emotional learning together and according to several studies is having positive effects in both areas.
April 30, 2013
Weingarten: Wait a Year-Plus on High Stakes Around Common Core
This morning, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten gave a speech in New York City in which she called for a moratorium on high stakes associated with the impending common-core tests.
October 25, 2012
Debit Cards for Teachers?
At an education summit today, Florida Governor Rick Scott said he wants to give teachers debit cards so that they no longer have to pay for classroom supplies out-of-pocket. The proposal is part of the Republican governor's 2013 education agenda, which you can find here. The agenda itself does not...
September 13, 2012
Substitute Teaching: No Pay for the Weary
As a result of a $2.8 million "budget error," the Nampa School District in Idaho will soon run out of money for substitute teachers, reports the Idaho Press-Tribune. The solution? Rely on volunteers to do the job.
August 27, 2012
What Tony Danza Learned From Teaching
As we reported in 2009, Tony Danza, the actor best known for playing the loveable housekeeper in the 1980's sitcom "Who's the Boss," spent a year teaching at a public high school in Philadelphia. And now—surprise, surprise—he's written a book about the experience. In a related opinion pie...
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