Licence to teach United Kingdom 01 July 2009
The government is introducing a new 'licence to teach', similar to the new system for doctors and solicitors, under which teachers will be assessed regularly by heads and face having their licences revoked if they are not up to scratch. [full story] |
Teachers to seek ILO intervention Jamaica 30 June 2009
The island's 22,000 teachers say they will seek the intervention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Education International if the Government fails to meet tomorrow's deadline to pay over retro-active funds. [full story] |
Survey shows 6 out of 10 teachers suffer from occupational illnesses Korea 24 June 2009
On the occasion of the 58th Education Week, the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFTA) conducted a teacher survey. The survey showed that six out of ten teachers have experienced or are now suffering from occupational diseases and many of them are under great stress from negative media reports and social criticism against them [full story] |
Principal faces felony charges over test scores United States 24 June 2009
A suburban Atlanta principal who resigned amid an investigation into cheating on student tests was arrested Friday and accused of altering public documents.
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Strap on your goggles, there's Blu-Tack about United Kingdom 23 June 2009
Extreme health and safety rules for schools include banning plastic hair bands and cancelling PE because of wet grass, poll finds [full story] |
Child abuse fears prompt unfair suspensions of teachers United Kingdom 19 June 2009
Anxiety about child abuse in schools is leading to scores of teachers being suspended each year over allegations that turn out to be false, MPs were told today.
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Africa: The other crisis Global 17 June 2009
The World Economic Forum on Africa has just concluded in Cape Town. If government leaders and captains of industry called for an eight trillion dollar bailout for the continent's beleaguered education system - like the one found for the world's biggest bankers - it went unreported.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger to scrap school textbooks United States 10 June 2009
Governor of California seeks to cut budget deficit by replacing 'outdated' textbooks with electronic reading devices [full story] |
New York school teacher dies of swine flu United States 19 May 2009
New York's first outbreak of swine flu occurred when people began falling ill following the return of several students from vacations in Mexico.
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Don't trust league tables, headteachers warn United Kingdom 19 May 2009
Tony Parker, headteacher of St Joseph's Catholic primary school in Huddersfield, which scores highest of any mainstream school in the 'value-added' table, said mistakes in the figures meant his results were over-inflated and wrongly placed him top of the table. 'Parents can't trust this data,' he warned. [full story] |
Faith schools 'failing to improve standards' United Kingdom 05 May 2009
Faith schools fail to improve standards and create 'social sorting' of children along lines of class, ability and religion, researchers said yesterday. [full story] |
Budget pledge raises fear of teachers being replaced by classroom assistants United Kingdom 24 April 2009
Teachers fear that a pledge in today's budget could see them being replaced by teaching assistants to save costs in schools.
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Give the Shs 10 billion to teachers instead Uganda 24 April 2009
Government wants to spend over Shs 10 billion next financial year on spreading patriotism in secondary schools. [full story] |
Boston accuses Balls of misleading MPs on Sats United Kingdom 24 April 2009
Ken Boston, chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) until his resignation last year, told MPs that ministers could have prevented the whole fiasco if they had taken his advice three years previously to modernise the Sats marking system.
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Assessment for learning United Kingdom 22 April 2009
Returning to the game last year, I was struck by how assessment for learning has become a viral philosophy. It infiltrates every corner of every mention of school improvement, and seems to be accepted on tablets written on stone as, perhaps, the single most important key to pupil achievement. [full story] |
Law dean to mediate in salaries dispute United States 22 April 2009
Talks remain stymied over Rhee's proposal to fund a series of bonuses and sharply increased salaries. Teachers aspiring to the top pay tiers, as high as $130,000 a year for senior instructors, would be required to surrender tenure for a year, exposing them to possible dismissal without recourse to appeal. [full story] |
Conservatives fall out over policy for Swedish-style 'free schools' United Kingdom 07 April 2009
The Tories' flagship plan for Swedish-style 'free schools' to boost standards has been attacked by one of the party's own local government leaders amid growing anxiety over the proposals. [full story] |
The Iraqi Teachers' Union is facing attack from the Iraqi Government Iraq 31 March 2009
The Iraqi government has appointed an official body and granted it the authority to take over the union. This government body demanded that the leadership of the union must hand over the keys to its headquarters along with membership and other records. [full story] |
Standards bearer United Kingdom 31 March 2009
Bushra Nasir, the headteacher acclaimed for reviving a failing London girls' school, and who has been voted one of the UK's most powerful Muslim women, tells Mary O'Hara that mixed faith schools improve social cohesion [full story] |
Money-hungry schools getting down to business United States 24 March 2009
On Battlefield High School's Web site, students can find homework assignments, check sports schedules and even track their finances via a link on the home page -- if they have an account with BB&T. [full story] |
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