Close 45 Detroit schools United States 17 March 2010
Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, asked parents Monday night to get behind his academic plan, an ambitious road map to the future that envisions a smaller district with the closing of 45 more schools this year and sets dramatic targets for student achievement. [full story] |
Balls supports 'pupil premiums' United Kingdom 17 March 2010
Under a pupil premium schools to receive extra funding for teaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds - this extra funding follows the pupils wherever they are taught. [full story] |
The Tory comprehensive school scam United Kingdom 11 March 2010
It seems even odder to suggest that private schools might play a key part in a socially comprehensive system. By definition, fee-paying schools select, first if not always foremost, on the basis of parental income.
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Sacking of school headteachers 'rises by 75%' United Kingdom 10 March 2010
At least 163 heads or their deputies were fired in 2009 - 75% more than in 2007, the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) will reveal at its annual conference in London.
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54th Commission on the Status of Women International 10 March 2010
The four Global Unions at the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) currently held in New York issued an open letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, expressing their outrage at the process and substance of the event. [full story] |
Global Action Week 2010 International 23 February 2010
This Saturday 20 April will be the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Dakar Goals for Education For All. Despite the progress made, much remains to be done to realise the objectives laid down to give all children their right to education. [full story] |
Teachers complain of 'e-spying' United Kingdom 17 February 2010
Teaching unions are complaining that e-safety software is increasingly being used to keep track of their members. [full story] |
No need to call in the professionals United Kingdom 16 February 2010
When schools can get cheap cover for lessons, why would they employ a qualified teacher?
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Government cuts hit education hard Madagascar 16 February 2010
Madagascar's unresolved political crisis is causing havoc in its education system after steep cuts increased the island state's inability to meet schoolchildren's basic needs, bringing a spike in child labour.
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Swedish-style 'free schools won't improve standards' United Kingdom 10 February 2010
The Conservatives' flagship education policy was last night dealt a blow by the man who runs Sweden's schools [full story] |
League tables in England United Kingdom 09 February 2010
Secondary school league tables: 247 schools face threat of closure [full story] |
Over 300,000 teachers will vote on boycott of Sats United Kingdom 27 January 2010
The National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Head Teachers, whose memberships make up the majority of the profession, want ministers to replace the tests, which are taken by 11-year-olds in English and maths with teacher assessment.
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Haitian teacher unionists found alive Haiti 19 January 2010
Education International is happy to report that two more leaders of its Haitian affiliate are confirmed to have survived the massive earthquake that devastated the capital Port-au-Prince last week. [full story] |
Ed Balls accused of wasting £1bn on red tape United Kingdom 12 January 2010
Clauses in the bill would introduce New York-style report cards for primary and secondary schools. These would include test scores, ratings of how quickly children progress at a school and measures of how happy they are according to parent and pupil surveys.
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Focus on instruction turns around Chicago schools United States 12 January 2010
Talk of 'turning around' troubled schools has become synonymous with firing educators, but a nonprofit organization here with a successful track record takes a different approach. [full story] |
Payroll deduction of union fees under threat Korea 17 December 2009
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security has informed the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union that the payer will be required to submit a written approval every year when union fees are deducted. [full story] |
Schools use dirty tricks to attract best pupils, research finds United Kingdom 09 December 2009
Headteachers are courting the parents of bright children and manipulating waiting lists, say academics from the London School of Economics
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Report questions Duncan's policy of closing failing schools United States 10 November 2009
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presided over the closing of dozens of failing schools when he was chief executive of the Chicago public schools from 2001 until last December. Now a study by researchers at the University of Chicago concludes that most students in schools that closed in the first five years of Mr. Duncan's tenure in Chicago saw little benefit.
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Florida Governor sued over education outcomes United States 10 November 2009
The state court suit, filed in West Palm Beach, names Gov. Charlie Crist, the Board of Education and several political leaders and asserts that they are violating a requirement in the Florida Constitution to provide a 'uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality' education.
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Teachers end strike after three weeks Zimbabwe 21 October 2009
Teachers, like most civil servants in Zimbabwe, have been earning about $100 a month. [full story] |
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