Daily Archives: 5:51 AM
Court backs district on teacher’s religious banners
Saying a high school teacher has no right to “use his public position as a pulpit,” a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a San Diego County school district was… Read more
American University in Cairo Students Win UNICEF Movie Award
Last night at the Cairo Opera House, Mass Communications students of The American University in Cairo (AUC) were recognized for their winning work at the Universities’ Movies Festival,… Read more
Spellings, Rhee: Business Community Must Address Education
Margaret Spellings, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Forum for Policy Innovation and former Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, traveled to Austin, Texas and Denver,… Read more
Let’s think beyond ink in exam room: principal
SIX weeks before VCE exams, students at Ringwood Secondary College dump the computer keyboards they have used since childhood and start practising their handwriting. It’s a forced necessity,… Read more
Thinking Outside The Teacher Education Box
Of all the states that have taken steps to rethink systems for preparing teachers, New York appears to be experimenting with the greatest variety of approaches. Under a series of… Read more
Middle-aged women on Prozac ‘face stroke risk’
Middle-aged women who take antidepressants could be nearly 40 per cent more likely to have a stroke, scientists claim. But it is unclear whether it is the pills… Read more
A middle-class revolution in China and India?
With mass graves in Lybia and tanks rolling through Syria, it’s easy to underestimate the unrest we’re reading about in India and China. Afterall, activist Anna Hazare succeeded… Read more
Teachers union: Pattern longer CPS day after Emanuel kids’ school
Using the elite private school where Mayor Rahm Emanuel now sends his kids as a starting point, Chicago Teachers Union officials have crafted a proposed schedule that adds… Read more
U.S. Needs to Invest More in Higher Education System
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On OECD’s Education at a Glance: 2011 Report WASHINGTON— United States’ higher education system is the envy of the world, and… Read more
BARD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC RECEIVES $9.2 MILLION GIFT FROM László Z. Bitó FOR NEW TEACHING AND PERFORMANCE BUILDING
Groundbreaking for The László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building To Be Held on October 29 ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—The Bard College Conservatory of Music has received a generous $9.2 million gift from… Read more
