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BBC TV 'makes up for history lessons' 09/03/2010 at 13:11:50 - TV documentaries like the Seven Ages of Britain fill in the gaps left by an "less impressive" school curriculum, says David Dimbleby. Tory review urges science boost 08/03/2010 at 23:47:05 - A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science. Call to identify children's needs 08/03/2010 at 10:50:17 - High-quality childcare helps identify the needs of the most vulnerable children early on, an Ofsted study finds. 'Record numbers of heads' sacked 07/03/2010 at 00:35:40 - School leaders say record numbers of head teachers are losing their jobs because of poor exam results. Balls tells schools to save now 05/03/2010 at 18:27:08 - Schools Secretary Ed Balls has told head teachers in England they need to plan savings now - or face staff cuts later. Diplomas 'not stretching bright' 05/03/2010 at 09:46:50 - England's new secondary school qualification is not stretching the brightest pupils, the exams watchdog says.	Independent £10m sports drive to get students out of the pub Today at 00:00:01 - A £10m drive to coax university students out of the bar and on to the sports field will be launched today after a survey showed that half of undergraduates had gained weight since starting their cour ... Frustrated pupils 'bored by their factory schools' Today at 00:00:01 - Pupils are being turned into "a seething mass of bored, frustrated, alienated children" by today's education system, a leading professor will claim tonight. Call for universities to be able to charge unlimited tuition fees 09/03/2010 at 00:00:01 - Universities should be given the freedom to charge students whatever tuition fee they like, the body representing the country's 750 largest employers of graduates will say today. Why French are skipping the Sorbonne for Britain 09/03/2010 at 00:00:01 - French students are deserting the Sorbonne because of the once élite university's reputation for militancy, strikes and abandoned lectures. They are also increasingly snubbing the country's prestigio ... Generation Y children are 'harder to teach' 08/03/2010 at 00:00:01 - A culture of "instant gratification" is making today's schoolchildren harder to teach, a headteachers' leader said yesterday.	Kingston Guardian Free parking agreed for Claygate school pick-up times Today at 06:30:00 - Surrey County Council has agreed to provide free short-stay car parking spaces for parents using a Claygate school. Teen gets police warning after student's hair set on fire 09/03/2010 at 06:50:00 - A 16-year-old boy has been given a warning by police, after a student at Esher College was set alight during a "prank". Top chef coming to Kingston schools 09/03/2010 at 06:10:00 - Award winning chef Tom Aikens will visit two Kingston schools to encourage students to prepare simple and nutritious meals. Author launches young writers' competition at Wimbledon school 08/03/2010 at 10:36:33 - Kids were urged to let their imaginations run wild during a visit from one of their favourite writers. Church and Kingston Council to bid for new school 08/03/2010 at 06:20:00 - The Church of England (CofE) and Kingston Council are emerging as the main contenders to run the new north Kingston secondary school, after parents who waged a decade-long campaign appeared to rule th ...
American School and University Number of school closings in DeKalb County (Ga.) district could rise to 12 Today at 20:20:12 - Number of school closings in DeKalb County (Ga.) district could rise to 12 Janitor at Ohio State University fatally shoots supervisor, then kills himself Today at 20:20:12 - Janitor at Ohio State University fatally shoots supervisor, then kills himself Gunman also wounded another supervisor Baltimore city district will close 5 middle schools Today at 20:20:12 - Baltimore city district will close 5 middle schools Board also revokes charter of low-performing school Detroit board says it will sue its financial manager over his compensation 09/03/2010 at 21:20:03 - Detroit board says it will sue its financial manager over his compensation $145,000 of Robert Bobb's salary comes from private foundation funds Agreement reached in longstanding special-education lawsuit in Baltimore 09/03/2010 at 21:20:03 - Agreement reached in longstanding special-education lawsuit in Baltimore Parties battled for years over providing adequate services to students	The Journal Boxlight Rolls Out Short-Throw Interactive Whiteboard Projector Today at 16:15:00 - Boxlight has rolled out a new short-throw version of its ProjectWrite2 interactive whiteboard projection system, ProjectWrite2/W. Da-Lite Links Lecterns to iPhones and iPods Today at 16:10:00 - Da-Lite has instroduced a new accessory for its lecterns that allows an instructor to deliver presentations directly from an iPod or iPhone. The new universal iPod dock accessory can be recessed into ... MvixUSA Debuts HD Digital Signage Players Today at 16:07:00 - MvixUSA has announced two new high-definition digital signage players, the Mvix DS HDPro and Mvix DS Elite. The two new players support full 1080p high definition video and are networkable. Microsoft Issues March Patch, New IE Advisory 09/03/2010 at 23:18:00 - As expected, Microsoft released two "important" patches in its March security update Tuesday. Houston School District Reaches Settlement Over False E-Rate Claims 09/03/2010 at 17:18:00 - Houston Independent School District (HISD), the largest district in Texas, has reached a settlement with the United States Department of Justice over allegations it filed false claims related to the f ...
Tech Learning K-12 standards draft open to feedback Today at 15:25:00 - The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers today released the first official public draft of the K-12 standards Grants for science teachers awarded Today at 15:10:00 - Toyota announced today nearly $550,000 in grants will be awarded to 79 K-12 educators across the country as a part of the 2010 Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers Program. Famous authors, en español Today at 06:00:00 - User friendly site written in Spanish and geared toward younger Internet users. It features information about a great number of famous authors from throughout the world. For each writer, students will ... March 10: STEM online marathon for girls and women 09/03/2010 at 19:35:00 - The National Engineers Week Foundation's Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology begins at noon Eastern time on Wednesday, March 10 New release of animation software 09/03/2010 at 13:20:00 - Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2	The Australian Call to set maths whiz targets Today at 13:00:00 - AUSTRALIA needs to make boosting maths a national priority and follow Britain in setting national targets. Welcome site for sore rankers 09/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - NEW attempts at producing national rankings of Australian universities will be inevitable once the federal government's proposed My University website is up and running by the beginning of 2012. Equation for maths warns of disaster 09/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - THE Group of Eight has declared mathematics education in Australia is in crisis. Legal glitch wipes out 6000 student visas 09/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - AS many as 6000 foreign students had their visas cancelled invalidly because two words were lacking in the maze of laws and regulations that control their lives. Jobs list will dash hopes of residency 09/03/2010 at 13:00:00 - THE migration hopes of hundreds of thousands of overseas students will be dashed if a draft list of migration-preferred occupations is adopted, immigration agent Karl Konrad warned yesterday.	Teachers College Record Call for Proposals - NSSE Yearbooks to Join TCR Today at 00:20:14 - The editors of TCR announce a call for proposals for future volumes of the NSSE Yearbooks. (Mis)understanding Families: Learning from Real Families in Our Schools 08/03/2010 at 04:20:03 - Dialogue presupposes that we talk with each other, not at each other (Brock, 2010, p.129). In (Mis)Understanding Families, editors Monica Miller Marsh and Tammy Turner-Vorbeck successfu ... The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning 08/03/2010 at 04:20:03 - Since an initial explosion in the 1980s, service learning has become increasingly popular on college campuses around the country (Stoecker & Tryon, 2009, p. 3). Many faculty and university adminis ... Leaving No Child Behind Yet Allowing None Too Far Ahead: Ensuring (In)Equity in Mathematics Education Through the Science of Measurement and Instruction 08/03/2010 at 04:20:03 - This inquiry raises questions about the manner in which the No Child Left Behind Act aims to improve mathematics education through continued reliance on standardized testing and mandated use of scient ... The Silent Epidemic 05/03/2010 at 10:20:14 - Recent efforts to combat low school enrollment in the developing world -- such as President Obama's pledge to establish a $2-billion Global Fund for Education and the 2002 creation of the World Bank's ...
Times Higher Education Implement peer review or resign, controversial journal's editor told Today at 00:00:00 - Ultimatum spells end for Medical Hypotheses in its current form. Zoë Corbyn reports Academic to argue that conviction was unlawful 09/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Man found guilty of harassing v-c to tell judge that prosecution breached his right to free expression. Melanie Newman reports UK risks 'relegation' from top scientific nations, warns Royal Society 09/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - The national academy says Britain cannot afford to cut science funding at a time when other nations are increasing their investment. Zoë Corbyn reports What business wants: fewer graduates, higher fees, more input 09/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Employers' association sets out proposals in pre-election manifesto as Lammy defends higher education for its own sake. Hannah Fearn reports No misconduct by professor who used student's work in paper 08/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Panel finds no case to answer as student did not own copyright to her dissertation. Melanie Newman writes	Politics.co.uk Ex-ministers raise stakes over science cuts 09/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Former science ministers David Sainsbury and William Waldegrave have united to warn Britain risks relegation from the 'economic premier league' if investment in scientific research falters. Tory scorn for Labour's 'Titan' schools 04/03/2010 at 00:01:00 - The number of schools with over 1,500 pupils has more than doubled under New Labour, it has emerged. Clegg's pledges school equality 01/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Nick Clegg has placed inequality firmly at the centre of the Liberal Democrat's education policy and attacked the Tories for not costing their plans for schools. Tories power ahead with academies programme 01/03/2010 at 00:00:00 - Schools would no longer need to consult a local authority before becoming an academy if the Tories win power, Michael Gove will announce today. Academy programme extended to primary schools 23/02/2010 at 12:56:00 - Gordon Brown will roll out the academies programme to primary schools today, in a key part of his general election campaign.	Canada Newswire Students disappointed with Ontario Throne Speech 08/03/2010 at 22:10:13 - TORONTO, March 8 /CNW/ - Students were disappointed that today's Throne Speech made no commitment to address the under funding of Ontario's colleges and universities. While the creation of student ... Survey reveals students need more from OSAP 08/03/2010 at 21:10:20 - TORONTO, March 8 /CNW/ - Due to record unemployment, Ontario students are deeply concerned about finding the resources necessary to pay for their education, says a report released today. The "Cana ... 2010 federal budget a "major disappointment" for post-secondary education and research 05/03/2010 at 00:10:13 - OTTAWA, March 4 /CNW Telbec/ - The organization representing Canada's university and college educators says today's federal budget is a major disappointment for post-secondary education, leaving C ... Federal Budget Ignores Plight of Aboriginal Students 05/03/2010 at 00:10:13 - OTTAWA, March 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Today's federal budget fails to address the significant gap in post-secondary participation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples. "Education is critical ... Federal Budget Ignores Chronic Underfunding of Post-Secondary Education 04/03/2010 at 22:10:15 - OTTAWA, March 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Today's federal budget contains no measures to address record high tuition fees and the student debt crisis. "Chronic underfunding of Canada's post-secondary edu ...
News Canada Nine resolutions for a better new school year 07/03/2010 at 02:10:06 - (NC)-From the experts at Oxford Learning, here are nine resolutions that will help eliminate habits that cause stress or interfere with academic success: 1. Rise and Shine. Set alarm clocks 10 minute ... Catching up on your retirement savings 07/03/2010 at 02:10:06 - (NC)-For the boomer generation, the concept of saving for a comfortable retirement has always been an important goal. "Even for those who have set up retirement savings plans, meeting retirement goal ... School breaks can be stressful for families 07/03/2010 at 02:10:06 - (NC)-For many students, school breaks are an opportunity to visit friends, socialize, and sleep in. However, for parents, school breaks may cause worry about how children will be spending their days. ... Three easy tips to make successful academic resolutions 07/03/2010 at 02:10:06 - (NC)-Oxford Learning offers three easy rules for making resolutions for a better academic year.and for not getting discouraged and abandoning them. First, keep resolutions clear. That means setting g ... Parents play an important role in financial education 07/03/2010 at 02:10:06 - (NC)-According to a number of recent surveys, many Canadians lack financial literacy. In other words, they have trouble understanding, analyzing and using the information they need to make day-to-day ...	Language Magazine March 2010 04/03/2010 at 00:25:29 - Keeping the Message Clear President Obama's appointment of Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the Department of Education represents an eno ... American Councils for Education: Seeking Fellowship Placements 27/02/2010 at 02:37:28 - The American Councils for Education, in association with the U.S. Department of State, is seeking to place five young professionals in non-governmental internships across the country during the fall ... February 2010 03/02/2010 at 21:29:52 - Invest in Teachers Teacher quality is key to the success of our schools and our children. No matter how you judge success, there can be no doubt that students do better in testing, are more motivated ... Educating Young Haitian Refugees 30/01/2010 at 01:24:55 - Children under 18 years old make up almost half of Haiti's population of 9 million. As many as 8,000 schools that served 1.8 million children have been destroyed or damaged in the Port-au-Prince area ... Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship 28/01/2010 at 01:05:25 - National Council of Teachers of English: Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship The Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Training Scholarship provides funding for professional development experiences ...	Teacher Magazine Getting Real Reading to Work Today at 20:20:12 - Teaching students to love reading is the key to academic success, says teacher Ariel Sacks. Top Home-School Texts Dismiss Darwin, Evolution 08/03/2010 at 20:20:02 - Christian-based materials dominate a growing home-school education market that encompasses more than 1.5 million students in the U.S. Ed. Officials to Step Up Civil Rights Enforcement 08/03/2010 at 20:20:02 - The federal government plans to give a deeper look at issues ranging from programs for English-language learners to access to college-preparatory courses. Students Get an Extra Year for State Tests 05/03/2010 at 16:20:16 - Oregon has received permission from the federal Department of Education to give state tests in reading, math, writing, and science to high school juniors rather than sophomores, in hopes of raising s ... Firing All Teachers Brings Mixed Results 05/03/2010 at 16:20:16 - While there have been some improvements in test scores, schools where most teachers have been replaced still grapple with problems of poverty and discipline.