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Obama administration directs schools to accommodate transgender students
The Washington Post - By Juliet Eilperin and
The Obama administration on Friday directed schools across the nation to provide transgender students with access to suitable facilities — including bathrooms and locker rooms — that match their chosen
7-Year-Old Writes Fake Dismissal Note, School Doesn't Bat An Eye
Scary Mommy - Maria Guido
She got on a bus home after passing the most unbelievably fake excuse note to school administrators.
Software Flags 'Suicidal' Students, Presenting Privacy Dilemma
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
Ken Yeh is the director of technology at Ontario Christian Schools, a private K-12 school near Los Angeles with about 100 children per grade. Three years ago, the school began buying Google Chromebook
Watch This Badass Teacher Transform Beyoncé's 'Formation' Into A Geometry Anthem
MTV News - Deepa Lakshmin
Teacher Ciera Paul has a very straightforward goal for her seventh grade class: "Find the area and circumference of a circle when given a radius or …
Five teachers reveal what it's like to work in an academy
The Guardian - Guardian readers and Sarah Marsh
George Osborne wants all schools to become academies – but what does this mean? We hear from those who have first-hand experience George Osborne is shaking up the education system. In his latest budget,
"Successification"
HuffPost - Daniel Katz
While it may be desirable, even necessary, to deflate the self aggrandizing mythology of Success Academy by documenting reality, it is also important to remember that the charter network is not actually
5 Ways for Teachers to Be Kind to Themselves
HuffPost - Shanna Peeples
In my thirties, I went to the emergency room twice for panic attacks so severe I thought I was having a heart attack. Is there a coincidence between the fact that I traded one high-stress job - journalism
Teaching is facing a recruitment crisis. Here are five ways to turn it around
The Guardian - Lola Okolosie
Photograph: Alamy ‘Classroom teachers report working 55-60 hours a week.’ 84 image/jpeg http://media.guim.co.uk/bcfa4a0916cf5877c4aa1c32ad95083496fb8255/0_0_640_384/140.jpg 140 Photograph: Martin Godwin
How ‘Animaniacs’ Kept ’90s Kids Learning And Laughing After School
Warming Glow - Andrew Husband
A ringing bell on a weekday afternoon meant the same thing for all school-aged children in the ’90s — closing time. Some of us went home, while others endured the after-school programs and daycare centers
Tuition-free online university draws immigrant students
Business Insider - Amy Taxin
She eventually got a waitress job, but still didn't earn enough to cover the cost of school or get enough time off work to attend class. When she heard about a tuition-free online university, Ordonez skeptical
A plane passenger asked a teacher a kind of rude question about her job. She responded eloquently!
upworthy.com - Angie Aker
It's annoying when people mistakenly think your job is really simple. Most people's lines of work are more intricate and multilayered than those who …
Teachers reveal the most ridiculous things parents have ever said to them
independent.co.uk - Rose Troup Buchanan
Teachers have listed some of the most ridiculous things parents have ever told them. In a depressing thread on social website Reddit, teachers and …
This lovely Kickstarter project pairs kids drawings with artists across the world
TNW - Matthew Hussey
The Monster Project wants to teach kids about creativity by connecting them with professional artists. The idea behind the Kickstarter campaign is to help children learn that their imaginations are something
Teachers Respond: Veteran Teachers Cry In Their Cars, Too
NPR - Meg Anderson
One in 10 teachers will quit by the end of their first year — and getting through October and November is especially tough. Having someone to support you along the way can help. Turns out there's a toolkit
After years of cuts, school districts face teacher shortages
apnewsarchive.com - CHRISTINE ARMARIO & LISA LEFF
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a new school year began at the Sierra Sands Unified District 150 miles north of Los Angeles in August, students in four …
We must despise our kids: Our ugly war on teachers must end now |
Salon - David Dayen
But there’s a bigger point to be made here, first brought up by blogger Duncan Black, aka Atrios. Speaking of teachers, Atrios wrote, “who could have predicted that demonizing them, cutting salaries and
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader in Common Core Math?
HuffPost - Janine Huldie
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with kids being challenged a bit, but this goes beyond challenging our kids. Let's face it, most (kids and parents included) would honestly tell you that math is hard
The university with no students
The Telegraph - By Javier Espinoza, Education Editor
No students were signed up for courses at this university's centre in London after a year the project was started The University of South Wales (USW) opened a London centre last summer as part of a three-year
Key & Peele Sketch Imagines A World Where Teachers Are Paid Like Athletes And It's Awesome
BuzzFeed - Andy Golder
The comedy duo eviscerate sports culture in support of the people who really deserve a signing bonus: public school teachers.
7 things I wish people understood about being a teacher - Vox
Vox - Andrew Simmons
Before I decided to teach high school, I made a list of the things I enjoy doing: discussing books and movies, playing music, being around kids, basketball, cooking. I ruled out a few career paths immediately.
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edutopia.org
In his book Dropping Out, Russell Rumberger lays out the societal consequences, including: . . . poor academic performance in middle school and even …
Housing is so outrageously expensive in San Francisco the city can't hire enough teachers
Business Insider - Myles Udland
So expensive, in fact, the city's schools can't hire enough teachers because the cost of living is so onerous. According to a report from KTVU in San Francisco, the city's school district needs to find
17 Free Online Learning Sites that Provide High Quality Opportunities
lifehack.org
The end of the year is the time when everyone tries to give you advice on how to live healthier, look better, and earn more money. It’s understandable …
The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system |
Salon - Alfie Kohn
Unlike grit -- which, as I've argued elsewhere, is driven more by conservative ideology than by solid research -- Dweck's basic thesis is supported by decades' worth of good data. It's not just the habit
America's Teachers Are the O.G. DIYers
HuffPost - This Old House
Keep your library in order with a little help from these paint-stick markers! An easy enough DIY that makes a great organization tool for records and magazines at home, too. My mom is a retired teacher
A letter to the kindergarten teacher from an adoptive mom
The Washington Post - By Jill Robbins
Dear Kindergarten Teacher- I am so not ready for back to school. So, so not ready. I wonder if you feel the same. As I scramble to get my kids ready for the first day of school, I imagine you’re doing
10 Things Smart Teachers Don't Do
HuffPost - Peter Greene
It is easy to view our students as essentially trapped in school, and so it doesn't matter how we spend their time because they never had any control over their schedule anyway. Wrong. We're talking about
Dear Teachers: You're Not Fooling Me
HuffPost - Candice Curry
Sweet teachers: school just started, and I'll bet you're wiped out and definitely a little lighter in the bank account; but I see you. I see how hard you've worked before the first day of school even I
This District Has No Money, So Teachers Are Working Without Pay
HuffPost - Rebecca Klein
If that's not dedication, what is? When teachers at the Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania return to their jobs Wednesday for the first day of school, they will not be making minimum wage.