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The Telegraphadded this to All Stories
Apps
Pushy parents 'sending increasingly aggressive emails' to teachers
The Telegraph - By Camilla Turner
Pushy parents are sending increasingly aggressive “how dare you” emails to schools, a teaching union boss has said. The rise in school communication apps such as ClassDojo has led to parents bombarding
Michael Tobeyadded this to Teaching Digital Readers
Political Satire
Trump Names Lori Loughlin Education Secretary
The New Yorker - Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The shakeup in the Trump Administration continued on Wednesday as Donald Trump named a fellow television personality, Lori Loughlin, to be the new Secretary of Education.
Tony Luchiniadded this to Teaching
Special Education
In Noblesville Schools, every classroom is now a special education classroom. Here's why.
indystar.com - Emma Kate Fittes
There are five Noblesville East Middle School students in teacher Blair Morwick's sixth grade classroom who traditionally would have been labeled …
Primary Education
Car accident near Heather Hills Elementary School leaves one dead
cbs4indy.com - CBS4 Web
A ca accident near Heather Hills Elementary School claims the life of one person. × A ca accident near Heather Hills Elementary School claims the life …
Igor Riznaradded this to Teaching with brain in mind
Mathematics
Making learners fall in love with mathematics
monitor.co.ug - By Charlotte Ninsiima
How she started My love for mathematics was triggered by annual reports which progressively registered the worst performance at Primary Leaving …
flbd79lsu86jomoadded this to Education & Educating
Montessori
CPS teacher taken to hospital after student threw chair, struck them in the head
local12.com - Angela Ingram, WKRC
MT. WASHINGTON, Ohio (WKRC) - An incident with a student landed a Cincinnati Public Schools teacher in the hospital. A concerned parent reached out …
Michael Zauzigadded this to Machine Learning and The Future
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Can be a Game-Changer for Education, Here are 5 Reasons Why
Entrepreneur - Vishal Meena
Artificial intelligence immensely helps to accentuate the growth and development index, it utilizes data models (as part of primary and secondary data sources) and makes decisions based on the input data
Forbesadded this to Technology
Higher Education
Tech's Role In The College Admission Scandal
Forbes - Julian Vigo
Having spent much of my professional life as a university professor, I am pretty much unfazed by the recent college admissions scandal simply because higher education is consumed with such problems at
The Guardianadded this to Top Stories
Behavior
One in four teachers 'experience violence from pupils every week'
The Guardian - Richard Adams in Belfast
Many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, NASUWT finds One in four teachers in the UK say they experience physical violence from their pupils at least once a week, and many poor
Tony Luchiniadded this to Teaching
Finance
Disney, Starbucks, Walmart: Big companies are increasingly offering education benefits for employees
yahoo.com - Akiko Fujita
Squeezed by a tight labor market and shrinking pool of employees, big corporations like Starbucks and Disney are increasingly turning to a new tool …
Referendums
Indian River district adds 3rd public meeting to push major cap referendum
delawarestatenews.net - Jim Rickards
LONG NECK — In its second attempt to win voter approval the Indian River School District has added a third public meeting to push the major capital …
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford GSB Executive Education - Stanford Lead
stanford.edu - cloud.gsbcommunications.stanford.edu
• Begin by attending a live virtual kickoff session on May 7, at 10:00am Pacific Time.• Engage with the content and complete an assignment at your own …
Forbesadded this to Leadership
Ray Dalio
U.S. Public Education Is Not Suffering From Financial Starvation, Contrary To Claims
Forbes - Patrick Gleason
Among the prominent individuals and organizations working to improve U.S. public education a split has emerged. Some are focused on pumping additional money into the system, whereas others emphasize reforms
Tony Luchiniadded this to Teaching
U.S. Dept. of Education
Congress Considers Making College More Accessible To People In Prison
NPR - Elissa Nadworny
Inmates are among the least-educated people in America. That's despite research that shows education is one of the most effective ways to keep people from coming back to prison. Now, there's renewed interest
South China Morning Post added this to Insight & Opinion
Hong Kong
Home-schooling policy must be clear
scmp.com - SCMP Editorial
It is an offence for parents not to send their children to school in Hong Kong. However, more parents have opted for home schooling, out of …
Pre-kindergarten
Childress named Springdale assistant superintendent
nwaonline.com - Staff Report
A longtime principal in the School District has been named assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through fifth …
The Washington Post
Howard University
Transformers: Education
The Washington Post - Russlynn Ali, former assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, currently serves as managing director of education at the Emerson Collective and CEO of XQ Institute. Russlynn's professional background also includes experience as a teacher, attorney, liaison for the president of the Children's Defense Fund, assistant director of policy and research at the Broad Foundation and chief of staff to the president of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education.
Transformers: Education Technological change, new ideas about teaching and learning, evolving workforce needs and an increasingly interconnected world are driving transformative change in the education
Kelowna, BC
Petition to stop new cell tower too close to Kelowna homes
kelownacapnews.com - Mackenzie Britton
Kelowna residents are rallying to stop the construction of a new potential cell tower in their neighbourhood. An online petition was started earlier …
Golf Digest
UK Golf
Around the Greens with Luke Donald
Golf Digest
×Around the Greens with Luke DonaldINDEX 1/5 Lesson 1: Chipping When you should play this shot • Choosing the right club for the situation • Learning the proper stance and stroke • Controlling distance
Holocaust
Washington governor signs Holocaust education bill
thehill.com - Tal Axelrod
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a bill Friday “strongly encouraging” the state’s schools to teach students about the Holocaust. The legislation …
Pre-school
Largest PCF pre-school for 1,000 children officially opens; PCF to run 38 Early Years Centres by 2021
straitstimes.com - AMELIA TENG
SINGAPORE - By 2021, PCF Sparkletots, the largest pre-school operator here, will have 38 centres that admit younger children aged up to four. These …
Columbine
Since Columbine
cpr.org - By Karla Walker Apr 19, 2019
After Columbine, everyone wanted to help. The musical community reacted the same way. Jefferson County Schools security says there’s been a …
ArchDailyadded this to ArchDaily
Kindergarten
SanHe Kindergarten / OBRA Architects
archdaily.com - Curated by Paula Pintos
Located in Beijing, the Sanhe Kindergarten is part of a large two million square meter multifamily housing development. The building faces south as …
Disco
Disco night for disabled is a musical hit
wiltshiretimes.co.uk - Amy Pantall
A NEW disco night run at The Canberra Centre in Melksham for adults with special needs was a big hit when the inaugural event was held on …
British Columbia Politics
Building a better learning environment for B.C. students
haidagwaiiobserver.com - www.haidagwaiiobserver.com
By Rob Fleming Today’s students are benefiting from more opportunities to reach their full potential than ever before. That’s why this Education Week, …
The Quintadded this to The Quint
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Scindia owns palace, other properties
thequint.com - IANS
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh), April 21 (IANS) Congress' Guna candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia, who belongs to the erstwhile Gwalior princely dynasty, owns …
helenngbladded this to Singapore
Singapore
Singapore's largest pre-school for 1,000 children officially opens in Punggol North
channelnewsasia.com - Tan Si Hui
SINGAPORE: Singapore's largest childcare centre was officially opened in Punggol North on Saturday (Apr 20). The 100,000 sq ft facility, which has …
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville City Schools dismiss students early
cbs19news.com - Desiree Montilla
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Officials from Charlottesville City Schools decided to dismiss students early from class Friday morning because …
Unesco
UNESCO education leaders on the stage of the UN Charter signing of 1945
unesco.org - en.unesco.org
UNESCO education leaders recently took to the stage at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, in the United States, the historic site of the 1945 …
The New Yorker
College & University
How I Would Cover the College-Admissions Scandal as a Foreign Correspondent
The New Yorker - Masha Gessen
The college-admissions scandal—in which fifty people have been indicted for scheming to get the children of wealthy parents into top schools—makes for perfect cocktail chatter. It involves a couple of