What Will It Take to Transform Literacy in America?
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time of much debate around "high-stakes" testing, one area of true high stakes for students is in the answer to this question: "Is what I am learning today...
View ArticleBuilding the Civil Society of Tomorrow Means Investing in Teachers Today...
(Source: Open Society Foundations) This World Teachers' Day, October 5, it's time to consider how support for professional teachers helps them do their urgent jobs more fully. This becomes clear in the...
View ArticleACT Education Minister: simplified national curriculum 'too fast'
ACT Education Minister Joy Burch says any curriculum overhaul should not take place until the current scheme has been fully implemented. Photo: Jay Cronan Moves towards a revised and simplified...
View ArticleMinister welcomes greater independence in Northern Territory schools...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) The Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Education, has welcomed the Northern Territory's announcement of six schools becoming Independent...
View ArticleTackling literacy and numeracy where it counts
It is absolutely fundamental that children learn bedrock literacy and numeracy skills in their first three years at school. Photo: Michele Mossop There are many key milestones in a child's education,...
View Article$24.7 million to transform NAPLAN to online testing (Department of Education...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) The Australian Government has today announced $24.7 million to construct the national platform for online NAPLAN testing across Australian...
View ArticleCanberra teachers working 50 hour weeks, new figures show
Hard work: teachers in ACT and NSW schools are teaching 50.2 hour a week on average. ACT teachers are working the second-longest hours among states and territories, according to the latest Australian...
View ArticleSurveys show urgent need for improved teacher training (Department of...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) Two reports released today highlight the need to improve teacher training and 'classroom readiness' and lift the status of the teaching...
View Article2015 Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships | Ministers' Media Centre...
(Source: Australian Government) The Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP today announced the recipients of the Australian Government's Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships for 2015....
View Article$70 million for 200 early-career researchers | Ministers' Media Centre...
(Source: Australian Government) Minister for Education, the Hon. Christopher Pyne MP, has today announced more than $70 million for 200 new research projects to be undertaken by some of Australia's...
View ArticleEducation not a challenge but an opportunity: Smriti Irani (CII -...
(Source: CII - Confederation of Indian Industry) According to Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Education is not a challenge but an opportunity. The...
View ArticleElite teachers travel from Shanghai for pioneering maths exchange (UK...
(Source: UK Department for Education) Shanghai's top maths teachers will be embedded in primary schools across England from this week to share their world-class approach to maths teaching, and help...
View ArticleGreat discoveries: $250 million for 665 new research projects (Department of...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) Improving learning in science and mathematics, developing new DNA identity methods, understanding young children's use of the internet, and...
View ArticleWSU center assists school districts with mentoring, induction of new teachers...
(Source: Wichita State University) Finding innovative ways to connect with the community and promote the greatest public good has always been a mission for Wichita State University's College of...
View ArticleThere are few teachers familiar with the classics
SADLY, I think your editorial calling for the dusting off and teaching of the classics comes a little too late (“Restoring classic literature”, 5/11). For a start, there would be few teachers these...
View ArticleNSW educators wanting to improve public school system could learn from Ontario
In Australia, relentless debates over education, arguments over curriculum and disputes about funding models could easily leave observers...
View ArticleTechnology must not be sidelined from national curriculum (ACS - Australian...
(Source: ACS - Australian Computer Society) The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has welcomed the report into the ACARA curriculum review, and its consideration of the technologies & ICT learning...
View ArticleGeorgia educator named National Blended and Online Learning Teacher of the...
(Source: Georgia Department of Education) MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Cardoza, GaDOE Communications Office, (404) 651-7358, mcardoza@gadoe.org Carrie Madden, a full-time instructor for Georgia Virtual...
View Article$354 million for 941 new research projects (Department of Education -...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) Australian research will receive a $354 million boost today with Minister for Education, the Hon. Christopher Pyne MP, announcing 941 new...
View Article$70 million for 200 early-career researchers (Department of Education -...
(Source: Department of Education - Australian Government) Minister for Education, the Hon. Christopher Pyne MP, has today announced more than $70 million for 200 new research projects to be undertaken...
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