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Education experts lament downward trends for teachers
Deutsche Welle
Schleicher is one of the experts responsible for the OECD's most recent education report, released on Tuesday (25.06.2013) at its Paris headquarters. The report says that the average teacher salary in OECD member states is 11 to 20 percent lower than ...
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US education gap narrows between whites and minorities: report
Reuters
"These results fly in the face of any notion that our schools are getting worse," said Daria Hall, a policy director at The Education Trust, an advocacy group focused on closing the achievement gap. "We have here unequivocal evidence that schools are ...
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Education Minister won't guarantee maintenance for Timboon
ABC Online
State Education Minister Martin Dixon is unable to guarantee funding for maintenance works at Timboon P-12, despite the school's closure earlier this week and a 15-year campaign to fund desperately needed building repairs. Print page; Email this ...
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Rudd backs Gonski education reforms
The Australian
Speaking from Canberra, the PM said he had been in discussions with his colleagues about the Gonski education funding plan. Mr Rudd said he was uncomfortable with the reforms being known as the Gonski plan. "I think we have a challenge to take the ...
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Education director's business resume seen as asset
WRAL.com
"From what we heard of the way he runs his businesses it sounds like he has done very well in advancing people and bringing them to their full potential," Scotty Ratliff, vice chairman of the State Board of Education, said. "So I'm really optimistic ...
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Education minister cracks the whip; RTE bills may be cleared soon
Times of India
NAGPUR: Schools from Nagpur who have been waiting since last year to get fee reimbursements against admissions done under 25% Right To Education Act (RTE) quota, may finally have a reason to smile. TOI had reported last month about the ...
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Education Blueprint success hinges on transparency
The Sun Daily
DEPUTY Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as education minister and his various stakeholders have a mammoth task in producing well-rounded, multi-skilled students which the public and private sector are in dire need. The reality is our students ...
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Education secretary makes stop in St. Louis to tell policymakers preschool is key
STLtoday.com
In Illinois, it could mean $102 million for nearly 12,500 more kids from low or moderate-income families, said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Thursday as he continued a push for the president's initiative, this time to policymakers and state ...
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University education on the rise, but college grads enjoy better employment rate
Regina Leader-Post
But with university enrolment growing, the number of Canadians competing for jobs requiring post-secondary education has grown, with applicants walking into an interview room to meet potential employers who have a stack of resumes to sift through.
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Education for all: 36 young fellows start journey to teach Pakistan
The Express Tribune
"For the next two academic sessions, we offered the same or even better quality of education to disadvantaged children as availed by us," she recalled. To achieve that end, some of the programme's inaugural fellows had to convince their parents that ...
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International education: A growing trend in UgandaPublish Date: Jun 28, 2013
New Vision
"International schooling will also provide holistic education for children, to prepare them in the best possible way to cope with the demands of the modern world. The days of crossing boarders in search of better education are numbered," says Latimer ...
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Full-time education rate for 18-year-olds drops
BBC News
The proportion of 18-year-olds in full-time education has fallen for the first time in England since 2001 but more are in work, official data suggests. Snapshot data for the end of 2012 suggests the proportion of 18 year-olds in full-time education was ...
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Choose education over sex, implores MEC
Independent Online
Mpumalanga education MEC Reginah Mhaule deplored a decline in high school pass rates in the province and urged pupils to choose learning over sex and drugs. File picture: Paballo Thekiso. Hazyview - Mpumalanga education MEC Reginah Mhaule on ...
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Taiwan's education will detoxify Chinese students: activist
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Chen encouraged young students to integrate textbook knowledge with social education by taking part in more public events, saying that it would foster their practical experience and judgment capabilities. During his stay in the campus, the 41-year-old ...
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Manitobans' education below average, National Household Survey finds
Brandon Sun
Data from the 2011 National Household Survey released Wednesday by Statistics Canada show that Manitobans 25 and older have attained lower levels of education than the average Canadian. On the other hand, we sure are pumping out a lot of teachers, ...
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Boston's education mayor?
Boston Globe
Education may emerge as the central issue in the Boston mayor's race, and not simply because the school system is one of a handful of big-city districts across the country under mayoral control. Two decades after the Education Reform Act of 1993 set ...
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Education at a Glance 2013
Docuticker
Education at a Glance provides comparable national statistics measuring the state of education worldwide. The report analyses the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries, as well as Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi ...
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Education : Les syndicats d'enseignants lèvent provisoirement leur mot d'ordre ...
Le Soleil
C'est également au regard des « conclusions issues de la dernière rencontre avec le ministre de l'Education et des avancées notées relativement à la validation des années de volontariat, de vacation et de contractualisation, à l'annualisation du ...
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National education group told to leave
Hong Kong Standard
Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim said yesterday that the National Education Centre will be given three months to vacate the premises in Tai Po, which will be put up for tender in November. However, Ng played down any connection between the now ...
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Senators: Student loan interest rates to double
Boston.com
Tom Harkin, the chairman of the Senate education panel, said none of the proposals being circulating among lawmakers could win passage, and he urged lawmakers to extend the current rates for another year when they return from the July 4 recess. Harkin ...
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The Education of a Citizen Artist
Huffington Post
But what students strive for is always within their own experience, capability, and feeling. Chinua Achebe eloquently expresses this philosophy: "What you want to do as a teacher is to make people aware of the complexity of experience...this is what ...
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Education Secretary admits to 'own' mistake over Menston teacher
Wharfedale Observer
Michael Gove admitted this week that he blundered when a Menston teacher who downloaded child abuse images escaped a ban on returning to the classroom. The Education Secretary said the guidance for reviewing shocking cases, such as that of ...
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Parents urge Department of Education to scrap plan to sell East Harlem school ...
New York Daily News
Uptown parents, students and politicians are calling on the city to halt an under-the-radar proposal for private developers to knock out a school for luxury apartments. The Department of Education quietly floated the proposal earlier this year to ...
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Fast-tracked education bill a risk for new Labor leaders
ABC Online
The Australian Education Bill 2013 passed this week with little fanfare, but looking at the submissions made to the Senate in the lead-up to the bill's passage, it is clear not all are happy with the legislation, writes Kevin Donnelly. Not surprisingly ...
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The higher-education business
The Economist
THE sort of people who go through business school, one might think, would have no problem with the idea of education being provided for a profit. But when Thunderbird, a struggling school based in Arizona, announced three months ago that it was ...
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State education board denies public comment on several issues
Tulsa World
Leaders of the Oklahoma Education Association and a watchdog group Restore Oklahoma Public Education, or ROPE, said they were told they could not address the board because their concerns were not related to items on the meeting agenda, while an ...
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Company offers free solution to bolster retailers' loss prevention efforts
SecurityInfoWatch
Utah-based Corrective Education Company is looking to reduce that burden by offering retailers a free solution when it comes to apprehending and processing what would be considered "low risk" offenders. Under the CEC Correct program, which is either ...
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Blogs11 new results for Education
 
Rethinking Education for the 21st Century - Naveen Jain - Voices ...
By Naveen Jain
However, imagine education that is as entertaining and addictive as video games. Sound far-fetched? I believe that this is exactly the idea — driven by dynamic innovation and entrepreneurism — that will help bring our education system out of ...
AllThingsD
Women Reap Fewer Benefits from Education Than Men | The Jane ...
By Grace Rasmus
According to a new study by the OECD, women with advanced degrees earn only 72 percent of what men of a similar age and education level make.
The Jane Dough
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.: A Game-Changing Education Book from England
By E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
A British schoolteacher, Daisy Christodoulou, has just published a short, pungent e- book called Seven Myths about Education. It's a must-read for anyone in a position to influence our low-performing public school system.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Public advocate hopeful seeks boost with coding education bill ...
By Geoff Decker
Public advocate candidate Reshma Saujani at Forest Hills High School after proposing adding computer science classes to all city high schools. Behind her.
GothamSchools » Newsroom
Cooper Union Part-Time Faculty Votes in Favor of Tuition-Free ...
By Raillan Brooks
We urge the administration to build a substantial dialogue with participants of the uprising to develop collaborative methods to re-affirm the core values of a tuition-free education. Gail Buckland, adjunct professor at Cooper Union since the ...
Runnin' Scared
Brian Watson Inserting Himself Into Jefferson County Education...
By Colorado Pols
You may recall the case of Republican Brian Watson, whose apparent failure to pay his taxes led to his defeat in a bid for the state legislature (HD-3) in 2012 and is now.
ColoradoPols.com - ColoradoPols.com
Students not getting enough from college education, says McKinsey ...
By Jack Butler
Titled "Voice of the Graduate," the report attempted to assess some of higher education's shortcomings through the perspective of college students and graduates as opposed to higher education experts. The study found that approximately ...
Red Alert Politics
Further education is the big loser in the spending review - LabourList
By Rick Muir
George Osborne argued that the Spending Review would promote growth and fairness. Further and higher education are key to both of these objectives: educating people to a higher level opens up opportunity and equips our economy with ...
LabourList
Governor Quinn signs 3 bills to fund state education - WREX.com ...
By Samantha Jeffreys
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed three bills into law Thursday to fund state education over the next fiscal year.
WREX - 13 News Headlines
Board of Education debates salaries for school leaders - Nashua ...
By onlineeditor@nashuatelegraph.com (The Nashua Telegraph)
NASHUA – What started with a group of motions to hire new school administrators turned.
Nashuatelegraph.com: Local News,...
What Effect Does Education Have on Political Affiliation? - MPO ...
By whitney
A recent poll from the Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Research Group has found patterns of political party identification when analyzed with respondents' highest level of education completed. The levels of education* that identify most ...
MPO Research Group

Web7 new results for Education
 
State and Local Education Agencies "Like" Social Media | ED.gov Blog
A recent questionnaire by the Reform Support Network shows that state and local education agencies are increasingly using social media as a tool to engage ...
www.ed.gov/.../state-and-local-education-agencies-like-social-...
Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider (REP) Program ...
The Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider (REP) program provides organizations affiliation with and endorsement by the Scrum Alliance. Learn more  ...
www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/trainers/become-a-rep
President Jammeh Declares Free Basic Education By 2014 - All Africa
The Gambian education system has over the years undergone a series of significant configurations, ranging from partial structural reforms to a radical ...
allafrica.com/stories/201306271517.html
Recovery: Job Growth And Education Requirements Through 2020
Recovery 2020 provides vital labor market information such as which fields are expected to create the most jobs, the education requirements required to gain ...
cew.georgetown.edu/recovery2020/
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Sycamore Education
Some new things are coming to Sycamore Education this summer. Click here to find out more! Sycamore Education. A single solution for your entire school ...
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Nation gets its 4-year education report card | Entertainment - KMBC ...
"The Nation's Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2012" is an assessment released every four years that tracks U.S. students' performance in reading ...
www.kmbc.com/news/entertainment/.../-/index.html


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