QUICK Hits: Teacher Appreciation Day Edition
Quick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading and viewing each day. The content of these Hits is not necessarily endorsed by the organization or any particular team member.
- What inspires our best teachers to wake up every morning and be enthusiastic, compassionate, and creative? (NEA)
- ASSA estimates that 275,000 teacher jobs will be lost in 2010-2011. Will the federal government step in to rescue the education sector again? (Education Week)
- Do charter school teachers really have that much more autonomy and freedom than their traditional public school colleagues? (The Education Gadfly)
- When you think of college instructors, you probably picture dusty chalkboards and old-fashioned lectures. But just how tech savvy are these teachers when it comes to using Web 2.0 tools in their classrooms? (Inside Higher Ed)