After a large rally on Friday that included members, local officers and NEA affiliate staffers from other states, Ohio Education Association management and staff returned to the bargaining table and hammered out an agreement Friday night.
Details of the settlement were not available, but the staff union hopes to hold a ratification vote during the
Cesarean sections have proved to be an important option for obstetricians and expectant parents. For a variety of medical reasons, some women are unable to give birth any other way. But a debate continues to rage in the medical community, and among some parent groups, about whether too many of the surgeries are being performed. Expectant parents researching C-sections, or childbirth in general, are likely to find a lot of contradictory information. Partisans of the various ongoing debates dominate the conversation – and are often misinformed. Here’s where to find unbiased advice.
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It is the thesis of this book that change—constant, accelerating, ubiquitous—is the most striking characteristic of the world we live in and that our educational system has not yet recognized this fact. We maintain, further, that the abilities and attitudes required to deal adequately with change are those of the highest priority and that it is not beyond our ingenuity to design school environments which can help young people to master concepts necessary to survival in a rapidly
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Our man Arne Duncan is headed out of the country for a media event next week -- all the way to Toronto -- then back on Tuesday for the President's back to school thingamajig and a lackluster set of media events the rest of the week. Where do you think he should go next, or do you think he should stay in country for the duration?
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By John A. Ostenburg
The Outpost Observer
Why is it that the last people listened to regarding problems in public education are the ones who deal with it on the front line day after day?
Chicago's Renaissance 2010 education plan came onto the charts back in 2004. Immediately, classroom teachers pointed out its many flaws. Were they listened to? Of course not. Instead, Mayor Richard M. Daley and now U.S. Secretary of Education -- then Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer -- Arne Duncan pushed ahead with a program that had come not from the educational community, but rather from the business community.
Lest anyone forget, that's the same business community that has demonstrated questionable wisdom in the world of finance, ultimately leading the United States into its current economic crisis.
When teachers voiced their outrage over some of the proposals contained in the Ren 2010 plan, they were accused by both politicians and the media of being concerned only with selfish interests. Newspaper editorials declared that teachers only were protecting their jobs, only were complaining because they wanted to duck accountability. CPS administrators said "bad" teachers were the problem in Chicago, and so they used Ren 2010 as a way to get rid of seasoned teachers, claiming that the
Posted: Saturday, September 11, 2010 12:00 am | Updated: 6:09 am, Sat Sep 11, 2010.
The Galt elementary school district has taken out a loan to make payroll, while Lodi Unified approved freely moving funds among accounts.
The measures were taken to help with local cash flow issues until the state adopts its annual budget. It was due June 30, the same day school districts were required to file their annual financial plan.
"No state budget passed means more uncertainty in making important decisions affecting our children's education," Galt elementary district superintendent Karen Schauer said.
"The delay causes districts to have more difficulty in working together with unions, communicating clearly with stakeholders, and bottom-line, paying the bills from payroll and vendors on time."
Now that school has started, the problem is that some districts may already have large bills to pay in September, but without state funding, many districts will have to start tapping into
