Latest News and Comment from Education

Show All

Friday, November 26, 2010

San Francisco considers full-time school board

San Francisco considers full-time school board

San Francisco considers full-time school board

PrintComments (0)Font | Size:
0

(11-26) 05:42 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) --

Several San Francisco supervisors are proposing making members of the city's school board full-time workers with health benefits, a pension and salary of $50,000 each.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the four supervisors have put forth an amendment to the City Charter that would change the position from what is currently largely a volunteer job.

San Francisco's seven school board members get a $500 stipend, shared use of a district car and a life insurance policy, but no salary.

Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who authored the measure, says that's not enough given how



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/26/state/n054246S94.DTL#ixzz16OxXJROD
Posted by at

Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts - CSMonitor.com

Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts - CSMonitor.com

Leaning Tower of Pisa taken by students amid European backlash to education cuts

Leaning Tower of Pisa was the target of student protests Thursday in Rome. Earlier this week, students in London clashed with police in demonstrations over fee increases.

University students sit near the Leaning Tower of Pisa after hanging a banner with writing reading in Italian "No to the Gelmini (Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini) reform" Thursday. some 2,000 Italian university students occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa to protest education cuts and reforms before parliament.

Paolo Lazzeroni/AP

Enlarge

Rome

Italian students stormed the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Rome's Colosseum and blocked roads and railways Thursday in protest against university reform planned by Silvio Berlusconi's struggling government.

Skip to next paragraph

Related Stories

The measures, currently before parliament, include spending cuts and time limits on research
.

Posted by at

Reaction to Cathleen Black, Discontent With Mayor at Heart of School Uproar - NYTimes.com

Reaction to Cathleen Black, School Chief Candidate - NYTimes.com

Discontent With Mayor at Heart of School Uproar

By ELISSA GOOTMAN
Published: November 25, 2010

Like many other parents, Lisa B. Donlan was cautiously optimistic back in 2002 when Joel I. Klein, a former federal prosecutor andBertelsmann executive, was appointed chancellor of New York City’s public schools. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had just won control of the schools from Albany, and while Ms. Donlan was happy with her own children’s school, she knew that parts of the system were badly broken.

Enlarge This Image
Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Mayor Bloomberg chooses Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools.

Enlarge This Image
Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Cathleen Black’s background and persona may play into criticisms that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is elitist and autocratic.

“Back then, people were hopeful, people were open-minded,” Ms. Donlan recalled this week.

But when Mr. Bloomberg announced this month that his next pick for chancellor was Cathleen P. Black, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, Ms. Donlan was outraged.

She not only signed a petition asking the state education commissioner, David M. Steiner, to deny Ms. Black the waiver required for chancellor candidates who lack the necessary education credentials, but also joined other

Posted by at

New British Study “Parents’ Effort Key to Child’s Educational Performance” | Engaging Parents In School...

New British Study “Parents’ Effort Key to Child’s Educational Performance” | Engaging Parents In School...
New British Study “Parents’ Effort Key to Child’s Educational Performance” Here’s an excerpt from a report on a new British study titled “Parents’ Effort Key to Child’s Educational Performance.” *A new study by researchers at the University of Leicester and University of Leeds has concluded that parents’ efforts towards ...
Update On Newark’s Use Of Facebook Money I’ve previously raised concerns about how the $100 million donation by Facebook’s founder to Newark schools is being used, specifically it’s misguided parent and community outreach efforts. I’m not alone in raising those questions. PENewark outreach ...
“English classes help Spanish-speaking parents get involved in their kids’ education” The Chicago Tribune published an article yesterday headlined “English classes help Spanish-speaking parents get involved in their kids’ education.” It doesn’t have any great insights, but it’s just another example of one way schools can connect with ...
“A Sit-In Success Story” I’ve previously written about the successful sit-in organized by Chicago parents demanding a school library. YES Magazine has just recently published a nice review and description of what happened. Check-out “A Sit-In Success Story.”
Posted by at

Love Teachers? Love Students? How To Put Classrooms On Your Holiday List | Education | Change.org

Love Teachers? Love Students? How To Put Classrooms On Your Holiday List | Education | Change.org

Love Teachers? Love Students? How To Put Classrooms On Your Holiday List

by Carol ScottNovember 26, 2010 05:30 AM (PT)Topics: School Funding

By the time you've read this, zillions of shoppers have already been plowing through the aisles of their local Target, Walmart or Macy's, searching for unbelievable deals. That's right, it's Black Friday, when retailers pray for an influx of cash (and an absence of lawsuits), and gift-buyers show off their shopping stamina.

In the rush to cross off your list of gifts for your parents, siblings and in-laws, consider giving a gift this holiday season to teachers and classrooms. Every year, teachers reach down into their pockets and pay as much as $1,500 a year on classroom supplies -- sometimes for materials as vital as paper and pencils. Luckily, there are some ways to help. You'll get the benefits of helping out a hardworking teacher, making school a little brighter for students and the satisfaction of knowing you've made a tangible difference.

Here are some great ways to give back to education:

Harvard University: Where LGBT Students Lack Significant Resources

by Brandon Miller

Many gay university students would do almost anything to go a school with a gay resource center. But simply having a space on campus isn't enough, if the resources to truly serve LGBT students are lacking.

That's why a group of LGBT students at Harvard University are organizing. Harvard University, as it turns out, is the only Ivy League school without a university-funded resource center and staff person. And though the school

Immigrant Students Starve for Their DREAMs on Thanksgiving

by Prerna Lal

As you recover from your Thanksgiving meal, remember that dozens of undocumented students are literally and metaphorically starving for their DREAM to obtain a pathway to citizenship.

It's Day 17 of the hunger strike conducted by undocumented students in Texas, who are hoping to get Senator Kay Bailey-Hutchison (R-Texas) to support the DREAM Act. Thus far, the Senator from Texas has refused to support the measure. “We’re giving up our health and body for the DREAM Act,” says Him Ranjit, a 19-year-old sophomore studying biomedical engineering and government at the University of Texas at Austin, who was brought here at the age of 10 from Nepal.

Since its modern formation, this country has mostly resisted immigrants, only to realize their contributions over

Posted by at

Student protests: Met chief warns of new era of unrest | Education | The Guardian #demo2010

Student protests: Met chief warns of new era of unrest | Education | The Guardian

Student protests: Met chief warns of new era of unrest

Sir Paul Stephenson says 'game has changed' as tuition fees campaign gathers momentum


Police hold protesters back during a demonstration against tuition fee rises and funding cuts
Police hold protesters back during a mass demonstration in London against tuition fee rises and funding cuts. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Britain's most senior police officer warned today of a new era of civil unrest as the national campaign against university fee increases and education cuts gathered momentum.

Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the two large-scale student demonstrations of the past fortnight had been marred by a previously unseen level of violence, adding: "The game has changed."

His comments were seized on by critics, who said the hard-line rhetoric risked escalating tensions with students organising the nationwide grassroots campaign against education cuts.

Meanwhile, protesters today occupied 16 university campus buildings around the country. Six of the occupations – in Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Plymouth, Edinburgh and London – were expected to continue

Posted by at

This Week In Education: AM News: RTTT States Retaining Districts (Mostly)

This Week In Education: AM News: RTTT States Retaining Districts (Mostly)

AM News: RTTT States Retaining Districts (Mostly)

by Alexander Russo

News2

Unique Bilingual Education Program Spreading Across New Jersey Hechinger Report: In the Garden State, Long Branch joins Elizabeth, Perth Amboy and Plainfield as one of the fewer than 400 dual-language programs nationwide, according to the Center for Applied Linguistics, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit... Va. Attorney General: Teachers Can Take Phones, Read Texts If Students Break Rules WTOP: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says in an advisory opinion if a teacher has reasonable suspicion that a student is breaking state law or school rules with his cellphone, the teacher can confiscate it and look at stored messages... States Submit Race to Top Plans, and Work to Keep Districts on Board EdWeek: When Florida turned in its plan this week, 62 of the original 65 districts are still on board, Tom Butler, a spokesman for the the state's department of education, said in an e-mail. In Ohio, 50 of the initial 538 participating districts and schools have dropped out.

Posted by at
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)