"Glee" is fine and all but you really should be watching "Community" (or "The Big C") if you're into education-themed TV shows. It's witty and absurd and stretches the sitcom genre as much or more than Buffy or The Simpsons -- plus it's about community colleges.
September 23, 2010 by Cynthia McCabe
Filed under Featured News, Health, NEA, Top Stories
Sneezes and sniffles are starting to infiltrate classrooms and flu season is on its way. But schools and health organizations, armed with lessons learned from 2009’s pandemic flu outbreak, are preparing early.
This year, H1N1 poses less of a threat, and schools are better equipped to hold vaccination clinics and continue “sickness etiquette” education with students.
One major change from 2009 to this year is that the seasonal flu vaccine now protects against both seasonal flu and H1N1.
“H1N1 is still an issue, it’s still around but not at pandemic levels anymore,” said Edeanna Chebbi, Program Coordinator for Disease Prevention and Management at NEA’s Health Information Network (HIN).
She stressed the importance of vaccination, and the Center for Disease Control recommends everyone ages six months and older receive either the injected or nasal spray vaccine before flu season’s peak in January and February. Children under five are most vulnerable, and flu spreads rapidly in schools, with the close proximity of students and their tendency to have trouble controlling their germ-spraying sneezes.
Many schools are continuing the practices they initiated while weathering last year’s H1N1 storm, including offering school-located vaccination clinics. Health organizations are encouraging the extended use
Zuckerberg's donation is huge and generous, but due to the timing, the gift will inevitably
by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 23, 2010 at 10:56 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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In response to Monday's post on the Nashville merit pay study, Gates Foundation research honcho and Harvard professor Tom Kane sent me a really thoughtful, incisive take on the study's limitations. Tom, a good friend and one of the smartest folks in the business, is currently heading up the massive Gates research effort into teacher performance, evaluation, and pay.
Tom and I sometimes agree and sometimes have spirited disagreements on these issues, but on this one we're reading from a shared hymnal. In fact, I thought his take so razor-sharp and succinct that I asked if I
DAVIS, CA - When Playboy magazine hits newsstands Wednesday, University of California, Davis Professor Charles Bamforth will appear in a spread on the top 20 U.S. college instructors.
"I'm very flattered and very honored," Bamforth said. "At first I was a little bit nervous wondering what would be on the next page, but I'm fully clothed so it's okay."
The 58-year-old native of Great Britain is king over anything that has to do with beer at UC Davis. Since 1999 he has taught the art of brewing and malting and believes he was tapped for Playboy because he educates students responsibly.
For 20 years before landing at Davis, Bamforth did research for a brewing foundation in England and Bass Brewery, a British company dating back to the 18th century.
Now he conducts major research on how to improve brewing at UC Davis. He points to dozens of bottle beers in his lab and explained, "What you're looking at here is an experiment to test an ingredient which might improve the foam on the head of different beers."
Bamforth said the best way to pour a beer is in the middle of a glass, not down the side as many bartenders do. "You actually want a pristine clean glass with a slight scratch in the bottom," he sai
"Focus 46" schools have a disproportionate number of violent incidents, and the District plans to focus on those schools to improve school climate.
See also: Focus 46: New District safe school campaign The Notebook blog
Task force offers host of recommendations to improve relations at S. Phila. High Daily News
Security chief to run schools like a police department Daily News
From inside and out, a push for better fiscal oversight The Notebook blog
The SRC and District say they are incresaing oversight, but yesterday's SRC meeting still had plenty of contract ratification votes for work that was already underway or completed.
See also: At the SRC: Business as usual The Notebook blog
Asian student from Bok was chased, attacked in May, records show The Inquirer
Bok principal Larry Melton said the earlier attack was not reported to the school and that he's "remaining open to the whole situation."
See also: Were South Philly high school attacks racially motivated? WHYY
The Alliance for Educational Justice: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline Philly Education Justice
PSU members and activists from across the country went to D.C.to speak out against the school-to-prison pipeline.
Poetry vs. Violence at South Philly High PhillyNow blog
Across the country, school districts experiment with superintendent merit pay MinnPost.com
Reflections: Then and Now: Parents are our partners after all. Philly School Stories
Philly to be home of next Urban Youth Academy MLB.com
Federal Grants Helping PennSERVE to Create More than 2,200 Community Service Opportunities TMC News
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A new District school safety campaign, announced at Wednesday's School Reform Commission, involves a wide-ranging set of initiatives that include everything from improved attendance-taking to diversifying the curriculum. The campaign homes in on 46 schools that account for about half of all violent incidents in the School District and nearly three-fourths of all expulsions.
Kendrick will stand up for everyday Floridians against the corporate special interests.
A champion for the middle class, Kendrick is the only candidate who wants to eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
Students in Texas may be getting a glorified view of Islam, according to some state education leaders who are pushing for a resolution that would denounce social studies textbooks as biased against Christianity.
Though the president of conservative-leaning Texas State Board of Educationsupports the measure as promotingreligious equality in schools, faith leaders and activists have condemned the
“I’ve earned my way to the top,” says Rita Romero, a former jewelry designer who was certified as a utility lineman by Los Angeles Trade Technical College, which offered an all-female class. Linemen — and linewomen — start at $30
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