| Luna's budget for next year boosts teacher pay |
Public schools chief Tom Luna detailed Thursday a proposed budget for next year that increases teacher base pay by $14.8 million, restoring the last of funding that was being shifted from salaries to help pay for his education overhaul.
|
| Romney's radical vision for education |
His voucher plan could transform the way we organize and fund public schools.As schools around the country open their doors for the fall term, here's a quick end-of-summer quiz: Which major presidential candidate has offered the most radical proposal to change public education?
|
| At War Blog: Making the G.I. Bill Work for Veterans |
The Post 9/11 G.I. Bill has helped tens of thousands of veterans attend college, but the potentially lucrative source of guaranteed student tuition needs to be safeguarded from less the scrupulous actors in the higher education market.
|
| London's Metropolitan University: is higher-ed door too easy to open? |
With an intake drawn from more than 150 countries at last count, London's Metropolitan University has long been a magnet for overseas students attracted not only by the world-class reputation of Britain's higher-education system but the prospect of going to school in one of the world's most multicultural cities.
|
| Pressuring Children To Eat Increases Risk Of Obesity |
New research in the September issue of Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, suggests that children's risk of obesity may become reduced if parents join an education program that shows them how to take the pressure off their kids to eat...
|
| Which Is Worse? Hungry Kids or Fat Kids? |
The latest conflict over New York City school cafeterias has the city dishing out fewer calories than federal nutrition guidelines recommend, leading critics to argue that the city is more worried about fat kids than starving ones. "Our mentality is to feed food to children, not nutrients to astronauts," the New York Department of education's Eric S. Goldstein told Baker. ...
|
| World's most beautiful universities |
 University designs are deeply tied to a nation's history and identity. They can also be seen as architectural monuments to a country's relationship with learning and education.
|
| Plan for ‘National Education’ Stirs Protests in Hong Kong |
Controversy erupted over the introduction of high school courses in modern Chinese history that opponents say amount to pro-Beijing indoctrination.
|
| Appealing Apps for Educators: The Back to School Edition |
According to Apple, in January of this year, at least 1.5 million iPads were adopted by educational institutions and an astounding 20,000+ education-related apps were found in the App Store. Those numbers continue to explode, and more recently, the company announced that 1 million more iPads were purchased by the education market in the third quarter alone in 2012.
|
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder