News
International Education News Round-up
(July 20-26, 2009)
Obama unveils $4-B education plan
(Inquirer.net 07/25/2009 AFP)
U.S. President Barack Obama unveils a new scheme that divides $4
billion in grants between states to encourage them to improve education
standards in the country.
Bill Gates: Better data mean better schools
(Associated Press 07/21/2009)
The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by
rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal
measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates said.
NASA space camp gives teachers ideas for the classroom
(Las Vegas Sun 07/20/2009 Emily Richmond)
Educators attend hands-on astronaut academy to incorporate classroom activities into daily math and science instruction.
New 'science of learning' could reinvent teaching techniques
(USA Today 07/21/2009 Dan Vergano)
Teachers should create a new field that combines everything from how
brains grow to how classrooms work into a new kind of learning
research, scientists advise.
School's CCTV 'Big Brother-ish'
(BBC News 07/21/2009)
Schools in England install CCTV cameras in classrooms to avoid disputes between teachers and pupils.
Teachers in England 'poorly trained'
(Telegraph 07/22/2009 Graeme Paton)
Teachers in England are among the least-qualified in the developed world, according to research.
Teachers 'are scared of numeracy'
(BBC News 07/22/2009)
Primary school teachers in England are often scared of basic numeracy
and should be required to study English and maths at A-level, a report
suggests.
California's education system takes another hit
(Contra Costa Times 07/22/2009)
California school districts and colleges are bracing for more layoffs,
unpaid vacation days and a shortened academic year as a result of the
state’s tentative budget deal.
Arrested Harvard professor cries racism
(Inquirer.net 07/21/2009 AFP)
An acclaimed black U.S. scholar accused a police officer in Cambridge,
Massachusetts of racism for investigating reports of a break-in as he
entered his own house, after which he was arrested, police records show.
(Published 27 July 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
