http://neatoday.org stories: A piece on yesterday’s anti-bullying announcement out of the Department of Education and the White House, with links to full Dennis Van Roekel statement as well as related content from nea.org, NEA HIN and partner organizations. http://neatoday.org/2010/10/26/education-department-issues-stern-reminder-on-bullying/ An update on the New York City value-added data release. http://neatoday.org/2010/10/26/release-of-new-york-teacher-data-put-off/ A piece on the Target/Parenting [...]
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Oklahomans To Vote On State Ballot Measure Boosting K-12 Education Funding. The Oklahoman (10/25, Rolland) reports, “If approved on Nov. 2, State Question 744 would mean a minimum of $830 million more in funding for the prekindergarten through 12th grade education system in Oklahoma.” The paper features a “breakdown of the facts” surrounding the ballot [...]
This issue was a big topic that all the committees looked at during last weekend’s State Council meeting. Teacher Accountability Issue Analyzed. Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, wrote in a blog for the Washington Post (10/24), “Teacher evaluation is emerging as the central flash point [...]
The NRCCTE visited Los Angeles Trade-Tech College (LATTC) to learn more about its groundbreaking green workforce education programs, commitment to serving the needs of the local community, and partnerships with business and industry. During the visit, we filmed a two-part video in which we spoke to administrators, faculty, and students about LATTC’s programs in construction [...]
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from NEA’s “The Opening Bell” Education Week (10/15) reported that “countries with the best-performing school systems largely recruit teachers from the top third of high school and college graduates, while the United States has difficulty attracting its top students to the profession,” according to a new report by the management-consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The [...]
I have started posting the minutes of the Technology Committee on their own page. Jan has sent them out through district e-mail, but if you want to see an older one or have deleted that e-mail, they are archived here. http://chaffeyteachers.org/wordpress/documents/executive-board-and-representative-council-minutes-and-agendas/technology-committee/