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...teasing and nicknames were an "essential part of life" and should not automatically be confused with bullying.
Playground nicknames good for children
Daily Telegraph
Playground nicknames such as "four-eyes", "carrot-top", "pizza-face" and "stinky" can be good for children, according to an academic. Dr Erin Heerey, a psychologist at Bangor University, North Wales, also said "play fighting" gives pupils the chance to tell the difference between real and pretend violence.
Graduates turn their backs on careers in the City
The Independent
Students opt for 'safe' careers in teaching as they shun financial recruitment drives. The global economic crisis has led hundreds of elite graduates to eschew careers in finance in favour of lower-paid but "safer" jobs such as maths teaching, it emerged yesterday.
Politically correct parents ditch 'offensive' traditional fairy tales
Daily Mail (UK)
Politically correct parents are scrapping traditional fairy tales at bedtime - because they're too offensive and too scary. One in four mothers has abandoned the likes of Cinderella and Rapunzel in favour of The Gruffalo or The Very Hungry Caterpillar, written in 1969 by Eric Carle.
Tough time for parents
KUWAIT: January is the month where the final installment of tuition fees is paid. However, not all parents are able to settle accounts unfailingly owing to the worldwide inflation levels that have resulted in a school fees hike across all private schools in Kuwait.
Top 10 ways to get into teaching
Daily Telegraph
Teaching is proving an increasingly popular career choice. Tamsin Kelly finds out how to break into the profession. According to the Training and Development Agency for Schools, enquiries about routes into teaching have surged by 34 per cent since the start of the credit crunch, while nine out of 10 teachers are employed six months after completing their training.
The meaning of life in school
The Guardian
Why would parents who are atheists want to send their children to a faith school? Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford's new professor for the public understanding of science, is an avowed atheist, yet he sends his two daughters to a faith school. What is more, the school in question is Jewish - and Du Sautoy is not.
A mirror to their lives?
Tackling domestic abuse in the classroom isn't easy when some pupils may find it a bit close to home
"A lot of young girls say, 'If my boyfriend hit me, I'd be out that door straight away,'" says Sophie Pounde, 15. "But you may not know what you'd do before you're actually in that situation."
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* The youth keep indifferent to vocational schools
* No more primary age criminals
* Ont. university union calls for ban on Israeli professors
* Ros Asquith on the sorry state of modern education standards
* The new award for young global education campaigners delivers its first winners
* College voices: Steven Kendall turned his construction skills into a teaching job
* Why aren't care farms better funded?
* Tough time for parents
* Graduates turn their backs on careers in the City
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* CHEA Stresses Importance of Strengthening Public Confidence in Self-Regulation
* UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO ESTABLISH NORTH TEXAS REGION’S FIRST SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
* THREE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RECEIVE FOUNDATION’S 2008 CALIFORNIA PEACE PRIZE
* Ad Council, Sony Creative Software and Discovery Education Launch Inspiring Invention PSA Contest
* Locke High School, one of L.A. Unified's most notorious inner city high schools
* Kirst says connections between schools and colleges fail to prepare many students for college
* 2009 Biennial Autism Congress "Autism Through the Lifespan"
* Improving achievement with performance management solutions: the TIES experience
* Award from Technology & Learning Magazine Honors Best Education Products
* Rice-African partnership is open-education blockbuster
* Launch of a project on History Education in Multicultural Georgia
* LEADING PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES COMMIT TO BOOSTING QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHERS
* ICEF PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVES $2.1 MILLION TO SUPPORT EFFORT TO PRODUCE 2,000 COLLEGE GRADS FROM SOUTH L.A.
* Lebanese American University Launches Historic Fundraising Campaign
* High school students in New England and Mid-Atlantic states to compete for $80,000
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California Educators concerned about proposed January budget
San Bernardino County Sun
The proposal to reduce the school year by five days included in Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed January budget is cause for concern for many California educators
L.A. teachers on chopping block
Vouchers can revive budget, but make private schools pass test
Orlando Sentinel
The solution to Florida's budget crisis is in state report No. 08-68. Prepared by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Governmental Accountability, it says we save $1.50 in education costs for every $1 we spend on school vouchers.
Last year we saved almost $39 million.
Home schooling grows
USA Today
By Janice Lloyd
The ranks of America's home-schooled children have continued a steady climb over the past five years, and new research suggests broader reasons for the appeal.
Charter schools grade highest
Boston Globe
A new study indicates that Boston charter schools significantly outperform the city's traditional schools, but raises new questions about the city's experimental pilot schools, which in many cases posted "ambiguous" or "disconcerting" results.
...she has continued to advocate for what is best for children, not what is best for Newsom’s cronies?
Brodkin Has Earned Newsom's Support
Beyond Chron.org
by Dana Woldow
What is Gavin Newsom thinking? That’s the question children’s advocates are asking themselves as rumors of the removal of Margaret Brodkin as Director of the Department of Children, Youth and their Families swirl around San Francisco like litter around Civic Center Plaza on a windy day.
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* Houston ISD's plan to limit transportation was met with heavy criticism
* D.C. Council Pushes for School Progress Study
* Fayette schools to teachers: Please donate your raises
* Teen 'sexting' risky behavior
* H-E-B schools should give fewer benchmark tests, a state review says
* HISD extra-pay plan short on support as rules puzzle teachers
* Auto dealer on Board of Regents didn't report $869,000 in sales to state
* Florida Officials 'uneasy' about session's impact on public schools
* The ABCs of Kindergarten season
* Public invited to speak at Galveston ISD meeting
* Website Helps Hartford Parents Choose Schools
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Higher Education
* Tufts to break with Blue Cross
* Morris Brown College may lose building
* Alabama's two-year colleges are asking for identification to curb admission to illegal immigrants
* College degree is no job guarantee these days
* Sansom Quits State School Job
* Colburn Conservatory of Music prepares the orchestras of tomorrow
* New California law protects school journalism advisors
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The average I.Q. was 85 for "in school suspension".
An Interview with Ross Greene: Lost At Schools
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
Dr. Greene you have just finished a book entitled " Lost At School ". What led you to write about these kids? The very same factors that drove me to write my first book, The Explosive Child, which was published in 1998. Back then, I found that the guidance commonly provided to parents who had kids with behavioral challenges wasn’t helping a lot of them
Dee Alpert's SPED Talk: OUR ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN - DON'T LET SPECIAL ED. FUNDS BE WASTED
Dee Alpert Columnist EducationNews.org
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
We’ve read that you’re looking to increase special ed. (IDEA) funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.2 We love it! But, with a respectful nod to Dwight Eisenhower, we pen this cautionary note: Beware the Public Speducation-School of Education-State Dept. of Education Complex - Puhleez!
Dee Albert's SPED Talk: OUR ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN - DON'T LET SPECIAL ED. FUNDS BE WASTED
Dee Alpert Columnist EducationNews.org
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
We’ve read that you’re looking to increase special ed. (IDEA) funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.2 We love it! But, with a respectful nod to Dwight Eisenhower, we pen this cautionary note: Beware the Public Speducation-School of Educa-tion-State Dept. of Education Complex - Puhleez!
College of DuPage Wages War With Professors, This Columnist
David McGrath
Columnist EducationNews.org
While we read how Illinois Governor Blagojevich allegedly tried to stop negative stories about him in the Chicago Tribune, the college where I taught for 15 years wants to stop me from writing this column.
Calling All College Financial Aid Counselors: You Can Counsel Students and Parents on Private Student Loans
Carol A. Jensen, Ph.D.
EducationNews.org
After Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2007 investigation of the private student loan industry shattered the confidence of college financial aid counselors, college administrators will be relieved to know that the new federal student loan requirements do not pertain to private student loans. The U.S. Department of Education has no jurisdiction over private student loans.
An Interview with David Hessl: About I.Q. Testing and Fragile X
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
You seem to have some concerns about traditional I.Q. testing. What are your main concerns? My concern about IQ testing in the context of this study is that the cognitive abilities of children with intellectual disability (previously called "mental retardation") are not measured adequately by many common IQ tests. This is especially true for children with more than mild impairment (moderate to severe).
Strategies for Education and Training of Undereducated Adults in Hard Economic Times
Tom Sticht
Columnist EducationNews.org
During these hard economic times there is clearly an urgent need for undereducated adults to receive solid basic skills education in the context of training for well paying jobs and areas of entrepreneurship. Of particular concern is the need for education and training of many poorly skilled women who are single and managing families on their own.
An Interview with Richard Kahlenberg: About the New Secretary of Education
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
Rick, you and Rick Hess yesterday did a live chat about the new secretary of Education. How did it go? There was a lot of community interest in the topic and some excellent questions. It's always nice to share a dialogue with Rick Hess. Although we often don't agree on policy issues, he reads everything and knows a great deal.
An Interview with Rosemary Ellis: About AVID and the Dell Foundation
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
I understand that the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has just awarded more than 2 million dollars to AVID for certain schools in Texas. How did this come about?
In 2004, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation provided funding to deepen AVID’s presence in Texas and to support the creation of the AVID Central Division.
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An Interview with JoAnn Collins: About Behavior and FBA’S!
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
JoAnn first of all, it has been some time since the release of your first book. Yes my book is entitled: Disability Deception; Lies Disability Educators Tell and How Parents Can Beat Them at Their Own Game! It came out in September 2007 and has continued to sell well.
An Interview with Rishawn Biddle: California Data
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
I understand that you have contributed a major chapter to a new book. What issues did you address? The chapter, Political Roadblocks to Quality Data: The case of California, discusses how the political and bureaucratic complications states face in developing the kind of comprehensive, longitudinal data systems that all players in education need for intelligent decision-making.
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