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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| September 26, 2011, 05:28 pm
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This week marks the second annual interactive summit, Education Nation hosted by NBC news. The weeklong conference is designed to host educators, parents, policymakers, elected officials, business leaders, students and engaged citizens in facilitating a national discussion about the challenges and potential solutions spanning today's education landscape. This year's lineup of education panels kicked off yesterday with a major teacher town hall event, and is set to include sessions on teaching and testing, the brain science behind early-learning and more.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| September 22, 2011, 03:19 pm
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In light of the labor battles brewing across the country, compulsory unionism has become a hot topic among education advocates and teachers nearly nationwide. Gaining national headlines lately is the traditionally union-friendly state of Michigan, and their new "Right to Teach" legislation that seeks to end forced unionism for public school teachers.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| September 21, 2011, 06:39 pm
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We are regularly reminded that our students are 21st century learners. We know that we need to be infusing them with 21st century skills. And don't forget that all of this is because the 21st century job market and 21st century technology demand a different kind of worker, a different kind of thinking. But here is a little food for thought: who is teaching these little digital natives? Obviously, we the teachers have a good hand in that education. So how would you rate yourself as a 21st century educator?
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| September 21, 2011, 06:28 pm
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On the heels of the successful education documentary, The Cartel, filmmaker Bob Bowdon once again breaks ground with his new education reform news service, Choice Media. Launched yesterday, Choice Media is a non-profit news website aimed at covering all facets of American education reform.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| September 19, 2011, 01:03 pm
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One thing on which everyone in the education community can agree is the fact that effective teachers are the key to the overall success of our school system. In light of this consensus, the Department of Education has spent the past several years studying the behavior of new teachers and their career paths, of which the findings were released last week in an ongoing study. In an effort to understand the typical career journey of a new educator, the study tracks 2,000 teachers as they begin their teaching careers and follows their behavior patterns as they continue in both elementary and secondary settings.
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