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- California Educator Is Charged With Molesting 8 Children
David Braff was first accused of misconduct years ago but has since held a series of school jobs. The authorities are investigating the possibility of additional victims. ... read more4 hours ago - Stressed out UBC grad students ease frustrations with ‘smash therapy’
Students had the chance to process the stress of exams, classes and their personal lives by shattering unsalvageable glass laboratory equipment. ... read more1 day ago - Will AI Transform Teaching and Learning?
Recently, I was invited to be part of a five member panel at Google to discuss the impact that AI will have on teaching and learning in schools. My fellow panelists were drawn from the technology sector. As a historian of schooling and veteran high school teacher, I was expected to offer a brief perspective about previous technological innovations that had entered classrooms. Here is what I said to the 200 participants: Over the past century, every technology introduced to improve teaching and learning has been hyped as “revolutionary” and ”transformational.” Consider this list: *Radios in classrooms *16mm movies *Overhead Projectors *Instructional television *video-casettes *1:1 laptops *Interactive Whiteboards That over-promising vocabulary of previous classroom technologies triggering sweeping changes in teaching and learning continues in 2024. In speaking of AI recently, the Dean of the Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, said: “[This Technology] is a game-changer for education – it offers the prospect of universal access to high-quality learning experiences, and it creates fundamentally new ways of teaching.” Yet there is little evidence that classroom use of these previous technologies forced educators to rethink, much less reshape, their teaching. Nor have I found convincing evidence that these technologies altered ... read more1 day ago - Bible-Based Lessons for Public Schools Get Final Approval in TexasThe state’s board of education narrowly voted to allow schools to start using the reading and language arts curriculum next fall if they choose. ... read more1 day ago
- ‘Still want more’: Teens weigh in on screen time impact at Quebec commission
After consulting with health experts, parents and kids, the commission hopes to provide educators with better tools to help young people navigate social media. ... read more1 day ago - Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Has a Short Résumé Related to SchoolsLinda McMahon is known for her many years in the wrestling world. Though her education experience is more limited than previous secretaries, she has embraced both conservative and bipartisan ideas. ... read more2 days ago
- Nearly 1M Ontario kids will get access to school meals under federal program: sources
The officials say Ottawa will be chipping in $108.5 million over the next three years to Ontario’s existing Student Nutrition Program and First Nations Student Nutrition Program. ... read more2 days ago - Quebec school system failing Indigenous students, auditor general says
The province must do more to build trust between schools and Indigenous communities, auditor general Guylaine Leclerc said while discussing her report. ... read more2 days ago - Pathways to success: new research shows “quality” as main driver of student choice for pathways
Phu’s view is something backed up by most international students in NCUK’s first student insights report, Transforming Student Futures, developed in partnership with IDP Education. In a year where we’ve seen some less-than-positive news coverage in the UK for pathways, NCUK were keen to understand from students directly, what their perceptions were about their study journeys to date. That could be a student on a pathway programme with an NCUK study centre – an international school, college or university across 40 countries – or an NCUK pathway student who has now progressed to study with one of 60 NCUK university partners across the top study destinations. Quality and employability The report finds 60% of respondents say the top reason for choosing to study overseas is to benefit from high-ranked institutions and overall education quality, and 58% cited the opportunities for career development, including increased employability and related monetary benefits as contributing factors. Maintaining quality is clearly key for top study destinations moving forward – the government-imposed changes in Australia and Canada are driven by a desire to focus on quality, and changes outlined in the MAC review here in the UK pointed to the same. The perception of ... read more2 days ago - Equipping future leaders: digital skills, coding and robotics for students and teachers
In an increasingly digital world, teaching children how to code is becoming more important than ever. Codiplay is transforming how children and teens engage with this vital skill, making coding approachable, interactive, and – most importantly – enjoyable. A dynamic team of Kazakh and South Korean innovators, Codiplay – a pioneering edtech company based in the UAE – is taking an international approach to online learning, earning accolades from institutions worldwide. The product, which encourages coding skills through an innovative game-based app, helps to teach youngsters new programming features such as Scratch, C# and Python programming languages – essential skills for the future workforce. Without the need for expensive computers or hardware, it’s a good solution for institutions that want to drill these essential skills into their students in a way that makes learning fun. Codiplay’s curriculum covers essential languages like Python, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS, making it relevant to real-world applications. Its customisable lessons progress with the learner’s pace, helping beginners and advanced students alike to remain engaged and challenged. For educators, Codiplay’s monitoring tools help to keep track of students’ progress and identify the areas where they may need more help. The level-based games help students progress ... read more2 days ago - Janresseger: Doomed to Fail: New Report Examines Educational Instability Due to Charter School Closure RateJanresseger: Doomed to Fail: New Report Examines Educational Instability Due to Charter School Closure Rate Public schools promise a place for every child with services that meet each student’s academic needs with each year building upon the one before it. By contrast, charter schools, grounded in marketplace churn which promises to sort out the successful from the less effective charter schools, have come to represent educational instability as schools open and close—sometimes suddenly without warning in the middle of the school year. Children and their families need a stable education, but parents wooed by lavish and sometimes misleading advertising, cannot locate enough accurate information about the quality of the programs, the financial stability, and the operation of the school. Investigating the rate of charter school closures, the Network for Public Education (NPE) has just updated its 2020, Broken Promises Report, documenting what was then an overall 50 percent failure rate among charter schools. At that time, NPE reported that within 15 years, half of all charter schools shut down. These schools either received funding but never opened or shut down due to fraud and mismanagement, financial troubles, or inadequate academics. NPE’s new report, Doomed to Fail, confirms that things have not changed: ... read more2 days ago
- Janresseger: Doomed to Fail: New Report Examines Educational Instability Due to Charter School Closure RateJanresseger: Doomed to Fail: New Report Examines Educational Instability Due to Charter School Closure Rate Public schools promise a place for every child with services that meet each student’s academic needs with each year building upon the one before it. By contrast, charter schools, grounded in marketplace churn which promises to sort out the successful from the less effective charter schools, have come to represent educational instability as schools open and close—sometimes suddenly without warning in the middle of the school year. Children and their families need a stable education, but parents wooed by lavish and sometimes misleading advertising, cannot locate enough accurate information about the quality of the programs, the financial stability, and the operation of the school. Investigating the rate of charter school closures, the Network for Public Education (NPE) has just updated its 2020, Broken Promises Report, documenting what was then an overall 50 percent failure rate among charter schools. At that time, NPE reported that within 15 years, half of all charter schools shut down. These schools either received funding but never opened or shut down due to fraud and mismanagement, financial troubles, or inadequate academics. NPE’s new report, Doomed to Fail, confirms that things have not changed: ... read more2 days ago
- 6 in 10 students seek international education for career opportunitiesOf all respondents, some 60% of international students said they are looking abroad to benefit from quality education at a high-ranking institution. Meanwhile, 58% said they are motivated by career development after they graduate, an insights report published by NCUK and IDP Education revealed. The report, published on November 21, surveyed around 1,000 NCUK students from around the world in a bid to understand their study motivations. It found that motivations varied slightly depending on students’ source country. While Peruvian and Nigerian respondents ranked career development goals as their primary motivation for seeking international education at 75% and 68% respectively, some 74% of Ghanaian respondents said social networking opportunities motivated them most. Andy Howells, chief marketing officer at NCUK, said: “International students… value the quality of education on offer with our university partners, including access to 19 universities in the QS World Top 200, across the top study destinations. “They also have high confidence that our pathway program will not just prepare them for success at university, but also in terms of gaining graduate employment and enabling them to transform their futures.” Meanwhile, with all of the ‘big four’ study destinations introducing or considering policies affecting international students – ... read more2 days ago
- M.I.T. to Offer Free Tuition to Families Earning Less Than $200,000For students whose families earn less than $100,000 per year, the school will also other costs, including housing, dining, fees and an allowance for books and personal expenses. ... read more2 days ago
- Trump’s Education Secretary Pick, Linda McMahon, Named in Sexual Abuse LawsuitLinda McMahon, who ran World Wrestling Entertainment for decades, was accused in the lawsuit of not preventing one of the organization’s employees from victimizing children who helped set up wrestling rings. ... read more2 days ago
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