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Merit Pay Chronicles: A Teacher Speaks!

                   
educationwonk.blogspot.com
Apr 18, 2008
        
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Maria Neira is a former classroom teacher who runs a teachers union in New York State. Consider reading what she has to say on the subject of teacher pay based on test scores: Fully understanding last week's battle in Albany over whether student test scores should be used to determine which... [read full story]                    

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Teacher of the Year finalists speak - Part 1 of 5

myrtlebeachonline.com
Apr 21, 2008
        

Teacher of the Year finalists from Brunswick County's southeastern schools were asked by The Sun News to fill out a questionnaire about their role models, what they enjoy about teaching and what the nomination means to them.This is the first installment of five sets of profiles that will run this...

                   
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Officials sanction 'harsh discipline' on students

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Apr 21, 2008
        

On the heels of EU officials' voicing concerns about children's rights in Turkey, an Education Ministry investigation concluded this week that using corporal punishment on students has an ... educational purpose in the case of an Istanbul school principal seen spanking...

                   

Area school districts are facing a teacher shortage

semissourian.com
Apr 21, 2008
        

Kelly High School in Benton, Mo., has been advertising for a high school math teacher for months. Despite ads being placed in the newspaper, on college Web sites and through the job search engine SuccessLink, they have seen few takers. ... Laura Ernst helps students in...

                   

Teacher of the Year finalists speak up on role models, joy of teaching

myrtlebeachonline.com
Apr 21, 2008
        

Teacher of the Year finalists from Brunswick County's southeastern schools were asked by The Sun News to fill out a questionnaire about their role models, what they enjoy about teaching and what the nomination means to them.This is the first installment of five sets of profiles that will run this...

                   

Can't Touch This: Teacher's Bible was personal possession, not for preaching

ohiou.edu
Apr 21, 2008
        

Post columnist Jesse Hathaway explores the civil liberties of religion in schools. ... Up in Knox County, Ohio, a battle is brewing. In the somewhat sleepy town of Mount Vernon — located 44 miles north of Columbus — science teacher John Freshwater was ordered to take down...

Turner: special needs funding inadequate

scoop.co.nz
Apr 21, 2008
        

UnitedFuture deputy leader Judy Turner says locking special needs pupils in school toilets until they calm down is just not on. ... She says current support funding for children with special needs in New Zealand schools is completely inadequate. "School Boards of...

                   

Bill Aimed At Stopping Teacher Assaults Approved

cbs4denver.com
Apr 21, 2008
        

With no debate and no dissent, the Colorado House gave initial approval Friday to a bill that would require teachers convicted of child abuse or unlawful sexual behavior to agree never to teach again anywhere in this country. ... One lawmaker read a long list of...

In Maha, no-tuition rule for pvt schoolteachers soon

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Apr 20, 2008
        

The existing Maharashtra Employees in Private Schools rules permit teachers to coach up to five students or give private tuitions for two hours a day. ... 21 Apr 2008, 0222 hrs IST,Hemali Chhapia,TNN MUMBAI: The revised Maharashtra Employees in Private Schools rules,...

                   
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Classroom Observations

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Apr 20, 2008
        

Classroom observations are stressful for all teachers, but with some helpful tips you too can survive them. You just need a little common sense. ... are stressful for all teachers, but with some helpful tips you too can survive them. Whether it's a pre-planned or a...

Ohio Students Bring Bibles to Class to Support Teacher

iwasyouragetwice.com
Apr 20, 2008
        

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — A school superintendent says some students at the district's middle school brought Bibles to classes to show support for a teacher who refuses to remove his Bible from the view of students. Mount Vernon Superintendent Stephen Short says Friday's action hasn't caused any major...

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