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posted by: Larisa
| July 23, 2012, 07:42 am
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There are many benefits to having students in a “one-to-one” classroom, where each student has access whenever needed to an Internet-connected device. One-to-one classrooms can differ both with regard to the tools they use and the manner in which those tools are employed. Some 1:1 classrooms, for example, have a class set of iPads at their disposal; others use laptops, netbooks, or tablet computers. In every case, however, the key to a 1:1 classroom is that the tech devices being used are not shared with other classrooms (as is the case with a computer lab or a laptop cart that rotates from classroom to classroom) – instead, the teacher and students know that they will be able to access the devices whenever needed.
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posted by: Alix
| July 19, 2012, 12:45 pm
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Following a renewed commitment to education and teacher quality policy that began earlier this year, the Obama administration this week unveiled plans to create an elite corps of master teachers with the stated goal of ushering in a new era of respect and retention for the profession. The program is projected to cost $1 billion and is designed to recruit and retain teachers with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) experience.
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posted by: Larisa
| July 18, 2012, 08:54 am
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Teaching is about trial and error. As a teacher, you know that students learn differently and that a lesson plan that works for one student might not work for another. Through the years, you refine your technique by testing out various teaching strategies to discover what is and is not effective. Unfortunately, with trial and error comes the danger of BIG error, and, if that’s the case, we know the terror of big error – you might get fired, sued, or both.
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posted by: Alix
| July 17, 2012, 04:15 pm
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Chicago has been an education reform hotspot ever since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took the reins in January 2011. Everything from length of school day to teacher pay have been hot topics over the last few years; however, this week the issues hit a boiling point as teacher union leaders are expected to reject an arbitrator's recommendation of a 15-20% salary hike in favor of a proposed strike just as the new school year is slated to begin.
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posted by: Alix
| July 16, 2012, 02:21 pm
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In a difficult financial climate where states and school districts are struggling to buy supplies and fund educational programs, it might come as a shock to hard-working teachers to find out that union leaders are raking in astronomical salaries on par with that of the average corporate CEO. According to several reports, NEA and AFT leaders–both nationally and statewide–are pulling in nearly half a million dollars apiece each year.
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