| Kenya: Policy Shot in the Arm for Early Childhood Education
With the launch of the much - awaited Early Childhood Development Education policy by Vice-President Moody Awori, there is now a ray of hope in this part of the education sector, which has been neglected for too long. The policy framework has explicitly defined the role of parents, communities, various government ministries and departments and development partners in provision of ECD services. .
Bits and Pieces Bait and Switch Some People Never Learn Tipped Off ...
Passage of the state lottery bill in 2005 took more than shady dealings by former House Speaker Jim Black. It also took some traditional political horse-trading in the General Assembly. Black collected votes by spreading out the lottery proceeds to several education programs. During his many years as a district attorney and attorney general, Gov. Mike Easley no doubt prosecuted someone for "bait and switch." Now he's trying to pull the trick himself. He's proposing to take prize money away from college scholarships and new school construction and put it, instead, into his early childhood education program. As for legislators who might feel that they got swindled by voting for the lottery so there'd be more scholarship money for the poor, well, they just have to figure they got bluffed out of their vote.
Federal Regulations Take Their Toll on Hawaii Teachers
"Hawai'i's public school teachers are putting in an average of 15.5 hours of work per day, much of it on tasks demanded by federal mandates, according to a first-of-its-kind study," according to the Honolulu Advertiser. Follow this link to the source article: "Teachers' workday averages 15.5 hours" .
Misir Mardanov: Graduates may apply for master’s degree
“Bachelors at the age of military draft may apply for the master's degree this year. They may continue their education after 1-year military service", said Azerbaijani education minister Misir Mardanov, APA reports.
The minister noted that Azerbaijani Education Ministry does not recognize diplomas of Russian University branches illegally functioning in the country. “Most of these branches have been closed. The others are on trial. The procedure will be over soon", he said. As for students of these branches, Mardanov stated that only some of them will be transferred to other private universities. “We will transfer those students who were legally admitted to the universities", he underscored. /APA/ 17 hits
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Students not products on an assembly line
I am a teacher here in Broward County. I have been teaching for 13 years and I have never even remotely considered leaving the field of education. I work with a wide range of students, teaching all of them equally how to read and write at a higher level. I am hard-working, respectful of my administrators, dedicated to my students and I am special.
I am special for a number of reasons, none of which will be determined by the Florida Department of Education, the FCAT, or my students' scores. Because, in all honesty, none of that really matters to me.
On a daily basis, I enrich the lives of 120 students regardless of what they look like, where they come from, how much money they have, or how high or low their academic skills are. I make them smile and laugh, I make them want to come to school and be successful in spite of the immense pressure placed on them by state mandates and the over-testing by the district.
Driver education is popular, but unproven
After nearly 40 years of teaching driver education, Allan Lazarus knew what was coming when he asked a group of teens why they were taking his course at Eastchester High School. "How many of you, by a show of hands, are taking this class so you can have your senior license by 17?" Lazarus asked as he spoke to about 80 students and parents in February. Nearly every hand went up. "Surprise, surprise," he said. "That's the number one reason kids take drivers ed." Whatever happened to taking driver education because it could make you a safer driver? It turns out driver education has not fared well in studies of whether the courses help prevent accidents. Yet its popularity appears to be rising in the United States.
Local business education group awarded funding
Junior Achevement of Southwest Michigan, the local branch of the national business education organization, received a $4,000 grant from the Battle Creek Community Foundation last week. The branchs president, Brad Kaufmann, said the funds will be used to support two after-school programs: JA Dollars and Sense for grades 3-5 and JA Its My Business for grades 6-8. .
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