This paper presents the first analysis of the effect of teacher collective bargaining on long-run labor market and educational attainment outcomes. Our analysis Source: The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining by Michael Lovenheim, Alexander Willen :: SSRN
The Costs of Teacher Collective BargainingBy Rick Hess on October 4, 2016 9:10 AMChicago’s teachers are on the verge of striking—for the third time since 2012. Median teacher pay in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is over $78,000 a year. CPS spends another $27,500 per teacher on benefits. And CPS is offering its teachers an 8.7… Read More »
Just weeks after ITT Tech’s demise, The Department of Education removed recognition from ITT’s accreditor. Source: Department of Education ITT accreditor ACICS – Business Insider
Ask parents of teenagers what they’re worried about, and amon Source: Why helping teens get more sleep could save lives – CNN.com Ask parents of teenagers what they’re worried about, and among the issues they’re likely to bring up is their teens not getting enough sleep. So many teens stay up past midnight and get… Read More »
Judges rule that the state’s job protections for teachers do not deprive poor and minority students of a quality education, or violate their civil rights. Source: California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules – The New York Times LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court ruled on Thursday that the state’s job… Read More »
The sexual act did not occur on school grounds, Sheriff Entrekin said. Means is charged with one count of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years old. The charge is a felony. Source: Etowah County teacher accused of having sex with… Read More »
There was a moment at a recent rally when the nature of the tuition beast was suddenly, and unforgettably, revealed; when “Mandy,” an anonymous NYU junior, took the stage to tell exactly how, and why, she had no choice but to become a prostitute to meet NYU’s soaring price. Source: With No Other Choice, This… Read More »
Feds to stop tipping off colleges on student choices 5 Comments Shares Tweets Stumble Email More + For years, the federal government has been delivering inside information to colleges about an applicant’s school preferences that has harmed some students’ chances for admission and awards. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been serving… Read More »
Most teens start school too early in the morning, which deprives them of the sleep they need to learn and stay healthy, a new study says. The American Academy of Pediatrics last year urged middle schools and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. in order to allow teens — who are biologically programmed to… Read More »
Toddlers who spend a lot of time in front of a TV may be at greater risk of being bullied later in life, a new study suggests. As the number of hours of TV watching increased, so did the risk of being victimized by classmates in middle school, according to the study published… Read More »
We’re a culture obsessed with parenthood, or “parenting,” as we like to call it. Countless websites, books, and magazines provide advice for parents aspiring to perfection. And paramount on any good parent’s priority list is making sure our kids are safe and healthy. So we pay extra for organic milk and banish trans fats from… Read More »
I’m a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me by Edward Schlosser on June 3, 2015 I’m a professor at a midsize state school. I have been teaching college classes for nine years now. I have won (minor) teaching awards, studied pedagogy extensively, and almost always score highly on my student evaluations. I am… Read More »
THE major factor driving increasing costs is the constant expansion of university administration. According to the Department of Education data, administrative positions at colleges and universities grew by 60 percent between 1993 and 2009, which Bloomberg reported was 10 times the rate of growth of tenured faculty positions. Even more strikingly, an analysis by a… Read More »
Because the Holocaust is force fed by state law enacted at the demands of the special interest group that will benefit the most from it. Uniformly, social studies textbooks fail to allow the Irish to speak for themselves, to narrate their own horror. These timid slivers of knowledge not only deprive students of rich lessons… Read More »
Class on ‘Problem of Whiteness’ stirs controversy An Arizona State University course entitled “U.S. Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness” has sparked protests and even garnered hate mail for the professor, but some on campus see no problem with the subject. via The Latest US and World News – USATODAY.com.
Hedge fund executives have unleashed a tsunami of money the past few years aimed at getting New York’s politicians to close more public schools and expand charter schools. via Hedge fund execs’ money for charter schools may pay off – NY Daily News.
For centuries, boys were top of the class. But these days, that’s no longer the case. A new study by the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading, mathematics and science. Boys still score somewhat better at maths, and in science the genders are roughly equal.… Read More »
What are you going to do whiner? That teacher’s job id more protected than that of a sitting judge! The only remedy is complete abandonment of the public school system…. Home> Lifestyle This Note From My Son’s Teacher Went Too Far Dec 9, 2014, 12:31 PM ET By LORI GARCIA, Babble.com Did… Read More »
ON CREATIVITY How do people get new ideas? Presumably, the process of creativity, whatever it is, is essentially the same in all its branches and varieties, so that the evolution of a new art form, a new gadget, a new scientific principle, all involve common factors. We are most interested in the “creation” of a… Read More »
You may soon be a Google search away from immediate access to professional medical advice. The search engine giant is testing a new feature that urges people Googling illnesses or symptoms to jump on a video call with a medical professional. The finding was reported on Friday by Reddit user jasonahoule. When he typed “knee… Read More »
Developing your communication skills will lead to success By Hannah Morgan Whether you are an aspiring leader or in a support role, developing your communication skills can impact your success. First, let’s take a look at the complexities of communication. It’s more than the words you use. It’s how and when you choose to share… Read More »
VISTA — For two weeks, jurors heard a Carlsbad mother’s story of a dysfunctional marriage, abuse by her schoolteacher husband, and the fear she felt right before she shot him to death in their bedroom. On Wednesday, after two days of deliberating, the Vista jury found Julie Harper, 41, not guilty of first-degree murder… Read More »
How Much Money Does Your Doctor Get From Medical Companies? Pratheek Rebala @pratheekrebala Chris Wilson @chriswilsondc 10:25 AM ET Use this search tool to find out Doctors received $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical companies and device makers over a five month period in 2013, according to figures the federal government released this week.… Read More »
Pulling the curtain back on long-hidden industry relationships, the federal government revealed that U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals had $3.5 billion worth of financial ties with drug and medical-device makers in the last five months of 2013. The details published Tuesday in a new government databasehave been sought for years by consumer advocates and lawmakers… Read More »
Oceanside teacher resigns after being investigated for telling class about robots shooting students – 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego.
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California State University campuses are charging students huge fees for something their tuition is supposed to cover — classes. In the past five years, some schools have shifted classes that were covered by tuition to special sessions, where single courses can cost more than $1,000 each, on top of a student’s annual tuition of about… Read More »
When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something should be. But that spring he met a man who would become his mentor, and… Read More »
THE ACTUAL DECISION HERE James Ryan, dean of Harvard University’s graduate school of education, said the verdict “will likely cause lawyers in other states to think about bringing similar suits.” But he pointed out that the decision explicitly called on the state Legislature to fix the unconstitutional statues at issue. As a result, there will… Read More »
Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say – NYTimes.com.
When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel like having visitors, and she said so. Her colleague’s response? “This isn’t just about you.” When Susan had breast cancer,… Read More »
The fat girls have taken over the planet! Yale student claims university threatened to suspend her if she didn’t gain weight | Fox News.
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Typical beautiful bimbo has no fucking idea what she is talking about other than her own masturbation rituals. Ignorance behind the eye makeup. Another victim of too many shampoo bottles?…. Tie a board to your ass for this one boys! Puzzoozoo 2 years ago For someone who talks a lot about sex you don’t know… Read More »
Hey, its like reality tv but right in front of you like “reality” Florida family claims teacher aides stood by while student was attacked – NY Daily News.
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Soon every faculty member will have a personal senior manager: Is this a good way to spend money? by Richard Evans (A PDF version of this article is available.) In a letter to the UC Davis community, Chancellor Katehi and Provost Lavernia declared that we should work collectively “to address today’s major budget cuts, which… Read More »
Bail set at $500K for accused cyberbully By Teri Figueroa4:34 p.m.Jan. 28, 2014 VISTA CA— An 18-year-old man accused of sending online death threats to El Camino High students in Oceanside the day after two teens were gunned down in a city park pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Samuel Ruiz was arrested last week at MiraCosta… Read More »
U.S. history doesn’t make the grade at the nation’s elite liberal arts colleges, where students can dodge classes on America’s founding by studying electronic dance, movie animation and, at one school, a course on “The Rhetoric of Alien Abduction,” a new report finds. The report — “Education or Reputation?: A Look at America’s Top-Ranked Liberal… Read More »
Updated Dec. 28, 2013 10:46 p.m. ET Philadelphia ‘What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,” says Camille Paglia. This self-described “notorious Amazon feminist” isn’t telling anyone to Lean In or asking Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. No, her indictment may be as surprising as it is wide-ranging: The military is out… Read More »
Math: People either love it or hate it. For all the haters out there, what if a little zap to the brain could put you on the road to math whizdom? A new study from the University of Oxford found that applying electrical currents to certain parts of the brain improved a person’s mathematical performance… Read More »
A 2012 study found no relationship between the amount of time spent on homework and grades, but did find a positive link between homework and performance on standardized tests. A 2006 analysis of homework studies found a link between time spent on homework and achievement, but found it was much stronger in secondary school versus… Read More »
JEFFREY BROWN: “If you want an education, the odds aren’t with you, JEFFREY BROWN: You add a larger level. You write: “Midway through the last decade, the 20th century, American higher education changed. Colleges and universities entered a new phase in which they stopped being intellectually driven and culturally oriented and began to model themselves… Read More »
On May 31st, president Barack Obama strolled into the bright sunlight of the Rose Garden, covered from head to toe in the slime and ooze of the Benghazi and IRS scandals. In a Karl Rove-ian masterstroke, he simply pretended they weren’t there and changed the subject. More Taibbi: The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis… Read More »
Well schools are indeed doing what they say; preparing children for their future. They will go from one institution where they have no rights at all (school) into another (prison). The ONLY way to fix this is to have zero tolerance for public schools. Vouchers instead of vultures! Get your kids away from the union… Read More »
The older woman is giving fellatio to a very young boy. This is pedophilia. This was apparently normal enough everyday activities that it warranted being documented by the painter. The very X-rated Picasso painting soon to be shown at the Metropolitan Museum (which owns it). Gary Tinterow, the Met’s curator in charge of 19th-century,… Read More »
The victim is the villain: How about firing teachers, principals, and suing school districts that allwo “hostile work conditions” to continue instead of expelling the bully! Almost all school shootings in recent years have involved victims who retaliated. This presentation is based on Dr. Beane’s son’s journey and a study of other young people who… Read More »
These FOOLS are collecting money for their big fat salaries but do not have the guts to actually push for implementation of policies that WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Step 1 start a “non-profit” Step 2 latch on to emotional cuuses Step 3 never actually solve anything Step 4 collect big fat paychecks Organizations like DARE… Read More »
San Jose State’s big experiment with massive online courses fails massively – Yahoo! News On the bright side, over 80 percent of the students who participated completed the courses. Each class cost just $150 via San Jose State’s big experiment with massive online courses fails massively – Yahoo! News.
Using CTFD assures you that — whichever way you choose to parent — your child will be fine (as long as you don’t abuse them, of course). To see it in action, here are some sample parenting scenarios and how CTFD can be employed: via Latest Parenting Trend: The CTFD Method | David Vienna.