Monday, September 27, 2010
Obama Proposes Longer School Year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100927/us_yblog_upshot/obama-calls-for-longer-school-year
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Oprah Show
Hey everyone, here is a link to the Oprah Show website. They did a show on the state of education in the US, which has a lot of teachers really upset. The show was promoting a documentary that advocates for charter schools. Here is a link to the website, it's interesting to read the comments.
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Do-You-Really-Know-the-State-of-Education-in-America
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Do-You-Really-Know-the-State-of-Education-in-America
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Frontline Videos
These aren't so much education news, but these are a couple of videos I stumbled upon that address some issues with kids today. One video addresses the use of technology by kids today, it's called Growing Up Online and the other one addresses learning disabilities and behavioral issues and the use of drugs to treat them, it is called The Medicated Child. Below is a clip from Growing Up Online, it is a clip about cyber bullying
Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to Think Globally
This is an opinion piece posted in Huffington Post about what the education of teachers should include.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/teaching-for-a-shared-fut_b_706504.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/teaching-for-a-shared-fut_b_706504.html
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