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NEWS ABOUT: teaching

teaching stories: 12 news summaries
OPINION

 Why Millenials Are 
 Quitting Teaching 


Aug 9, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Fine arrived to teach at an inner-city school 4 years ago, ready to “‘give back’ after spending 22 years in a suburban, Ivy League bubble,” she writes in the Washington Post. Now, like so many other young teachers, she’s leaving—not just because she’s... More »

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teaching • ambition • millennials • teachers



 Ditch 'i Before e 
 Except After c' 
 Rule: Brits 

Ditty 'not worth teaching,' government says

Jun 20, 09 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Generations of frustrated schoolchildren have grumbled that “i before e except after c” isn’t worth learning because of numerous exceptions. Now the British government agrees, the BBC reports. In a document sent to 13,000 primary schools, officials say the ditty “is not worth teaching” because it’... More »

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United Kingdom • learning • teaching • spelling • teachers • rule • schoolchildren

Disney Schools Bring Mickey Into Chinese Classrooms

Disney English centers teach Chinese kids new words—and new Disney characters

Apr 20, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mickey Mouse and his cohorts are moving into China’s huge English-teaching market, reports the Wall Street Journal. Disney English centers teach kids as young as 2 the basics of the language with the help of Disney character-themed lessons and “magic tokens” that can be swapped for Disney merchandise... More »

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China • education • Mickey Mouse • Disney • teaching • English language


 In Recession, 
 Teaching, Service 
 Hot Jobs for Grads 

Recession will effect talent flow for years to come

Apr 12, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dream of pulling in big bucks just out of college at a prestigious Wall Street job is fading in the face of the recession, and early signs point to public service, government, science, and education as today's emerging hot industries, reports the New York Times. The economy, combined with... More »

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Barack Obama • Wall Street • recession • teaching • economy • career

(Newser) - A British teachers’ group thinks homework for children under 11 is a waste of time for all involved, the Telegraph reports. It can “damage parents and children's relationships when trying to get it all done, and ends in tears all round,” the Association of Teachers and Lecturers... More »

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England • children • teaching • teachers • students • homework • primary school

In Classroom, Twitter Trumps the Queen

Proposed UK curriculum focuses on learning skills, flexibility

Mar 25, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why learn about World War II or Queen Victoria in elementary school when you can always look them up on Wikipedia? That seems to be the rationale behind a new proposed overhaul of the British school system. Because secondary schools teach plenty of history, the reasoning goes, early schooling should... More »

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education • technology • Wikipedia • England • history • World War II • elementary school • teaching • Twitter • curriculum • Queen Victoria

OPINION

Teach to the Test—But Make Better Tests 

Tie reading passages in with curriculum to even playing field

Mar 23, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics worry that the current system of “fill-in-the-bubble” school testing promotes teaching to the test—but maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing if we had tests “worth teaching to,” writes Ed Hirsch Jr in the New York Times. The tests themselves are highly reliable... More »

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education • reading • teaching • No Child Left Behind • standardized testing

(Newser) - Jill Biden isn't letting all this Washington hubbub affect her career. The wife of the vice president has begun teaching English as an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College, the Daily Press reports. Biden, who has two master's degrees in English and reading and a doctorate in education, taught... More »

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Joe Biden • vice president • teaching • Jill Biden

glossies

To Groom Good Teachers, Look to Quarterbacks

Schools, NFL face surprisingly similar recruiting hurdles

Dec 8, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Underperforming public schools can take a lesson from the NFL, but it's not an easy one, writes Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker. In much the same way that accurately evaluating a college quarterback is impossible, predicting a teacher's classroom success depends on countless intangibles. "No one knows what... More »

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education • NFL • teaching • quarterback • teacher • success

Two Trains Leave a Station Going 30mph...

Stop! Story problems wrong way to teach math, study says

Apr 25, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - All those sacks of different-colored marbles and word problems about pizza slices may not actually teach kids effectively, Reuters reports. Though meant to offer a real-world grounding, story problems just add extra distractions, a new study says, suggesting that students might be better off learning abstract concepts than figuring out... More »

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education • children • learning • teaching • mathematics

Millionaire Jr.: How to Teach Your Kids
About Money

Lesson 1: It doesn't grow on trees

Oct 4, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Give your kids a head start in the real world with these tips from Zen Habits:
  1. Let them control a small portion of your budget, like $50 a month for eating out.
  2. Show them how to save for large purchases.
  3. Teach them to reduce expenses to reach
... More »

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children • list • money • teaching • budgeting

UC Berkeley Gets $113M to Corral Profs

Gift will slow loss of good teachers to richer, private schools

Sep 10, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley will announce a $113 million gift today, which the school will use to create 100 new endowed chairs—hopefully slowing the emigration of professors to the juicier paychecks offered by private universities. The gift is unusual in that it will go straight to ordinary activities rather than building... More »

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education • California • higher education • big gifts • UC Berkeley • college • endowed chair • teaching • professor

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