There’s an interesting post over at blog The Quick and the Ed about opposition to virtual classrooms. Career Education Corporation’s Diane Auer Jones argues that fears of Big Brother are discouraging virtual education from being accepted in the mainstream.
Illinois recently passed new regulations to help combat food allergies at school, but now some are saying that its still not enough. I have a nephew with a severe peanut allergy, and know how serious those can be.
President Obama’s call for a “sputnik moment” in education as well as the NAEP results last week have got a lot of people speculating on how science education can be improved.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster and a lot of people are remembering the incident. I spoke with my mother earlier about it and she remembers where she was at the time. She was a preschool teacher in New Hampshire and they had the Challenger launch on TV live in the classroom. All New Hampshire students watched the launch live because Christa McCauliffe was going to be the first teacher and civilian to travel into space.
One of the more controversial ideas in teacher evaluation from the last few years is the idea of recording video of teachers in class. well now Wyoming is considering giving it a try. What’s your take? Good or bad idea?
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