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Carnegie Foundation – Inside Teaching website
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/insideteaching/ Welcome to Inside Teaching. This website is designed to support a community of learning, which includes teachers, professional developers, and other educators interested in learning and in teaching. Visit collections of multimedia records of teaching practice. Learn from others’perspectives on using records of practice for teacher learning. Contribute your own teaching and learning experiences […]
The Atlas of Canada – educational attainment
CENSUS MAPS The Atlas of Canada, produced by Natural Resources Canada, in partnership with Statistics Canada, presents a series of maps and accompanying analysis of national and regional data results from the 2006 Census. The third and last release focuses on educational attainment, location of study, the Aboriginal population, income, as well as age and […]
Solution looking for a problem? Teaching students to sleep.
Scottish schools offering lessons in sleeping A charity organization is offering sleeping lessons in schools in Scotland — saying bad behaviour among the country’s teenagers could be due to sleep deprivation. Sleep Scotland says teaching students how to sleep can help improve academic achievement. The classes teach students that they should be sleeping for more […]
Increased demand for education in India prompts proposed change
Foreign universities would be able to open campuses in India under a policy being considered by lawmakers. Supporters say the bill will open badly needed spaces for students interested in higher education. Roughly half of the 1.2 billion people who live in India are 25 or younger. The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/asia/16india.html?ref=world -*-
Canadian officials work to recruit more Chinese students
Canadian officials are working to recruit more Chinese students to the country’s high schools, colleges and universities. As of 2008, there were about 42,000 Chinese students studying in Canada, and officials believe those numbers grew about 20% last year. However, some say that the US and Australia are ahead of Canada in terms of education […]
Draft of common national standards for English and Math – USA
A draft of common national standards for English and math was released today by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers. The proposal includes specific benchmarks that students should achieve at each grade level. For example, by the end of eighth grade, students should be able to “informally explain why the […]
Subject Resources for UBC Reading Week Community Service Projects
Subject Resources for UBC Reading Week Community Service Projects . Many of these listings feature an Olympic theme Please visit: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects/subjpage1.cfm?id=809
Declining birth rate puts schools at risk for closure
Schools in Canada to lose 500,000 students in next decade. An education advocacy group says Ontario’s declining birth rate has put more than 300 schools at risk for closure. Canada is expected to see enrollment decline by about 500,000 students over the next decade. “All across Canada, people are in the same uncharted territories. Everybody’s […]
Boldly going where no teacher …
TECHNOLOGY GOES WHERE TEACHERS DON’T WANT TO “There are, and will be in the foreseeable future, places on the planet where, for whatever reason, good schools do not exist and good teachers do not wish to go. In such areas, it is reasonable to expect that educational technology and distance education will have a special […]
Education Book Fair November 4, 5, 6
UBC Bookstore and Education Library present The Education Book Fair 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Scarfe Foyer November 4, 5, 6 Time to shop for books for the whole family! Kids books, teen titles, and teacher books will be on sale. Book buyers will receive a 10% discount. Faculty publications will also be on sale.