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Elite universities found to have second-rate teaching
Britain's elite universities are failing to achieve teaching excellence, official rankings have revealed, as the Government publishes its first major assessment of teaching standards in higher education. More than half of Russell Group institutions – traditionally considered to be the best in the country – did not score a gold rating after entering the new Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Instead, a number of newer universities, including former polytechnics, have been awarded the highest standard in terms of teaching, learning and potential employment outcomes for students.
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How Demand for a 'Western' Education Reshaped International Schools
Once reserved for the children of ex-pats and diplomats, today, around 4.5 million students attend these institutions around the world.
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Should Philosophy be Taught as a Core Subject at Schools
AC Grayling argues why philosophy should be adopted as a core subject. Plus philosophical questions you can pose to primary school children. The literal meaning of philosophy is ‘love of wisdom’ – an inspiring but unhelpful fact. A far better definition is ‘careful enquiry’, with no limit on what the enquiry is about. In ancient times, it included everything we now think of as science, history, ethics, politics, sociology and more.
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Teachers disciplined after giving student ‘most likely to become a terrorist’ certificate
A group of teachers at a Houston area junior high school are being disciplined after officials said...
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On the last day of school, Anchorage principals hand layoff notices to 220 teachers
When MiCall Sweet read an email last Friday that said nearly all first-year and some second-year teachers with the Anchorage School District would receive layoff notices on the last day of school, she cried. "I've been crying on and off since," said Sweet, a 24-year-old first-grade teacher and single mother who was hired by the district in August 2016. The last day of school in Anchorage was Wednesday and for many of the district's more than 45,000 students it meant assemblies, field trips, parades and games.
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Interactive Periodic Table - periodicstats.com
A modern interactive periodic table. Filter elements through criteria such as the melting point or density. Contains in depth information for every element.
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How teachers see the classroom redefined by the cloud
Everyplace becomes a learning space with cloud technology.
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Teachers must ditch 'neuromyth' of learning styles, say scientists
Teaching children according to their individual “learning style” does not achieve better results and should be ditched by schools in favour of evidence-based practice, according to leading scientists. Thirty eminent academics from the worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology have signed a letter to the Guardian voicing their concern about the popularity of the learning style approach among some teachers.
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Parents' enthusiasm for science boosts teens' exam scores
Teenagers with parents who conveyed the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) had higher scores in mathematics and science-college preparatory examinations, a long-term US study has found. Talking to teenagers about the benefits of science boosted their exam results by as much as 12%, which in turn increased the number pursuing STEM-based careers.
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The DeVos Democrats
Corporate Democrats have enabled Betsy DeVos’s privatization agenda for years. It’s time for them to choose which side they’re on. By Andrew Hartman.
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How the Rhymes of Dr. Seuss Helped Teach Us Language
Kaptain Kristian’s latest explainer video is a fun one: he explains how the anapestic tetrameter rhyming style of Dr. Seuss helped us better understand language as kids, all while rhyming in the video himself. It’s stupid catchy (obviously, because it’s done in the style of Dr. Seuss) and so easy to listen to, which is the point because that catchiness and fun is basically a trick Dr. Seuss books used to make us all want to read on our own.
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Sex, Drugs, and Textbooks: Inside L.A.’s Most Controversial Educational Experiment
Uni High tapped into the pop-psych teachings of the ‘70s to create one of the most bizarre curriculums of the era. By David Kukoff.
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Professor explains the rise of 'precious snowflakes' – cites narcissism, over-nurturing
'People now experience the entire world as a form of bullying.'
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Perplexing test defended
Good students should have been able to do it - but needed more time, professor says.
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Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve
Ask people what’s wrong in American higher education, and you’ll hear about grade inflation....[P]lenty of people believe ...that the world is a zero-sum game ... and that colleges (especially business schools like the one where I teach) should reflect that reality.
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Finland's Relaxed Approach to the First Day of School
The global education pioneer eases students into the classroom.
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America’s cash-strapped teachers are a target for predatory lenders
Many teachers find themselves in the low- to middle-income part of the economy, and companies like MyPaycheckDirect aim to take advantage of that. By Suzanne McGee.
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Essence of linear algebra
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The Very Quiet Foreign Girls poetry group
When Kate Clanchy began teaching the children of refugees, she sought out those silenced by trauma and loss. Their weekly sessions released a torrent of untold stories.
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No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching upside down
Anton Oberländer is a persuasive speaker. Last year, when he and a group of friends were short of cash for a camping trip to Cornwall, he managed to talk Germany’s national rail operator into handing them some free tickets. So impressed was the management with his chutzpah that they invited him back to give a motivational speech to 200 of their employees. Anton, it should be pointed out, is 14 years old.
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