Edshelf. What Will The Ed Tech Revolution Look Like? During the past 40 years, accounting for inflation, we have nearly tripled the amount of money we spend per student in public K-12 education.
Questionable company targets NC for virtual charter school. The nation’s largest for-profit virtual education company quietly took steps this week to open up an online charter school in North Carolina that would subsist off of public funds and siphon off profits to Wall Street investors.
The move comes as the company, K12, Inc., faces mounting questions in others states over the quality of education students receive from the company. A representative of K12, Inc., a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LRN), attended a Cabarrus County school board meeting Monday to ask if the school system would partner with the company to open up a virtual public charter school that would draw from students statewide. Seth on small-n and large-n studies. Step-by-step Guide to Beginning Homeschooling in North Carolina. Making The Decision Deciding to homeschool your child is an incredibly significant decision, and one that will certainly change your life.
People decide to homeschool their children for many different reasons, some of which include: dissatisfaction with the public school system, desire to train their child within a specific religious framework, frustration with their child's current school situation, in order to meet a child’s special learning needs, or wishing to keep a close family bond throughout the early school years. If you live in North Carolina, one or more of the other 33,000 families in the state who have already decided to homeschool one or more of their children may also influence your decision.
Most everyone in North Carolina probably knows at least one family who have chosen to homeschool their kids. Following the Laws Homeschooling in North Carolina is not overly regulated, but there are a few edicts that everyone must follow. Locating Resources.
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Unless you have written many formal documents before, you are in for a surprise: it's difficult! There are two possible paths to success: Planning Ahead. Here are a few guidelines that may help you when you finally get serious about writing. The General Idea: Life Skills, Moral Education and Personality Development. An open letter to college admissions committees. Opportunities. Tenure Track position: Assistant Professor - Social Media at Oregon State.
The program in New Media Communications at Oregon State University is seeking to hire a tenure track assistant professor with specialization in social media.
Position Title: Assistant Professor - Social Media Appointment Type: Academic Teaching/Research Faculty, Tenure Track Position Summary: The New Media Communications program in the proposed School of Arts and Communication invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Social Media. Secondary emphasis in one or more of the following areas: new media, media management and economics, media history, non-linear storytelling and gaming.
Teaching and research activities should pertain to social media and one or more of these secondary areas. Minimum/Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Communication or relevant field. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. For full consideration, applications must be submitted online at jobs.oregonstate.edu by February 24, 2012. Home.
Want to be a leader? Act like one. Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher in the movie "The Iron Lady.
" Dianna Booher explains key habits, skills, and characteristics of true leadersCommit to what you communicate, and follow through, says Booher. "Delivering the goods attracts attention and demands respect," she adds Editor's note: Dianna Booher, an expert in executive communications, is the author of 45 books. Her latest books include "Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader " and "Communicate with Confidence, Revised and Expanded Edition. " As CEO of Booher Consultants and as a keynote speaker, Dianna and her staff deliver speeches and training to increase effectiveness of communication and presentation skills.
(CNN) -- You're doing all the obvious things: the right education, solid experience, a good mentor. Stop asking questions if you know the answer. I was working on a lesson with sixth graders and middle school teachers in doing math without any tools, just in your head.
Not memorization, but logic. So I said, "I've never really gotten the "9 x" table, so, if I asked you what 9x12 was, how would you figure it out? " See, this is a question I cannot possibly answer for them. There is no "correct" answer possible. ...in which I may suggest that I oppose literacy. "Skill in reading is desirable.
However, the importance of reading may be overemphasized in schools. Reading skills are determined relatively and not absolutely. Thus, relatively poor readers will persist. Schools cannot eradicate individual differences. Learning Is Evolving. Is Your Institution Prepared? - Pearson. The world of higher education is evolving, and is increasingly embracing both personal instruction and cutting-edge online, social and mobile technologies.
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How To Get All-Important Teaching Experience - Advice. By Richard M.
Reis One thing I created on my résumé was a separate category for what I called "Teaching and Leadership Experiences," because I consider those to be related to one another. I find invariably that I am asked about my teaching skills by industrial interviewers such as large chemical or oil companies, as well as by potential academic employers. I think my teaching experience shows that I am able to communicate. Kriste Boering, Ph.D. student in chemistry at Stanford University For graduate students and postdocs interested in academic careers, there are many benefits to acquiring teaching experience before becoming a professor.