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Teachers' union vows strike will bring Belfast schools to standstill

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Nov 2016
Teacher strikes later this month will close the majority of schools in Belfast, the biggest teachers union in Northern Ireland has vowed ... But Mr Weir said teachers have received a rise. "Teachers' pay has not been cut - teachers have received what they are contractually entitled to (progression up the pay scale for eligible teachers)," he said ... "Therefore teachers have also received a pay increase."....

Hornets and Fox Sports Southeast to Donate $34,000 to CMS Teachers (Charlotte Hornets)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
The teachers will receive the grants during a ceremony at halftime of the Hornets game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, Nov ... The Teacher Innovation Fund grants will go to the following Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers. ... Michael Duncan,science teacher; Timothy Guilfoyle, biology teacher; John Conway, social studies teacher;and Ashnee Young, media assistant; Phillip O....

'I’m disappointed that students are missing classes, but we will make it up' - Teachers continue 'painful' strike

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Nov 2016
Teachers on strike at one school say they are determined to keep going – and believe their students support them. Share 'I’m disappointed that students are missing classes, but we will make it up' - Teachers continue 'painful' strike ... Teachers on strike at one school say they are determined to keep going – and believe their students support them ... “This strike is about parity of pay for young teachers,” she said....

Special training for primary math teachers

Edit The Times of India 08 Nov 2016
Teachers of mathematics for standard I to V in state-run schools will receive special training in the subject ... Govind Nandede, director of the Maharashtra state Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT) stated that, "Training would be conducted to ensure that the teachers' foundation of the subject is strong enough. This initiative is for primary teachers who teach mathematics for standards I to V."....

Teachers to picket 60 schools over 'insulting' pay offer

Edit BBC News 08 Nov 2016
Hundreds of teachers from 60 primary schools across Northern Ireland will today form picket lines at lunchtime in protest of an "insulting" pay offer ... The teaching unions involved are the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), the Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)....

Student complains of hearing loss after being slapped by teacher

Edit The Times of India 08 Nov 2016
A Class 10 boy of a municipal high school has allegedly lost his hearing after being slapped by a physical education teacher for not wearing the school uniform. The suspended teacher, Basha, has been booked by police ... The teacher questioned him why he was not wearing the school uniform, but the student failed to give a satisfactory answer....

Are we doing enough to create the best learning opportunities?

Edit DNA India 08 Nov 2016
The other day, I observed a three-year old girl ask her 'teacher', "What is the colour of water?" After thinking for a moment, "Water has no colour." The child immediately asks, why? The teacher, who (obviously) didn't know the response, asked the child to go get the crayons for art work ... In this context, the efforts made in preparing the teachers and caregivers seem rather laisse-faire and inadequate....

Association of unaided CBSE schools opposes directive to put teacher's salaries online

Edit The Times of India 08 Nov 2016
According to the association, the schools do not have any problem in disclosure of fees and other expenses on their website, but sensitive information like salary of teachers with their names is the point most of the schools in the city have a problem with ... But information like teacher's salary is something no teacher would like everyone to see....

Students bear brunt of teachers’ agitation

Edit The Himalayan 08 Nov 2016
Seventh and ninth semester MBBS students at Manipal Medical College and Teaching Hospital in Pokhara have been the bearing brunt of a teachers’ agitation in Kaski as classes remain suspended for the past two-and-a-half months ... “Our career is at risk due to the negligence on the part of the administration and teachers. If we go strongly against the closure, the administration and the teachers may fail us in the examinations....

'We're here to work. That's what we want to do'

Edit The Irish Times 08 Nov 2016
“We’re presenting for work as normal,” said Irish teacher Eoghain O’Brien outside the closed doors of Mount Carmel secondary school in Dublin city yesterday ... Mr O’Brien, an Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) union rep, was among a huddle of teachers who gathered on a cold and bright morning in the school car park on King’s Inns Street ... That’s what we want to do,” says another teacher who did not want to be named....

Taoiseach insists he is not trying to 'punish' the secondary teachers’ union

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Nov 2016
THE Government is trying to “punish” secondary school teachers – but it is really the students who are suffering, the Dáil has been told. Share Taoiseach insists he is not trying to 'punish' the secondary teachers’ union ... THE Government is trying to “punish” secondary school teachers – but it is really the students who are suffering, the Dáil has been told....

A strong math, science future (University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
UWL Physics faculty earn grant to help area K-12 teachers improve student achievement. UW-La Crosse's Physics Department continues to partner with K-12 teachers to improve student achievement in Wisconsin - particularly in math and science ... 'Teachers gain new skills and confidence in teaching science, and higher education faculty learn more about how subjects are taught in K-12,' she says....

Don’t give up on teaching, union president urges (FIU - Florida International University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers met with FIU education majors. With high stakes testing taking over class time and a national teacher shortage that keeps growing, being a teacher today can be tough ... Future educators like Guido heard first-hand the challenges they can expect in the classroom during a recent visit with Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers....
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