Administrators

Teachers, 'If Not Now, When? If Not You, Who?'

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Administrators, Teachers, Civil Disobedience, Nclb, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

I remain convinced that teachers and administrators are in the most vulnerable of positions during this destructive reform movement based on high-stakes testing and so called accountability.

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Why Not? Because It's Not in My Contract

Randy Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Administrators, Teacher Contracts, Contract Obligations, Education News
Randy Miller

My complaint does not lie in the fact that I am asked to help with a task that is not in my contract; rather, that it's understood not to ask the teachers to assist with any non-contractual duties.

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What are our Excuses, Again, for not Putting Computers in the Hands of our Children? (VIDEO)

Scott McLeod | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superintendents, Education, Principals, Educational Technology, Administrators, School Districts, Schools, Teachers, Technology, Teaching, Students, Learning, Education News
Scott McLeod

I've watched this TED talk by Sugata Mitra several times now. And every time I watch it, my brain keeps asking the same question.

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Higher Education Will Struggle Through the Recession

Brian Farkas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Professor Layoffs, America's Colleges, Budget Reductions, Non-Profit, Financial Aid, College Tuition, Williams, Harvard Endowment Losses, Harvard, Creative Writing, Wesleyan, Recession, Vassar, College, William and Mary College, Tufts University, Professors, Higher Education Economy, Adjunct Faculty, Education Institutions, College Administrators, Administrators, Financial Crisis, Arizona State, English Department, College Presidents, College Communities, Bowdoin, Politics News
Brian Farkas

Writing separate but nearly identical letters to their respective communities, countless college presidents across the county have recently admitted: "We're out of money."

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