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The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Singapore

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: The Global Search for Education, C. M. Rubin, Singapore Education System, PISA Test, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Global Education, Professional Capital, Andy Hargreaves, Michael Fullan, Singapore National Institute of Education, Professional Teacher Development, Teacher Pay, Teacher Recruitment, Timss, Pak Tee Ng, Education News
C. M. Rubin

How does Singapore view the importance of a world-class teaching profession? How has its government responded? What progress has been made to date? What are Singapore's next steps to advance the teaching profession in the 21st century?

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Questions Abound As Districts Shift To Merit Pay For Teachers

| Scott Elliott and Sarah Butrymowicz | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Video, Indiana Department of Education, Race to the Top, Teacher Merit Pay, Merit Pay for Teachers, Merit Pay, Teacher Pay, Teachers, Federal Grants, Indiana Schools, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. If your child's teacher seems a little bit on edge this year, it might not be your imagina...

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Duncan To Announce Teacher Contest Focused On Quality

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Teacher Quality, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Barack Obama, Teacher Training, Race to the Top, Teacher Pay, Arne Duncan, Teacher Contest, Obama Administration, Teacher Salary, Teachers, Teacher Competition, Teacher Performance, Education News

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday spelled out details of a proposed new $5 billion Race to the Top-style competition foc...

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GOP Lawkmaker: Keeping Teacher Pay Low 'A Biblical Principle'

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Teachers Religion, Education, Teacher Pay Alabama, Shadrack McGill Teachers, Shadrack McGill Teacher Pay, Teacher Pay, Shadrack McGill, Average Teacher Salary, Video, Education News

Someone alert the unions: raising teacher pay will actually make for worse teachers--according to one GOP lawmaker. Alabama state Sen. Shadrack McG...

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Tenure Rights Weaken As States Look To Fire Teachers Who Aren't Performing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Idaho Schools, American Federation of Teachers, National Council on Teacher Quality, No Child Left Behind, Florida Education Association, President Barack Obama, Tenure, Race to the Top, Underperforming Teachers, Teacher Pay, Lane Brown, Barack Obama, Tenure Rights, Teacher Quality, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Tenure Rights, Education, Teacher Tenure Rights Weakening, National Center for Education Statistics, Teachers, Tom Luna, Teacher Performance, Education News

WASHINGTON — America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire te...

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The Global Search for Education: More from Norway

C. M. Rubin | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Music and Art, C. M. Rubin, The Global Search for Education, Student Assessment, PISA Test, Teacher Pay, Dr. Kirsten Sivesind, University of Oslo, Norwegian Schools, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Ringstabekk Skole, Global Education, Education Reform, Principal Bjorn Bolstad, Education News
C. M. Rubin

Today, with the help of Kirsten Sivesind, and Principal Bjorn Bolstad, the faculty and students of the Ringstabekk Skole in Barum, a suburb of Oslo, we can gain education insights into how a model Norwegian public school is addressing skills needed in the 21st century.

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Exclusive: Detroit Public Schools Deficit Has Shrunk By Two-Thirds

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Education News, Education, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Deficit, Teacher Pay, Detroit, Detroit News, Roy Roberts, Pay Cuts, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Detroit News

Less than a week after Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said the city was in "very serious" financial shape, the city's schools plan to announce they've dramat...

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What Happened to Data-Driven Education Reform?

Jason Richwine | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Teacher Pay, School Reform, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Teacher Pensions, Education News
Jason Richwine

"The path to real reform begins with the truth," stated Education Secretary Arne Duncan in 2009. He strongly believes that education policy should be "framed by evidence." We agree. So why is the secretary reacting so negatively to evidence about teacher compensation?

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Joy Resmovits

Education Nation: Teachers, Officials -- And The University Of Phoenix

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Grassroots Education Movement, Education News, Education, Waiting for Superman, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Steve Capus, University of Phoenix, Rockefeller Center, Teacher Pay, Teachers, Brian Williams, Nbc, Video, Education News

NEW YORK -- Hundreds of players in the education debate hunkered down in a tent staked over Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink this week for NBC's ...

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Even More D.C. Teachers Accepting Bonuses Amid Cheating Probe

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Teacher Evaluations, Video, Teacher Bonuses, Dc Teachers, DC Public Schools, Teacher Merit Pay, Teacher Pay, Education Reform, Kaya Henderson, Teachers, Dc Teacher Bonuses, Dc Teachers Pay, Impact, Education News

More highly rated teachers in D.C. Public Schools are accepting performance-based bonuses than in the past, American University Radio WAMU reports. ...

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Michigan Plan To Privatize Public School Teaching Sparks Concern

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Education News, Collective Bargaining, Education, Michigan Legislature, Privatize Public School Teaching, Alternate Certification, Teacher Pay, Education Reform, Unions, Michigan Teachers, Phil Pavlov, Education News

Michigan state Republicans said this week they are preparing a package of bills to privatize public school teaching -- eliciting concerns about workin...

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Bring Teachers' Pay Into This Century

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Michael Bennet, Teacher Pay, Education, Teachers, Education Reform, Teacher Quality, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Pensions, Teachers Salary, Teacher Compensation, Education News
Sen. Michael Bennet

When women had to choose between becoming teachers or nurses, we could convince them to teach Julius Caesar for 30 years with a small salary. Not anymore.

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Doubled Retirement Exodus - Nearly 5,000 Wisconsin Teachers Leave After Cuts

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Teacher Retirement, Education, Collective Bargaining Rights, Wisconsin Schools, Scott Walker, Teacher Benefits, Teacher Pay, Wisconsin Teachers, Governor Scott Walker, Teachers, Education News

MADISON, Wis. -- When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retir...

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Teacher Pay: U.S. Ranks 22nd Out Of 27 Countries

Jack Jennings | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Teacher Pay, Student Achievement, Oecd, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Education News
Jack Jennings

If teachers are so important, why don't our schools attract and keep the best teachers? A major reason is that we aren't willing to pay excellent teachers what they deserve.

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Schools Chief Who Took $800,000 Pay Cut Giving Up More For Charity

AP | By TRACIE CONE | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Larry Powell, Education, California, Teacher Pay, Teacher Salary, California Schools, California Public Schools, Fresno California, Teacher Pay Cuts, Fresno County Schools, Larry Powell Generous Superintendent, Education News

FRESNO, Calif. -- The school superintendent in California who is forgoing hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay and benefits to help offset budget c...

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How Will A Longer CPS School Day Be Funded?

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Chicago School Day, Public Schools, Chicago Teacher Raises, Education, Longer School Day, Teacher Raises, Karen Lewis, Cps Longer School Day, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Charter Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Chicago Schools, Teacher Pay, Teacher Pay Cuts, Chicago Teachers Union, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago News

After what has already been a heated week of back-and-forth between the Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union over raises and othe...

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D.C. Educator: Teachers Are Overpaid

Education Week | Michael Bromley | Posted 10.03.2011

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Note: Michael Bromley, a teacher in Washington, DC, is guest-posting this week. My colleagues groan when I say it, and then tell me to shut up: tea...

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Innovation Starts With Having Autonomy

Brian Crosby | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Innovative Schools, Education Reform, Real-Reform, Innovative Teachers, Teacher Pay, School Reform, Teachers, Teacher Training, Education News
Brian Crosby

Innovation in education is not going to happen in the "top-down" model currently being overly encouraged and even enforced on teachers and schools.

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Squaring the Teacher Salary Circle: It Can Be Done

Peter Meyer | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Teachers, Teacher-Pay, Education News
Peter Meyer

We should not hold the good reform initiatives hostage, but we can no longer afford to treat accountability, LIFO, tenure, and pay for performance issues as secondary.

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Michigan's New Motto: Blame It on the Teachers

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Public Employee Benefits, Headlee Amendment, Andy Dillon, Teacher Pay, Teacher Strikes, Teacher Unions, Center for Michigan, Teacher Benefits, Michigan Teacher Unions, Michigan Unions, Rick Snyder, Teachers, Michigan Teachers, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Republicans are forever telling us that they're paid too much. Unless you are saving lives on the operating table or vaccinating children in Africa, it takes a certain kind of chutzpah to berate teachers.

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Wisc. Schools Told To Hold Off On Teacher Contacts Over Uncertainty Of Anti-Union Law

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Teacher Contracts, Teacher's Union, Wisconsin Schools, Scott Walker, Teacher Pay, Wisconsin Unions, Wisconsin School Board, Teachers, Wisconsin Protests, Education News

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker's administration took steps Monday to adjust state workers' paychecks to reflect a new collective bargaining l...

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Florida Gov. Signs Controversial Teacher Merit Pay, Tenure Bill

Miami Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rick Scott Teacher Pay, Teacher Tenure, Rick Scott, Teachers, Merit Pay, Teacher Merit Pay, Teacher Pay, Florida-Educational-Reform, Rick Scott Education, Education Reform, Education News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Far-reaching but divisive legislation that creates a merit pay plan tied to student test scores for Florida teachers while ending...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Mocks Teacher Bashing With 'Cribs' Spoof

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher-Bashing, Daily Show, Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Jon Stewart, Teacher Pay, Teachers Unions, Wisconsin Unions, Teachers Union, Wisconsin Protests, Daily Show Teachers, Video, Education News

In the March 10 episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart took a look at the passage of the anti-union bill in Wisconsin and the criticisms being level...

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On Michelle Rhee, Cyber Bullies and Teacher Pay

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Blogs, Michelle Rhee, Title IX, Teacher Pay, Pbs, Education, Pbs Newshour, John Merrow, Education Reform, Cyber Bullies, Race to the Top, Education News
John Merrow

Dear Friends, This is a big week for us at Learning Matters, because of the unofficial release of The Influence of Teachers. It has received some won...

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Economists Take Aim At Bonuses For Teachers With Master's Degrees

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Test Scores, Teacher Raises, Student Achievement, Erick Hanushek, Public School, Masters Degrees, Teachers Unions, Teacher Pay, Higher Education, Teachers, Schools, Nea, Bonuses, School Budgets, Arne Duncan Teachers Masters Degrees, Education News

SEATTLE — Every year, American schools pay more than $8.6 billion in bonuses to teachers with master's degrees, even though the idea that a high...

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