Educators from the US and beyond have been invited to teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates. They’ve been asked: “How have the policies of the Gates Foundation influenced your classroom, your students, your teaching, your schools, and your communities?” Here’s the title of one letter: Every single one of my students “failed” the state test […]
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Class Size Matters: LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer Explains W...
Great testimony from a former teacher, now serving on Los Angeles’ school board: “Small class size isn’t about protecting teachers’ jobs or making their work easier — it’s about providing every student with quality attention in the classroom. Steve Zimmer, Board Member of the Los Angeles Unified School District and a former teacher, asks why […]
Malala’s U.N. Speech is Just the Beginni...
As the saying goes, “out of the mouths of babes.” You may remember sixteen-year old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai–shot by the Taliban for advocating that all girls in her country receive a free education. Healing from her wounds, Malala spent her 16th birthday at the United Nations, calling for “free, compulsory education” for every child around […]
Survey: Teachers Digging Into Own Pockets to Buy Education Produc...
With all of the teacher bashing that goes on, it’s nice to see facts like this that demonstrate the “above and beyond” dedication of educators. “Roughly half the amount that the nation’s public school teachers are spending on educational products is being covered with their own money, a new nationwide survey shows. All told, teachers […]