Rauner E-mail Called Chicago Teachers Illiterate, Principals Incompetent
(Photo: Steven Vance, Creative Commons) Emails released by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration under a court order show that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told some of the wealthiest and most influential More...
Hillary Clinton Courts Teachers, Balances Charter School Talk
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) In an address to the National Education Association’s annual assembly in Washington earlier in the week, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton vowed to be an ally, telling More...
Google Debuts Several New Tools for Teachers
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Google has launched several new tools to expand its presence in schools worldwide. The company presented Quizzes, a quiz feature in Google Forms, as well as a Chrome app called More...
UK Officials Cautious on Eve of National Union of Teachers Strike
(Photo: CBJ News Report) On July 5, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in the United Kingdom will hold its first strike action since 2014. Members voted overwhelmingly in favor of action with a view to addressing More...
Amazon Inspire to Offer Marketplace of Content to Teachers
(Photo: Lisa Werner, Getty Images) Amazon has announced an online education service for primary- and secondary-school teachers that will offer a marketplace of free lesson plans, worksheets, and instruction materials More...
After Years of Tension, Kenya’s Teachers Pledge Stability
(Photo: Nation Media Group) State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu has announced that the Kenya National Union of Teachers told President Uhuru Kenyatta they are “unlikely” to call for industrial More...
Rhode Island Teachers Fired After Insulting Students Online
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Three teachers at a preparatory school in Rhode Island have been fired after it was discovered they were referring to their students as “idiots” in a private online More...
Venezuelan Teachers Skipping School in Search of Food
(Photo: AP, Ariana Cubillos) The economic crisis in Venezuela has been deepening over the past nine months, resulting in a critical food shortage. Finding adequate food supplies has turned into a nightmare for More...
Utah Board of Education Mulls Hiring Non-Traditional Teachers
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Utah lawmakers are asking why two in five public school teachers are leaving the profession within five years. At the same time, the state school board is doing their best More...
Report Details Pay Gap for Early Education Teachers
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The U.S. Department of Education and Health and Human Services has released a report that reveals a considerable gap in pay for early education teachers and the impact that such More...