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Public Agenda Along With Education Week…

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

have out a new survey on teachers.

40% of teachers surveyed are disappointed about their jobs. 87% of them are over the age of 33, 41% of them give good or excellent ratings when it comes to their principal, 28% of them say they have a very good school atmosphere, 73% strongly agree that teaching is so demanding that they wonder why more teachers do not burn out.

College Related Articles for October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Union-Tribune reports on University of California San Diego students who are questioning a new fee that would help pay for a new garage.

The Chicago-Tribune reports on the U. of I. Chancellor Herman resigning.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on Gov. Quinn signed legislation restoring second-semester funding for nearly 138,000 low-income Illinois students who get grants through the state Monetary Award Program.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on Braylon Edwards who is going to keep his pledge of giving scholarship money to 100 students in the school district.

The Boston Globe reports on critics that say a new law school is not needed.

The LA Times Reports…

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on 150 staffers and school board members who joined campus employees in the first-time in a door-to-door effort in order to get dropouts back into school.

They also report on stimulus bucks saving or creating 6,000 jobs in just LA.

The Kansas City Star Reports…

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on new teachers getting advisers who observe instruction, help modeling lessons and meeting one on one to talk strategy and buoy emotions.

The Boston Globe Reports…

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on a new nonprofit initiative that will dispatch professionals from the worlds of science, engineering, and technology to sixth-grade classrooms around the state in order to help get students interested in those fields.

They also report on the Perkins School for the Blind that has received a 10 million buck donation.

The New York Times Reports…

October 20, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on the Harlem Success Academy who send their students to a farm in order for them to get in some study time for standardized tests.