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Category Archives: Primary/Secondary Education

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  Full-Time Virtual Education Lacks Accountability

  Source: Education Week

  May 16, 2012

  Although virtual schools continue to grow each year, more research and accountability is needed to foster and support effective online educational environments, according to a new report from the National School Boards Association’s Center for Public Education (U.S.)….

  Related To: E-Learning, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Research, Teaching & Learning

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  England’s School Heads Threaten Testing Boycott

  Source: BBC News

  May 7, 2012

  England’s head teachers may boycott a controversial new national reading test for six-year-olds if it is used as “a stick to beat schools.” The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said the initiative should be used only as…

  Related To: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  Productivity Report Calls for End to Bonus Plan for Australia’s Teachers

  Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

  May 7, 2012

  Currently, Victoria is the only Australian state taking part in a pilot pay-bonus trial for top teachers–a scheme that has been unpopular with teachers. Last year, the federal government unveiled plans for a national performance bonus scheme…

  Related To: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  Australia’s Annual Appraisal Plan includes Observing Teachers in Classroom

  Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

  May 7, 2012

  Australia’s teachers will be observed in the classroom and have to provide evidence of student outcomes as part of a yearly performance assessment under proposals released today. The proposals will provide the first national guidelines for performance…

  Related To: Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  Australian Educators Call for Testing Boycott

  Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

  May 7, 2012

  A group of educators–teachers, consultants, and academics–is urging Australian parents to withdraw their children from this month’s annual National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, saying they are damaging children’s creativity. The group says…

  Related To: Assessment & Curriculum, Education Reform, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  England’s New National Music Plan

  Source: U.K. Department for Education

  May 3, 2012

  England’s  first National Plan for Music Education sets out the government’s vision to enable children from all backgrounds and every region to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, to make music with others, to…

  Related To: Assessment & Curriculum, Policy & Governance, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  Harvard, MIT Partner to Provide Free Courses through edX

  Source: THE Journal

  May 2, 2012

  Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have partnered to launch edX, an initiative to offer free online courses worldwide and develop an open source platform to deliver them. The platform developed for MITx, an…

  Related To: Assessment & Curriculum, E-Learning, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Open Educational Resources, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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  Educators Find Digital Games Promising Tools in the Classroom

  Source: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center

  May 2, 2012

  The Cooney Center today released the first U.S. national aurvey of teachers who are using digital games as part of their students’ instruction. The survey found that digital games are becoming a consistent and valuable part of classroom…

  Related To: Game-based Learning, ICT in Education, Primary/Secondary Education, Teaching & Learning

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