2015年10月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Students rally behind officer who flipped student from desk

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 04:30 PM PDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of South Carolina high school students has staged a brief, peaceful walkout in support of a sheriff's deputy who was fired after being recorded on video flipping a disruptive student out of her desk and tossing her across the classroom floor.

Striking East St. Louis teachers, school board approve deal

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 03:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2015 file photo striking East St. Louis teachers, from left, Jeff Schneider, Josh Cummins and Paul Thies walk the picket line in front of East St. Louis Senior High School in East St. Louis, Ill. In a statement released Friday Oct. 30, 2015, superintendent Arthur R. Culver said a tentative deal has been reached between East St. Louis School District 189 and the union representing hundreds of teachers who have been on strike for a month. (Steve Nagy/Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A teachers strike that has kept students out of the classrooms of a southwestern Illinois school district for a month ended Friday when the opposing sides accepted a proposed contract.


Britain's teachers, doctors must report FGM or risk being fired

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 09:20 AM PDT

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday. FGM involves the total or partial removal of the clitoris and external genitalia. An estimated 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are living with the effects of FGM, and an estimated 60,000 girls may be at risk of the ritual, according to a 2014 study.

Overcome 5 Obstacles of Live Online Classes

Posted: 30 Oct 2015 07:00 AM PDT

There are many methods to bring online professors and students together in real time. Imagine the student's confusion! While there are benefits to live online learning, such environments are not ideal for all students.
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