Katie Couric talks about “Strong American Schools,” a non-partisan, $60 million initiative started by Bill Gates and Eli Broad to put education on the front burner in the next election. (CBSNews.com)
Archive for April, 2010
Notebook: Education Reform (CBS News)
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Teachers are the key to education reform
Sunday, April 25th, 2010The Director General of the National Teachers (NTI), Dr. Aminu Ladan Sharehu said all educational initiatives and reform of the amount of combined resources for nothing without the experience of a culture of teaching force adequate training and very motivated.
He said the flag outside the induction course for participation in the second group of teachers under Federal Paik, Niger State. That all education stakeholders from around the world have agreed that teachers are key to any successful education effort to add that education is the basis that the country’s development rests.
Education does not only provide highly skilled workforce needed for the transfer of resources into goods and services to ensure a good quality of life of citizens, but one of the main factors that can promote unity, social and our country Nigeria.
“We at the National Institute teachers are proud to be an agency to guide the process of development. Since its inception in 1976, the Institute has been vigorously carrying out its mandate to improve the quality of education. Although our update, postgraduate diploma and fitness plan, we are making our modest contribution to the development of teachers, “he added.
He said that with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education, National Teachers Institute is planning to introduce undergraduate and graduate programs for teachers in Nigeria.
Dr. Laden said that teachers are reservoirs of knowledge in society, the institute could not afford to confine NCE and Diploma. Adding that since 2006 the Institute has participated in the rehabilitation of 145, 000 primary school teachers nationally.
Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Dukku Jibril stressed that members of the Federal Master Plan program interventions along the other side of the federal government in education is a recognition and commitment to education as the basis human capital development.
He said the various government education programs puts more emphasis on training as an essential tool for transforming society and sustainable economic development of society.
Crist Wields His Veto Power
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
During a press conference here at the capitol Thursday Governor Charlie Crist delivered a strong blow against the Republican Leadership of the state and also, according to that leadership, against education reform.
How would you reform education policy?
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Curriculum Planning: Integrating Multiculturalism, Constructivism and Education Reform
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
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Like the three critically acclaimed prior editions, the latest edition offers a comprehensive treatment of the curriculum development process and the nature of twenty-first-century education reform. In a style notable for its lack of jargon and digressive pedagogy, the author simplifies the sound foundations and principles of curriculum development as they apply to the implementation of major education reform. This revised and expanded edition features cutting-edge … More >>
Curriculum Planning: Integrating Multiculturalism, Constructivism and Education Reform
Education Reform Pioneer Jaime Escalante
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Jaime Escalante’s commitment to education reform was told via the feature length film, Stand and Deliver, evoking an unprecedented fervor to provide high-quality education to all students. His spirit infuses our best schools and our movement, and his example still shines. Education reformers have lost a pioneer.