Recent prediction from the head of the most renowned public school in Britain, Sir Anthony Sheldon, suggests that the inspirational teachers of the future will be intelligent machines. In a decade, a revolution in technology will overturn all the current perceptions and norms of education and alter our lives completely. School teachers would become mere…
Budget cuts and unchanged salaries have provoked District Arizona and others to recruit educators in the native Philippines to fill core teaching jobs. Teachers are protesting because of low pay and shortfall in educational investment. Direct result is walking out of teachers. Another consequence is the initiation of an ongoing movement to recruit teachers from…
Teachers are the backbone of any educational system. They are irreplaceable as they prepare our children for workforce, for higher education, and for life in general. Teaching is the most respected profession and considered the most important and valuable service for the society. Even when the profession is highly valued and essential, the pay is…
Information technology has spread its ubiquitous web all over the universe. The world has forgotten all its boundaries and has become a global village with multicultural population. Awareness about other cultures is crucial to growth and development of any organization and so is the case for schools because values are instilled in young minds there….
Finland has repeatedly secured one of the top ranks in national education rankings every year. There are a lot of things that can be learnt from Finland’s education system. The first thing that Finnish kids learn is how to be kids –how to play and how to be emotionally strong. And as the kids get…
United States is not following the trend followed by most of the developed countries of placing big bet on education investments. They believe that population should be educated to fill job needs in future, drive healthy economies, be a part of healthy economies and generate more income for tax receipts. Between 2010 and 2014, US…
Can we use educational data to make aid in improving schools? Well, the same is the idea behind bringing a management philosophy known as “continuous improvement” to all K-12 schools. The philosophy has previously helped other industries. Though, experts counter that K-12 education system’s current data infrastructure would be a significant barrier to the implementation…
Every parent at some point of time has to face this question: whether to choose a private or a public school. Perhaps, this is one of the most difficult decisions that parents have to make in their life and should be taken out after thorough consideration of the compatibility with family. Both schools have their…
If you are looking for a private school for your child then visiting these schools is very important. After analysis and weighing every positive and negative aspect of private schools, you have to now schedule visits to various schools to figure out which private school would suit you the best. The in-person visits made to…
If you are a teacher, then you might be well aware of the importance of student-teacher relationships and its impact on the performance of students. When it comes to your rapport with students then, “There’s no middle ground, you either have it or don’t.” At first you may feel like you are bonding with students….