A lens on the week in Ed: April 2011, iss. 3 -
Another week's re-cap of ed-related content via symphily:
• School official defends cops who pepper-sprayed 8-year-old, 2nd grader - http://bit.ly/hUP3wH
• Norfolk principal apologizes for mock auction of 'black' students - http://bit.ly/eW1k6i
• Thousands of teachers protest against the Berlin Senate - http://bit.ly/g65GTR
• Students at tuition protests at University of Toronto targeted by police - http://bit.ly/i6Zcb5
• Open educational resources - http://bit.ly/hE75x8
• Students shut down Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) Board of Governors - http://bit.ly/ibOxEM
• Chris Hedges: Why is the United States destroying its education system? - http://bit.ly/ieBlC2
• Australian universities take steps to increase numbers of #indigenous students, academics - http://nyti.ms/fLFFbR
• Not much value in 'value-added' evaluations - http://bit.ly/f2j32S
• Chicago school bans homemade lunches - http://yhoo.it/f3gcg8
• Meditation & yoga classes for primary school pupils 'improves grades' - http://bit.ly/fspYmp
• New York state budget slashes education, health care, taxes on the rich - http://bit.ly/hjVyno
• How to build an apathetic student body - http://bit.ly/hw3fWI
• Accountability in education? Start at the top - http://bit.ly/grgufq
• Burden of college loans on graduates grows - http://nyti.ms/g91w7v
• Teaching beyond parenting & essentialism - http://bit.ly/foYbOg
• Online learning: The pros & cons of k-12 computer courses - http://huff.to/hCBmqZ
• Houston budget makes way for downsizing, layoffs (esp. of teachers), school closures - http://bit.ly/gQ7e1H
• Wa. Senate budget cuts teacher pay, raises tuition - http://bit.ly/htUtCv
• How far will conservatives go to thwart academic freedom? - http://bit.ly/fyq4j3
• Budget cuts to hit public education in California - http://bit.ly/f8fD4i
• Court sides w/ teachers in BCTF class size/composition feud - http://bit.ly/eDwqbV
• High school students earn more credits than those in the past - http://bit.ly/fzP8ZP
• An ex. of terribly executed science journalism || 'Illegal' downloading is OK, college kids say - http://bit.ly/ewOmEY
• Contrast w/ || To students, music piracy & shoplifting are worlds apart - http://bit.ly/g9gUI3
• School official defends cops who pepper-sprayed 8-year-old, 2nd grader - http://bit.ly/hUP3wH
• Norfolk principal apologizes for mock auction of 'black' students - http://bit.ly/eW1k6i
• Thousands of teachers protest against the Berlin Senate - http://bit.ly/g65GTR
• Students at tuition protests at University of Toronto targeted by police - http://bit.ly/i6Zcb5
• Open educational resources - http://bit.ly/hE75x8
• Students shut down Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) Board of Governors - http://bit.ly/ibOxEM
• Chris Hedges: Why is the United States destroying its education system? - http://bit.ly/ieBlC2
• Australian universities take steps to increase numbers of #indigenous students, academics - http://nyti.ms/fLFFbR
• Not much value in 'value-added' evaluations - http://bit.ly/f2j32S
• Chicago school bans homemade lunches - http://yhoo.it/f3gcg8
• Meditation & yoga classes for primary school pupils 'improves grades' - http://bit.ly/fspYmp
• New York state budget slashes education, health care, taxes on the rich - http://bit.ly/hjVyno
• How to build an apathetic student body - http://bit.ly/hw3fWI
• Accountability in education? Start at the top - http://bit.ly/grgufq
• Burden of college loans on graduates grows - http://nyti.ms/g91w7v
• Teaching beyond parenting & essentialism - http://bit.ly/foYbOg
• Online learning: The pros & cons of k-12 computer courses - http://huff.to/hCBmqZ
• Houston budget makes way for downsizing, layoffs (esp. of teachers), school closures - http://bit.ly/gQ7e1H
• Wa. Senate budget cuts teacher pay, raises tuition - http://bit.ly/htUtCv
• How far will conservatives go to thwart academic freedom? - http://bit.ly/fyq4j3
• Budget cuts to hit public education in California - http://bit.ly/f8fD4i
• Court sides w/ teachers in BCTF class size/composition feud - http://bit.ly/eDwqbV
• High school students earn more credits than those in the past - http://bit.ly/fzP8ZP
• An ex. of terribly executed science journalism || 'Illegal' downloading is OK, college kids say - http://bit.ly/ewOmEY
• Contrast w/ || To students, music piracy & shoplifting are worlds apart - http://bit.ly/g9gUI3