Teachers in the UK are slowly coming back to classes amid coronavirus concerns. In one week, the number of teachers attending classes has increased by 40,000 from 200,000 to 240,000. On June 1st, the UK reopened schools amid controversies and fear about the safety of students and school staff. More than three weeks later, the […]
The US has seen a massive school staff layoffs in the past few months due to coronavirus lockdown. Experts agree that this will have a significant impact on school-going children. The US unemployment rate has jumped from 3.5 percent in February to 13.3 percent in June according to nonfarm payroll data. This marked one of […]
Britain’s teachers are moving out by thousands as many are being lured overseas away by lucrative pay packages, and better working environments. Most of these teachers quit teaching in schools in different provinces of the United Kingdom, and migrate to Australia, Canada, China, Dubai, Switzerland, Nepal, amongst many other international countries. The reason for the […]
According to a recent survey carried out by the Economic Policy Institute, teachers in Michigan and California spend an average of six hundred and fifty dollars (USD 650) on school supplies, for which there is no reimbursement. The study also concluded that the national average sum teachers invest in classroom supplies is about four hundred and […]
Fifty-seven (57) Filipino Special Education (SPEd) teachers were recently hired by southern Nevada in the Clark County School District (CCSD) to fill the open positions. The shortage of SPEd teachers appears to be nothing new around the area. Starting in 2017, eighty-four (84) Filipinos were sent to southern Nevada to fill in the spots for […]
Information from India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) reveals the setting up of a project deemed to be the largest teacher training in the world. Expressly, the training is set for August 22, where at least forty-two (42) lakh (a hundred thousand) teachers will be trained all over the nation. India has been making […]
Published in Nature, a national study released this week which revealed that growth mindset intervention boosts academic success resulting in having higher grades. The study involved about twelve thousand and five hundred (12,500) ninth (9th) graders for the evaluation. These freshman students showed that by having two (2) sessions with a twenty-five (25) minutes duration […]
As the school year is about to start in the United States, many states have expressed concerns that there is a shortage of teachers across the country. One of the main reasons for the lack of qualified faculty members is that fewer students are interested in pursuing higher education to become teachers. Another big concern […]
Times Higher Education (THE) released their data called World University Rankings to show the top picks for education degrees for 2019. The calculation included about 1,250 universities using thirteen (13) performance indicators. It values independent assessment with comprehensive comparisons and has been the only global university ranking who has done this by far. Unshakeable, University […]
Inspiring communities begin to spring up to foster learning for STEM girls in their latent and creative capabilities in spite of the alarming increase of the gender workforce gap. Within the science and engineering (S&E) labor force, it used to be so tough for women to break into the field because of the lack of […]
