Tag: Education
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In The First Two Weeks Of School, More Than 20,000 New South Wales Children Got Infected With Covid-19
In the first two weeks of the school year, more than 20,000 NSW school children tested positive for COVID-19, and the number of cases among kids is fast increasing, with a nearly 50% rise between week one and week two.
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Teacher In China Sent To Mental Hospital After Criticizing The Communist Party
Authorities in Hunan, China’s central province, are alleged to be keeping a teacher in a mental facility after she spoke out against the expulsion of a Shanghai journalism instructor who encouraged her pupils to check official accounts of the Nanjing massacre.
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Metaversity: Former Twitter And Microsoft Executives Describe How A Metaverse Classroom Might Look And Feel
In less than three months after launching, Invact Metaversity secured $33 million in its first round of funding. They’re attempting to create a 3D immersive virtual learning platform that will allow students to participate in online classrooms as animated avatars. In order to improve the online learning experience, the firm will create its own course…
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Thousands of Belgian Teachers Protest Against Poor Working Conditions And Budget Cuts
Thousands of Belgian Francophone teachers and school workers rallied to the streets of Brussels on Tuesday to protest working conditions and budget cuts after two years of school closures and government-imposed COVID measures.
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West Bengal’s Open Air Classroom Project: All You Need To Know About WB Govt’s Initiative
The idea is to “enable a joyful assembly, somewhat similar to classroom structure, free from fear, focusing on play, activities and interactive communication.” Students of Classes 1-4 are to report to the assigned open-air facility twice a week and students of Classes 5-7 five days a week.
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Substitute Teacher Removed From School After “Cotton Picking” Comment At Student
Students at Farmington High School left the building Thursday, Feb. 10, after a female substitute teacher used the phrase “cotton picking” to describe a Black male student.
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Unvaccinated Teachers In Boston Will Be Allowed In City Schools
Unvaccinated Boston teachers reached agreement with city, must test twice weekly, not allowed in school buildings during certain times.
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The Great Resignation: Burned-out Teachers Share Their “#quitmyjob” Stories On TikTok
Teachers are exhausted. According to a recent study by the National Education Association, 90% of members report feeling burnt out as a serious problem. The COVID-19 pandemic increased workloads and exposed underlying systemic issues in the educational sector, leading teachers to consider leaving their profession at record rates.
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Teacher’s Creative “Handshakes” Keep Students Smiling During Covid
David Jamison first went viral in 2019 for memorizing and performing elaborate, individual handshake routines with his students. Now, after his own battle with Covid-19 and months of virtual teaching, the man nicknamed “The Dope Educator” is back in the classroom with a modified way of making each of his students feel special.
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Puerto Rico Teachers Will Get A $1,000 A Month Salary Increase After Protest
The move comes just days after 70% of public school teachers left their classrooms and joined a protest for better conditions. Salaries had not increased in 13 years.