Teachers have come a long way with help

Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  July 10, 2005 ;   Florence C. Wilson;   583 words ...Teachers, just as women, have come a long way, but not long nor far enough. Teachers were doing lunch bench duties in the 1950s, opening Thermos...children were eating their lunches. If all went well, teachers on duty had a full 20 minutes for lunch. Other teachers...

Teachers punched bitten and abused by pupils as young as 5; DAMNING REPORT...

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  March 30, 2008 ;     787 words ...TEACHERS used to be envied because of their short hours and long...delinquency of troubled kids - some as young as five. Many teachers have complained to school managers and the Government...implemented across the board. A survey by the Association for Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) revealed that nearly a ...

Lonely heart teachers need lessons in love

Evening Standard - London;  February 21, 2000 ;   JOEL WOLCHOVER;   512 words ...TEACHERS have become Britain's loneliest hearts, more likely to turn to dating agencies than any other profession...makes them the largest group of singles in Britain and presents a problem for the agencies. Many non-teachers refuse to accept dates with teachers, citing bad experiences from their own school ...

Education: Is teaching only a job? Well lets make it professional again...

The Independent - London;  November 19, 1998 ;   Christina Preston;   787 words ...Teachers are overwhelmed with advice on how to do their job, from...suggested but seems to be no nearer fruition. Meanwhile, teachers have few platforms to speak, unless the tabloids unearth...Heads are reluctant to pay the cost of a cover teacher. Teachers themselves worry about the disruption to their ...

Teachers are tech savvy, seek input in school decisions, survey...

Education Technology News;  October 1, 2004 ;     767 words ...Teachers are using technology to enrich lesson plans, better engage...group revealed the full results of its Speak Up Day for Teachers, which polled educators about how they are using technology. The thing that stood out for us is that the teachers in our poll were very tech savvy in terms of their ...

Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's...

Issues in Teacher Education;  October 1, 2007 ;   Wren, Susie;   787 words ...Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers By Daniel Moulthroup, Ninive Clements Calegari, &...caught my eye. There it was, in bold capital letters: TEACHERS HAVE IT EASY. I immediately marched over to the book...

The third Phi Delta Kappa poll of teachers' attitudes toward the public...

Phi Delta Kappan;  November 1, 1996 ;   Langdon, Carol A.;   787 words ...Do teachers agree with the public about how their...the public sees from a distance? Have teachers' ideas about perennial issues in education...Delta Kappa conducted its third poll of teachers' attitudes toward the public schools...

Teachers can be millionaires, too: two economic educators outline...

Social Education;  March 1, 2005 ;   Schug, Mark C. Wood, William C.;   787 words ...TEACHERS OFTEN REGARD themselves as unlikely candidates for financial...goal here is to explain this point as it applies to K-12 teachers. We begin, however, by acknowledging the salary constraints...building seem, at first glance, to be an impossible dream for teachers. According to the Bureau of Labor ...

Pupils set to strike back if teachers are given new powers, warns union.

The Birmingham Post (England);  February 16, 1998 ;     511 words ...Teachers are being told to ignore Government guidance on restraining...greater risk of assaults. Ministers are set to clarify teachers' legal rights over dealing with restrain disruptive or...the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, said: The danger is that teachers will ...

Palmyra-Eagle teachers boycott open houses Educators protest starting...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 27, 1998 ;   MIKE JOHNSON;   557 words ...Teachers in the Palmyra-Eagle School District are boycotting school...year without a contract. In a show of solidarity, the 102 teachers in the district plan to wear their blue Palmyra-Eagle...the next round of contract talks with a state mediator. Teachers were absent from an open house Tuesday night at ...

Training, Internet Assignments Improve Teachers' Classroom Technology Use.

Education Technology News;  April 26, 2000 ;     440 words ...Teachers with more professional development tend to make more use...Computers and the Internet in Public Schools, found that teachers with 32 hours of professional development in using computers...problem solving using those tools. Forty one percent of teachers with 32 hours of experience assigned problem ...

Teachers using technology more, but want more classroom PCs.(Research &...

Education Technology News;  October 1, 2005 ;     501 words ...Teachers need more classroom access to computers in order to fully integrate them into lessons, reveals the new survey, Teachers Talk Tech 2005: Tools for Teachers vs. Tools for Teaching. Commissioned by computer company CDWG, the survey interviewed 1,000 K-12 teachers...

Unruly pupils teachers' fault, claims study

The Sunday Herald;  March 12, 2000 ;   Sarah-Kate Templeton; sarah-kate.templeton@sundayherald.com;   498 words ...TEACHERS are the main reason children misbehave, according to a...findings of the survey challenge the belief held by many teachers that parents are behind a child's bad behaviour. Previous studies have shown that teachers believe a poor home life is 15 times more likely than...

Arundel, Frederick Teachers Protest Pay

The Washington Post;  June 5, 1987 ;   Tom Vesey;   748 words ...Teachers often try to suppress rebellion in their students, but in two Maryland counties it is they...fighting authority this time. Pickets were out in Frederick and Anne Arundel yesterday as teachers protested salary increases they say are too small. Teachers in those counties also have initiated other job ...

Teachers to get time off work to prepare lessons

The Independent - London;  November 9, 2001 ;   Richard Garner and Sarah Cassidy;   491 words ...TEACHERS ARE, for the first time, to be guaranteed time off from...backed inquiry next week. On Monday, the inquiry into teachers' workload is expected to put a weekly limit on teaching...preparation. It will also place a limit on their duties. Teachers will be paid overtime if they offer to cover for ...