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Teachers Income Investigation: Teachers struggling to survive on income

Teachers Income Investigation: Teachers struggling to survive on income
Increasing numbers of teachers are struggling to cope with rising mortgage payments and living costs as the credit crunch continues, the Teacher Support Network (TSN) said today.
The teachers’ counselling service said it had dealt with more calls about housing concerns this year than ever.
It has awarded over [...]

Investigation Result: American Students better at basic writing skills

Investigation Result: American Students better at basic writing skills
More and more middle- and high-school students have the basics of writing down, but there’s been no increase in the ranks of top-performing teenage writers.
The federal government released the scores Thursday of writing tests given to eighth- and 12th-graders nationwide last year. As in the past, girls [...]

Charter school movement: School Choice and Creative Depression

Charter school movement: School Choice and Creative Depression
School choice has many variations the most successful of which is the charter school movement.  There were no such schools prior to 1992 when the first one opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, a school which still functions today.Â
That lonely beginning has grown in sixteen short years to more [...]

Iflove Education Review: Only if Girls Be Boys

Iflove Education Review: Only if Girls Be Boys
It was late on a rainy fall day, and a college freshman named Rey was showing me the new tattoo on his arm. It commemorated his 500-mile hike through Europe the previous summer, which happened also to be, he said, the last time he was happy. We sat [...]

No Child Left Behind Act: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Destroying Our Children and Schools

Iflove Education Summary: No Child Left Behind Act: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Destroying Our Children and Schools
There are always two sides to every coin, and in education, many, many sides to any pedagogical issues. This book attempts to dissect some of those issues, criticize and critique and then offer plausible alternatives.
George [...]

Iflove Education resources for both students and educators, for K-12 and higher education

Iflove Education resources for both students and educators, for K-12 and higher education
Iflove Education offers the latest education news and features of interest to parents and students. Resources include back-to-school checklists, scholarship and financial aid tips
Find breaking news & education news on colleges & universities, teachers, public & private schools, tuition, scholarships, financial aid & [...]

Iflove Education - Guidelines to K-12 Schools, Gruaduate Schools, Colleges and Distance Learning

Iflove Education - Guidelines to K-12 Schools, High Schools, Colleges and Distance Learning
Iflove Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge. The philosophy of education is the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education.
Here you’ll learn the importance of education, the [...]