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Doctors, police to join striking teachers

After teachers, who have been on strike for five days now, health care and police unions have also announced strikes.

The Independent Trade Union of Police has announced that police officers will go on strike on February 3.

PM: Teachers’ requests unrealistic

Serbian PM Mirko Cvetković says teachers’ demands are unrealistic and that the government will not make concessions that would undermine economic stability.

He said that the demands of the teachers on strike for an increase of their earnings by 24 percent were unrealistic and could cause a chain reaction of demands for salary and pension increases that would lead to inflation and weaken the domestic currency.

Professors and Teachers Need An Indexing Filing System Software to Help with Paper Files Posted By : Janet Baker

Teachers should switch to a much easier form of paper management so that they can find what they need quicker and easier. If you are a teacher, you know all too well how much paperwork
accumulates on your desk in the course of a day, and at the end of a
week, you may even be buried under all of the paper files that you know
needs to be filed away, but how to file for easy retrieval is
mind-boggling.

Dell Launches Slew of Printer Solutions for Teachers, Lawyers

Dell offers businesses a selection of printers and printing services aimed at providing specific services to those working in the legal, educational and medical fields, as well as a single-function printer for larger businesses. – Computer and printing solutions giant Dell announced a series of
printer solutions aimed at helping lawyers, teachers and health care
staff, as well as a single function printer, the 5350dn. Designed for
larger businesses, the 5350dn can print up to 50 single-sided pages per
minute. The Dell 535…


The Common Ground For Teachers and Students Posted By : Mike Bloom

One can say that technology has indeed pervaded all aspects of life, and all sectors of society.

Girls’ Math Skills Reflect Female Teachers’ Anxiety

Elementary school teachers who are women can inadvertently pass along their anxieties about mathematics to their girl students, according to new research from the University of Chicago. The study finds that teachers need more math training before they receive their teaching certificates.
– Elementary
school teachers who are women can unknowingly pass along their anxieties about
mathematics to their girl students, who then score lower on achievement tests
compared to boys in the same class, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

The
year-long study f…


15 Biggest Student-Teacher Scandals of 2009

Many people have fantasies of their authority figures, and vice-versa, but some people just go too far. Nearly 10 percent of U.S. public school students have been targeted with unwanted sexual attention by school employees.

Indian, Pakistani, Black teachers facing ‘endemic culture of racism’ in British schools

With nearly half of Black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers complaining of racial discrimination, schools in Britain have developed an “endemic culture of institutional racism,” a new research has found.
“Foremost, and most worrying, it is clear that the incidence of discrimination reported by BME teachers and leaders within the school system is indicative of an [...]

Pakistani militants ambush van, kill two women teachers

Pakistani officials say militants have ambushed a vehicle near Khar, the main town in the Bajur tribal region, killing two women teachers and wounding other passengers. Local official Adalat Khan says militants hiding on both sides of a country road sprayed the van with automatic weapons as

Food poisoning sickens 76 students, teachers in northern China kindergarten

State media have reported that 76 students and teachers have fallen ill from food poisoning at a kindergarten in northern China. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that the students and teachers showed symptoms of fever and vomiting after lunching at the Elfin Kindergarten in Inner

Dan Brown: He Showed the World Through Teachers’ Eyes: Thank You, Frank McCourt

Occasionally, a teacher can cross over from the all-consuming teaching sphere to tell the tale to the masses. No one in recent memory did this more successfully than Frank McCourt.

Karen Symms Gallagher: Teachers Wanted: Our Ailing Education System Needs Quality Teachers with Staying Power

A superb teacher can change a life for the better. A poor teacher, and worse, a series of poor teachers, can have a substantial negative…