NEW DELHI: On April 28, World Economic Forum released a report that details its findings on how AI is impacting the teaching profession. Titled ‘Shaping the future of learning: The role of AI in education 4.0’, the report strengthens the narrative that teachers globally have known for at least a year now – AI tools … Read more
Contract negotiations between the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District and the district’s teachers association are slowing as results continue to trickle in for a special parcel tax election earlier this month. The district held a special election on May 7 asking voters to increase an annual parcel tax for the district from $49 to … Read more
Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former teacher at a Tokyo cram school to two years in prison, suspended for five years, for secretly filming the girls attending the school. According to the ruling, Sosho Mori, the 25-year-old former teacher, took upskirt photos of 12 Yotsuya Otsuka cram school students then age between 7 … Read more
BY CAROLYN JONES | CalMatters An end to billions of dollars in federal Covid relief funds, declining enrollment, staff raises, hiring binges and stagnant state funding should combine over the next few months to create steep budget shortfalls, with low-income districts affected the most. “The fiscal cliff is going to vary,” said Marguerite Roza, director … Read more
PLEASANT HILL — Dust replaced sawdust in the eight years that Valley View Middle School’s woodshop sat dormant. After a search to replace a retiring instructor proved fruitless, power tools were given away to other schools, and electricity, air conditioning and heat to the industrial space were eventually cut. It fell right in line with … Read more
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors selected Eden Housing on Feb. 6 to develop affordable housing for teachers in the West Valley. The housing will be built in Cupertino as part of an effort to make it easier for teachers at West Valley schools to be able to live in the communities where they … Read more
Music teacher honored John Gilchrist, director of instrumental music at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, was recognized this month by a state organization for achievement in music education. Gilchrist, 28, won the 2024 Gilbert T. Freitas Annual Memorial Award from the California Music Educators Association, a professional organization representing the state’s 7,200 credentialed music … Read more
Google has rolled out new features for teachers to save time and support students. In a blog post, Shantanu Sinha, VP, product management, Google for Education revealed that the company is rolling out as many as 30 new features for students and teachers. “All of these new features were designed to help both teachers and … Read more
Brandon Mendoza was a senior at UC Berkeley when he first saw the flier: Get paid to try out teaching in your community. Mendoza, who had always hoped to become a teacher, was curious — he didn’t realize he could test the career before jumping in. So he applied, went through the program, and got … Read more
Libby Black usually spends her Tuesdays in the classroom, teaching painting and drawing at San Francisco State University. But today, the associate professor was on a picket line — one of thousands of CSU professors, lecturers, and other faculty members demanding higher wages across the 23-campus system. “We were already behind inflation,” said Black, speaking … Read more