Online Teaching

Days after a teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar was caught on camera urging her students to hit their Muslim classmate, a teacher in Karnataka’s Shivamogga asked two Muslim students to “go to Pakistan.” In the former case, the child had forgotten tables of multiplication, apparently, but the authority figure in class thought it fit to bring up his nominal faith. …

Aron Rosenberg decided to spend an entire year offline. That meant no internet, no emails and no smartphone. His experiment happened to coincide with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the rest of the world was becoming more internet-reliant than ever before. His 365 days of being unplugged started on Jan. 1, 2020 and continued through Dec. 31, 2020. …

HARRISBURG — Within the first few weeks of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, the new Democratic governor promised to make Pennsylvania more friendly for businesses and workers. Since then, Shapiro’s administration has made significant progress, after completing the first-ever catalog of all 2,400 state permits, certificates, licenses, and other necessary filings to begin working or start a business in the state. …

If your aim is to make an impact, Monash will open pathways for you. Whether it’s in your local community or at an international level, Monash will equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a positive change. In a time of disruption, your life and career won’t always move in a straight line. By studying with …

Based in UniSA Online at the City West campus Two 2-year fixed term contracts (one full-time, one part-time position) Salary range: $104,838 – $123,873 per annum pro rata (plus 17% superannuation) About the Role Working on site in Adelaide, South Australia, you will work with academic staff within Academic Units to support the development and delivery …

School starts for Saskatchewan students Tuesday, but not all of them will be returning to classrooms. Some are enrolled in Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre (SDLC), a new centralized system for online learning. “We are operating in 10 different centres around the province, literally from every corner,” Darren Gasper, the CEO for SDLC, said Friday. The Crown corporation is a centralized …

American Sign Language class is starting next week at Maysville Community and Technical College. Cost for the six-week course beginning Sept. 7, and ending Oct. 12, is $50 per person. The class will be held at the Maysville campus in room T114 from 6 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Renea Trabue is teaching the class and has a …

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), has urged Nigerian teachers to embrace technology as well as embark on professional development to make themselves relevant in the fast-changing global environment. Registrar of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, also tasked teachers on the need to engage in lifelong learning to remain relevant …

New York CNN  —  Parents aren’t alone in feeling the extra pinch in the wallet this year in paying for back-to-school necessities. Teachers, too, are digging deeper to meet their classroom needs out of pocket. Sarah Adkins, a third grader teacher with Pennoyer School District 79, a Northwest Chicago surburban elementary school, spends an average of $300 to $500 a …

James (center) with students. Hawaiʻi and many states around the country are in dire need of more teachers and especially those in the STEM fields. To develop more high-quality mathematics teachers in Hawaiʻi, the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu received a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The three-year, $299,527 grant was awarded in August for the project, “Building …