K-12 education 
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3-31-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Regraduating
by Horace Dewey
In which we see a chronicle of history born anew.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
3-22-14
Only three black applicants win places to train as history teachers in UK
Professor says 'institutional racism' is behind a failure to recruit ethnic minority trainees.
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3-24-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Compensation
by Horace Dewey
In which we see a teacher discuss the only thing more private than his sex life.
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3-17-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Smart Board, Dumb Teacher
by Horace Dewey
In which we see the advantages of technology (and its discontents).
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3-10-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Romantics
by Horace Dewey
In which a walk in the woods leads to a fishing expedition.
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3-3-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Gingerly Revising
by Horace Dewey
In which a student and a teacher confront their limits.
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2-24-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Progressive Faith
by Horace Dewey
In which our narrator considers the curiously broad appeal of his namesake.
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2-10-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: History Day
by Horace Dewey
In which we gauge the political climate of homework.
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2-3-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Questioning
by Horace Dewey
In which we see a teacher annoyed by students with minds of their own.
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1-27-14
The Secret Life of Teaching: Checking Your Self
by Horace Dewey
In which the ties that bind are badges of honor.
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
8-7-13
NC law ends pay raises for K-12 teachers with master's degrees
A master’s degree in teaching costs about $6,400 a semester for a full-time North Carolina resident attending East Carolina University’s College of Education, meaning a four-semester program would cost about $26,000. But, according to the North Carolina state legislature, that doesn’t mean it’s worth anything.In the most recent state budget passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor last week, North Carolina lawmakers eliminated a provision – which exists in many states – that granted automatic pay raises to public school teachers who completed master’s degrees. It was one of several changes the budget made to teacher compensation and working conditions, including ending teacher tenure, but it is the one likely to have the largest impact on the state’s higher education institutions.The elimination of the benefit could have a significant effect on enrollment in education schools at North Carolina colleges and universities. And since many of those programs generate net revenues for the institutions, enrollment declines could affect their bottom lines....