From The Huntington Library — New Exhibition Opens at The Huntington on November 12, 2011 An important collection of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors spanning 3,000 years makes its first public appearance in an exhibition highlighting nearly 90 highly decorative pieces ranging in date from the Qijia Culture (2100–1700 B.C.) of pre- and early Chinese history, […]
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times — At some Los Angeles elementary schools, teachers have drastically cut time for science because of pressure to focus on reading and math. If they can incorporate science into class time, they say they mostly have to buy their own supplies. And educators from the state’s high-tech epicenter of […]
By Stephen Sawchuk, Education Week — The University of Michigan today unveiled a new organization that will help teacher-training programs—and the teacher-education field in general—develop a more systematic approach to preparing their candidates. Led by Deborah Loewenberg Ball, a renowned professor and dean of the university’s school of education, TeachingWorks will disseminate a set of […]
By Atul Gawande, The New Yorker — I’ve been a surgeon for eight years. For the past couple of them, my performance in the operating room has reached a plateau. I’d like to think it’s a good thing—I’ve arrived at my professional peak. But mainly it seems as if I’ve just stopped getting better. During […]
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING – On Saturday, September 24th, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING proudly hosted its 6th Annual the ART of TEACHING Conference, which took place at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California. With more than 450 guests in attendance – comprised of mentors, fellows, […]
By Alyson Klein, Education Week — The Obama administration on Thursday afternoon said it will waive the cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline that all students be proficient in math and language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student-achievement goals, and design their […]
By Gene R. Carter, Education Week — From almost any vantage point, it is hard to find sincere concern about the productive future of our young people in the political debates occurring in Washington and state capitals. The passing references to children and students feel largely like rhetorical flourishes in the partisan and ideological fights […]
By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney — President Obama is looking to send $30 billion to the states to stem the crush of teacher layoffs. The proposal, unveiled Thursday night as part of Obama’s jobs agenda, goes far beyond a $10 billion measure he signed last August to minimize the downsizing of teachers and first responders. That […]
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING — The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens hosted a special two-week institute for the Primary Source Network and other Cotsen teachers interested in the use of primary sources in social studies. Held the first two weeks in August the institute, “California’s Place in […]
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING — The Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, in its partnership with the UCLA Lab School, has been selected to be a member of the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium. Joining Stanford and the University of California at Davis, the Cotsen-UCLA […]