Educational support for deaf children in England ‘in complete disarray’
A deaf pupil with a specialist teacher. In some areas, there is just one specialist teacher for every 100 students. Photograph: Brian Mitchell / Alamy/Alamy
A report by the Consortium for Research into Deaf Education says the number of teachers of the deaf has been cut by 14% in the past seven years, at the same time as a 31% increase in the number of children requiring support.
In some areas the situation is so critical there is just one specialist teacher for every 100 students. Without intervention, researchers say the crisis is likely to worsen, with many existing staff close to retirement.
Source : Guardian
Bayelsa Education Commissioner Tasks Stakeholders On New Strategy
The Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, Mr Jonathan Obuebite, has urged education team and stakeholders in the state to formulate new policies and strategies to take the sector to greater heights.
The commissioner gave the charge on Monday during a meeting with the principals of model secondary schools in Bayelsa held in his office in Yenagoa.
Obuebite said that one of the resolutions for the year was zero tolerance to any act of indiscipline and nonchalant attitude from the top to the least person.
He said that it would no longer be business as usual as both erring staff and students would be sanctioned appropriately.
Source : Pmnewsnigeria
Planning to apply for a Pinellas school ‘choice’ program?
![Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]](http://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180105/ARTICLE/301059951/AR/0/AR-301059951.jpg?MaxW=950 "Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]")
Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school’s Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19.
If history is any guide, more than 20,000 applications from some 11,000 students will flow into the Pinellas County school system’s computers over the next two weeks as families seek access to choice programs.
Those numbers have been fairly consistent in recent years, part of a winter application cycle that has become a familiar annual ritual. Families looking for options outside of their regular zoned school will be vying for entry into special programs like magnets, fundamental schools and career academies.
Source : Pinellas