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Merit of smaller class sizes not proven but teachers strike for them, including LA educators
Most educators and parents see class size as an indicator of a quality education and have made it a priority in teacher strikes across the United States in the past year, but its effectiveness is still up for debate. There's no universal standard for the ...
Of the total number of teachers disciplined over sexual misconduct in 2017, 56 touched the victim’s body, 42 carried out secret filming or peeping and 38 had sexual intercourse.
Japan set to spend ¥1.5 trillion on elementary and junior high school teachers in fiscal 2019
The education ministry plans to include ¥1.52 trillion in its budget for fiscal 2019 to cover personnel costs for teachers at public elementary and junior high schools, it has been learned. The sum for fiscal 2019, which starts next April, is down ¥2.7 billion from ...
Myanmar opens first training course for Japanese-language teachers
Myanmar's first-ever training course for Japanese-language teachers is opening as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to invite more Asian youths to work in Japan. The initial phase of the training program starts this month at the Yangon University of Foreign Languages for students ...
Panel recommends variable hours for Japan's teachers in bid to tackle overwork
A government panel on Thursday recommended the introduction of a variable work-hour system for public school teachers to tackle the problem of overwork. The system would allow teachers to work long hours during busy periods while taking more days off during the students' summer break, ...
That Diet members are considering a legal revision designed to beef up school responses to bullying is testament to educators' failure to effectively address the problem.
Educators at schools nationwide work more than 11 hours per day on average while senior school staff were found to have worked even longer.
Crack down on sexual harassment in schools
It's time to close the loopholes that allow teachers who sexually harass students to remain in the education industry.
Osaka teachers resist mayor's plan to raise achievement test scores
Stung by the poor results of a national achievement test covering math, science, and Japanese, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura wants to raise scores on next year's exam by linking the test results to personnel evaluations and bonuses for school principals and teachers. But in the ...
Japan looks to lower teachers' workloads by having municipalities collect fees for student lunches
In a bid to lower teachers' workloads, the education ministry will compile guidelines by the end of next March on how to reduce their burden with regards to the collection and management of school lunch fees, informed sources have said. As part of work style ...
Ministry report calls for work-style reforms in bid to cut teachers' overtime
The education ministry vowed Friday to promote work style reform at schools in order to reduce overtime among teachers. The long working hours of teachers "have become so serious that the situation cannot be overlooked," the ministry said in an annual white paper. Overtime among teachers ...
White House pitches merging education and labor as part of streamlining, drawing skepticism
The Trump administration proposed a major reorganization of the federal government on Thursday, calling for merging the education and labor departments, moving the federal food stamp program to the Department of Health and Human Services and renaming that agency. The plan represented the latest ...
