Johns Hopkins School of Education

Type: Organization

Name: Johns Hopkins School of Education

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 7 reports

Educating Teachers via Free Online Courses

On Wednesday, May 1, online course provider Coursera announced a new partnership that will allow teachers worldwide to take its online courses for free.Courses available to teachers include such topics as introductory teaching, student engagement and ... [Published Center for Digital Education - May 02 2013]

Entities: Education, Graduate School, Johns Hopkins School of Education, Curry School of Education, Peabody College

First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Tyler Hansen: Ben Carson Steps Down As Johns Hopkins Commencement Speaker

Dr. Ben Carson, a rising star in conservative media, announced today that he would step down as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His decision followed a widespread backlash in the media and on campus after he compared the ... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Apr 11 2013]

Entities: Ben Carson, Baltimore (Maryland, United States), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Education, Same-Sex Marriage

First reported Feb 26 2013 - Updated Feb 26 2013 - 1 reports

City Year

City Year Praises New "School Turnaround AmeriCorps" Initiative To Turnaround Low-Performing Schools PR Newswire

BOSTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --$ Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, along with Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, announced a new collaboration between their two agencies: School Turnaround ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Feb 26 2013]

Entities: City Year, Initiative, Corporation for National and Community Service

Quotes

..."Most [of the courses] are around in-person teaching," she explained. "I think we could have an impact in this space."

Coursera Online Hub Offers Teachers Development [Published TechWeb - May 01 2013]

"We want to help K-12 students by helping their teachers," added Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng. "Many schools just don't have the resources to provide teachers and parents the training and support they need. By providing free online courses on how to teach, we hope to improve this."

Coursera Announces Professional Development Courses to Facilitate Lifelong Learning for Teachers ... [Published PR inside - May 01 2013]

"Marriage is between a man and a woman," Carson said during the television appearance. "No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are -- they don't get to change the definition."

Free Speech and Diversity of Beliefs Unwelcome at Johns Hopkins [Published GOPUSA - Apr 12 2013]

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Coursera Brings Online Instruction To Teachers,... [Published TechCrunch - May 01 2013] While some institutions of higher learning have grown skeptical of the MOOC phenomenon spreading through its ranks (and the startups responsible), you have to give Coursera credit for keeping its foot on the gas. In less than six months, the MOOC ...
Coursera Brings Online Instruction To Teachers,... [Published TechCrunch Europe - May 01 2013] While some institutions of higher learning have grown skeptical of the MOOC phenomenon spreading through its ranks (and the startups responsible), you have to give Coursera credit for keeping its foot on the gas. In less than six months, the MOOC ...
Coursera moves beyond universities by partnerin... [Published The Next Web - May 01 2013] Coursera on Wednesday announced it has partnered with 12 top professional development programs and schools of education to open up training and development courses to teachers worldwide. The massive open online course (MOOC) provider is expanding beyond ...
Coursera moves beyond universities by partnerin... [Published The Next Web - May 01 2013] Coursera on Wednesday announced it has partnered with 12 top professional development programs and schools of education to open up training and development courses to teachers worldwide. The massive open online course (MOOC) provider is expanding beyond ...
Tyler Hansen: Ben Carson Steps Down As Johns Ho... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Apr 11 2013] Dr. Ben Carson, a rising star in conservative media, announced today that he would step down as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His decision followed a widespread backlash in the media and on campus after he compared the ...