Halloween spirit. Determined to give kindergartners a pumpkin patch experience despite not having the funds for a field trip, teachers at a California school spent a week scouring local stores for the cheapest pumpkins. In the end, the pumpkin patch outside of the elementary school was 160 pumpkins big – large enough for every kindergartner and special education student to take one home. (The Californian)
Education majors fall. Some Indiana universities are seeing enrollment decline in their teacher preparation programs. Officials attribute it to a poor economy and news of increasing teacher layoffs. (The Journal Gazette)
College instructors join protestors. Seattle community college instructors took their work outside to the tents and circles of Occupy Seattle protestors, who moved to the campus last week. Instructors planned to give lectures on legislative lobbying, protest signs, and films of human rights violations. (KING 5 News)
Controversy over student loan plan. Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) this morning criticized President Obama for bypassing Congress last week, when he announced a student loan repayment option that will allow graduates to pay back loans based on their income. Education Sector analysts argue for a new approach to handling student debt in a report released Friday. Read “Affordable At Last” on our website. (The Hill)
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