Most UK researchers are ‘world class’?

The 67 expert Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) panels said that another 33% was “internationally recognised”.The results will decide universities’ shares of more than £1.5bn, a third of the available research funding. But the funding council has had to defend the way institutions could choose which staff would be assessed.

State rules don’t apply to Georgia’s largest school system anymore

The Gwinnett County school board Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to gain greater local control over the education of students, including freeing itself from state mandates on class size and teacher pay.

Another one bites the dust – Teachers trainers group file for bankruptcy

A company that has received more than $1.1 million to train Kanawha County teachers over the past two years filed for bankruptcy last week.Officials with TeachFirst Inc. filed the documents last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Washington state. Several calls to the Seattle-based company went unanswered Wednesday.