Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

“Her teacher quit last Friday. Just like that, she’s gone,” my friend said to me just a few weeks ago, devastated that her daughter’s second grade teacher — her favorite teacher — left before the school year ended. The parents are in an uproar, and the new teacher is a substitute who keeps sending home kindergarten math.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Benefits: What Supporters of the Four-Day School Week Are Saying Supporters of four-day school weeks argue that the schedule change can result in district cost savings, better student attendance, and improved teacher recruitment and retention. Does four equal five?

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2022

But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the makeup of public-school teachers, who are overwhelmingly white. Our position is that there’s no better expert to understand how to recruit and retain a teacher of color than a teacher of color,” says Kimberly Smith, who co-leads Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2024

Research shows that “when it comes to student performance on reading and math tests, teachers are estimated to have two to three times the effect of any other school factor, including services, facilities, and even leadership.” Students matter AND district leaders need to prioritize taking care of the adults who take care of the kids.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 9, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Due to an increase in teacher shortages around the country, the need to hire highly qualified teachers, especially teachers of color, is challenging school district leaders to rethink and revamp their recruitment and retainment efforts. You have to help build the pipeline.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. Chemistry and physics teachers within these schools will deliver the curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

But it wasn’t that wall of degrees that most strongly informed her passion for teaching: It was the support she received growing up as a Black child taught by Black educators in her Mississippi hometown, and at her alma mater, a historically Black college. This story also appeared in NBC News. He’s listening to us.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Schools across the country are dealing with a severe teacher shortage. And at least one edtech company is making a similar offer: Instructure, the learning management system provider that runs Canvas, is encouraging its employees to volunteer as substitute teachers for districts.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In my work in supporting districts with building teacher recruitment and retention systems across the country, I get the same question from education leaders as we begin our work together: We’re struggling to recruit teachers of color. How do we recruit more? 2017 as cited by Herrmann, 2018 ).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I’ve oscillated between blaming myself for not doing more to learn about the widely available critiques of TFA and forgiving myself for falling prey to what felt like an aggressive recruitment strategy. As TFA cuts a quarter of its staff after reporting its lowest recruitment numbers in 15 years , I feel angry. I’m so nervous,” I said.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Because of this, many high school teachers, students, and administrators are thinking about how to start esports teams at their school. We’ll also provide resources for finding tournaments, supporting your club and thinking ahead about college scholarships. The process can be quite easy. How to Start a High School Esports Team.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

these days, including the fallout from COVID-19 and America’s ongoing racial reckoning; teacher burnout, low pay, and systemic teacher shortages; and how best to utilize new tech and curriculum with increasing demands and shrinking professional resources. They also spoke about the difference that supportive leadership made.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Benefits: What Supporters of the Four-Day School Week Are Saying. Supporters of four-day school weeks argue that the schedule change can result in district cost savings, better student attendance, and improved teacher recruitment and retention. Related : What if every teacher had a work-from-home day?

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Edthena

APRIL 22, 2022

The Arkansas Teacher Corps was recently awarded the annual Outstanding Team Award for 2021. The Arkansas Teacher Corps (ATC) partners the University of Arkansas with the Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas public school districts to recruit, train, license, and support Arkansan teachers.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Out of this endeavor will emerge new and differentiated models, tools, programs, and products that are created by and supportive of the needs, interests, and dreams of Black, Brown, and Indigenous students and families. A Diverse Educator Workforce: Designed by Teachers of Color. Inclusive Innovation Capacity Building.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

Quick Take: UK schools like schools around the world are facing a shortage of teachers and growing class sizes. Take a look at the reasons and effects of larger class sizes on teacher and students. How class size is affected if you are missing 30,000 teachers ? 5 Effects of larger classes on teachers & students.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Raise standards for teachers. Teachers’ effective professional development is a primary requirement for securing effective teaching. According to some studies, whether a teacher provides primary education or conducts classes for online MA in educational psychology , underqualified teachers are tied to poor outcomes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Finding and retaining effective teachers is one of the surest ways to improve student outcomes, according to research published in the Elementary School Journal and the Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education. We recognize that not all great teachers want to become administrators. Continuous recruiting.

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2023

Addressing teacher shortages is no easy feat. Due to a variety of factors, such as declining completion rates at traditional teachers’ colleges, classrooms face shortages of educators which negatively impacts student learning. USA Today shares more about how Arkansas Teacher Corps addresses teacher shortages.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Schools can’t afford to lose teachers of color. And with public schools struggling to fill teacher vacancies with qualified educators, district and school leaders can’t afford to lose any more teachers,period. When teachers of color are laid off due to seniority-based policies, the impacts are far more than fiscal.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

From my former principal who helped me secure my first assistant principal job to another mentor who encouraged me to seek out executive coaching, I’ve been lucky to receive sound advice and practical support. Chances are their perspective and leadership could help improve retention across the board.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation worked with Reynoldsburg City Schools (OH) to imagine new models for supporting students’ learning. They also worked with teachers and students in Bristol Township (PA) to develop student-led mental health professional development for teachers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Each new school year brings a promise of growth in students and teachers, as well as in professional learning. Teachers and administrators across the country prepare for the new school year by designing professional learning that is meaningful and engaging for their staff. Listen to the full Education Talk Radio interview.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2021

Long Beach Unified, one of the largest school districts in California, is facing a worrying but all-too-familiar problem: Finding enough qualified teachers, or even substitutes, to fill what some experts see as a growing shortage in the midst of an unpredictable pandemic. But the country’s teacher shortage runs far deeper than substitutes.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For Dr. Robins’ plan that he’s implemented in his school district over the past two years, he’s engaged with different groups in the community, such as parents, teachers, and students, and listened to what affects them on a daily basis. Years of experience have taught both superintendents valuable lessons about implementation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2023

. — The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) is pleased to announce the generous support of TC Energy through a $100,000 grant to bolster the training of Virginia teachers. By expanding the program’s reach, the TC Energy grant will directly benefit approximately 250 teachers across Virginia.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Department of Education, only two percent of teachers are African American men, yet African American students make up at least 16 percent of the country’s student population. To make matters more tenuous, teachers of color leave the teaching profession at higher rates than white teachers. According to a 2016 report by the U.S.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Teachers have the largest in-school impact on student achievement. We also know that teacher quality has a greater impact on student outcomes than any other factor, including race, socioeconomic status, and prior academic record. has decried teacher shortages. In the last couple of years, nearly every state in the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Despite students of color representing more than half the student population, Black males make up only two percent of the teacher workforce. We hope to use the fellows’ insights to provide recommendations for future initiatives, models and actions supporting Black males in education.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2022

Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just how challenging it is to be in early childhood education right now. The median elementary school teacher salary in the U.S. Full-time work at $8.75

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Encouraging staff to acknowledge and appreciate each other’s efforts fosters a supportive and positive work environment. For instance, adminstrators should practice consistently recognizing teachers for their innovative lesson plan or a staff member for their exceptional problem-solving skills in a challenging situation.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

the nation’s leading provider of online and blended education—is committing to a series of initiatives that support racial and socioeconomic equity and inclusion in and through education. The company’s new pledge and continued support of racial equality and justice are consistent with this commitment. “At Department of Education.

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Neo LMS

MAY 1, 2018

With artificial intelligence (AI) on the rise, educators have increasingly reflected on how this might impact teaching in the coming years, with some of the more scary predictions even suggesting that machines could one day replace teachers altogether. Could AI in the classroom really replace teachers?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At Colonial (DE) School District , we’ve been focused on retaining teachers through various leadership development and empowerment programs for a few years. In addition to our existing leadership development programs, we’ve also launched a non-evaluative teacher observation and mentorship program.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a great phrase to remember as districts, schools, and educators increasingly rely on technology tools to support student achievement. Although many teachers (and too many school administrators!) The following technology tools have exciting potential for engaging kinesthetic learners–our students who need to move!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The late Robert Slavin, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, calculated that college-educated teaching assistants produced learning gains that were at least as high as those produced by certified teachers and sometimes larger. The question, of course, is whether we can recruit and train enough tutors to meet the need right now.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2017

While many of these smaller school districts face the same challenges as larger school systems, they often lack the infrastructure and supports of larger districts—especially in the form of peer collaboration. A large percentage of public school districts across the U.S. As researcher J.D.

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