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New Orleans’ uphill battle for more black and homegrown teachers

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, New Orleans’ seven universities handed out 265 bachelor’s degrees in education, according to federal data. During the 2003-04 school year, black teachers accounted for 72 percent of New Orleans’ educators. In 2015, UNO granted 48 bachelor’s degrees in education, down from 136 in 2003. Last year, they gave out just 93.

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Dear ISTE (reprised)

NeverEndingSearch

The key mission is to provide a professional learning community where librarians can leverage technology knowledge and expertise to improve school library programs, increase access to information, and foster strong teaching and learning environments in a connected world. So do classroom teachers. And they have lots of them.

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The Assessment Range: Using Data To Meaningfully Affect Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

These are industrial documents. ” Even in high-functioning professional learning communities, teachers are behind before they give their first test. ” They’re matters of professional learning communities and artifacts for “data teams.”