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Uncertified teachers filling holes in schools across the South

The Hechinger Report

These states provide a window into the patchwork approach across the South that allows those without traditional training to lead a classroom. I’ve seen what happens when you don’t have teachers in the classroom. But Texas’ second-largest district had to fill elementary classrooms and core subjects in middle and high schools.

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

He is a 2016 Global Teacher Prize Top Ten Winner. He does a lot of work with NNSTOY, and he is actually a full time classroom teacher teaching creativity and innovation. Joe: Well, I’m excited, because I look out at the world, and we have – UNESCO says, by 2030, we have a teacher shortage of 25.8 million teachers.

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Educational Leadership for Social Good

EdTechTeam

I was impressed by Jennifer’s background as a classroom teacher, speech pathologist, and principal with interests in global studies, cross-cultural collaboration, and a peace curriculum. She has aligned her recent work with the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the United Nations in 2015 (as an agenda for moving forward to 2030).

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What Service-Learning and Global Goals Taught Us About Promoting the Greater Good

Edsurge

In fall of 2016, when Chesterfield County Public Schools began reworking its strategic plans, the district challenged principals to “imagine tomorrow,” rethink what a school experience should be and determine what each school stood for. She was committed to authentic learning and connecting to the community and the environment.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies.

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

It is a perfect inquiry-based tool you can use in your classroom and with your students. He is a 2016 Global Teacher Prize Top Ten Winner. He does a lot of work with NNSTOY, and he is actually a full time classroom teacher teaching creativity and innovation. It used to be 30-40% of my kids wanted to be a classroom teacher.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

This is the last public talk I’ll deliver in 2016, and I confess I am relieved (I am exhausted!) Like, how would you argue against “collaborative learning” as occurring – now or some day – in classrooms? 2016 – the phones in their pockets. Either way. as well as honored to be here.

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