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It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How.

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It’s not just us noticing these trends—recent research reports and surveys from a number of organizations reveal alarming statistics on teacher well-being. And only 12 percent of teachers report that they are very satisfied in their roles. The educational climate is rapidly deteriorating, the ripples of which we have yet to fully feel.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Madison Reed, a high school senior.

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OPINION: New leadership at the top should mean big changes for English language learners

The Hechinger Report

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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In 2018, a report conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years. Photo courtesy of Winchester. Why Our Stories Need to Be Heard My first, second and third grade teacher, Mrs.

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Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools

The Hechinger Report

Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. Genes may not pass on white supremacy, but education policies certainly do. Students may be the most powerful weapons to help us change policy. That’s horrific enough.

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OPINION: Four ways that Mississippi is teaching more children to read well

The Hechinger Report

The state proved a bright spot on the most recent Nation’s Report Card. Among them: better teacher preparation and professional development for elementary reading; higher academic standards; state assessments aligned with NAEP’s expectations for students; and steady, consistent work toward the state’s strategic goals.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

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have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.