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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

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It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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New Teacher-Focused Program Launched to Drive Literacy Results for Alaska Students

eSchool News

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif., Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

Edsurge

At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. One relatively easy option would be for elementary classes to have their normal classes 4 days a week. Rather than a “special” class every day, they might devote one day every week for two 3-hour workshops in art, music, STEAM or phys ed.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Palmer High School calibrates the VR system. Amesse Elementary. He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. A student at William J.

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High school graduation rates for one important group are starting to get better

The Hechinger Report

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. Counselors routinely invite parents to Spanish-language workshops on college applications and financing.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized … and students play absolutely no role.” The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized,” he said, “and students play absolutely no role.”.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

based education advocacy group. “It Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. And it’s not just districts looking to “save” their librarians that are adopting the new model. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.