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Not your typical summer school: Districts expand programs to catch up students after pandemic year
ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor mom Kristen Bodley said she feels like her 10-year-old son, Jackson – who is bright and normally top of his class in reading, writing and math – hasn’t learned a single thing all year. After spending over a year of fully remote learning at Ann Arbor Public Schools, the…
ACT sees drop in students selecting education as planned major
Fewer students are heading into the teaching field, according to American College Testing (ACT) records. The ACT test measures a high school student’s readiness for college and provides colleges with necessary data. ACT reports 7% of Alabama’s 2012 graduating class who took the ACT, selected Education as their planned major. That number dropped to almost…
There aren’t enough men teaching elementary school. Here’s how we can change that — and why we must.
“Hello, my name is Melissa, and my son has expressed how excited he is to have a ‘man teacher’ this year, which in turn made me excited for him.” She went on to write that I was her fifth grader’s first male teacher, adding: “You are all this boy talks about at home.” It’s been…
This School Year Will Be Messy. That’s Ok.
As the school year begins amid an ongoing pandemic and after a summer of racial reckoning, Social and Emotional Learning is going to hold special appeal to educators trying to help students heal from a range of painful losses. The idea behind this kind of learning, known as SEL, is that when students are calm,…
Challenges And Ideas For The Substitute Teacher
Being a substitute teacher is not easy. Dealing with an unfamiliar environment difficult students are some of the common challenges for substitute teachers. Try these tips to enhance your substitute teaching experience. How to deal with Aggressive Make it clear to students that both aggressive behavior and bullying are unacceptable and will not be taken…
‘Pennsylvania is forgoing resources’: Economists say school funding matters
Research shows that more spending, if properly targeted, improves achievement for traditionally underserved students Two prominent economists testified this week in the landmark Pennsylvania fair school funding case that research shows increased resources, if properly targeted, can improve academic achievement and life success for traditionally underserved students. Both Rucker Johnson, a professor at the University…
