arents using the public school system in the U.S. had little choice where to send their children to school as recently as a few decades ago. The rise of charter schools changed the education marketplace and provided new options, even for parents without the means or desire to send their students to private schools. “Charters add more …
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In September, a teacher in the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District, in Southeast Texas, was fired when district leaders learned that an eighth grade class was reading a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank. The novel had not been approved and was deemed inappropriate, and the firing made headlines. It was an extreme example …
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I got an email from a former colleague asking me if I would substitute teach her classes for two days so she could visit her family. Well, it was flattering to be asked and I knew this teacher to be an outstanding professional as well as a long-time friend, so I reluctantly agreed. I was …
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WAYNE — The school district is partnering with Montclair State University to offer an apprenticeship program for teachers aides that will allow them to become certified in education while continuing their employment. The pilot program is expected to create a smoother path for paraprofessionals who want to be classroom leaders, but who have until now lacked opportunities …
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The new curriculum provides more guidelines for teachers and considers students’ needs at each grade level, leaders say. The goal is to teach students to be good digital citizens and get them thinking about future tech careers. This is Damian Furmanchin’s first year teaching digital literacy at Eliza B. Kirkbride School in South Philly to …
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In an effort to remove distractions and enhance educational experiences, schools across the United States are increasingly adopting a no-phone policy, requiring students to lock away their devices for the entire school day. Newburgh Free Academy in New York stands as a testament to the growing trend. Students at the public high school begin their …
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Hope Reed was seeing stark disparities a decade ago at her high school in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina. Nearly half the school’s students were white, but the freshman remedial math classes were made up of almost all students of color. Reed, then chair of the math department at Blythewood High School, intervened with …
Reassigning teachers based on enrollment, the superintendent wrote, was necessary “in order to serve our students equitably.” Telling her students she was leaving Martin Luther King High School was one of the most difficult conversations she’s ever had, said Karlynne Staten. The move wasn’t by choice. Staten, a special education case manager, had been informed …
Philly schools moved 50 teachers weeks into the school year because of ‘leveling’ Read More »
Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could delay students’ recovery from pandemic learning loss. Packed …
Districts serving large numbers of students of color and families in poverty are losing the highest number of educators. For many educators, the 2022-2023 school year was harder than the pandemic years. Sharif El-Mekki, founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development, recalled a recent conversation with a principal describing the challenges. “Every time …
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