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New nationwide call to action aims to help solve teacher shortages
K-12 leaders are urged to work with higher ed to create residency programs where student-teachers work as substitutes, paraprofessionals and tutors.
Biden’s 2023 budget includes $11.9 billion boost for education
President's budget request includes a $1 billion in funding for school counselors and mental health professionals.
How COVID increased the urgency to revamp K-12’s approach to grading
Students will pursue more clearly defined learning targets and get more details on their progress.
How K-12 leaders can help colleges diversify the principal pipeline
To convince more teachers of color to enter the principal pipeline, New Leaders has launched the Aspiring Principals Fellowship, an online certification and master’s program, with two leading HBCUs, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University. K-12 administrators can support the effort by identifying teacher leaders, assistant principals and other educators who have the potential to move into school leadership.
High school students were making progress in 2 key areas before COVID struck
Despite a steady rise in GPAs, 12th-graders’ math and science scores have declined or stayed flat for a full decade, according to Wednesday’s release of Nation’s Report Card data for the graduating class of 2019. And it remains to be seen if COVID’s extensive disruptions, including the uneven shift to virtual learning, will upend this upward trajectory.
3 actions K-12 leaders should push for to better fund English learners
Diversity doesn’t simply mean supporting English learners—it also means recognizing the heterogeneity of English learners themselves. English learners are not, after all, a homogeneous group, says Indira Dammu, a researcher and senior analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for underserved students.
New federal spending proposal would allot $76.4 billion for education
Congressional appropriators released the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, H.R. 2471, in the early morning hours of March 9, in the hopes of finishing the FY 2022 appropriations process in the next week. The omnibus appropriations package includes $76.4 billion in funding for Education Department discretionary programs, an increase of $2.9 billion over the enacted FY 2021 appropriations amount.
10 COVID-relief spending plans reveal an area of growing urgency in schools
Career-technical education programs designed to engage students in the skills needed for the future’s most in-demand jobs are getting re-energized as districts bounce back from COVID with help from a surplus of relief funds.
How schools can seize a can’t-miss chance to strengthen mental health care
For some communities, COVID was just the latest ordeal in a string of natural disasters, racial injustice and other crises.