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Why inspiring Black students to teach is key to filling K-12 shortages
The Philadelphia-based Center for Black Educator Development has been focused on recruiting, sustaining and retaining teachers of color since before the pandemic, which has only increased the strain on the K-12 workforce.
Analysis: School Repairs? New Instructional Materials? How Districts With Different Poverty Levels Are Spending COVID Relief Funds
Districts' COVID relief spending plans suggest that this historic infusion of cash could help the most underserved communities recover not only from the pandemic, but from years of disinvestment.
Ed Dept urges states to rethink assessment delivery, communication
The U.S. Department of Education urged states on Tuesday to develop assessment systems that use multiple measures of academic achievement and follow a competency-based model.
A decade after enrolling, 60% of college students earn more than high school graduates
On average, 60% of those who enter college earn more than high school graduates a decade later, according to new return-on-investment data released Tuesday by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
Exits by Black and Hispanic Teachers Pose a Threat to Learning Recovery
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System reported a 26% increase in the number of teacher retirements in the second half of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. Of those surveyed, more than half cited challenges of teaching during the pandemic as their main reason for leaving.
Top concern for superintendents: Student, staff mental health
The mental health of students, teachers and principals was the top concern among superintendents surveyed recently by the Rand Corp. Concerns about mental health outweighed worries about student engagement, discipline, student and teacher attendance and declining enrollment.
5 Ways Rural School Leaders Can Create Workforce Opportunities for Students
While jobs returned at high rates in 2021, most of that growth was experienced in metropolitan areas. Unfortunately, rural America in April 2021 had essentially the same number of jobs as in 2010, and that’s bad news for the nearly 1 in 5 students in the United States who attend a rural school and will thus be much more likely to miss out on high-quality, work-based learning opportunities.
Early college can be a second chance for struggling students
Dual enrollment offers a way for postsecondary education to stop replicating inequality. But programs must be built for students from more backgrounds.
New L.A. Schools Chief Carvalho Starts Monday With Immediate Challenge: College Readiness Among Black and Latino Students Has Plunged
Before COVID-19, almost two-thirds of Latino students in Los Angeles Unified School District were completing the courses required for admission to the UC and CSU systems. In 2020, the rate fell to 54%.