This Teacher Appreciation Week, I’ve been thinking about my mom, who taught special education in Seattle Public Schools, and all our amazing teachers. I’m proud Washington is ranked the third best state in the nation for teachers. To all our teachers — than Facebook
📚 Big wins for New Mexico kids! This week, I signed four education bills into law, targeting literacy, math, and special education. The new laws require structured literacy instruction in K–3, early math screening, higher math standards for teacher licenses, and facebook.com
I was the kind of educator who cried after IEP meetings. Who took parent complaints home like barbs under the skin. Who paced the kitchen at midnight rehearsing conversations that never happened. You see, I am not just an educator. I am a caregiver-educator — a combination that caused me not to burn out, but […]
Article content The Manitoba government is trying for a second time to reform education in the province, but this time without planning to eliminate elected school boards. Article content The Progressive Conservative government faced widespread public opposition last year when it announced plans to wipe out all elected English-language school boards, and eventually backed down. […]
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County – The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara recognized teacher Jill Egar for her care and devotion to the special education preschool students she serves in the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD). At the Rotary Club’s luncheon on April 15, 2022, […]
Many school districts around the country are facing teacher shortages, particularly in areas such as special education, foreign languages, and science and math. At the same time, the existing teaching force – which is overwhelmingly white, in most places – often doesn’t reflect the demographics of the student body. To address shortages and increase diversity […]
The Randolph Foundation for Education, like many organizations, struggled through the pandemic – but now it’s restarting its “Teacher Grant” program. The RFE spent the pandemic doing a few teacher grants each semester, but mostly focused on distributing more than 4,000 COVID PPE kits. It now invites teachers and community members to join the board […]
On Tuesday’s meeting of the Washington County School District Board of Education, the education association president Amy Barton warned numerous teachers are pondering quitting amid perceived over-scheduling and staffing shortages. | Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash ST. GEORGE — The president of the Washington County Education Association sent out an SOS on behalf of local […]
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How to address the worsening teacher shortage in Louisiana, teacher salary increases and steps to recover from the pandemic-induced learning loss will be key topics during the 2022 legislature, officials said Monday. The Louisiana Federation of Teachers, the Louisiana Association of Educators, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry have started defining their educational […]
Note: The New York Times story here is not a simple one of a teacher performing medical procedures on an underage child at her home … well, maybe it is. While most of the comments agree that there are many problems When a lay teacher has a Covid vaccine at home AND gives it to […]
The Australian Education Union’s Northern Territory branch fears an impending staff shortage over the next year will leave classrooms without teachers. Important points: The Australian Education Union says the NT government’s proposed four-year wage freeze is exacerbating teacher shortages NT Branch President Jarvis Ryan says it is a struggle to cover classes, let alone find […]
