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Movers & shakers

Tennessee
August 13, 2019

Teach for America Memphis hires school board member as chief of staff

Miska Clay Bibbs, who was elected to the Shelby County Schools board in 2014, became the organization's chief of staff Monday.

First Person

National
August 7, 2019

I convinced my teachers to walk our students’ neighborhoods. It changed our school.

I encouraged my school to lead a walking tour of Camden for staff members. It changed our teachers' perspectives and helped them better understand our students.

required reading

National
August 6, 2019

The case for teaching about sharks and mummies, not captions and the main idea

If a student doesn’t have enough knowledge to understand a text, no amount of “skills” practice will help, Natalie Wexler argues in "The Knowledge Gap."

Teach for America

Detroit
August 2, 2019

For the first time, Detroit’s Teach for America teachers have been trained locally

Teach for America has trained 33 teachers in Detroit this summer. All of them will be placed into Detroit classrooms in the fall.

School discipline

Tennessee
July 19, 2019

What the 2019 National Teacher of the Year told Memphis educators must happen if they want to reduce suspensions

“Relationships are the key determinant in changing student behaviors,” superintendent Joris Ray said after the event.

New Standards

Tennessee
July 8, 2019

Tennessee hopes fears of religious indoctrination will diminish with new social studies standards

New social studies standards will soon reach Tennessee classrooms. Here’s what they’ll mean for students, teachers.

ready set go

Tennessee
June 27, 2019

From civics to vaping, here are 10 education laws taking effect July 1 in Tennessee

Students will have to pass a U.S. civics test to earn their high school diploma under dozens of laws taking effect with the new school year.

Future teachers

Chicago
Updated April 17, 2019

In rush to fill teacher vacancies, Illinois has lots of proposals and no immediate solutions

Illinois is preparing to end another school year with more than 1,000 teacher vacancies, a crisis that has ignited legislators and the state’s…

teacher training

Newark
April 8, 2019

Educators flock to EdCamp Newark, where ‘it’s teachers teaching teachers’

Saturday's event was part of a long-running conference series across the U.S. and over 40 other countries where educators design and lead all the workshops.

no more test?

Indiana
April 3, 2019

Indiana could scrap test seen as a barrier to training more teachers of color

The provision was added to a bill that would change some rules about alternative teacher licenses, which passed the committee unanimously as well.

teacher prep

Tennessee
February 15, 2019

Report: Tennessee’s teacher prep programs are doing a better job, but graduating fewer educators

The state's 40 teacher prep programs maintain or improve their scores on a new report card.

training day

Newark
January 31, 2019

Newark reading teachers get help from an unlikely source: a charter school network

Dozens of Newark Public Schools teachers attended a workshop Wednesday led by Uncommon Schools, a rare example of district-charter collaboration.

By the numbers

Chicago
November 5, 2018

Beyond hiring: The struggle to diversify Chicago’s teaching ranks

In Chicago, the ranks of black teachers continue to decline, and the percentage of Latino teachers has only increased slightly.

California residents

National
November 1, 2018

Teacher residencies have many admirers but still train few teachers. California may be about to change that.

California recently earmarked $75 million to create new residencies and expand existing ones — enough to jumpstart programs that face unique funding challenges.

Student teachers

New York
October 25, 2018

Teaching high schools get a boost as New York City works to diversify its educator corps

Programs aimed at cultivating high school students interested in making teaching a career are undergoing a significant expansion in New York City, in…
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