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How to strengthen student workforce readiness with classroom and career connections

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Even more telling, recent research shows that while 88 percent of district leaders, teachers, parents, and students rate life skills as very important, only 57 percent of students believe their schools adequately teach the life skills needed for future success.

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Trump moved fast and broke things in education–but what he’s creating isn’t clear

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“We do believe that the Dear Colleague letter puts a target on districts that are supporting our work and puts a target on organizations like ours,” said Sharif El-Mekki, founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development, which works to diversify the teaching workforce.

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Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning

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As schools closed their doors, remote learning became the primary mode of instruction, accelerating edtech’s role in classrooms. Digital tools, once mainly supplementary for many schools, became essential for delivering lessons, facilitating communication, and maintaining student engagement.

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I’m a teacher, but I was also “that student”

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This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. .

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HMH launches marketplace to connect educators, developers

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HMH Marketplace feels like a virtual teachers’ lounge where educators are sharing their best, most successful classroom resources,” said Laura Randazzo, a high school English teacher in California. “It More resources, applications and sellers will be added daily.

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Research shows significant learning via scholastic esports

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From its inception two years ago, NASEF has focused on developing a program that taps into students’ excitement around esports, with an emphasis on personal and educational development. Related content: 4 ways to futureproof school networks for an esports takeover.

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In an alarming trend, teacher diversity is slowing

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Similarly, the percentage of college-educated adults from those same racial groups has also increased over that period. The teaching profession has long attracted more Black and brown adults than we would expect to see based on their representation in the broader group of all adults with college degrees.