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In an alarming trend, teacher diversity is slowing

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Key points: Teachers of color produce additional positive academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes for all students School leaders of color face high levels of burnoutheres what they need to thrive How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? percent in 2014 to 21.1 percent in 2022.

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How Microcredentials Help Educators Develop New Tech Skills

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How Microcredentials Help Educators Develop New Tech Skills. A lot is demanded of teachers. In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. Traditionally, that requires educators to take courses, whether in the classroom or online. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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How instructional audio amps up physical education classes

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teachers work with diverse groups, often with varying language backgrounds and ability levels, in both indoor and outdoor settings. Clear verbal and nonverbal communication build trust and respect, making students feel heard and helping them more effectively develop motor skills.

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

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In that moment, I began forging my own educational path. I opted to leave the traditional high school setting and registered late for a 12-week program to help prepare me for the General Education Development (GED) Test. Despite having only seven weeks to study for the exam, I passed with flying colors.

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HMH launches marketplace to connect educators, developers

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New online marketplace destination to discover, share and sell digital learning tools and teacher-created content now live. 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

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Education Needs a Reset. We Can Start by Listening to Our Teachers.

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Because my work as CEO of the national Breakthrough Collaborative involves middle-schoolers with college aspirations and college students who aspire to become advocates and teachers, I’m always inclined to take the optimistic view. A Focus on TeachersTeachers matter,” to quote the definitive Rand study.

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How Teacher Prep Programs Are Stepping Up Efforts to Recruit Students

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The national campaign comes at a time of concern about teacher shortages in many schools and districts. And it’s not just a problem today — there’s worry that the pipeline of new teachers being trained might be shrinking as well. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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