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Quelling the quit: A look at 2 new strategies for uplifting teachers

One way to keep teachers enthusiastic about their jobs is to provide new ways for them to improve their craft. Better yet, pay them to engage in professional development that fits into their busy lives. 

How one state’s free tech project is modernizing learning and leadership

New Hampshire districts are getting three potentially transformative teaching tools at no cost for five years, and the PD to power them.

8 popular PD topics for summer break start with what teachers want

The rapid transformation of K-12 education during COVID is refocusing educators on professional development priorities that may be shifting just as quickly.

6 keys to finding and implementing STEAM PD

With millions of dollars of ESSER funding still available, the smartest ed-tech investments are the ones that come with flexible and ongoing professional development.

Feds lay out 5-point plan to help districts find more teachers

The stats contributing to teacher shortages are glaring: the average teacher salary is so low in 38 states that even some mid-career educators qualify for government benefits based on income.

How many of your teachers want to quit? Depends what state you’re in

A large majority of teachers in one western state say they would quit if they could. But elsewhere, a much smaller percentage of educators are thinking about leaving the profession.

These 4 principal PD strategies are backed by decades of research

Aspiring principals are getting more training on supporting diverse learners but still lack job-based learning opportunities such as internships and mentoring, a new analysis finds.

How to save teachers’ time–and 5 other ways to block burnout

"It's bad," is how an assistant high school principal in Tennessee characterizes the level of teacher turnover the nation is grappling with after more than two years of COVID.

5 ways to get your teachers more excited about using ed-tech

But as some CIOs and administrators have learned, it's not as simple as buying new instructional technology tools and installing them on your teachers' devices.

Tech tug of war: How to boost teachers’ confidence in the digital world

As classroom devices have proliferated, more teachers have found it challenging to get up to speed on all the new digital platforms to which they now have access.

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