Professional Development

School districts large and small have been working to bolster substitute teacher pools to prepare for teacher shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Will it be enough?

Teachers are eager to use edtech to personalize online learning as schools recover from COVID but say they aren't receiving enough formal professional development.

Hip-hop as a teaching tool is not limited to Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Hamilton'—it works in at least one college of education. 

Building a local STEM talent pipeline was a key goal of free coding camps offered this summer in Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools.

Students will need flexibility as they face a future of work that will operate increasingly as a gig economy and—since the COVID outbreak—a remote economy, says one K-12 expert. 

Buying meals, beverages or snacks for an event such as a professional development session is only allowable when it's reasonable and necessary. The restrictions are keeping many school districts from purchasing food with federal funds.