Black educators have an incredibly positive, measurable effect on the lives of young Black students. When kids see teachers who look like them, they perform better academically.
When improperly designed, teacher mentoring programs can turn into a simple "buddy system" instead of a rigorous learning opportunity for first-time educators, a new report has found.
This brings the number of approved plans to 21, enabling those states to receive their portion of the more than $122 billion in the American Rescue Plan Act.
Fines arts programs had subsisted on a shoestring budget in Grand Rapids Public Schools but now its leaders will spend ESSER funds to buy art supplies, instruments and tickets to music festivals.
