"They're looking for quantity and not quality," Houston Federation of Teachers President Jackie Anderson told KHOU regarding Houston ISD's suggestion to hire uncertified teachers to fill vacancies.
A number of online tutoring providers have sprung up—and schools are faced with the challenge of identifying one to provide a high-quality, engaging experience for students.
As a teacher who's worked in both traditional and virtual classrooms and as an online math tutor, here's how I do my best to instill a love of math in my students.
Many institutions have missed significant opportunities to utilize high school technology tools—often due to a lack of training, funding, infrastructure, or resources.
Harnett County Schools improved family engagement, added a virtual academy, and designated staff members to personally track down dropouts to find out what it would take to get them to come back.
Here's the narrative: Burned-out teachers are bolting the profession for more satisfying and lucrative jobs in the private sector. But research in one state may reveal an arguably more concerning outcome.
"With federal discretionary spending at its lowest levels since 1989, cuts in federal aid pressure state and local governments to fill the gap," according to a new analysis by HeyTutor.
