The largest teachers union in the state — representing 39,000 public educators and school staff — says it is seeing a large number of educators who are considering leaving the profession because of low pay, staffing shortages, work load and safety issues — all problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multiage classrooms were standard in American schools until the mid-19th century, when they began to be replaced by a curriculum-centered, grade-level system. Education reformers later revived the idea of multiage education, particularly in the 1990s, arguing that it's a more child-centered and developmentally appropriate approach.
The Human Rights Commission even publishes school uniform guidelines, setting out how school policies can help pupils' physical and mental health. And while cost is outside the guidelines' scope, the commission acknowledges this is a common problem and it encourages schools to make uniforms accessible.
It's hard to argue that superintendents and their leadership teams have three higher priorities than student success, school quality, and the safety of everyone who learns and works in their district.
The two second-graders in Susana Cabello's class got a brief but exclusive education during the Los Angeles school district's winter break. Not only did they have Cabello's undivided attention all day, but that of a professional tutor as well.
Educators cultivating the innovators of the future should be driven by creativity, providing safe spaces to explore, and altruism, STEM expert and FETC keynote speaker Anne-Marie Imafidon says.
About an hour before the shooting, teacher Abby Zwerner texted a loved one to say she was worried because the boy had a gun but administrators had not stepped in to help, NBC News reported.
School staff would receive protection from lawsuits stemming from disciplining students under a proposed bill from Del. Robin Grammer, R-Baltimore, that is set to be heard in the General Assembly on Wednesday.
For your students' information: Harvard, Stanford and Princeton, unsurprisingly, are America's toughest colleges to get into in 2023 according to Niche's most recent rankings.
