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California joins a growing movement to teach media literacy in schools

NPR | November 27, 2023

A growing number of states require media literacy lessons for K-12 students. California just joined that list. At a time when online misinformation is booming, experts say these lessons are essential. NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports.

Aiken County, SC district finds success with new partner for substitute teacher program.

Kelly Education | November 22, 2023

“I would encourage any of my peers across the region to evaluate the authenticity and partnership that Kelly Education can offer. That’s not a commodity today—where a business has an interest in your success and not just their own.” —Jennifer Hart, ACPSD, Chief Officer of Human Resources & Administration The Aiken County Public School District […]

Too many teacher vacancies? How substitute teachers build the pipeline.

Kelly Education | November 22, 2023

Ask any school administrator across the country about their biggest concern each school day and you’ll likely hear the same response: keeping my classrooms filled with teachers. The teacher shortage is a crisis that impacts many districts across the country—and finding qualified substitute teachers is just as difficult. One school principal has a pipeline approach […]

Market-tested solutions to attract and retain top substitute teachers.

Kelly Education | November 22, 2023

It’s the struggle most public school administrators across the U.S. fight every day: teacher absenteeism. The National Center for Education Statistics data shows that chronic teacher absenteeism—defined as missing 10% or more of school days—increased by as much as 49% during the 2021-22 school year. In addition to short-term absences, long-term vacancies continue to grow […]

Arizona Republican lawmakers announce plan to raise teacher pay

KGUN 9 | November 20, 2023

“This session the Republican-led Legislature will be introducing legislation to increase teacher pay by 7% or about $4,000,” said Senate President Warren Petersen at a news conference Monday. “The average teacher in Arizona makes $56,000 a year. Our plan will increase the average teacher pay to over $60,000 per year.”

A program that teaches Arizona kids to read is diversifying the teacher pipeline

Axios | November 20, 2023

The Leading Men Fellowship—a program from Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Literacy Lab—trains 18- to 24-year-olds in early literacy techniques and deploys them to Title I classrooms, where a majority of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

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Districts are using teacher retention grants to staff up

Matt Zalaznick | November 19, 2023

Teacher retention grants and other forms of recruitment assistance are available from state and federal agencies and a wide range of other sources. Here's how K12 leaders are deploying the funds.

Head Start teachers, who often face meager pay and grueling work, may get a raise

USA Today | November 16, 2023

Head Start, the federally funded early childhood program for low-income children, has rigorous academic requirements and quality standards. Yet the average salary for Head Start teachers of all degree and job levels, across the country, is roughly $38,500.

Briefing

The state of K12 cybersecurity: How can schools prepare for 2024?

Micah Ward | November 15, 2023

"2023 has been a tough year for K12 cybersecurity, and some states and local education entities are not taking it as seriously as they should," says Tim Chadwick, chief information security officer at LINQ.

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Addressing school safety's 'wicked problem': Guns at school

Micah Ward | November 14, 2023

Data suggests that we've already surpassed last year's record-high 305 incidents of a shooting occurring on school grounds. This expert says school leaders "have an obligation" to prepare for and prevent these inevitable situations. "We're not going to solve a problem with a technology or hardware product," he says. "Any security technology and target hardening will only be as good as the weakest human links behind them."

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