More and more educators are buying into artificial intelligence's potential to enhance learning and the teaching profession as a whole. Yet, unlike administrators, they still raise concerns over how it will impact the profession.
"Data breaches have become all too common for public agencies and private businesses alike, and we recognize the impact they can have on individuals," said Matt Smith, interim superintendent of DMPS.
"Never have we seen such rapid expansion of labor in education," said Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab. This surge in staffing coincides with a steady decline in student enrollment in many states. Here's how that will impact districts in the coming years.
3- to 4-year-olds not in school, 4th-grade reading proficiency, 8th-grade math proficiency, and on-time high school graduation rates are all contributing indicators in this state-by-state ranking on education in this new report from The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
"Those goals are ambitious," he says. "They're a stretched goal. Every one of them. In the minds of some, almost unreasonable. But I don't think they are. They're going to force us to reinvent ourselves to really pivot away from the way business and the work were doing into a new reality of education."
"Admissions offices increasingly recognize that test requirements, given their negative disparate impact on Black and Latinx applicants, are 'race-conscious' factors, which can create unfair barriers to access higher education," said FairTest Executive Harry Feder. "They also know that standardized exams are, at best, weak predictors of academic success and largely unrelated to college-ready skills and knowledge."
In this video, District Administration's Micah Ward sits down with Dr. Don Killingbeck, superintendent at the Hemlock Public School District, to reflect on the school year and learn how he's creating meaningful experiences for students this summer.
Only 27% of teachers say it's "very likely" that they'll continue teaching beyond five years. Unfortunately, educators and leaders alike say it's because they don't receive the respect they deserve.
