I read recently that experts in any field do not often make the best teachers. It was the opposite of the old “those who can’t do, teach” and the writer, Adam Grant in the New York Times, was suggesting that, often, “those who can do, can’t teach.” That took me back to April 1972, when […]
At the start of the 2018-19 school year, Polk County Public Schools in Florida had 120 unfilled teaching positions. The district of more than 100,000 students grows each year, yet fewer teachers are entering the field now than in the past, and competition to hire newly minted educators is stiff, says Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd. To […]
There's an app that can help educators learn to pronounce names. With NameCoach, schools email students a link that invites them to record their names. Recordings and phonetic spellings can also be integrated into an LMS. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: Making name pronunciation a priority in K12 education NameCoach CEO Praveen Shanbhag says he was […]
Fed up with funding cuts and policies passed without educator input, some 170 current and former teachers, principals, and other educators are running for seats in state legislatures this year, a Washington Post analysis found. These candidates face the challenge of balancing a demanding career with a political campaign. Educator involvement in politics has increased […]
A group of researchers and computer scientists is building an artificial intelligence system that can analyze instruction via speech recognition and natural language processing, says Sean Kelly, a sociologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Developers want to replicate, as closely as possible, the feedback that a content expert might give to a […]
The recent success of Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Fred Rogers and his groundbreaking children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, has educators returning to the program's social-emotional lessons. The recent success of Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Fred Rogers and his groundbreaking children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, has educators returning to […]
Embedding language instruction into CTE programs can help close what some educators see as an "opportunity gap" faced by students learning English. And participating in the hands-on projects of CTE can be an effective way of accelerating language acquisition. In October 2017, 30 percent of the students in Boston Public Schools' CTE programs qualified as […]
Today's schools often have no lead indicators other than state tests to answer, "How are we doing?" There's another way. "School brand defines each school's values, culture and personality" says Enrique Parada, cofounder of Project 77, a teacher sharing and engagement platform. "Data informs school staff about how a school can powerfully brand itself." In […]
Most public school teachers still have access to a state-funded pension plan. But for the majority, their retirement benefits will be worth less than what they contributed during their years in the classroom, according to an analysis by the Fordham Institute. The study, which examined the largest school districts in each state and in Washington, […]
