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NYC will spend $16M to diversify teaching corps

By Jennifer Fink

Research suggests a diverse teaching force can improve students’ learning experiences. That’s the goal of a three-year, $16 million program called NYC Men Teach, designed to add 1,000 black, Latino and Asian men to the city’s teaching rosters by 2018. Male students of color account for 43 percent of New York City public school enrollment, […]

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Educator Confidence Report: What do educators want?

Can we make the teaching profession noble again?

Curriculum & Instruction Stories

August 22, 2016

Virtual missions to space enhance STEM studies

Students can step inside an astronaut’s’ boots to experience life and research onboard the international space station with online science courses offered by the Virtual High School, which supplements public and private school instruction. One course, the Middle School Space Station Academy, teaches students about Earth science, life science, physical science and engineering. They learn […]

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August 17, 2016

Washington state turns to schools to diversify tech

Growing up, Eric Osborne never considered a career in the technology industry. “The message we got in school was that it just wasn’t something African-American people thought about or did” Osborne says. Besides, computer science classes didn’t exist in the Florida schools where he grew up and there were no mentors pushing Osborne toward STEM […]

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July 27, 2016

Moving teachers from isolation to elevation

Like many teachers, I’ve been grateful throughout my life for the professionals I’ve called upon for vital services and expert guidance. Similarly, students and parents rely on me every day. Yet many teachers find themselves isolated in classrooms without the right training or support. Others receive only one or two afternoons of PD per year. […]

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July 27, 2016

Letting solutions—not ideology—drive education policy

Apart from the sciences, there are few areas as heavily steeped in research as education. But, as Stanford University education professor says Linda Darling-Hammond says, “too often, important education research is left on the shelf and not used to inform policy decisions.” Apart from the sciences, there are few areas as heavily steeped in research […]

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July 26, 2016

Strong financial skills a new must for U.S. students

More than 51 percent of young adults across the United States say that a high school money management class would have benefitted their lives, according to a study from the National Financial Educators Council. While 45 states include personal finance in state standards, only 17 states require high school students to take a personal finance […]

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July 26, 2016

Removing barriers to equity through digital book platform

Many students at Oxnard Elementary School District in Southern California have a dual challenge in gaining reading proficiency. Not only do they struggle with developing literacy skills, but over 56 percent of Oxnard’s 17,000 pre-k through 8 students are learning English as a second language. To help these students overcome their literacy deficiency, in 2014 […]

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July 25, 2016

Keyboarding in today's classrooms

Many districts teach formal keyboarding instruction as early as second grade—a shift that requires new approaches to a skill that was once taught only in high school. Today’s software feature gamification, captivating graphics and extensive reporting components. Many districts teach formal keyboarding instruction as early as second grade—a shift that requires new approaches to a skill […]

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