By Rita Templeton Teaching his 7th grade students to be compassionate to one another was already a priority in Justin Parmenter’s classroom – but when a high school freshman in his district shot and killed another student in the hallway over a personal conflict, it hit too close to home. He knew that he had to…
By Chris Jones and Nadia Pflaum (KUTV) — Jamie Moffitt had a substitute teacher job lined up at Rose Springs Elementary in Tooele County. She was excited — she was about to do what she’d always wanted to do: Work with kids. The morning, however, started with some concerning warnings from people who greeted her at…
By Faiza Mahamud and MaryJo Webster Across Minnesota, as the student population becomes more racially diverse, the number of teachers of color is not keeping pace. Since the 2006-07 school year — when this year’s high school graduating class was in first grade — the number of K-12 students of color has exploded, while that…
By Jeff Rivenbark COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Christopher Walker has only been in the classroom for a short time as a teacher but he’s making quite an impact on his students. Walker teaches Language Arts and Social Studies at Acme Delco Middle School in Columbus County. He says keeping his students engaged with his…
By Laura Insensee Students in technology class at Walnut Bend Elementary school. There’s growing demand for computer science teachers at all grade levels in Greater Houston. Computer science is one of four areas where the Texas Education Agency has declared an official teacher shortage. “All of our area school districts on a regular basis are…
By Maayan Schechter COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina’s K-12 school students are taking too many tests that soak up too many vital hours, depriving them of instruction that could help them succeed in the next grade, state senators heard Wednesday. Meanwhile, teachers don’t have enough time to plan instruction, the legislators were told. And don’t forget…
By Sun-Times Editorial Board Plenty of schools are no doubt in the same boat as Camras Elementary. The school in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood can’t find special education teachers and is forced to rely instead on substitutes who don’t have the proper certification to teach special ed classes. hat’s no way to educate any child, of…
By Cindy Cisneros AS WE PAUSE THIS LABOR Day to celebrate the nation’s workers, we should also think about those whose profession helps prepare the citizens and workforce of tomorrow: early childhood teachers who work with children every day. A child’s first five years are the most critical for neurological development, with their brains forming more…
By Kelly McLaughlin Educators are seeing record high turnover in their schools in recent years. More than 40% of teachers leave the profession within five years, according to the National Education Association, leaving teacher shortages across the country. Turnover is highest in the South and lowest in the Northwest, the Learning Policy Institute found in a 2016…
By Natalie Migliore BOUT 20 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE DISABILITIES, INCLUDING AUTISM. AS PART OF WFUV’S STRIKE A CHORD SERIES, WE TOOK A LOOK AT EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS FOR THESE KIDS. Jeanne Alter walks the halls of Kennedy Children Center in Harlem. The school caters to pre-schoolers with varying degrees of disabilities. The…