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ABC Radio News and Current Affairs Researchers propose overhaul of teacher training Australia’s failing to make the most of its best teachers. That’s the finding of a new report from the Grattan Institute on the way experienced teachers are used to train their more junior colleagues. To fix the problem, the researchers are suggesting a professional training model more like that used in Singapore and China.
AhramOnline. Egypt, US discuss cooperation in student scholarships, teacher training Egypt’s Minister of Education Tarek Shawky discussed on Thursday with US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce boosting cooperation in the various fields, especially in education and training.
Human Rights Watch. Vietnam: LGBT Youth Unprotected Teachers are often untrained and ill-equipped to handle cases of anti-LGBT discrimination, and their lessons frequently uphold the widespread myth in Vietnam that same-sex attraction is a disease…
The Star. Why teacher training programme for UEC holders discontinued, asks MCA The Education Ministry must explain why there are no UEC (Unified Examination Certificate) holders entering the Bachelor of Education teacher training programme (PISMP) this year, says Datuk Chong Sin Woon… “This is the first step towards having UEC recognised in Malaysia,” he said, adding MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong was instrumental in drawing the policy when he served as deputy education minister a decade ago. Chong said this in response to concerns raised by Chinese stakeholders following the Education Ministry’s “calculation” that there were sufficient Chinese language teachers, thus resulting in zero allocation of seats for UEC holders to undergo the teacher training programme this year.
Winrock International. Educating Girls, Changing Lives: Against fierce odds, a village bands together to protect a school for girls in rural Mali A former university student, Camara says her education provided the opportunity to pursue a life of greater independence. “I’ve been to school, and it’s because of that I can be a teacher today,” she says. “If I hadn’t been to school, today I would be married and cooking for my husband.”
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The President Recommends Big Cuts for Education: Will the Congress Agree?
Higher Education
- Student loan programs take a $190.8 Billion cut over 10 years,
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is eliminated,
- Subsidized student loans are eliminated.
- Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need is eliminated.
- Teacher Quality Partnership Grants are eliminated and considered for inclusion in the “Elementary and Secondary Education for the Disadvantaged Block Grant” noted above.
Association of Teacher Educators. 2020 100th ATE Annual Meeting [Atlantic City, NJ February 15-19]
Chalkbeat. Well-meaning white teachers: it’s time to disrupt your language around Black History Month
Education Week.
1) An Unorthodox Strategy Closes Academic Gaps In the last few years, Molloy faculty have worked closely with Baldwin to help develop their academies in new-media studies and teacher education. Bogner also singled out the teacher education academy for praise because part of the district’s goal is attracting a more diverse group of potential teachers at a younger age.
2) Principals Say They Need Help to Support Students With Disabilities The report results parallel findings from a 2019 survey, from the National Center for Learning Disabilities and Understood.org, that found many teachers consider themselves unprepared to meet the needs of millions of children with disabilities in the nation’s public schools.
Forbes. This Entrepreneur Already Is Where Education Will Be Elangovan has three Masters degrees – one each in public health (Boston University), business (University of Iowa) and elementary education (Teachers College at Columbia University). She taught science at a public school in the Bronx, was a teacher and instructional leader at a private school in Iowa and worked as a director for the National Center for Teacher Residencies…As a result, Elangovan started to think about what it meant to support and develop teachers, and how to do that at scale.
Hechinger Report.
1) Subscribing to college and other visions of higher education’s future: Academic labs test artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations to boost learning, lower costs …less sophisticated simulations are being used in schools of education, where trainee teachers practice coping with simulated schoolchildren in computer-generated classrooms.
2) ‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South In recent years, the state has pushed “grow your own” efforts to shore up the local teaching force in rural areas. In 2019, the state education department launched teacher residency programs in four districts… The approach has limitations, beyond the difficulty of convincing students to come back to communities devastated by poverty. Some aspiring teachers educated in under-resourced schools struggle to pass the tests required to enroll in the state’s teacher prep programs. In several Delta districts, the education department is piloting an alternative license program for teachers with temporary licenses who have difficulty passing certification exams, but show promising talent in the classroom.
InsideHigherEd.
1) 41% of Recent Grads Work in Jobs Not Requiring a Degree Recent graduates of programs in education, engineering and nursing have among the lowest unemployment and underemployment rates…
2) Hardin-Simmons Cuts 22 Academic Programs President Eric Bruntmyer said the Christian institution is cutting a doctor of ministry program, as well as several master’s programs in education… and two teacher certification programs.
3) Title IX Complicates Hill Negotiations on Higher Ed Any deal to update the law governing federal student aid would have to overcome concerns about the highly charged new rule U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to release on what colleges are required do about allegations of sexual assault or harassment on campuses… a stumbling block toward reauthorizing the Higher Education Act.
LPI.
1) California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage California’s worsening shortage of special education teachers is a “five-alarm fire,” with two of every three new recruits entering without having completed preparation programs.
2) Inequitable Opportunity to Learn: Student Access to Certified and Experienced Teachers Nationally, urban schools have the largest percentages of uncertified and inexperienced teachers, but CRDC data show that in all kinds of schools—rural, suburban, and urban—students in schools with high enrollment of students of color have less access to certified and experienced teachers than their white peers.
NYTimes.
1) Bringing a New Vibe to the Classroom: Some educators are experimenting with their approaches to teaching to make course materials more relevant to various cultures and communities. At the forefront are teachers like Christopher Emdin, 40, a science educator and the author of “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too.” He has been a leader in the #HipHopEd initiative, which integrates urban youth culture with learning. The Science Genius program, for example, uses hip-hop music and rhymes in teaching science.
2) An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics … findings have pushed some states and school districts to make big changes in how teachers are trained and students are taught… Even some leading researchers in the science of reading, including Professor Seidenberg, acknowledge that studies do not yet point toward specific curriculum materials that will be most effective at teaching phonics.
University of St. Thomas. Key Partnerships Help School of Education Diversify Minnesota’s Teaching Workforce In a partnership with St. Thomas through school residencies (including the St. Paul Public Schools Urban Teacher Residency Program and the Minneapolis Special Education Teacher Residency) and the Work and Learn program, districts “grow their own” educators by investing in people already working for them.
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Teachers College.
1) TC Dance Educator Barbara Bashaw is Featured on the Cover of Dance Teacher Magazine Bashaw (Ed.D. ’11, M.A. ’96) is the Arnhold Professor of Practice in Dance Education… “a pioneer” in dance education and “an inspiring force in teacher training” who uses her past experience as a public school teacher as “a touchstone”…
2) TC’s Felicia Mensah Teams with a Former Student to Write about Teaching Science and Technology to Girls Mensah’s research addresses issues of diversity, equity and identity in science teacher preparation and teacher professional development.
