GLOBAL
Forbes. The School That Tried To End Racism: New Documentary Looks At Classrooms’ Role In Ending Bias Dr. Nicola Rollock, Reader in Equity and Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, part of the team of experts observing the “Segregation Experiment,” thinks that it needs to go beyond the curriculum. “This has to be embedded in Teacher Training, and not just in terms of the delivery of the curriculum, but in terms of who is teaching that curriculum, the identity and the lens that they bring to their understanding of their profession…”
GhanaWeb. Degree education: A case for in-service teachers One particular dazzling reform to overhaul Pre-service Teacher Training is the Teacher Education reforms, specifically the upgrading of the College of Education to Universities affiliated to the five main public universities.
Globe and Mail. Ontario unveils updated elementary math curriculum The government said last fall that it was investing $200-million over four years on a math strategy that included professional development for teachers … It also initiated a math proficiency test for future teachers and promised to roll out a new curriculum.
Sydney Morning Herald. Cost of priority degrees to be slashed, some fees to soar in funding overhaul Teaching, nursing, clinical psychology, English, languages, maths and agriculture courses will cost $3700 a year, down by 46 to 62 per cent.
UNESCO. 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report: Inclusion and Education
*teachers need to be prepared to teach students with varied backgrounds and abilities
*Training on inclusion tends to focus on teaching skills for specialists.
*Mainstream and special school teachers tend to be trained separately and the latter are more likely to be negative about inclusion as the best way to educate all students.
* To be of good quality, teacher education must be relevant to teachers’ needs, cover multiple aspects of inclusive teaching for all learners and include follow-up support to help teachers integrate new skills into classroom practices…
UNITED STATES
Chronicle of Higher Education. Jenna Shim, a professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming, will become associate dean for graduate programs in the college on July 1.
Education Week.
1) Can Teachers Really Do Their Jobs in Masks? …particularly concerned about phonics and phonemic awareness instruction. She recently went through two weeks of professional development with the Orton-Gillingham approach, which is a multisensory way to teach early reading. A major focus in the training centered around having children watch her mouth.
2) Why These Teachers and Students Want Juneteenth in the Curriculum …news stories from other places in the country about attempts to teach black history gone wrong, like teachers who ask black students to reenact slavery. “A lot of teachers aren’t really qualified 100 percent to teach this material, because they weren’t trained in how to teach this material,” Mondesir said.
Hechinger Report. Education companies see an “upside to the pandemic” for business K12 Inc. has faced frequent criticism about poor student performance and been subject to legal scrutiny… Davis defended the company’s teacher prep, which he said ensures that students receive the necessary support. “K12 has two decades of honing the skills and training teachers need to be effective in the online classroom,”
Learning Policy Institute. Raising Demands and Reducing Capacity: COVID-19 and the Educator Workforce National data on teacher preparation enrollments for next fall are not available. An informal survey of the 15 educator preparation programs in the Educator Preparation Laboratory—a mix of public and private programs from across 10 states—suggests that, while enrollment is relatively stable now, deferments are on the rise.
Nevada Today. LGBTQ+ teaching mentorships need growth in diversity in education Student teachers who identify as LGBTQ+ face a number of challenges while navigating their education- both in the university and public schools where they student teach…Deciding when to come out, and where, is perhaps one of the most trying decisions a student-teacher faces, especially if it can get you fired.
Santa Maria Sun. Cunningham bill expands qualification options for teacher credential candidates …Assembly Bill 1982, would allow teacher credential candidates to satisfy the state’s Basic Skills Requirement with an A or B grade in accredited courses approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing… Currently, teacher credential candidates can satisfy the state’s requirements through various standardized testing options. Among these options are passing the California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST); passing the California Subject Examinations for Teachers; using qualifying scores from past AP, SAT, or ACT tests; and other test-based options.
Tampa Bay Times. Jeff Vinik invests $3 million on early learning research in Hillsborough County: The investment is part of a growing business recognition that improving education for preschoolers helps build a more talented and prepared workforce. Teachers and directors also receive $250 for each term they are enrolled in courses at Hillsborough Community College in pursuit of an associate’s degree. And the program covers the costs of submitting portfolios for the national certification.
USNews. DeSantis Signs Bill for $500 Million in Teacher Raises He said his hope is that it will help the state recruit teachers. “Obviously, you’re not going to get rich doing it, just like police officers don’t get rich,” DeSantis said. “You do it because you have a servant’s heart, but it sure makes it easier if you have a good minimum salary and are able to make ends meet.”
Washington Post. 13 books on the history of black America for those who really want to learn The national uprising for racial justice and social change sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has prompted new calls for changes in school curriculum that reflect the broad reality of black America…
NEW YORK STATE
NYSATE/NYACTE. Award Nominations due July 1
NYSED. COVID-19 Update: First Aid and CPR/AED Certification Flexibility for Coaches All coaches of extracurricular sports must hold valid first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)/automatic external defibrillator (AED) certification… Given the lack of in-person certification courses, the Department is providing the following flexibility regarding the first aid and CPR/AED certification…
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. NYC preschools are calling for a bailout, saying $65 million in state grants fall woefully short Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced that the state would tap money from the federal CAREs act to offer $20 million to child care centers to help pay for social distancing measures, such as partitions or cleaning supplies, or training and hiring more teachers.
LoHud. Music teacher: I was laid off, but it’s my students who will suffer [by C. Hebert TC EdM ‘19] …consider that there are more than 26,000 students in Yonkers Public Schools, but now just 23 music teachers districtwide after cuts. That means there is one teacher for every 1,130 students — roughly 400 more students than the 707 I taught this year in pre-K through eighth grade.
