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Business World. Curriculum flexibility, teacher training, enhanced connectivity are keys to improving Philippine education According to educators at a July 14 education forum by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), the keys to improving the quality of education in the country are: allowing schools to choose between a disciplinal or spiral curriculum, elevating the quality of training for teachers, and improving access to learning resources through enhanced internet connectivity.
The Guardian (UK). Ministers attacked for ‘wrecking ball’ plans to overhaul teacher training The government has come under fire over plans for a radical overhaul of teacher training, described by critics as “a wrecking ball” which could jeopardise the supply of teachers for years to come.
UNESCO-IESALC. Share with us your hopes, fears and ideas for Higher Education to 2050 in the Future of Higher Education Project. As part of IESALC’s project on the Futures of Higher Education, we invite you to participate and tell us your views about the futures of higher education.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) AACTE is excited to announce its first ever podcast, Revolutionizing Education, is now available. The new podcast examines ways to innovate educator preparation and education for all learners.
2) Using Video for Teacher Education: Lessons from the Pandemic for Moving Forward
CNN. White House officials start to lay out Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan for allies The President is also pushing for two years of free community college and universal preschool… investment in job training programs, more money for research and development, and an expansion of teacher preparation programs.
EdWeek.
1) Make Science Education Better, More Equitable, Says National Panel Many Teachers Feel Unprepared for Science Instruction
2) Teacher Preparation Webinar: How to Expand Digital Learning and Train Teachers to Use It [Thurs. Aug. 12 2:00pm ET]
Hechinger Report.
1) How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up: A North Carolina district figured out early that tutoring could make a difference for kids who missed instruction, and they plan to keep it up for months and even years to come “The biggest bang for your buck is tutoring. It’s a little hard to map out an exact perfect scenario, but ensure that those kids have a tutor, ideally, a certified and experienced teacher, and if not, someone who’s getting a lot of training and support..
2) Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down. Teachers don’t get enough training to begin with and certainly haven’t been trained to teach math remotely, said Mark Goldstein, vice president of curriculum and instruction at the nonprofit Center for Mathematics and Teaching.
3) Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds: Lower math achievement, fewer course offerings and lower quality teachers block path to science The Rural STEM Education Act proposes to improve teacher training and increase both online and hands-on science education in rural schools. It has bipartisan support, has passed the House and may become law.
InsideHigherEd. Major Student Loan Servicer Leaving Federal Loan Program The agency has come under fire in recent years for its management of the PSLF and TEACH Grant programs. Massachusetts and New York both sued PHEAA for mismanaging the federal loan forgiveness programs and allegedly preventing borrowers from having their loans forgiven or reduced. It has also been accused of improperly converting TEACH Grants into loans that teachers had to repay.
New America. Grow Your Own and Teacher Diversity in State Legislative Sessions: What We Can Learn from Successfully Passed Bills …research findings, coupled with a pandemic that contributed to teacher shortages in 43 states, and sharp declines in teacher preparation program enrollment nationwide, are motivating policymakers and advocates to push through legislation to help address this representation gap and shore up the teacher workforce.
NYTimes. Richard Robinson Dies at 84; Turned Scholastic into an Empire: With help from Harry Potter, the Magic School Bus and the Baby-Sitters Club, he created the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books. He later studied… at Teachers College at Columbia University. “I wanted to be a writer but floundered a little and thought I should get a job to support my writing, so I became a teacher for two years in Evanston, Ill.,” he told The Times in 2005.
The74. How Are States Spending Their COVID Education Relief Funds? …several states are hiring college students to help run summer programming and tutoring initiatives. South Carolina sees these “teaching interns” as a new source of future educators. Oklahoma is investing in Algebra I tutoring for up to 1,500 secondary school students annually, with college students serving as tutors… Arkansas is waiving teacher licensure fees and expediting the licensing process. Massachusetts passed a law allowing emergency licenses to fill gaps and is creating regional partnerships to mentor new teachers. New York is developing a survey to identify its critical shortages and piloting diversity pipelines to expand and diversify its teaching corps.
TownHall. The Critical Conservative Race ‘Panic’ … a black woman in a hijab in Philadelphia named Keziah Ridgeway… insisted school leaders needed to “meet with black, Indigenous and other educators of color, and listen to their experiences as both students and teachers. From that, faculty should create new courses and syllabi representing the best of abolitionist teacher preparation.”
U.S. Congress. Rep. Jamaal Bowman Unveils Green New Deal for Public Schools The ambitious new legislation — which aims to invest $1.43 trillion over 10 years in public schools and infrastructure to combat climate change — would make a transformative and unprecedented investment in public school infrastructure by upgrading every public school building in the country, addressing historical harms and inequities by focusing support on high-need schools, and hiring and training hundreds of thousands of additional educators and support staff.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED. Meeting of the Board of Regents | July 2021
Higher Education
* Proposed Amendment of Section 80-1.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Extending the edTPA Safety Net in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis BR (CA) 2
* Proposed Amendment to Section 80-5.9 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Eligibility of School Psychology Candidates for the Internship Certificate BR (CA) 3
* Proposed Amendment to Sections 52.21, 57-4.5, and 80-1.13 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Permitting the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Training to Be Provided Entirely Online Due to the COVID-19 Crisis BR (CA) 5
My Brother’s Keeper. Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC II) Virtual Summit – Racial and Digital Literacies [Speakers incl. TC profs. Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz & Dr. Detra Price-Dennis. Dates: July 13 & 20]
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat.
1) ‘Literacy blitz’ and other ways de Blasio plans to spend $635 million to help NYC students catch up Approximately 140 additional teachers will be hired and specifically deployed to the 72 elementary schools with the largest class sizes, targeting areas with low English proficiency rates… The mayor’s Universal Literacy program has already placed hundreds of literacy coaches across the city’s elementary schools to train teachers in phonics-based instruction.
2) With samba, this Harlem music teacher turned a 50-student class into an asset …it was in the 10th grade that I started thinking about becoming a high school music teacher. At the time, I was surrounded by a lot of great music teachers. To me, it seemed like they had a great job and were happy to be at work every day, and music was already really important to me.
New York Daily News. The moment to invest in arts education [by Co-author Jody Arnhold, founder of TC’s Arnhold Institute for Dance Education Research, Policy & Leadership] The mayor, the chancellor, and Council should consider what three-and-a-half cents out of every stimulus dollar would mean to financially strapped schools that have little or next to nothing in the way of quality arts instruction. Those schools could finally: * hire certified teachers in dance, music, theater and the visual arts;…
Teachers College. Reimagining Education: Teaching, Learning and Leading for a Racially Just Society Summer Institute This professional development Institute is designed primarily for teachers, school administrators, district officials, parents, and graduate students in education and all others who are interested in addressing the deep-seated racial inequalities and injustices in our educational system that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. [July 12-16]
