GLOBAL
AsiaOne. Amit Sevak Named Next President and CEO of ETS ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide.
Etorno Inteligente. Duchess Of Cambridge Lauds Shortwood Teachers’ College Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have extended commendation to Shortwood Teachers’ College for its commitment to excellence in education. In their visit to the institution located in Kingston on Wednesday (March 23), The Duke and Duchess met briefly with researchers and members of the early-childhood faculty…Discussions focused on the administration of early-childhood education in Jamaica.
Reuters. Mexican armed forces knew about attack on 43 students, report says Evidence obtained by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), an independent panel tasked with investigating the notorious case, revealed that Navy and Army officials kept secret that the students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were under real-time surveillance by the state leading up to and during their abduction.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. Honoring Women Leadership in Educator Preparation As another Women’s History Month comes to an end, AACTE wants to acknowledge the achievements of women-identified leaders in educator preparation.
Chalkbeat.
1) Congress rejected Biden’s bid to double Title I. Now he’s asking again. Meanwhile, the administration is calling for increases in spending on English learners, community schools, and teacher residency and grow-your-own preparation programs.
2) Hiccups and hard lessons: What it takes to bring big new tutoring programs to America’s classrooms …Arkansas’ tutoring effort. The state has some 570 tutors in the pipeline, more than its goal, though 350 are still completing training and background checks… In New Mexico… paraprofessionals and classroom assistants want these jobs, since the fellowship offers benefits and a stipend they can use toward a degree in education… In Chicago, the district recruited tutors before it finalized which companies would train them and provide them with tutoring materials.
Chicago Tribune. Editorial: Proposed ‘culturally responsive’ teaching standards should be put on hold Under the proposed changes, called Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards, teachers-in-training would learn more about “systems of oppression” and be expected to “understand that there are systems in our society that create and reinforce inequities, thereby creating oppressive conditions. Educators work actively against these systems in their everyday roles in educational institutions.”
Council for Exceptional Children. Webinars: Combatting Shortages of Educators Serving Students With Disabilities [Sessions begin April 14] The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the CEEDAR Center have collaborated with national partners and practitioners to produce a 12-part webinar series focused on evidence-based strategies to strengthen and diversify the special education workforce.
Deans for Impact. Why tutoring programs could strengthen and diversify teacher preparation It’s a win-win: teacher-candidates need clinically rich field experiences in order to earn licensure, and students — especially the most vulnerable — need holistic and individualized academic and social-emotional support to recover from the pandemic’s disruption. Legislation to create this type of tutoring program has earned bipartisan support at the state and federal levels.
Education Commission of the States.
1) Governors’ Top Education Priorities in 2022 State of the State Addresses … we summarized all of the education-related mentions and proposals in governors’ addresses, and we identified six top trends: *K-12 funding *Workforce development and CTE *Teacher staffing…
2) Webinar: Building a Strong Teacher Workforce Through Apprenticeships [April 20, 3pm EDT] The apprenticeship model, which includes teacher residencies, offers an affordable and high-quality path to teacher licensure through tailored support, experience and financial compensation.
EducationWeek.
1) Fewer People Are Getting Teacher Degrees. Prep Programs Sound the Alarm The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education released its second comprehensive report of the state of teacher preparation on Tuesday afternoon, noting the many challenges facing the teaching profession—and some of the ways colleges are adapting. The report uses the most-recent federal data, which are from the 2018-19 school year, providing a benchmark on the status of teacher preparation before the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic.
2) Math Anxiety Weakens How Students Study. Here’s What Teachers Can Do As students prepare for a math test, Beilock said it’s important for teachers to explicitly describe what makes study methods effective or not.
InsideHigherEd. Biden Seeks Big Increase for Pell President Biden proposed a $2,175 increase in the maximum Pell Grant Monday in his budget proposal to Congress for fiscal 2023. That would bring the maximum annual Pell award to $8,670… The budget proposal would permit 6,657,000 low-income students to receive Pell Grants, in 2022-23, up from 6,133,000 this year.
NJ Spotlight News. NJ Senate OKs bill to remove this test for aspiring teachers Opponents of the test say it duplicates assessments already in place and lengthens the time before a teacher can be certified. A similar bill is up for a vote in the Assembly.
NYTimes.
1) In Race for Tuition-Free College, New Mexico Stakes a Claim State residents qualify unless they already benefit from another state financial aid program, such as an initiative to cover tuition for aspiring teachers.
2) Ways to Read, Write, Teach and Learn Poetry With The New York Times Here are 30 ideas for helping your students appreciate poetry — and experiment with it themselves.
Pathways Alliance. Webinar: Increasing Access and Affordability to High Quality Teacher Pathways Through Apprenticeships [April 6 4pm] Speakers from Deans for Impact, Bank Street College’s Prepared To Teach, AACTE, Dallas College and InnovateEDU will discuss their experience with and knowledge of federally Registered Apprenticeship programs that can access funding to support aspiring teachers.
Teachers College. TC’s Michelle Knight-Manuel Named Dean at the University of Denver Education School “I am so proud of her achievement,” Rowley said, “and cannot wait to see all that she accomplishes in preparing our future teachers, counselors, school leaders and other vital education professionals as the terrific new dean of the Morgridge College of Education.”
The Racquet Press. Student Association meets with School of Education Dean Marcie Wycoff-Horn to address concerns raised by education students … addressed concerns such as the timeline to graduate, transportation and placement, the iPad program, and edTPA. Dean Wycoff-Horn said that the SOE must abide by the rules laid out by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in the Wisconsin Teacher Preparation law. SOE only has a fifty-mile radius to place students in K-12 classrooms, and every education student is required by law to have these field and student teaching experiences.
U.S. Department of Education.
1) Roundtable: Strengthening Partnerships Between States, School Districts, and Higher Education to Increase the Number of Teacher Candidates Prepared to Enter the Classroom and Provide Immediate Support to Schools [April 7, 3pm EDT] During this roundtable we will: Discuss the U.S. Department of Education’s call to action for states, institutions of higher education, and school districts to commit to using American
Rescue Plan and other federal relief funds to help address teacher shortages…
2) The U.S. Department of Education Announces Partnerships Across States, School Districts, and Colleges of Education to Meet Secretary Cardona’s Call to Action to Address the Teacher Shortage To support the President’s call, today Secretary Cardona is calling on state policymakers, higher education leaders, and school districts to use pandemic relief and recovery funds to increase the number of teacher candidates prepared to enter the profession as early as possible. He is also calling on teacher preparation programs and school districts to work together in innovative ways to address the teacher shortage… Secretary Cardona is calling on governors, state school chiefs, and state policymakers to commit to: *Establish teaching as a Registered Apprenticeship. *Invest in evidence-based teacher residency programs. *Establish or expand loan forgiveness or service scholarship programs. *Increase teacher compensation.
Washington Post. Student loan servicer misled borrowers about relief program, CFPB says The bureau hit the Knoxville, Tenn.-based company with $1 million in penalties, accusing it of making deceptive statements about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which cancels outstanding federal student debt held by public servants such as teachers or members of the military after 10 years of on-time payments.
NEW YORK STATE
NYS Board of Regents. Statement From Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr., the Board of Regents and State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa on the Passing of Regent Beverly L. Ouderkirk Regent Beverly Ouderkirk opened doors that were once closed to students countless times over in her more than 50 years in public education. The North Country educational community, and all of New York, benefitted from Regent Ouderkirk’s tenacity, drive, and passion for helping students and educators succeed.
New York State Education Department. Office Of Higher Education, Educator Preparation Newsletter: March 2022
1) Graduate Program Admissions Requirements. The Department proposed a regulatory amendment to align the Commissioner’s regulations with recent changes to Education Law section 210-a regarding admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs. The changes removed the statutory requirement that candidates must have a minimum score on the graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission examination, as determined by an institution of higher education. In addition, the changes increased the percentage of candidates from any incoming class in a program who may be exempted from the admission requirements from 15% to 50%…
2) U.S. Department Of Education Webinar On Strengthening Partnerships To Increase The Number Of Teacher Candidates The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 7 from 3:00-4:00 PM on “Strengthening Partnerships Between States, School Districts, and Higher Education to Increase the Number of Teacher Candidates Prepared to Enter the Classroom and Provide Immediate Support to Schools.”…
New York Times. New York Blew Its Budget Deadline. Here’s Why. The April 1 deadline had seemed achievable, with ample federal funds allowing Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, to propose a record $216.3 billion in spending. Her first executive budget was aimed at jump-starting the state’s pandemic recovery through investments in education … And on Thursday afternoon, both houses adjourned until Monday, guaranteeing a late budget.
NEW YORK CITY
Gothamist. NYC Schools Chancellor says students need more phonics in order to read Chancellor David Banks is calling for an overhaul of how children learn to read in the city’s public schools, saying the approach many schools use isn’t working. In an interview with Gothamist, Banks said he wants to move toward what experts call “the science of reading” which focuses on the rigorous teaching of phonics.
Teachers College.
1) Teachers College Names Professor of Education Celia Oyler Vice Dean for Teacher Education Oyler will provide strategic leadership and advocacy for teacher education practice, policy, and research at the College and oversee activities and initiatives of the Office of Teacher Education and other centers and offices which support teacher education.
2) TC NEXT and the Office of Teacher Education are proud to present their annual Career Fair. This virtual event will begin with a Principal & Administrator panel Wed. April 6 from 4:00-5:00 PM, and then will segue into a virtual Career Fair from 5:30-7:30 PM.
