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InsideHigherEd. Will ‘Apprenticeship Degrees’ Come to America?: The emergence of prestigious “degree apprenticeships” in the United Kingdom has implications for the future of higher ed in the U.S. Dozens of famous employers—including investment bank Goldman Sachs and other luminaries like Deloitte, GE, IBM, JPMorgan, Nestlé, UBS and Rolls-Royce—have begun to offer a four-year paid “apprenticeship” that leads to a debt-free bachelor’s degree… Early adopters in the U.S. are not automobile manufacturers but state education agencies and K-12 school districts seeking to address the teacher shortage.
The New Indian Express. Student protests of Gov’t College of Teacher Education Kozhikode fruitful; Officials to meet demands The protest staged by more than 30 students of the Government College of Teacher Education (GCTE) against the college authorities turned fruitful as the officials decided to come to terms with the demands raised by the students… in the last week of July, the college principal asked the female hostel students to vacate in one day without arranging for any alternative arrangements. But when the students contacted the Minister of Higher Education, a decision was taken to make a temporary stay facility for the students.
Times of India. Odisha govt to assess infra gap in colleges, teacher education institutions The higher education department will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of existing infrastructure available in government degree colleges and teacher education institutes (TEIs) in the state to maintain and enhance the quality of education and campus facilities.
UNITED STATES
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).
1) Award-Winning Best Practices in Globalizing Teacher Education [Webinar, Aug 25, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET]
2) ETS Seeks Applications for the Simulations in Math and Science Teacher Education Meeting The Educational Testing Service (ETS) now accepting applications through August 16, 2023, to participate in the NSF-funded (#2037983) Simulations in Math and Science Teacher Education Meeting, to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.
American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA Announces New Editor Team for Educational Researcher ER is AERA’s premier journal, reaching widely across education research and aligned fields by publishing original research from multiple disciplines, theoretical orientations, and methodologies. ER offers broad accessibility for major programmatic research and new findings of general significance to the education research community.
Bismarck Tribune. Burgum approves emergency amendment allowing student teachers to run classrooms North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has approved a request from the state board responsible for licensing teachers to allow student teachers to lead classrooms in the upcoming academic year… The North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board proposed after an emergency meeting on July 27 that education students who have completed their coursework be allowed to serve as the “teacher of record” for one semester while they complete an internship.
CBS News. More U.S. school districts are shifting to a 4-day week. Here’s why. Aaron Pallas, a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College, is watching the trend as more schools make the shift… argued there are better ways to tackle a teacher shortage… “I think this really needs to lead to a bigger discussion nationwide about, you know, what we are going to do to support the teaching profession,” he said.
Chalkbeat. National group revises grade for Indiana’s largest teacher prep program on reading instruction … revised its score for Ball State University from a failing grade to an A. The university’s Teachers College, the largest teacher preparation program in Indiana, is one of 45 programs that asked the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) for a revised score after the council issued a report showing that thousands of teachers attended preparation programs that taught poor reading methods… NCTQ has previously received criticism for using incomplete data in its analysis of teacher training programs.
Education Week.
1) Once a Big Player, Teach For America Tries to Regain Its Footing Teach For America has faced many of the same challenges as traditional teacher-preparation programs, including waning interest in the profession, Lyon said. And the organization, once the subject of endless op-eds and articles, both glowing and caustic, no longer has quite the same foothold in education policy debates as it did a decade ago, when it was a darling in the reform movement.
2) Starting School in Infancy Can Help Low-Income Children Keep Up With Peers in Elementary School The children in the Tulsa program had early academic and social-emotional instruction provided by teachers with at least a bachelor’s degree in early-childhood education, as well as ongoing family, nutritional, and medical supports. The teacher expertise, in particular, is not the norm for most infant and young toddlers’ programs.
3) What Can States Do to Patch the ‘Leaky Pipeline’ for Teachers of Color? NCTQ found that it’s not very common for states to use financial incentives, like scholarships or loan forgiveness, to attract teachers of color. Yet aspiring teachers of color are more likely than white teachers to carry significant student loan debt, past research has found. And in a 2022 RAND Corp. study, teachers of color overwhelmingly said financial incentives like loan forgiveness and scholarships would boost enrollment in teacher preparation.
Hechinger Report.
1) Teachers and students are not okay right now. More mental health training would help Yet, too often, educators don’t receive any training regarding mental health — young people’s or their own — during college. To truly buoy well-being in the learning space, it’s time to fill this gap.
2) These would-be teachers graduated into the pandemic. Will they stick with teaching? We tracked down nearly 90 members of the University of Maryland College of Education’s 2020 class. Their experiences suggest the field isn’t doing enough to adapt to a new, more difficult era for educators
3) To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides ‘Grow your own’ programs offer school employees a chance to become teachers at low cost. But whether the programs meet schools’ needs is an open question
Illinois Center Square. Of 95 bills acted upon Friday, Pritzker vetoes one Effective immediately, Senate Bill 1488 puts a two-year hold on new teachers taking a teacher performance assessment. The measure also convenes a working group to evaluate potential teacher performance assessments to replace the current system.
New York Times.
1) Repeat After Her: There Is No Dance Without Dance Education Jody Gottfried Arnhold has a mission (and the means) to cultivate dance education… the program she funded at Teachers College, Columbia University — the only doctoral program in dance education in the country… said Barbara Bashaw, the Arnhold Professor of Practice in Dance Education “Our students are getting jobs before they graduate.”
2) Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2023-24 Curriculum Our eight writing units, each with its own practical step-by-step guide, are based on real-world features like reviews, photo essays, narratives, podcasts and more.
InsideHigherEd. Undergraduate research to enrich teacher education Designing, conducting and presenting a research project based on classroom experience can give students an early opportunity for critical reflection on their learning
Washington Post. Teacher resignations in some D.C. area school districts rise again The D.C. Council also passed a budget this year that includes a provision for a flexible schedule pilot program, aimed to give teachers more freedom throughout the school day. And the city’s new “Grow Your Own” initiative is being designed to develop high school students and paraprofessionals into licensed teachers.
NEW YORK STATE
State University of New York. Education Workforce Investment In 2022, Governor Hochul announced a $350 million investment in workforce development across New York State, creating the Office of Strategic Workforce Development (OSWD)… Alternative certification programs are a pathway to the teaching profession that may help reduce time and cost barriers for candidates interested in a teaching career. This RFP seeks proposals from qualified Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to expand existing alternative teacher certification programs or develop and implement new high-quality, research-based, graduate-level alternative teacher certification programs.
NEW YORK CITY
NYDailyNews. NYC’s $12 billion migrant crisis complicated by surge of asylum-seeking families with children His remarks came a day after Adams said the city may be too cash-strapped to hire more bilingual teachers who speak students’ home language, suggesting the migrant crisis was not just a problem for the mayor but for the city as a whole to address. Adams renewed that call on Wednesday, encouraging New Yorkers to teach English as volunteers through after-school programs and at churches.
Teachers College. Here’s How Alumni Provide Critical Insight in the Elementary Inclusive Education Program The open dialogue facilitated by TC grads as clinical faculty is a “model for allowing our beginning teachers to speak and share, as beginning teachers, and as support for them to continue to stay in the profession – as challenging as it may be,” explains Britt Hamre, a lecturer in the program and co-director of the Inclusive Classrooms Project.
