Tag: Teaching Residencies

GLOBAL
All Africa. Liberia: Can the Pro Poor Agenda Resolve the Nation’s Education Crisis?   … 62 percent of all teachers that are assigned in public primary schools across the country do not hold a “C” certificate. The “C” certificate is the minimum qualification required for teachers in public schools in Liberia… only about a third of secondary teachers possess the minimum qualification which is a University degree or an “A” certificate.

Education International.  Mexico: A new documentary honours the work of indigenous teachers   Investing in public indigenous education requires improving poor infrastructure and facilities, as well as increasing both initial training and continued professional development opportunities for teachers.

UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report.  Accountability in Education: Meeting Our Commitments  Building on work presented in  the 2016 GEM Report, new work is reported on teacher education… “Improved teacher education is critical to ensure that the cultures of refugees, migrants and all marginalized groups are acknowledged and valued”

 

UNITED STATES
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Draft Strategic Plan: Ready for Review and Feedback

Center for American Progress. Understanding the True Cost of Child Care for Infants and Toddlers   The wage penalty many teachers face when working with the youngest children means infant and toddler classrooms are less likely to be staffed by teachers with bachelor’s degrees or many years of teaching experience.

Chalkbeat.
1) Reading instruction is big news these days. Teachers, share your thoughts with us!   An Arkansas teacher wrote in a letter to her former dean on Facebook, “while I feel like most of my teacher preparation was very good, I can say I was totally unprepared to teach reading, especially to the struggling readers that I had at the beginning of my career in my resource classroom.”
2) Tennessee schools chief Candice McQueen leaving for job at national education nonprofit   As dean from 2008 to 2015, Lipscomb became one of the highest-rated teacher preparation programs in Tennessee and the nation.

Education Week.
1) Criticism of Teacher Prep. Prompts Strong Reaction [response to M. Tucker blog from K. Morris Provost & VP for Academic Affairs, Butler University]   I stand proud of my colleagues in our college of education. I am confident our teacher-preparation program prepares graduates to become effective teachers and mentors to our country’s future leaders.
2) Don’t Blame Admissions Standards [response to M. Tucker blog from L. President and CEO, AACTE]  Marc Tucker has helped us better understand education systems around the world. Unfortunately, in his recent opinion blog post (“Teachers Colleges: The Weakest Link,” November 1, 2018), he demonstrates less understanding of America’s teacher-preparation programs than he has about programs abroad.
3) Study: Having Just One Black Teacher Can Up Black Students’ Chances of Going to College   But recruiting more black college graduates into the teaching profession is a challenge, because it would require those professionals to take a pay cut…”We’re basically asking the black community of college graduates to give up $1 billion a year in earnings in order to solve this problem,” Papageorge said. “We’re widening the wage gap in order to fix the education gaps.”
4) The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Wants Teachers to Learn Brain Science   …Bror Saxberg, the vice president of learning science at CZI, said during a call with reporters. “But we don’t really widely reflect those results in how we educate students or even in how we train teachers.”

Inside Higher Ed. The Summer Pell Bump” More Pell Grant recipients attended community colleges last summer, survey finds, after the federal government reinstated eligibility for year-round grants.   The study’s author, Vivian Liu, a postdoctoral research associate at the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College, said she was surprised that the AACC survey didn’t find larger enrollment growth.

Learning Policy Institute. Webinar: Reaching Equity: Strategies for Solving Teacher Shortages in Underserved Communities [55 min. from Nov. 13]

Teaching Tolerance. Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way: Educators have an ethical obligation to teach accurately about Thanksgiving. Here are some online resources that can help.

Washington Post. Linda Darling-Hammond vs. Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris (update)

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSATE/NYACTE Annual Fall Conference Archive. New York State Certification Update  edTPA MMRP, Cert. Exam Safety Nets, Teacher Shortage Areas, SWD Grade Level Extensions, Computer Science Cert. etc…

NYSED Professional Standards and Practices Board. September 2018 meeting minutes

Oswego County Today. Oswego Expertise in Teacher-Candidate Residencies Tapped For Statewide Project   The SUNY Oswego School of Education has joined three other educator-preparation schools in Bank Street College’s Prepared to Teach-New York Learning Network… recipient of a $500,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, cites evidence to support a sea change in what represents “student teaching” in the state.

 

NEW YORK CITY
Business Insider. Students in Brooklyn protest their school’s use of a Zuckerberg-backed online curriculum designed by Facebook engineers    …parents from schools in eight states who are pushing back against Summit Learning has complained that the curriculum is a “poor education product” that has been improperly implemented, alienated students, and reduced teachers to the role of “facilitators.”

CityLimits.org. Overdue Assignment: Making NYC Schools Culturally Responsive   Specifically, the chancellor has highlighted a need for more black and Latino teachers and announced a program aimed at persuading New York City teenagers return home to teach school after college.

Heinman Blog. What We Have Learned (so far) from Teaching the Phonics Units of Study  The TCRWP phonics team has been observing and collecting data as teachers have gotten the phonics units off and going. They’ve heard ideas on how to make the work more efficient in places, how to best organize the materials, how to how to adjust certain sessions for clarity and ease of instruction. 

Teachers College. The Jaffe Peace Corps Fellows Program Autumn Newsletter

GLOBAL
Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE). ACDE Re-Elects President, New Deputy and Outlines Priority Issues   ‘After three years of major reforms in Australian teacher education in Australia, there is still much to be done,’ Professor Aspland says.

Brookings Institute. The importance of gender in early childhood education policy   Research in Asia and Africa on teachers’ attitudes and expectations toward girls’ performance in mathematics and science has shown that training teachers with a gender-sensitive approach can improve equal participation of all children in a learning environment.

New Telegraph. [Nigeria] Ayade flags off Advanced Teachers’ College project The governor… hinted that the project was being executed to improve the performance and skills of teachers, while addressing performance of the state in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Times Higher Education (THE). World University Rankings 2019 by subject: education 1. Stanford Univ. 2. Harvard Univ. 3. Univ. of California-Berkeley 4. University of Hong Kong 5. Univ. of Oxford…  

 

UNITED STATES
Chalkbeat.
1) Memphis leader of Teach for America stepping down this spring
2) WATCH: This Detroit teacher — a physicist lyricist — uses rap to excite his students about science   I’m a physicist, lyricist, been in this ridiculousness, he raps, quoting Columbia University professor Chris Emden… Nellum, a science teacher at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a charter school on Detroit’s northwest side, said he is writing a book called “teaching black males in science education and science classrooms.”

Chronicle of Higher Education. What the Midterm Elections Mean for Higher Ed   But the prospect that the new Congress will consider a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act remains remote.

Daily Journal. Districts turn inward to groom future teachers … the Mississippi Department of Education is launching a new teacher-residency program this month. The initiative will recruit 35 teacher candidates, pay for their undergraduate tuition, place them in the classroom of a teacher-mentor for two years and then require them to teach for three years …

Education Week.
1) Buckle Up, Betsy DeVos: Democrats Have Won the House Democrats’ proposal to overhaul higher education through the Aim Higher Act, for example, will probably stall in the GOP-controlled Senate even if the House votes to pass it.
2) In Historic Win, Nationally Recognized Teacher Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. House   Her platform called for more resources, support, and training for teachers, as well as increasing career-readiness training for students and making college more affordable.
3) Teachers Colleges as the Weakest Link: Part 2 [M. Tucker blog] The problem is the separation almost everywhere in this country between the governance of the schools and the governance of higher education.  In countries with very strong education systems, for example, teachers colleges are expected to teach prospective teachers how to teach the state-required curriculum in the schools.

Fair Test. “Beyond The GRE” Campaign And “GREXIT” Web List Seek To Downplay Tests In Graduate School Admissions

Inside Higher Education.
1) Gubernatorial Winners and Higher Education   Ducey [AZ] notes that he backed programs to make it possible for college students to graduate debt-free if they pledge to work as a teacher in the state.
2) What a Divided Congress Means for Higher Education   Among the Democrats elected Tuesday was Donna Shalala …a three-time college president/chancellor: at the University of Miami, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Hunter College of the City University of New York… The Democratic victory also puts another nail in the coffin for the PROSPER Act, the controversial GOP proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.

Lafayette Journal & Courier. Teachers are learning on the job how to manage students with autism   Marchand-Martella frequently hears from local school districts and current undergraduate students alike that teachers want more training for behavioral management and instruction differentiation. 

Learning Policy Institute. Reaching Equity: Strategies for Solving Teacher Shortages in Underserved Communities [Webinar 11/13 3pm]

New York Times. Is Democracy at Risk? A Lesson Plan for U.S. and Global History Classes

Scientific American. As Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why   In the long haul, Spafford sees education as critical. “I think training teachers to better understand the role of insects in systems and such would be really helpful, and then teachers would hopefully share that information with students,”…

Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE). ATLAS Video Library Offer for edTPA Members

The Bakersfield Californian. KCSOS working to help prospective teachers get their credentials The Kern County Superintendent of Schools office is holding a free informational session for prospective teachers …Representatives from universities such as Cal State Bakersfield, Point Loma Nazarene University and the Bakersfield campus of the University of LaVerne will be available to talk to about their credential programs.

Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond Teacher Residency receives nearly $5M grant to expand, provide STEM training   The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $4.97 million grant to expand Richmond Teacher Residency, help provisionally licensed science, technology, engineering and math teachers move toward full licensure, and provide math and science training to hundreds of local elementary and special education teachers.

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents.
1) November Meetings
2) Public Comment Period: Rules of the Board of Regents Relating to Professional Development Plans and Other Related Requirements for School Districts and BOCES Data, views or arguments may be submitted by Dec. 1, 2018 to: Allison Armour-Garb, NYS Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Office of Higher Education, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 486-3633, email: [email protected]

 

NEW YORK CITY
New York Times. Wish List in Hand, Mayor de Blasio Savors New Dynamic in Albany   Senate Republicans subsequently tormented him whenever possible, blocking his initiatives or letting him turn slowly before they agreed to extend mayoral control of city schools (for much shorter periods than he desired).

GLOBAL
CTV News. Ontario government to require math test for new teachers   The legislation comes after the Education Quality and Accountability Office, which administers standardized assessments in the province, said this summer that math test scores among public elementary students have been decreasing over the last five years..

Hürriet Daily News. Turkey’s education minister unveils education reform program  There will also be changes in the education of the teachers. “The training of teachers should definitely be changed in education faculties [of universities]. We cannot control the system without controlling the resources,”

International Education News. Leading Futures: Flip the System UK: A Manifesto for an Education Evolution  “A growing teacher recruitment crisis is looming unless greater support for teachers is forthcoming, the President of NASUWT Scotland warned.”… Welsh Government figures showed the target for trainee teacher intake in secondary schools and for PGCEs had both been missed in 2015-16.

The Straits Times [Singapore]. Mid-career scheme for would-be teachers at international schools launched   Mid-career professionals looking to switch careers now have a scheme where they can train to become teachers in international schools.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Colorado Gives Grants to AACTE Member Institutions to Combat Teacher Shortage   The projects will establish teacher residency programs, leverage technology for improved professional support, and encourage more teacher candidates to specialize in high-need content areas.
2) Radio Show Highlights Efforts to Retain, Recruit Black and Hispanic/Latino Male Teachers   …the teaching profession as a whole has sort of lost its respect and dignity. That prevents many Black and Latino males from even considering the profession as a career option, compounded with the fact Black males and Latino are needed now more than ever to be in the classroom.” said Kuykendal, associate professor and dean of the school of education at the University of Indianapolis.

AAQEP. Quality Assurance Symposium [Feb. 21, Louisville, KY]

Chalkbeat.
1) As Michigan’s poorest 4-year-olds wait for classroom seats, free pre-K for all kids seems elusive.  …places facing shortages or high turnover for its preschool teachers have turned to Teach for America to fill gaps, or provided scholarships for early childhood educators to obtain degrees that would raise their wages.
2) Teacher residencies have many admirers but still train few teachers. California may be about to change that.   Teachers who go through the programs have to commit to teaching for four years in the district or school that sponsors the residency, and if they leave early they’re on the hook to pay back some of the grant funding.

Chronicle of Higher Education. Margaret Spellings Is Stepping Down at UNC. Will Anyone Want to Replace Her?   She cited changes that she has set in motion and seemed wistful about goals that hadn’t been reached yet, among them a “college-going culture” and better teacher-preparation programs.

Education Post. Let’s Put The Science of Reading in Teachers’ Hands, So Kids Aren’t Left Behind   Teacher training is a critical missing link in helping children learn to read. The International Dyslexia Association has identified only 25 colleges in the U.S. [incl. TC Reading Specialist program]

Education Week.
1) Teachers Colleges: The Weakest Link [Opinion, M. Tucker]  Our schools of education are the weakest link in our public education system, and, of all the system’s parts, they may be the hardest to change with the tools available to policy makers. Perhaps that’s why we don’t really even try.
2) Teaching Force Continues to Grow  The teaching force has continued to grow larger, less experienced, and more racially diverse, as high rates of teacher turnover continue, a new analysis shows.
3) Why Doesn’t Every Teacher Know the Research on Reading Instruction? [Commentary]   I’m hopeful this renewed interest will serve as a catalyst for overhauling reading instruction in our teacher-preparation programs. However, relying solely on better preparation for the next generation of teachers is a slow delivery system to children.

Hechinger Report.
1) OPINION: Teachable moments from the Pittsburgh shooting   We need to change our language to encourage a culture shift at home and in schools.  A quick and informal survey of my college students lets me know that they received (and still receive) gendered messages.
2) Research evidence on bullying prevention at odds with what schools are doing   Jonathan Cohen, a psychologist and an adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, is currently working on a paper about the gap between anti-bullying policies and the scientific evidence on bullying… he argues that schools should combine consequences for bullies with mediation, counseling or a learning experience.
3) TEACHER VOICE: We need phonics, along with other supports, for reading   The teacher preparation courses since the 1990s certainly deserve blame for “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” and leaving a generation of students without strong reading skills.

New York Times.
1) After Teacher Walkouts, Arizona Republicans Jostle Onto Education Platform. Mr. Ducey’s challenger, David Garcia, a professor of education at Arizona State University, has a radically different vision… He is an Army veteran with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and an expert on the huge troves of data that have transformed education research over the past two decades.
2) Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way? [Opinion] …kids need to learn how the words they know how to say connect to print on the page. They need explicit, systematic phonics instruction…Teacher preparation programs continue to ignore the sound science behind how people become readers.

Tribune Star. Indiana’s teacher shortage slightly improved   The reasons for the shortage haven’t changed. “We don’t pay well, the job is tough” and prospective teachers are often having difficulty passing the tests required for certification, McDaniel said. Some are choosing to go out-of-state to teach because of difficulties passing Indiana’s CORE content area assessment exams. 

 

NEW YORK STATE
CityLimits.Org. CityViews: Focusing on the Wrong Teacher Shortage Crisis in New York   …there are gaps between subject area specializations of recently trained teachers and the current distribution of teaching jobs in New York: the share of teacher preparation graduates in mathematics, science, English, and social studies is less than the share of classroom instructors currently teaching in those critical fields.

NYSATE/NYACTE. October 2018 Conference Archives.

NYSED. Office of Higher Education October Newsletter
1) Assessment Vouchers
2) CTE Grades 5 and 6 Extensions
3) Teacher Diversity Pipeline Pilot Grant RFP    …must include an eligible New York State institution of higher education with an approved undergraduate teacher preparation program
4) Recruitment for the Students with Disabilities, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Health Education CSTs

 

NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat.
1) After report that New York City is ending its Renewal turnaround program, big questions remain   “There seems to be good reason to think that the program is going to be shut down after three quarters of a billion dollars has been pumped into it without much positive impact to point to,” said Aaron Pallas, a researcher at Teachers College who has studied the Renewal initiative.
2) Anti-Semitism is on the rise in schools. After Pittsburgh, teachers grapple with a response.   At New York City’s Harvest Collegiate High School on Monday, social studies teacher Andy del Calvo [Teachers College MA ’13] did what educators often do: He adapted his lesson for the times.

Teaching Residents @ Teachers College. TR@TC Induction Newsletter | November, 2018 | Fall Edition

WNYC. Five Ways to Make Classrooms More Inclusive

GLOBAL
NYTimes. France Bans Smartphones in Schools Through 9th Grade. Will It Help Students? However, he acknowledged that phones were a top concern of the young teachers he trains, who inevitably ask how to deal with smartphone use in class. “Most of them think that they will be more protected with the law,” he said. “Let’s wait and see. But I doubt it.”

Project Syndicate. Education in the Age of Automation One potential barrier to this approach is a dearth of well-trained teachers. In Sub-Saharan African countries, for example, there are some 44 pupils for every qualified secondary school teacher, on average; for primary schools, the ratio is even worse, at 58 to one.

The World Bank. Educating for the future: The case of East Asia   3. Select and support teachers throughout their careers To help teachers become more efficient in implementing 21st century curricular reform, more and better pre- and in-service teacher training and development are needed.

 

UNITED STATES
Chalkbeat.
1) Have you thought about teaching? Colorado teachers union sells the profession in new videos  There are a lot of factors contributing to a shortage of teachers in Colorado and around the nation. One of them — with potentially long-term consequences — is that far fewer people are enrolling in or graduating from teacher preparation programs.
2) Michigan’s ‘band-aid’ for filling teaching jobs is expanding. Here’s what you need to know.   It shows that teachers with alternative certification are concentrated in Detroit, largely at charter schools, and that they’re disproportionately at a handful of schools.
3) With the alarm sounded statewide over shortages, Chicago forges ahead with a teacher experiment   …in Illinois, where education advocates say the teacher shortage has become dire, residencies have the potential to address a host of problems, from filling critical vacancies in special education to building an on-ramp for career changers and community members who have deep ties to their neighborhood schools.

EdWeek.
1) A New Day for Teacher Prep   By working in close collaboration with one another and with states and P-12 partners, AAQEP members are positioned to get better and better at developing profession-ready educators with the capacity to support success for all students. It’s a new day for accreditation in educator preparation.
2) Dual-Language Learning: 6 Key Insights for Schools   “That’s been one of our biggest challenges, to find a pipeline of teachers, qualified teachers. We’ve been finding an alternate way to help certify teachers that we need.”
3) New Teachers Are Often Assigned to High-Poverty Schools. Why Not Train Them There?   “This is a new movement in education,” Darling-Hammond said in an interview. “It’s the sign of a new way of thinking about how to bring in new teachers productively. It’s a great antidote to the traditional U.S. way of putting teachers in classrooms and letting them either sink or swim.
4) What K-12 and Higher Education Can Learn From Each Other It is important for K-12 educators to realize that higher education is built on research, not teaching. . Moreover, while Ph.D.s often tend to be the instructors of record in college courses, there is actually very little in terms of the academic preparation for a doctorate degree that prepares them for classroom instruction. This, too, is a sharp contrast to K-12, where teachers largely must undergo a teacher-preparation program to become certified. 

Encoura. How Prospective Student Mindsets Influence Major and College Choice   ROI-seeking Career Pragmatists, along with career-minded Career through Academics and Experiential Interest students, are more likely to prefer an in-state public institution. These Mindsets are often sensitive to price, and likely overlap heavily with students interested in studying healthcare, education, and social work.

Hechinger Report. Ten jobs that are safe from robots   High school teachers need at least a bachelor’s degree and, to work in public schools, a teaching license or certification… Due to its highly interpersonal nature, high school teaching ranks very low on the automation-risk scale.

InsideHigherEd.
1) Education Dept. Blocked From Canceling Debt Collection Contracts
2) Multiple Measurements to Predict Success “We’ve got enough evidence now for people to move in the direction of using multiple measurements,” said Elisabeth Barnett, the lead researcher on the project from the Community College Research Center and a co-author of the report. “One thing becoming clearer is that high school GPA is an especially good measurement.”
3) Positive View of Higher Ed, With Lots of Caveats When it comes to attitudes about certain colleges, the public view is mixed. The public is more likely to have a favorable view (and any view) of public than of private higher education.

Vox. Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller could soon be out of Texas classrooms. Moses gets to stay in.   The board took a preliminary vote to make a number of changes to curriculum, including scrapping mention of Clinton and Hellen Keller from sections on citizenship and removing a phrase referring to the “optimism of the many immigrants who sought a better life in America.”

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED. State Education Department Announces Bronx International Community High School Teacher Named 2019 Teacher of the Year   He earned his Master of Arts in Secondary Education with a specialization in History from Bard College. Susso holds a professional teaching certificate in 7-12 social studies.

NYS Board of Regents.
1) Early Childhood Workgroup’s Blue Ribbon Committee Final Recommendations [Comm. incl. TC Prof. Souto-Manning]
Strengthening the Early Childhood Workforce

• Elevate Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
• Develop Career Pathways for Childhood Educators
• Recruit a High Quality Workforce
• Strengthen Teacher and Leader Preparation
• Develop Concentrations in Early Childhood Teacher Certification

2) Proposed Addition of a New Section 80-3.16 to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education to Allow Individuals Completing a Program Accredited by the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) to Obtain an Initial Certificate in Speech
3) Proposed Amendments to Section 80-3.7 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Initial Certificate Requirements for Individuals Who Have a Graduate Degree and Two Years of Postsecondary Teaching Experience in the Area of Certification
4) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Reinstatement of the Educational Technology Specialist Content Specialty Test Safety Net for Candidates Seeking Education Technology Specialist Certification
5) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Extension of the edTPA Safety Net for Candidates Who Receive a Failing Score on the Library Specialist edTPA

 

NEW YORK CITY
NYPost. City may have to pay out $1.7B over biased teaching exam   The teachers’ case involves the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test, a state-mandated exam that city educators and job applicants were required to take from 1993 to 2004… Four teachers in 1996 first filed a suit over the test. They targeted both the state and city, but an appeals court ultimately let Albany off the hook since the city is the teachers’ employer.

Teachers College. Center for Innovation in Teacher Education and Development (CITED). TeacherEd Confidential: Venture Capitalism and the Academic Underbelly [Oct. 3 7:30pm]

The 74. Investigation: New Records Reveal What It Takes to Be One of the 75 NYC Teachers Fired for Misconduct or Incompetence Between 2015 and 2016   Termination in New York City does not result automatically in revocation of a state teaching certificate, and most of the fired teachers retained their license.

GLOBAL
Education International. Germany: “Higher investment in teacher education is overdue”  In a joint communiqué released on 10 September, the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) and the Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE) demand higher investment in teacher training, so that it can be quantitatively and qualitatively expanded and improved.

Egypt Independent. Egypt’s Education Ministry to open 34 Japanese schools nationwide  The ministry also signed a contract with 700 teachers to work at the Japanese schools in a selection process that took three months, Shawki added. The ministry will start training the teachers on September 13.

NZHearld. Teacher shortage threatens Māori language courses   Auckland University’s director of secondary teacher education Dr Ngaire Hoben said there was a “critical shortage” of trainees preparing to teach te reo Māori.

UNESCO. World Teachers’ Day 2018 International Conference  This year’s theme, “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher,” has been chosen to remind the global community that the right to education cannot be achieved without the right to trained and qualified teachers. [Oct. 4-5]

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) 2019 Strategic Planning Process
2) Degrees of Change: UConn Increases Diversity in Teaching Programs   Over the past two years, the percentage of students of color enrolled in the five-year integrated bachelor’s and master’s program has increased by 10 percent to 30 percent for the class entering this year. And enrollment of students of color in the teaching certificate program for college graduates is now 25 percent.

American Public Media. Hard Words: Why aren’t kids being taught to read?  Most teachers nationwide are not being taught reading science in their teacher preparation programs because many deans and faculty in colleges of education either don’t know the science or dismiss it. As a result of their intransigence, millions of kids have been set up to fail.

Daily Herald. Teacher shortage spurs non-traditional hires in Utah County  Utah’s ARL program, short for Alternative Routes to Licensure, allows individuals without an education background, especially those with a bachelor’s degree in another field, to train on the job and teach while pursuing a teaching license.

Deans for Impact. Five Colleges of Education Join Together to Address Statewide Call to Action  Leaders of five Illinois colleges of education today announced they are joining forces to create the Illinois Ed Prep Impact Network, which will address a need identified by the state’s school superintendents and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to ensure that every child has access to effective teachers.

EdWeek.
1) Climate Change Is Not Up for Debate. Why Do So Many Teachers Act Like It Is?   Inadequate training deters teachers from presenting climate change in accordance with the scientific consensus. But so does the ideological polarization of public opinion on climate change.
2) Differentiating Instruction: It’s Not as Hard as You Think (Video)
3) For Educators Vying for State Office, Teachers’ Union Offers ‘Soup to Nuts’ Campaign Training   See Educators Run has held three trainings since 2017 and graduated about 200 educators. Any NEA member who is running for office, or considering a run, can apply for a space, and the program is free for participants.
4) How I Talk to My White Preservice Teachers About Diversity  … in this class we are going to grapple with issues that are going to make them uncomfortable. This is important because they are going to be teachers. It’s especially important because they are mostly young, white women.
5) Is What Once Made U.S. Schools Great Now Holding Them Back?  The United States had very few people with educations above the primary school level, so it had to turn to teachers who had only a little more education than their students…Because the women who filled these new positions were expected to resign as soon as they got pregnant, it made no sense to invest in the development of their skills…The teachers were treated as interchangeable parts of the machine, just like the workers on the factory floor. 

Hechinger Report.
1) Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out   The schools of education were complying with the letter of the law, but many faculty members didn’t really understand the science themselves. The professors needed training.
2) Teachers colleges struggle to blend technology into teacher training  But while would-be teachers are coming in comfortable with technology, this doesn’t translate into knowing how to use it to engage young minds or to tailor a lesson to meet the learning needs and styles of individual students.

InsideHigherEd.
1) Marygrove Launches P-20 Partnership  The Marygrove College campus in Detroit will become a “cradle-to-career” site under new plans announced Thursday, hosting pre-school through graduate-level education, including a teacher-education program designed to emulate the hospital residencies used to prepare doctors for their careers.
2) We Need to Rethink Training for Ph.D.s   Why aren’t our graduate programs teaching students how to teach… rather than preparing them for the far more rare research job?

NMPED. New Mexico Has More Exemplary and Highly Effective Teachers Than Ever Before  Teachers across the state have shared that NMTEACH helps improve their practice, their students’ academic growth, and bolsters the state’s continued efforts to improve teacher preparation and mentoring, individualize professional development, and dramatically expand teacher-leadership opportunities.

NYTimes. Does Teacher Diversity Matter for Students’ Learning?  Yet the teacher work force is becoming more female: 77 percent of teachers in public and private elementary and high schools are women, up from 71 percent three decades ago… Long term, the evidence suggests it would make a difference to train and hire more diverse teachers. 

Time Magazine. ‘I Work 3 Jobs And Donate Blood Plasma to Pay the Bills.’ This Is What It’s Like to Be a Teacher in America Nursing shortages in some parts of the U.S. have led to signing bonuses, free housing, tuition reimbursement and other perks, while teacher shortages have contributed to some states increasing class sizes, shortening school weeks and enacting emergency certification for people who aren’t trained as educators.

US News & World Report. Best Education Schools, Ranked in 2018

Ranking	Students who took an assessment to become a certified, licensed teacher: 2016-2017
1 UCLA	133
2 Harvard	36
2 UW-Madison	209
4 Stanford	89
4 U. of Penn.	36
6 NYU	190
7 Teachers Coll.	248
8 Vanderbilt	90
9 U. of Wash.	182
10 Northwestern	43

US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. Full Committee Hearing. The Every Student Succeeds Act: States Leading The Way [10:00am Oct. 25]

Washington Post. The importance of asking hard questions about what students learn in school   The research on the inequities in school curriculum is staggering. An analysis conducted by the Education Trust recently found that a significant percentage of educators are not delivering rigorous content in math — and the problem is especially acute in schools with concentrations of poverty, where families aren’t able to supplement the lack of rigor.

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED
1) Board of Regents Sept. meetings
2) State Education Department Announces Proposed Changes to Every Student Succeeds Act Regulations
The Commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school… excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.
3) State Education Department Awards $2 Million to 25 Mentor Teacher Internship Programs  These programs enable experienced teachers in a district or BOCES to provide guidance and support to beginning teachers in their first or second year of teaching.

 

NEW YORK CITY
Teachers College. Global Education Symposium Discussing science education and the role of STEM and general and science literacy; Teaching science and technology for the 21st century. Speakers incl: TC faculty F. Mensah, J. Riccio, M. Siegel [Oct. 11-12]

Urban Educator CGCS. Palm Beach District Partners with NYU To Prepare Teachers   Because coursework and mentoring with NYU Steinhardt faculty take place online, students will be immersed in classrooms in the School District of Palm Beach County without having to be on the university’s campus.

GLOBAL
Education International. Defending the right to education! Latin American teachers’ unions fighting against making education a business  In all  countries affected, the reform processes are a story of resistance and conflicts with the aim of having well-trained teachers who can perform their work under dignified and appropriate conditions.

Education Week. Science Degree Holders More Likely to Use Inquiry-Based Teaching. But There Aren’t Enough of Them   Topping the 2015 PISA science rankings is Singapore, where would-be middle and high school science teachers earn science degrees before attending the country’s sole teacher training center, the National Institute of Education.

Town and Country. Can Chris Whittle Launch a Truly Global University?   Whittle has never had much to say about the things most people talk about when the subject is schools: teaching methods, subject areas, the mysterious working of children’s minds…“It’s all marketing,” says Samuel E. Abrams, an educator [at Teachers College] and the author of Education and the Commercial Mindset, a detailed critique of school privatization with many scorching pages on Whittle’s past projects.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Applications Now Available for AACTE–NACCTEP Partnership   Applications are now available for the new partnership program of AACTE and the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP). Community colleges that offer educator preparation programs are welcome to apply!
2) Federal FY19 Appropriations on the Move   …it was a pleasant surprise to see that the programs that AACTE advocates for receive level funding or a small increase:

Business Journal. YSU Student Teachers Deliver $4M Annual Impact   More than 600 student teachers at Youngstown State University are placed in nearly three dozen school districts throughout the region and deliver an economic impact of close to $4 million a year, a new study says.

Center for American Progress. How to Give Teachers a $10,000 Raise   A coalition of more than 60 research and education organizations developed comprehensive recommendations to modernize the teaching profession, from redesigning teacher preparation programs to creating career ladders.

Chalkbeat.
1) Detroit schools will hire teachers without classroom experience, sparking debate   These state-approved programs require little more from prospective teachers than a bachelor’s degree. One such program is Teachers of Tomorrow, a controversial for-profit entity that provides prospective teachers with an interim teaching certificate, after they complete only 200 hours of online instruction.
2) How social studies can help young students make sense of the world   Because social studies isn’t an academic priority in many states, teachers often receive inadequate training from teacher-prep programs on how to teach the subject; once they begin teaching in the classroom, according to the National Council for the Social Studies, teachers need continued professional development …
3) How to help struggling young readers  Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality… Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom.
4) Strapped for teachers, Detroit district looks to controversial teacher training programs   Among the handful of programs that have signed up to provide quick-certified teachers is Teachers of Tomorrow. Run by a controversial Texas company that was approved to operate in Michigan in 2017, the program produces graduates who receive an interim certificate. After three years on the job, some additional training, and a good review from their principal, they become fully certified.

Deseret News. Proposed changes to teacher licensure will ‘exacerbate’ teacher shortage, educators say   Proposed changes to the state teacher licensure rule will exacerbate Utah’s teacher shortage and contribute to inequity among students, educators told members of the Utah State Board of Education Thursday.

Education Week. Education Funding Bill Progresses in House After School Safety Money Restored   Trump’s proposals to eliminate Title II professional development grants for educators, as well as after-school programs, were not included in the House spending bill. 

Education Writers Assoc. Teacher Residencies: The Future of Teacher Prep?   The hands-on approach is growing but whether it can deliver on promises remains to be seen.

Gizmodo. Study: Future Teachers Are Already Biased Against Black Children   Researchers at North Carolina State University … recruited 40 college students (most of whom were white) who were training to become teachers…The study’s small sample size means that only limited conclusions can be drawn from the results.

Hechinger Report.
1) Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools   The idea behind charters was to loosen rules and regulations hindering innovation. Many charters hire teachers who don’t belong to a teachers union or haven’t gone through a traditional teacher preparation program, for example.
2) Will new standards improve elementary science education?  Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

The Inquirer. The case for more Asian-American public school teachers   But the representation problem also has a detrimental impact on public education, since colleges and universities train teachers. Asian teachers comprise only 2 percent of the teacher labor force although nearly 6 percent of public school students identify as Asian.

NEA Today. 10 Must-See TED Talks for Educators: Teaching Teachers How to Create Magic   Dr. Christopher Emdin of the Teachers College at Columbia University argues that we need to transform how teachers are trained if our schools are going to reach and engage all students.

TribLive. Grant to support teacher training residencies   They may be graduating fewer teachers than ever, but officials at Indiana University of Pennsylvania say those teachers should be better prepared than ever thanks to a grant announced Thursday by Gov. Tom Wolf announced to boost its teacher residency program.

Wall Street Journal. How One Charter Network Recruits Diverse Teachers Uncommon Schools recruits college juniors for summer teaching fellowships in hopes of hiring them after graduation

Washington Post. ‘Teaching for Black Lives’ — a handbook to help all educators fight racism  Throughout the book, we demonstrate how teachers can connect the curriculum to young people’s lives and root their concerns and daily experiences in what is taught and how classrooms are set up.

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents. Agenda for July 16-17 Meetings

New York State United Teachers [NYSUT]. These high school students explain why they want to be teachers. #BeAChangemaker  “My mom’s a special ed teacher… and so I go in and volunteer whenever I don’t have school. I’ve always really loved it. I love how excited they get about learning.”

 

NEW YORK CITY
New York City Department of Education. Welcome to our New Website.

NYTimes. The Chancellor Saved a Failing Harlem School, but Can It Be Fixed?  Aaron Pallas, a professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, noted that Wadleigh has trouble with order, safety, teacher-principal trust, instructional leadership and the coherence of its teaching, according to city statistics. 

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XinHuaNet. Across China: Transforming kindergartens in rural China   “The quality of education is not only decided by facilities but also by teachers,” said Zhang. “The UNICEF project has helped us improve the quality of early education in rural areas as a whole through professional teacher training.”

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE. NEPC Review: NCTQ Report Rife With Flaws in Logic, Methodology

ACCTNow. Seven Questions About the PROSPER Act Answered

Bloomberg Government. Higher Education Bill Needs More Homework, House Republicans Say

Chalkbeat. What you should know about the White House’s proposal to merge the education department into a new agency   The proposal would require congressional approval, which will likely be a difficult battle.

Education Week.
1) How Have Obama’s K-12 Policies Fared Under Trump?   GOP lawmakers in Congress, with the urging of the Trump administration, tossed Obama-era regulations that required states to judge teacher-preparation organizations, including colleges of education, in part on how well their graduates are able to improve student test scores.
2) Trump Officially Proposes Merging U.S. Departments of Education, Labor
3) To Make Ends Meet, 1 in 5 Teachers Have Second Jobs   “Presumably, the big issue is money. … What we know is that [teachers] do it more than other similarly situated, college-educated workers with full-time jobs do.”

Encoura. Artificial Intelligence, Avatars, and Pathways: Eduventures 2018 Innovation Award Winners   Using Avatars for Online Classroom Simulations. Walden University (Walden) wanted to provide online students in teacher preparation programs with additional opportunities to practice their craft. Use of avatars as “practice” K-12 students, a technique developed at the University of Central Florida for campus students…

Fox2News. A student showed up to school in a KKK costume — reportedly with his teacher’s approval   … sparked outrage when classmates saw the student outside a history class at Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy in Wilmington, California, then learned the outfit was teacher-sanctioned…

InsideHigherEd. An ‘Education and the Workforce’ Agency?  White House plan to merge two cabinet departments… renews debate over how best to rationalize government role in educating and training Americans.

New York Times.
1) A.P. World History Tries to Trim Thousands of Years, and Educators Revolt   Most teachers and historians involved in the debate admit that the sheer breadth of the curriculum presents a challenge for teachers.
2) Frances Walker-Slocum, 94, Pioneering Pianist and Teacher, Dies  “Ms. Walker was a tough teacher, but one who knew how to tap into every student’s motivation,” said Lee Koonce, a senior adviser to the dean of the Eastman School of Music …She received a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University…
3) White House Proposes Merging Education, Labor   Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said members of both parties in Congress had pushed back against Trump’s proposals “to drastically gut investments in education, health care and workers — and he should expect the same result for this latest attempt to make government work worse for the people it serves.”

Politico. School groups condemn Trump family separation policy   A spokeswoman for Southwest Key Programs, a nonprofit that runs 26 shelters… said the children in its care are receiving classroom time with licensed teachers.

SCALE/AACTE. 2018 Call for edTPA Proposals extended until July 1: Teacher Performance Assessment Implementation Conference [Oct. 18-19, San Jose, CA]

The Advocate. Louisiana’s teacher overhaul already impacts one third of prospective educators  Nearly 1 of 3 college seniors statewide who plan to be teachers took part in year-long classroom residencies during the past school year… The aspiring teachers are part of the first wave in Louisiana’s plan to overhaul the way educators are prepared and to address concerns many were ill-prepared for their initial jobs.

The American Prospect. Learning from History: The Prospects for School Desegregation An interview with Ansley Erickson [TC Prof.]  Women of Irish, Italian, Jewish descent moved into the middle class by becoming schoolteachers in the early- and mid-20th century. Similarly, African American educators have attained, or preserved, middle class status through education jobs for a long time.

Washington Post. D.C. files motion to dismiss lawsuit over its controversial education requirements for child-care workers   By requiring lead teachers in child-care centers to obtain college degrees but not demanding that other child-care workers do so, the regulations violate plaintiffs’ right to equal protection under the law, the lawsuit argues.

 

NEW YORK STATE
Chalkbeat. Judge strikes down rule allowing some New York charter schools to certify their own teachers. “In its strong opinion, the court rightly upheld the Board of the Regents and the Commissioner’s authority to certify teachers in New York State,” the statement reads.

Commission on Independent College and Universities (CICU). New York’s Independent Sector Leads the Way in Educator Education

InsideHigherEd. Cutting Away From Excelsior  Long-shot gubernatorial challenger Cynthia Nixon takes aim at New York’s free tuition program, calling for a lower income limit, less stringent credit requirements and a first-dollar program.

NYPost. NY court tosses attempt to loosen teaching requirements   The State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday ruled against a SUNY committee’s plans to allow for less formal training for charter school teachers than is required for public school teachers in exchange for real-life experience the subject matter.

NYS Legislature S08776/A10952. Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs.  There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.

 

NEW YORK CITY
Amsterdam News. School Chancellor Carranza in his own words   Next year he plans to partner with United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew to give students who graduate from the [NYCMenTeach] programs job offers if they earn college degrees and teacher certification.

Teachers College.
1) Congratulations to O’Neill Fellow Sarah Duer (MA ’15) on the graduation of her first class from Q300 Elementary School to in Astoria, Queens. Sarah taught the class, which heads to the Q300 Middle School in September, in 2nd and 4th grades.
2) They Still Have a Lot to Learn: Business leaders increasingly influence education policy, but Americans think they’re not well-informed, a TC study finds   …nearly three-quarters of respondents (74 percent) say teachers should have a great deal of influence on education policy.

GLOBAL
EduInternational. Nigerian children targeted by for-profit education corporation  …Bridge is on average more expensive for parents, uses unqualified staff, has low standards for staff training and is less concerned about inclusiveness and equality than others. By comparison, public schools in Lagos, which are free, have teachers with the highest level of qualification – all have formal teaching qualifications and inservice training.

TES. ‘Groundbreaking’ study aims to hone teacher education   Initial teacher education (ITE) has been under fire in Scotland in recent times Now, Tes Scotland can reveal details of a “unique” project designed to ensure a steady supply of high-quality teachers at a time of extreme strain on the workforce.

The Conversation. The secrets of immigrant student success [Canada]  In many respects, education policies tend to underscore a preference for fairly broad accommodations within provincial school systems. This approach is also reinforced by teacher education institutions across the country, which emphasize the importance of teaching practises (or pedagogy) and curricula that respect ethnic and cultural diversity.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Efforts to Diversify Teaching Profession Not Keeping Pace With Needs
2) TQP Grant Applications Now Open! Intent to Apply Due June 11

Associated Press. Alabama plan to arm school principals draws mixed reaction  The National Association of School Resource Officers, which provides training to school-based law enforcement officers, has said it opposes arming teachers, but other states and local systems are trying it.

Bloomberg Report. Mike Bloomberg’s Remarks at The New York Times Higher Ed Leaders Forum. “Today, I’m glad to announce a new five-year, $375 million commitment to improving education in America… “By now, there is plenty of evidence for what works: Raise standards for students; Raise salaries for teachers in exchange for greater accountability …; Ensure that every classroom is led by a skilled and effective teacher

Center for American Progress.The House Higher Education Bill Is a $31 Billion Loss for Students   … ending the TEACH Grant Program—a $1.4 billion cut

Education Week.
1) Early-Grades Science: The First Key STEM Opportunity   Feeling comfortable with teaching science starts with teacher-preparation programs, experts say. But few schools of education focus on training prospective elementary teachers to become fluent in science or engineering.
2) Santa Fe Shooting: How the Texas Governor Proposes to Keep Students Safe at School   …Expand the state’s school marshal program, an initiative that trains teachers and other school staff to use guns.
3) State gets $1.1 million to help vets become teachers  The federal government has awarded Connecticut a $1.1 million grant to help military veterans become school teachers.
4) Why School Librarians Are Literacy Leaders We Need  Research shows a strong correlation between the presence of a certified school librarian and student achievement.

Encoura. Career Articulation: Getting from Major to Career  Education majors, as you might expect, have narrow career interests and expect lower levels of career support services. They know they want to be college-level teachers, but are open to a few related career pathways like counseling, writing, and teaching.

Hechinger Report. OPINION: We’re not doing enough to support teachers of color [OpEd by John King, Linda Darling-Hammond] Partnerships also can include high-quality teacher residencies, in which participants in teacher preparation programs engage in intensive training in public schools, akin to clinical residencies for medical professionals.

New York Times.
1) Teachers Find Public Support as Campaign for Higher Pay Goes to Voters   Though most school funding comes from state and local sources, not the federal government, congressional Democrats have released a plan to repeal the Trump tax cuts for the top 1 percent of earners in order to spend $50 billion on teacher pay and recruitment and another $50 billion on school infrastructure needs.
2) The Learning Network. Year-End Roundup, 2017-18: All Our Lesson Plans, All in One Place

TESOL International Association. expressed great concern to the U.S. Department of Education over the possible reorganization of the  Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), the office charged with guiding state and local education agencies as they support English learners. 

U.S. Education Dept. Grant Application Open, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Language Resource Centers Program. The Language Resource Centers (LRC) Program provides grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) … for establishing, strengthening, and operating centers that serve as resources for improving the Nation’s capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages through teacher training…

Washington Post. Higher education reform stalled in the Senate, while House GOP charges ahead. The chances of Congress achieving higher education reform this year just got slimmer as the top Republican in the Senate on education issues said he sees no path forward.

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Office of Higher Education. May Newsletter

• Clinical Practice Recommendations
• Certification Exam Safety Nets
• Accreditation Options
• New Speech and Language Disabilities Certification Pathway
• CAEP Draft Partnership Agreement New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) Test Development Activities

 

NEW YORK CITY
New York Times. With School Visits, Chancellor Signals a Softer Stance on Charters   He said he was happy to hear all three of the charters he visited hired only certified teachers, but he steered clear of the divisive political issue at play: that most charter schools in New York City are not unionized.

WNYC. A Class Debates the Importance of Having Male Teachers   As an African-American male teacher, Harris said he wants to be a mentor to students in his English classes at the High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow. To do that, he needed a mentor, and that’s why he joined NYC Men Teach last year.    

 

GLOBAL
EducationHQ Australia. Turnbull Government announces Federal Budget and what it means for education   A renewed commitment to early childhood education, more chaplains, and a plan to deliver new and diverse pathways for would-be teachers into classrooms are some of the initiatives announced in this year’s Federal Budget.

NZHerald. Education Minister Chris Hipkins promises to reduce paperwork for teachers and principals   Other steps proposed for the coming years include setting new requirements for teacher training; establishing a centralized, teacher-run professional development agency; and waiving fees for renewing teachers’ licenses.

The Guardian. Mexico’s education reforms flounder as more spent on PR than teacher training

The Korea Times. Gov’t to hire fewer teachers amid low birthrate  The government will hire fewer teachers through the state-run teacher certification examination, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE. AACTE-NACCTEP Partnership Pilot: Building the Link. Kimberly Tobey, executive director of the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP), likens her organization’s pilot partnership with AACTE to an urban tunnel system that connects distinct locations around town–facilitating convenient navigation for pedestrians (or, in our case, teacher candidates).

Chalkbeat. It’s official! Results from Tennessee’s ugly testing year won’t count for much of anything   Also known as ETS, the vendor has had contracts with Tennessee since 2015 to create the state’s social studies and science tests, and to design many of its teacher certification exams.

EdWeek
1) Teacher-Prep Rankings That Use Student Test Scores Are Not Reliable, Says Analysis   Rankings of teacher-prep programs, when they are based on the test scores of the graduates’ students, are so prone to error that they may as well have been assigned at random.
2) Will Illinois Be the Next State to Require Public Schools Teach LGBT History?   The Illinois bill, like California’s, may also fall into a funding trap as it doesn’t set aside money to pay for new textbooks, curriculum materials, and teacher training.

Lehigh University. Lehigh Names William Gaudelli Next Dean of the College of Education   Gaudelli’s research interests include global citizenship education, media and visual texts as curriculum tools, and teacher education and development.

Stanford Magazine. Jo Boaler Wants Everyone to Love Math  Boaler directly influences the teaching of mathematics by educating future teachers in Stanford’s STEP program, but her most far-reaching impact is probably through her Stanford-based website.

Washington Post. What ails education? ‘An absence of vision, a failure of will and politics’ [OpEd by A. Duncan & M. Spellings] Respect for teaching, and the accompanying need for better preparation and support for teachers, must be one unifying goal.

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED. My Brother’s Keeper: Highlights from the 2018 Symposium

 

NEW YORK CITY
AACTE. Report Explores Economics of Funding Teacher Residencies   Last month, AACTE cosponsored an event organized by PREPARED TO TEACH: Sustainable Funding for Quality Teacher Preparation at Bank Street College of Education to present its new report on the economics of teacher residencies. 

Chalkbeat. As historians and New York City educators, here’s what we hope teachers hear in the city’s new anti-bias training   Today, teaching future teachers, Ansley [Erickson, an associate professor of history and education at Teachers College, Columbia University and a former New York City high school teacher] strives to convey the value of local and community history in her classes.

NYTimes. ‘It Has to Start Somewhere’: Grass-Roots Drive to Integrate New York Schools   “When you look at the history of desegregation, it was a policy implemented top down,” said Amy Stuart Wells, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, who characterized the last major efforts in the 1960s and 1970s as “paying lip service” to diversity in curriculum and teaching practices within schools.

Wall Street Journal. Betsy DeVos Sparks Ire For Skipping Public Schools During New York Visit  Education secretary visited an Orthodox Jewish school for girls during her first official visit to the nation’s largest district

Friday April 13 2:15-3:45 pm
Chen-Lee, C.; Akin, S.; Goodwin, L. “I’d Like to Be a Part of That”: Prospective Teachers’ Articulations of Their Teaching Intentions.  New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse Level, Concourse F Room

Friday, April 13 4:05-5:35 pm
Boyle, K.; Tauzel, B.; Mcalla, C. S. Teaching as Inquiry: Learning with and about students. Westin, 9th Fl, Plymouth Room.

Sunday April 15 8:15-9:45 am 
Goodwin, L.; Stanton, R. Lessons from an Expert Teacher of Immigrant Youth: A Portrait of Socially Just Teaching. Sheraton New York Times Square, Lower Level, Grammercy Room

Monday April 16 2:15-3:45 pm
Horn, C.; Darity, K.; Goodwin, L. The Stories We Tell: Intentional Knowledge Development in an Urban Teacher Residency Park Central Hotel New York, Ballroom Level.

Tuesday April 17 2:15-3:45 pm
Roegman, R.; Kolman. J. Movement and Interactions Across Contexts and Systems: A Theoretical Model of Mentor Teachers’ Practice. Sheraton New York Times Square, Second Floor, Metropolitan East Room.