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AASPA Benefit Survey On COVID-19 From PK-12 HR

Many are wondering how school districts across the nation are responding to COVID-19. The American Association of School Personnel Administrators...

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Challenging the comfortably entrenched with the Teacher Prep Review

Over a century ago, former school principal Abraham Flexner catalyzed the reform of medical education, producing an exhaustive report and...

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Teacher evaluations and support during COVID-19 closures

In this unprecedented time of school closures, districts must walk a fine line regarding teacher evaluations.

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Student teaching and initial licensure in the times of coronavirus

States must now consider how these coronavirus-related closures are impacting student teaching and other licensure requirements.

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How are school districts adapting teacher work policies for emergency closures?

When the COVID-19 crisis hit, we asked what, if anything, districts had spelled out in their existing policies relevant to...

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A message from Kate Walsh

This is a grave time. As we try our best to weather this storm, we find ourselves asking a lot...

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Tenure decisions and teacher effectiveness

Tenure serves as a key milestone in a teacher's early career. Tenure status can play a role in multiple aspects...

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Beating the drum on student teaching

Student teaching may not be a magic bullet for combating the myriad problems that plague teacher preparation, but it sure...

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If you believe it, can they achieve it?

Believing that one's students have potential—and treating them accordingly—helps them rise to their teacher's expectations.

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A win for CA students, but not necessarily for science

The settlement agreement in CA still tiptoes around the most likely reason these kids aren't reading.

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Better reading starts with better teacher preparation

Reading is the gateway to educational achievement and lifelong success, especially for students who face seemingly insurmountable social and economic...

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Is it too early to pop the bubbly?

While the success we see in adoption of reading science among teacher prep programs really is cause for celebration, I...

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Persuading great teachers to take on student teachers

Remember when we learned just how powerful a good cooperating teacher can be for a teacher-in-training?

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Lessons from across the pond

Although Brexit and Megxit may be dominating headlines, politics and the royal family aren't the only issues worth reading up...

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How evaluation ratings impact teacher pay

Over the last decade, pay reform and teacher evaluations were put forward hand in hand. As teacher evaluations became more...