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As the Teacher Shortage Crisis Deepens in Ohio, Immigrant Educators Could Be the Answer

ED Surge

In 2016, I moved to the U.S., This disconnect also means that critical information about alternative certification pathways, financial assistance programs and professional development opportunities does not always reach immigrant educators who want to teach in Ohio or anywhere in the United States, for that matter.

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OPINION: Three misunderstandings about open resources

The Hechinger Report

District sponsorship allows for the development of broader materials: entire units, rather than lesson plans. The third and final common misunderstanding is that open educational resources are comprised of an supplement-scale content, such as lesson plans, practice items, and articles. Matthew Miller is the Supt.

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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

The Hechinger Report

After the field work, the teachers were placed in small groups — based on which grade level they taught — to learn how to develop lesson plans for their students and other educators based on what they had learned. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

It’s also important for all students to feel represented, Laura Thomas said in her Edutopia article from August 2016. Plus, recent anti-Asian violence in the United States proves why educators need to foster awareness and understanding, Chang said in her article.

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Your Teachers Need a Win

Cult of Pedagogy

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. Lesson planning : Do they come up with interesting activities to teach their content?

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Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

The Hechinger Report

An April 2016 study of a large urban school in Georgia reported the frustration of many elementary level teachers. That can come in the form of a class that focuses on content for teaching class or in the form of professional development, instruction that teachers receive on the job.

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Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? Deciding what’s best for the nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

There’s the cost of the warranty, professional development for teachers to learn how to incorporate the devices into their lesson plans and troubleshoot tech problems, repairs for inevitable damages and the price of software those laptops run. Chromebooks have become the dominant device in U.S. public schools.

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