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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic

ED Surge

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. But through research and conversations with leaders at schools and the university, she discovered that a prohibition on paying teacher-candidates was more a tradition than a rock-solid rule, and one that it could be changed.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

Mike Flom, a parent and co-founder of the advocacy group New Jersey Parents and Teachers for Appropriate Education, said many factors impact inclusion’s effectiveness. His twin daughters, now in seventh grade, were placed in an inclusion classroom beginning in fifth grade. I was prepared for the regular ed student.”

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‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

The Hechinger Report

Around 60 percent of large school districts surveyed by the National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group, increased pay for subs during the pandemic. They can earn a higher daily rate than traditional substitutes, or put the extra amount toward health benefits. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report.