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

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Furthermore, the Thomas Fordham Institute describes Ohios teacher shortage as unclear due to a lack of data that could shed light on why teachers are leaving, the challenges schools face in the hiring process and the hiring trends across different schools.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

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But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. Though she didnt initially see herself ever becoming a school librarian, Rhue has come to love the dynamism and variety of her job. I'm an educator.

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How a Veteran Teacher Used AI Coaching to Evolve Her Practice

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The world of education technology is expansive. AI-Powered Coaching In a session at the National Charter School Conference , presenter Donna McDaniel explored how AI Coach by Edthena , played a critical role in helping Donna (a ninth-grade science teacher with 30 years of experience) evolve her teaching practice.

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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

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At the core of the approach is the goal of building relationships by understanding each student’s variability in their backgrounds, cognitive development, and social-emotional capacities. Teachers utilized a combination of technology, one-to-one engagement models, and supporting parents with in-person resources to create learning systems.

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Why Schools Need a Social Worker for Teachers

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Unfortunately, I haven’t seen nearly as much investment or innovation on behalf of our educators. I was offered a job at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School as a school social worker — but with a unique spin on the traditional role. A year ago, I came across an opportunity to change that.

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Yes, Schools Need to Hire More Counselors. But They Also Need to Work on Themselves.

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In this instance, like so many others in school, a counselor would be helpful for the student to process this trauma, but preventing the trauma from occurring in the first place through things like inclusive gender practices and professional development around gender identity would be more impactful.

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Data Shows Demographics Are Shifting in Fast-Growing Cities. How Are School Districts Impacted?

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An investigation by Chalkbeat Colorado found that the reasons for enrollment declines varied by district and were caused by a combination of issues: high housing costs pushing families farther from the metro area, charter school competition and simply fewer children being born. Source: American Community Survey.