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TEACHER VOICE: Will students fail if teachers can’t make a living wage?

The Hechinger Report

I was one of a dozen classroom teachers who helped to develop and analyze Educators for Excellence’s Voices from the Classroom , a national survey of over 1,000 teachers, which found that economic concerns are top of mind for today’s teachers.

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Opening the doors to elite public schools

The Hechinger Report

A group of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Boston Branch, the Greater Boston Latino Network, the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network and the Asian American Resource Workshop, as well as three families of color, are intervening in the lawsuit to try to uphold the new admissions process.

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How grassroots efforts are trying to solve the teacher shortage crisis

The Hechinger Report

Then, in May 2017, a friend told her about a new Delta-based nonprofit, Regional Initiatives for Sustainable Education (RISE), which offered tutoring for the Praxis. “I was just a secretary fighting to be a teacher,” she said. It proved to be an academic lifeline. McWilliams said she felt convinced that God was answering her prayers.

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Trump Executive Order Calls for Artificial Intelligence to Be Taught in Schools

ED Surge

Use of AI in schools, the order states, demystifies this powerful technology but also sparks curiosity and creativity, preparing students to become active and responsible participants in the workforce of the future and nurturing the next generation of American AI innovators to propel our Nation to new heights of scientific and economic achievement.

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