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When Students Miss School, Teachers Enjoy Their Jobs Less

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Of particular concern is the effect of missing class on student achievement, along with other notable problems like student behavior. For public sector education jobs, the recovery in employment from the COVID-19 crisis was slow. Using data from the U.S.

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Teaching Feels Like a Dead-End Job. Here’s How Schools Can Change That.

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Teachers lack the structure and career development of other industry and professional jobs and this is important because it is one major factor in creating a broken public education system. Public school teachers are often limited geographically by pensions, so moving across state lines means forfeiting your hard-earned retirement benefits.

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Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

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Perez is hard at work in the Brownsville Public Library. The retired public school teacher stands out in a burnt orange sweater, her curly hair adorned with a soft brown beret. Carr called attention to the widening gaps between the highest and lowest achievers scores are falling the fastest among students who are struggling the most.

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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

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We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. Moreover, the general use of technology has changed. And here lies the problem.

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8 Characteristics of a Successful K-12 Technology Department

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Mike Daugherty is the director of technology for a high-achieving public school district in Ohio, an occasional contributor to AATT (see his last post, 5 Things You Need to Know About 3D Printing), and the author of Modern EdTech Leadership , a discussion on how today’s administrators handle the blending of tech and ed.

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As Schools Prioritize Digital Literacy, My Students Are Being Left Behind

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While these strategies may help them complete a particular assignment, in this context, they use technology as a surrogate for their learning instead of a conduit. Bridging the current gap in technology and digital literacy among wealthy and educated families and those of the families my students come from is essential.

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Universities Turn To More Public-Private Partnerships To Meet Student Needs

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And they need to: Experts say that the number of services that students expect from a university has grown considerably in recent years, especially in the context of increasing technological change. But letting private companies into the roost, however, raises questions about whether they're beneficial to public education.