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Teacher Pipeline

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Third grade teacher John Watkins works in his classroom at Grove Elementary School on Aug. 11, 2022 in Tulsa, Okla.

Recruitment & Retention This State Is Giving New Teachers Up to $20K to Stay on the Job. But There’s a Catch

Oklahoma's scholarship program is designed to keep fully trained teachers on the job longer.

Madeline Will, November 30, 2023

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Collaged photo illustration of Black men teachers and positive role models

Recruitment & Retention Opinion 3 Solutions for the Black Male Teacher Shortage

I was well out of college before my mentor persuaded me to become a teacher. Here’s how we can start reaching Black men earlier.

Sharif El-Mekki, November 7, 2023

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Teacher aid walking with teacher in hallway.

Teacher Preparation Need Teachers? This State Is Looking to Its High Schoolers

West Virginia supports them to take coursework early, fast-tracking them to an education degree—and, hopefully, teaching careers.

Madeline Will, November 2, 2023

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Photo of teacher helping students with their tablet computers.

Teaching Profession What the Research Says States Are Calling for More Computer Science Classes. Now They Need the Teachers

New data finds that not enough teachers are being certified in computer science to meet the rising need.

Sarah D. Sparks, October 5, 2023

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Newspaper with ads for vacancy School teacher.

Teacher Preparation Q&A Solving the Mismatch Between Teaching Programs’ Supply and What Districts Need

A new tool could help teaching programs better align candidates' specialties with local districts' vacancies.

Madeline Will, September 28, 2023

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Hispanic schoolteacher reading aloud to her young students

English Learners Building Pathways for Bilingual Teachers: Ideas From 3 States

State and local leaders say flexibility, partnerships, and thinking outside the box are key to developing a bilingual teacher workforce.

Ileana Najarro, September 27, 2023

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Spanish teacher Titi Martin-Borregon teaches fourth grade Spanish/English dual language class students at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, N.M., on May 23, 2022.

English Learners Recruiting More Bilingual Teachers: The Challenges and Solutions

A new report highlights why more bilingual teachers are needed and how to build such a pipeline.

Ileana Najarro, September 19, 2023

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Elementary school teacher greeting his students at the door.

Recruitment & Retention What Can States Do to Patch the 'Leaky Pipeline' for Teachers of Color?

State teacher-recruitment programs need to be more explicit about aiming for diversity, a report finds.

Madeline Will, August 8, 2023

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Jennifer Mojica works with students in her math class at Holmes Elementary School in Miami on Sept. 1, 2011. In a distressed neighborhood north of Miami's gleaming downtown, a group of enthusiastic but inexperienced instructors from Teach for America is trying to make progress where more veteran teachers have had difficulty: raising students' reading and math scores.

Teacher Preparation Once a Big Player, Teach For America Tries to Regain Its Footing

A slimmed-down TFA is investing in tutoring programs and supports to keep members in the classroom.

Madeline Will, August 3, 2023

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Student teacher Lana Scott, who plans to graduate from Bowie State University in the spring of 2023, teaches a small group of kindergartners at Whitehall Elementary School the alphabet, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Bowie, Md.

Teacher Preparation Some States Plan to Give Teachers-in-Training Their Own Classrooms, Prompting Concerns

Critics say some states' plans contravene the spirit of apprenticeships by allowing trainees to assume classrooms before earning their degrees.

Madeline Will, August 1, 2023

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Regan Sylvester, a Buena Vista University student from Webb, Iowa, student teaches in a summer school classroom of soon-to-be first-grade students on June 23, 2021, at the Storm Lake Middle School, in Storm Lake, Iowa. At left is student Emma Vazquez and at right is Harmony Rodriguez. The Storm Lake Community School District and Buena Vista University collaborated to have the Storm Lake university's education students student teach during a summer school program that was opened to all students to help them make up for educational time lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The student teaching opportunity was also opened up to Storm Lake school alumni who are studying education at other colleges.

Teacher Preparation See Which States Have Teacher Apprenticeship Programs, and How the Model Plans to Expand

The federal government is promoting funding for the hands-on training, alongside quality-control guidance.

Madeline Will, July 27, 2023

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Image shows a multi-tailed arrow hitting the bullseye of a target.

States Opinion Advice for State School Chiefs: Focus on All Kids at All Times

Through the pandemic and culture clashes, a state superintendent tried to keep her eye on her main mission—student success.

Rick Hess, July 27, 2023

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The Russellville City School District has worked to meet the needs of an influx of Hispanic students over the last few years through a number of methods, including hiring nearly a dozen new bilingual aides. Elizabeth Alonzo, pictured here before a class at West Elementary in Russellville, Ala., on Dec. 9, 2022, is one of the bilingual aides.

English Learners In Their Own Words Una Auxiliar Bilingüe Explica el Valor de la Representación de los Estudiantes de Inglés

Elizabeth Alonzo proporciona ahora el apoyo que no recibió en la escuela: alguien que habla y valora su primera lengua.

Ileana Najarro, June 2, 2023

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Recruitment & Retention How to Recruit and Retain Bilingual Teachers and Men of Color

Mentoring and building personal relationships can be powerful tools for recruiting and retaining educators of color and bilingual teachers.

Alyson Klein, May 26, 2023

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