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Kate Dias, president of the largest teachers union in the state, the Connecticut Education Association, this week recalled a time in her teaching career when she bought Barbie dolls to make a lesson more engaging. One of her colleagues, she said, used Play-Doh to help create calculus models. For both projects, the money to purchase […]

The CT Department of Education wants to give thousands of educators the opportunity to pursue projects, with the cost of supplies covered.

Records indicate Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters got reimbursed over $4000 in taxpayer money to attend out-of-state partisan conferences, right-wing talk shows and even a movie premiere during his first year in office.

In this season of gratitude and celebration, here is what Im most thankful for as an educator in 2023.

Nearly half of public education employees who left the profession last year resigned, and a third of teachers say they’re likely to leave their job in the next two years — with many citing unruly students and a lack of meaningful discipline.

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In a TikTok video, Shanitta Nicole explained that her son's teacher threatened to give him a zero on his report card if he didn't buy classroom supplies for everyone to use. It sparked debate about teachers using communal supplies and having to dig into their own pockets for their classrooms.

Any move to a four-day school week has to consider child care’s role in the economy.

Any move to a four-day school week has to consider child care’s role in the economy.

Any move to a four-day school week has to consider child care’s role in the economy.