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An EdSource roundtable brought together diverse principals to discuss Covid, staff shortages and mental health — students', teachers' and their own.

Districts can soon apply for funding to transform schools by expanding services for the "whole child" and extensively involving parents.

Thousands of teachers are staying home for a week or more at a time. Desperate states are raising pay, changing certification standards and even sending in the National Guard.

Arguably, no San Diego County teacher has climbed as high in the ranks of education in recent years as Cindy Marten.

Liz Simons announced as next chair for Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom covering criminal justice.

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‎ The West Virginia Board of Education is exploring ways to improve working conditions for teachers who are emerging from the unprecedented drain of teaching during a pandemic -- and looking ahead at the way forward for their students who will need remediation. The board hopes to address issues like teacher shortages and burnout as classes return this fall and as educators assess the best plan to ensure that everyone in the classroom is supported. Board members last week heard plans from two ...

The Hayden Board of Education on Monday responded to criticism from parents in the district who said they are worried the culture at the school has contributed to the school’s turnover rate among teachers. On April 12, several parents addressed the board in public comment, concerned by the number of resignations among staff in the district and the lack of attention to the issue by the board. “We have our own challenges that we have in general, and then we have exacerbated challenges which a...

Susan Cole, pioneering advocate for traumatized children in schools, dies at 72 By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated May 16, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Susan Cole.(Jessica Scranton) Susan Cole was already the state’s leading advocate for children whose learning abilities are hobbled by traumatic experiences when she took her work to a new level. Along with her five students at Harvard Law School’s Education Law Clinic, she began lobbying lawmakers to provide grants to Massach...

Virtual Learning Here to Stay at Dougherty County Schools For years, the Dougherty County School System has been staffing classrooms virtually with teachers from other locations through Elevate K-12. Nationwide teacher shortages bode well for the longevity of the program. May 13, 2021 •  shutterstock (TNS) — While there has been a lot of discussion about a shortage in the nursing field, the medical profession is not the only one that is suffering from a...