Page 2 - Retention Task Force News Today

Dr. Irina Ivliyeva has been named chair of the arts, languages and philosophy department at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her appointment begins Monday, April 1.

Dufferin County, Caledon and the HHCC addressing physician shortage through a $150,000 recruitment initiative for growing communities.

This task force can do what no other state has yet accomplished: end the teacher shortage and return respect and dignity to public education and the professionals who provide it.

There is no single cause for the teacher shortage.

The governor proposed raising the state’s starting teacher pay to $45,000 from $42,500. However, an across the board raise isn’t proposed.

Columnist Steve Grineski writes about the dangers of rushing college students into full-time teaching.

The number of teacher vacancies in South Carolinas public schools is still rising, a new report found, underscoring what educator advocates describe as a need for the state to do

Troubling. Startling. Urgent. Crisis. These are just a few of the words used by Palmetto State Teachers Association in recent years to describe the scope of the educator shortages detailed in …

Harriet Tubman etched her place in history while traversing long distances and guiding runaway slaves to freedom.

The state superintendent said the break was a result of the group’s “continued lack of discernment” in response to parents raising issues with educational materials.