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Teacher diversity remains challenge-filled priority for Portland Public Schools The school district, which has doubled the number of educators of color since 2016, is coming up with a plan based on findings of an Educators of Color study conducted with Bowdoin College. Share Portland Public Schools has doubled the number of educators of color employed in the district over the past five years, but the superintendent says much more work is needed to have the district’s workforce better mirror student demographics. “We’ve made tremendous strides,” Superintendent Xavier Botana told schoo...

LAS CRUCES - Gadsden Independent School District has longtime been focused on preparing high school students for future careers, but with online learning persisting for nearly a year, young student teachers have had to switch gears to adapt. Normally, students in the educational career pathway for their sophomore through senior years would be able to visit nearby schools and act as student teachers for the year. This year, students are still assigned to work with a class, but, now, they do everything remotely. GISD has remained online since March 2020, after school buildings across New Mex...

Ben said that his family is doing the best they can, given the tragic circumstances. Ben and Karen were married more than 28 years ago, in September 1992. They have three children — Taralyn, 25, Timothy, 21, and Tavyn, 19. "It's the quiet times that become difficult … at night when I finally go to bed," Ben said. "I check my texts in the day or messenger or Facebook or Twitter, and it's like I have my own personal Chicken Soup for the Soul book that's written about my wife." Ben, Taralyn, Timothy, Tavyn and his children's significant others have been spending time together, healing. ...

On Monday, February 22, Dr. Kate Marvel, Supervisor of Secondary Student Learning, provided Milford School District Board of Education information on the progress students were making in Career and Technical Education majors. Dr. Marvel explained that since most of these programs were normally provided with hands-on learning, the COVID-19 pandemic has required that the district make some adjustments. “In the spring, we will have 25 of our School of Agriscience members at the high school competing in different contests at the Virtual Delaware FFA State Spring CDE contest,” Dr. Marvel said....

New Mexico's Karen Trujillo: A huge advocate for students and teachers Tracey Bryan “New Mexico just lost a huge advocate for kids,” said Michael Chavez, superintendent of Hatch Valley Public Schools. The enormity of that loss advanced like a black fog across Las Cruces and New Mexico, as news of the tragic death of Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo spread across social media. Karen loved kids, and she loved teachers. She wanted both to realize their potential and to know that we, as a community, believed in them. “Karen was truly a shining light in our educationa...