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Michigan State Director I. Overview of Teach Plus The mission of Teach Plus is to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success. The organization empowers expert teachers to advance policy changes and improve instructional leadership and teacher supports; trains and coaches teacher leaders to successfully mobilize and lead teacher teams; and empowers teacher leaders to be change agents among their peers and policy makers.  Since 2009, Teach Plus has trained thousands of teacher...

Former Obama administration official arrested on charges of charter school embezzlement Seth Andrew, a senior advisor to former President Barack Obama in the Office of Education Technology, was arrested last Tuesday on charges he stole more than $200,000 from Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of charter schools he founded in 2005. Andrew is accused of stealing the amount to obtain a lower interest rate on his $2 million Manhattan apartment. Accusations include one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and making a false statement to a bank. Through his lawyer, Andrew has pleaded n...

Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Courtney Thomas Courtney May 3, 2021  If you asked me two years ago which student owned a guinea pig named Max or eight dogs, I am certain I could not have told you. But now I can. It’s strange to be in a position where we see so much of our students’ lives through a computer screen, and yet also feel so disconnected from the students and the families we serve. Now, as schools and their communities seek to re-establish these relationships, state and district leaders are considering how to spend tax dollars for this very purpose. How can we best do it?

View Comments Teacher retention is a point of reflection and introspection for school leaders every year as they anticipate their staffing needs for the upcoming school year. Some schools hemorrhage teachers each year, while others maintain the same staff rosters for decades. Understanding why this occurs is a logic puzzle for leaders across Jefferson County Public Schools and the nation. Ask teachers who leave or transfer to different schools why they’ve done so, and their answers vary from poor leadership to underdeveloped staff culture to not feeling supported. These concerns are amplifi...