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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. National Center for Education Statistics.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There’s little help on the way: The nation’s classrooms are projected to lose an average of 270,000 educators annually for the next several years, and enrollment in teacher preparation programs has plummeted. With a combined enrollment of 1.9 Pay remains a persistent challenge to recruitment and retention.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a result, I made it my purpose through my experiences in working with Black students, as well as through my research, to ensure that all educators and all stakeholders understand how to prepare students for academic success and postsecondary readiness. Middleton : My first encounter with test bias was in elementary school.

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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools. His research focuses on the Holocaust and antisemitism.

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A Framework for Non-Degree Credential Quality

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Michelle Van Noy, Director of the Education & Employment Research Center at Rutgers University. She shares a framework for non-degree credential quality and highlights the research around outcomes for non-degree credential attainers. Michelle (00:10.976) Thank you, Matt. I’m so glad to be here. What do we mean by that?

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Middle and High School PBL: 10 Earth Day Project Idea Driving Questions?

Experiential Learning Depot

Earth Day is one of my favorite days of the year to develop experiential science learning activities around! As a final product, I have had my students develop tools (charts, quizzes, mind maps, etc.) Should we be putting funding and energy into individual species? Guided Project-Based Learning Poaching Resource 4.

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A Research-Based Look at Stackable Credentials

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We speak with Lindsay Daugherty, Senior Policy Researcher from RAND Corporation to dig into the research around stackable credential programs and whether they are delivering on their premise — to advance a learner’s opportunities and outcomes. I think that we’ve had some challenges in post -secondary education.