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The substitute teacher shortage we should have seen coming
As the pandemic nears its cheerless two-year anniversary, matters of health and wellness have dominated education conversations nationwide. The largescale return to in-person learning this

Tutors wanted: Inside the nationwide sprint to build big new programs to catch students up
Oklahoma education officials came up with an ambitious plan to help students who struggled during the pandemic: build a 500-person math tutoring corps. The goal

Still hiring: Teacher vacancies up as year begins, limiting recovery plans
Unprecedented shortages of bus drivers and substitutes. A coronavirus variant that has quarantined swaths of students and staff. Pressure to help students readjust and catch up. As

Districts Across the U.S. Offering Big Incentives to Subs, Special Ed Teachers
Confronting classrooms without permanent teachers, school administrators across the country are turning to an assortment of incentives — many of them financial, some unprecedented —

Adaptive teaching: Rethinking the nature of learning in schools
Every child learns differently. This individual process is affected by a range of factors, including prior knowledge, ability and motivation. It is also dynamic and
Pa. House passes bill to loosen rules on substitute teachers
Legislation to provide more flexibility when it comes to finding substitute teachers to staff classrooms won unanimous approval on Monday from the Pennsylvania House of
No SAT for entry to some US colleges, dilemma for Indians
Beginning with the University of California, currently over half of the four-year-degree colleges and universities in the US have done away with the SAT or

6 Easy Ways to Practice ACT English English Conventions This Summer
No official test prep booklet is needed for these strategies. The ACT English section assesses test-takers in three areas of standard English conventions: punctuation, sentence structure and

PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating
Scholars weigh decline in reading habits and other theories Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially. Since then, scholars have been trying to figure

Not your typical summer school: Districts expand programs to catch up students after pandemic year
ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor mom Kristen Bodley said she feels like her 10-year-old son, Jackson – who is bright and normally top of

Georgia’s Public Universities Will Reinstate ACT/SAT Requirement
The University System of Georgia will reinstate its ACT and SAT requirement after a one-year suspension, the system announced on Wednesday. Students applying for admission for the

To Teach Students to Read, Give Them Something Worth Reading
Every year, students across the United States take standardized tests such as the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) exam. Schools, like the one where I teach in