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As part of its Raise the Bar: Create Pathways for Global Engagement, the Biden-Harris Administration today launched “Being Bilingual is a Superpower,” an initiative by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to promote multilingual education and bolster high-quality language programs and a diverse multilingual educator workforce across the country.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) today announced changes to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program, the only federal student aid grant program that directly benefits teachers working in high-need fields and underserved schools.
In 2019, Juris Magazine, the journal of the Duquesne Law School, compared reports and concluded that sexual abuse by school teachers is proportionally higher than by Catholic priests - while about 4% Catholic priests and other clerics per year commit sexual abuse, this number rose to 5-7 % in the case of public school teachers. The magazine ...
Building on these ABCs, the Department is advancing, and has called on State, Tribal, and local education leaders to use, five key policy levers to Raise the Bar and eliminate educator shortages, especially in high-need teaching areas. The five policy levers are: 1) increase compensation and improve working conditions, 2) expand access to high ...
When compared to all teachers, Hispanic or Latino teachers also had a higher rate of teaching in private schools with 75 percent or more minority enrollment, taught in city schools and schools in the South or the West at higher rates, and pursued an alternative path to certification at a higher rate. Teachers of Hispanic or Latino Origin ...
This includes implementing initiatives to assist in recruiting, hiring, and retaining effective teachers; providing high quality professional development to train teachers, principals, and other school leaders; and offering counseling and other mental health services. FY 2022 Funding: $195 million. 3.
Los Angeles Unified School District ( LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States, with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student ...
United Teachers Los Angeles is the main representative of certified, non-administrative staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Incorporated in 1970, UTLA represented a merger of American Federation of Teachers local Los Angeles Teachers Alliance and National Education Association local Associated Classroom Teachers of Los Angeles .