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state as well as national policies aimed at ensuring an adequate supply of qualified teachers for all communities and Pre-K-12 students. This report, which focuses on Virginia, is the third in the series; the first two examined teacher labor markets in New York and South Dakota.5 Virginia’s teacher workforce faces real challenges.
Education in Virginia addresses the needs of students from pre-kindergarten through adult education. Virginia 's educational system consistently ranks in the top ten states on the U.S. Department of Education 's National Assessment of Educational Progress, with Virginia students outperforming the average in almost all subject areas and grade ...
State-Sponsored Student Loan Forgiveness Programs. Tons of states offer loan forgiveness programs for teachers—especially if you teach in a high need area. The American Federation of Teachers has a great searchable database you can use to find state and local forgiveness programs you might qualify for.
Purpose. This paper seeks to address the 2018 AERA theme to confront “the struggles for public. education” (AERA, 2018, p. 1) by investigating the beliefs and perspectives of elementary pre-. service teachers (PSTs) and how they may be leveraged to support their development as effective. teachers of mathematics.
Universal preschool is an international movement supporting the use of public funding to provide preschool education to all families. This movement is focused on promoting a global, rather than local, preschool program. The goal is to provide equity across all socioeconomic backgrounds, enabling children to improve their academic and social ...
For these reasons, the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research think tank for the State University of New York, is examining trends and patterns in teacher supply and demand in a series of state reports to inform state as well as national policies aimed at ensuring an adequate supply of qualified teachers for all ...
From the summary: “More than half of all state-funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs now require lead teachers to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher, as do many city-funded pre-K programs, yet salaries and benefits for pre-K teachers are consistently lower than the average salary for public school elementary school teachers. While these ...
Resources for STEM Education. Ensuring that all students have access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)1education is fundamental to the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) goal of providing equitable educational opportunities so that all students are prepared to succeed in college, careers, and life.