Inadequate pay is fueling the decline in education professions. These two bills will help turn that around.
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Posted inTimes Record
Your Land: Two points for February
I looked at the photo for some minutes. In it, a young adult and three children surround what looks to be a pool or puddle of water; three of the four have their hands in, and the fourth has the dirt of earlier adventure on her hands. They are fascinated. The young adult, who must […]
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Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
School staffing shortages are leading to larger class sizes across the U.S.
The shortages had other effects on school life, including disruptions in student transportation, fewer extracurricular activities and a reduction in student services, according to data from a federal survey.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: A thriving education system needs no advertising budget
We don’t have a teacher shortage. We have a recruitment and retention problem.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine launches $1 million ad campaign to attract teachers amid shortage
The initiative is funded with pandemic relief money and quantifies for the first time the number of educator vacancies in Maine: over 850.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Deal reached to end teachers strike in Massachusetts town
Classes in Andover, Mass. have been canceled since Thursday.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Remember the inestimable power of a good and caring teacher
From a portable classroom on the grounds of Sanford High School, Bill Ferguson – Ferg or Fergie, to his students – showed me the light.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
School year in Maine begins with familiar staffing shortages
Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
Across the country, teachers are reporting to their unions and principals what they describe as a list of accruing traumas from their classrooms.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Despite centuries of education fads, good schooling always starts with good teachers
No substitute exists for the simple, clear eloquence and mentoring of the relationship between a student and an educator.