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Biden Administration’s New Executive Order Leverages Federal Resources to Boost Apprenticeships and Worker Training
President Biden signed an executive Order that will expand the use of Registered Apprenticeships in and beyond the federal government.
Making the Early Grades Matter
Learn about seven ways to improve kindergarten through grade 2.
Key Funding Sources for Educator Registered Apprenticeship Programs
What educator registered apprenticeship leaders should know about funding their programs
What’s the Difference Between Grow Your Own, Teacher Residency, and Teacher Registered Apprenticeship?
As the number of teacher recruitment and preparation strategies grow there is a need for greater clarity on how they intersect and differ.
How Teacher Apprenticeship is Changing Teacher Preparation
Thirty states have adopted teacher registered apprenticeship, but how will this approach impact teacher preparation?
Why I Have Conflicting Feelings About Teacher Appreciation Week
What states really need to do to give teachers the appreciation they deserve, and shore up the workforce for current and future students
Profiles in Improvement: How Illinois Developed a Data System to Advance Teacher Preparation
States can learn from Illinois’s efforts to build a system that focuses stakeholders on ensuring a robust and diverse teacher workforce.
Women Brought Kindergarten to America
Women played a consequential role in advancing kindergarten education in the United States.
Increasing Teacher Salaries is a School Funding Issue
Increasing teacher salaries is a popular, bipartisan idea. But the raises teachers actually see depend on the school funding policy context.
Improving Data Collection Could Be One Key to Solving the Teacher Shortage Crisis
Solving teacher shortages nationwide cannot happen without more consistent, comparable, and accessible teacher workforce data.
Making Sense of Classroom Limitations on Race and Gender: A Review of the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey
New America reviews the findings of the 2022 AIRS, exploring how teachers are responding to classroom limitations on race and gender.
Cultural Relevancy meets Open Education
Students learn best when they have educational materials that reflect their own backgrounds and open windows for seeing differences.