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Tennessee Seeks New Teacher, Principal Requirements in 'Science of Reading'

The Tennessee department of education is proposing unsually comprehensive legislation that will require all current and new K-3 teachers, and those who train them, to know evidence-based reading instruction.




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Fin24.com | Get a high and steady income

Preference shares have proved an efficient alternative investment for individuals seeking a relatively high and stable source of income.




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Helping Pennsylvania teachers cope through mindfulness webinars

Concern for their students and adapting to remote teaching are only a few of the stressors that teachers are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. In response, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) has partnered with Sebrina Doyle, a graduate fellow in the College of Education, to offer mindfulness-based stress reduction training via Zoom to their members – to help alleviate feelings of helplessness, fear and anxiety. Doyle offered the hour-long webinar two days this month to approximately 700 PSEA members.




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Student teachers are making the most of their new online 'classrooms'

Penn State's College of Education and the State College Area School District have joined forces for 22 years to conduct the Professional Development School.




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Interns, teacher educators navigate COVID-19 with shared inquiry

The pandemic has disrupted internships and student teaching in Pennsylvania’s teacher education programs. Teacher educators in K-4 Professional Development School partnership between Penn State and the State College Area School District have taken an inquiry stance to empower interns to navigate learning to teach during these times.




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Student teacher's job after Penn State graduation: U.S. Marine Corps

Come May 18, College of Education student Gabriela Marsh will commission as second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. She graduated from Officers Candidate School in August 2019, completed her senior year at Penn State in the Navy ROTC program and commissions with the Marines in mid-May.




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It's been quite the experience for Penn State CI 495 student teachers

Synchronous and asynchronous education on Zoom and other platforms are the new normal, and student teachers Kristen Krause, Lexi Principe, Gabriela Marsh and Carley Cassandro have rolled with punches delivered by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent K-12 school shutdowns.




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Join a one-year team in France

A 20-member church and a volunteer pastor seek long-term help for sharing the gospel with the 24,000 people in their town.




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Teaching to immigrant women

OM worker Lynn, along with teammates, ministers to immigrant women in France.




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Teachers Examining Student Work To Guide Curriculum, Instruction

Unless schools do a better job of collecting and analyzing the products of learning, teaching experts say, the drive to align classroom instruction with states' academic standards and testing programs will be incomplete.




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Navigating the Curriculum Maze: States Stepping in to Help Teachers

If Virginia's proposal is approved, it will become part of a trend: states that are taking a stronger role in helping teachers find high-quality curriculum materials.




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Under-17 EURO team of the tournament

Three players from champions the Netherlands make the Under-17 EURO team of the tournament along with two each from runners-up Italy, hosts England and Spain.




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2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament

Champions the Netherlands, runners-up Italy and free-scoring France dominate the technicians' choice.




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Behrend team expands financial literacy training initiative

Students and faculty members at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business are contributing to and assessing a financial literacy curriculum that is being taught at nearly 400 high schools in eight states.




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Arne Duncan, Maryland Teachers Talk Common Core

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been warning against a GOP NCLB rewrite bill that's slated to pass the House next week.




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More NCLB Waiver States Get Federal Approval for Teacher Evaluations

The U.S. Department of Education continues to quietly approve and negotiate over states' teacher-evaluation systems as part of its No Child Left Behind Act waiver process.




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Women's Under-19 EURO team of the tournament

Winners Spain provide four players to the UEFA technical experts' youthful official team of the tournament.




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2019 Women's U19 EURO team of the tournament

Champions France and runners-up Germany dominate the team of the tournament with four players each.




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How to Use a Raspberry Pi and Steam Link to Stream PC Games to Your TV

Valve may have discontinued the hardware, but you can still can use the Steam Link app on your Raspberry Pi system to stream games to your TV or anywhere else.




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AMD Teases 64-Core Mega-CPU, the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Not content to dominate the high-end desktop (HEDT) market with its new 32-core CPU, today AMD announced the upcoming launch of its most powerful Threadripper yet: the 64-core, 128-thread Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.




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AMD Teases Ryzen 4000-Series CPUs, 64-Core Threadripper

Unveiled here at CES, the new Ryzen 4000 CPU family is the first to use AMD's cutting-edge 7-nanometer production process.




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Teach for America Turns Focus to Native Achievement

Teach for America has tapped a longtime teacher and administrator and a member of the new National Advisory Council on Indian Education to lead its fledgling Native Achievement Initiative.




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The School District Where Principals Also Teach

Principals who also teach are a long tradition in a rural Maryland school system, where teachers and school leaders alike attest to the benefits. But some education leadership experts argue the double duty wouldn't work in all schools.




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Two Catholic Schools Were Asked to Fire Gay Teachers. Here's What They Did

The Indianapolis archbishop has ordered Catholic high schools in the city to dismiss teachers who are married to someone of the same sex, or sever ties with the archdiocese.




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Who's Doing the Teaching After School Lets Out?

Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.




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Do You Want to Write About Your Experience Teaching Online After School Closures?

Educators are invited to write about their experiences teaching online in the age of COVID-19.




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Gay teacher ousted from Catholic school after 23 years




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Six European teams in Pot 1 for World Cup draw

The 32-team line-up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is complete, with holders Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Poland and France joining the hosts in Pot 1 for the draw.




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The Teacher of the Year Went to Ethiopia to Train Educators—and Learned a Lot

Sydney Chaffee, the 2017 National Teacher of the Year, went to the capital of Ethiopia for a week to deliver workshops to teachers and students. She ended up learning important lessons, too.




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International Schools and Overseas Teachers

International schools have been around for well over 100 years, initially providing education in the native language and curriculum for children whose parents worked as diplomats. Today, according ICEF (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) there are over 12,000 international schools in




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Mixed Computer Literacy Among Teachers Worldwide

Worldwide, teachers may struggle to help students learn computer skills, finds a study of computer literacy rates across a dozen countries.




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Amazon, Apple, Google Team Up for Open-Source Smart-Home Standard

The project, which includes companies such as Philips Hue manufacturer Signify, Ikea, and Samsung SmartThings, will help ensure that smart home products work across platforms with the three voice assistants, Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google's Assistant.




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2020 Summer Founders Program draws record number of teams & increases amount

A record number of student startups from across Penn State campuses are getting ready for the 2020 Summer Founders program, a 13-week entrepreneurial bootcamp offering mentoring, networking, resources and $15,000 in funding to teams of Penn State student entrepreneurs from all campus locations and the World Campus.




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OM Brazil receives new team members

For OM Brazil, the year started with 10 great reasons to be encouraged and motivated: the arrival of 10 new workers.




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Nearly All Teachers (and Other Public Servants) Who Applied for Loan Forgiveness Were Denied

The Department of Education has denied 99 percent of applications for public service loan forgiveness under a temporary expanded program funded by Congress, a report finds.




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Transgender Teachers Speak Out on What They Need From School Leaders

In a recent video message, transgender teachers urge school leaders to make schools more welcoming by examining their own biases and implementing inclusive policies.




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Here's What Teachers Think About Training, Pay, Strikes, and Choice

Educators for Excellence took the temperature of teachers across the nation on issues ranging from compensation to preparation to union membership.




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The Teaching Profession in 2019 (in Charts)

Here's a review of the research that sums up a big year for the teaching profession.




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What Should Teachers Need to Do to Transfer Their License to a New State?

Just 16 states require incoming teachers to provide evidence of successful prior job performance, a National Council on Teacher Quality analysis found.




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10 Ways the Teaching Profession Has Changed Over the Past 10 Years

From an increase in teacher activism to a decline in the number of people who want to be teachers, here are 10 of the biggest shifts in the profession over the past decade.




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A Road Trip for Teachers and a Chance to Get Inspired

Education Week has teamed up with Roadtrip Nation to send a group of teachers across the country in a green RV. Here's what you need to know.




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The Nation's Top Teachers on Self-Care, Student Voice, and What They Would Say to Trump

The four finalists for National Teacher of the Year say their fellow teachers are sharing their stories and their students' stories more than ever, and it's time for policymakers to listen.




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Still Mostly White and Female: New Federal Data on the Teaching Profession

Here are five takeaways on the teaching profession from the newly released 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey.




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Here's How Many Teaching Jobs Could Be Lost in Each State in a COVID-19 Recession

There could be an 8.4 percent reduction in the U.S. teaching corps, and some states could see reductions as large as 20 percent, according to a new analysis by the Learning Policy Institute.




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Teachers Told Me Their Stories of Sexual Assault and Harassment—and Why They Keep Silent

Even in this extraordinary #MeToo era, ordinary women who've experienced harassment or assault at work are often reluctant to share their stories publicly. Arianna Prothero found that to be just as true as she reported on sexual harassment and assaults in schools and other K-12 workplaces.




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Don't Blame Teachers for Selling Their Lesson Plans. Blame the System That Makes It Necessary

Schools can't even afford to hire enough teachers, so why are we surprised that teachers are turning to a website for resources? asks Kat Tipton.




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I Study How Teachers Collaborate Online. Here's How They Can Do It Better

Researcher Robin Anderson shares what happened when one online community of teachers tried to unlearn their deficit mindsets together.




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Only 3 States Expect Teachers to Learn About Institutional Bias. That's a Big Problem

Students of color don't need to get "grittier," writes New America's Jenny Muñiz. They need us to fix institutional racism.




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How Teachers Talk About Educational Disparities (Data)

In a national survey, we dug into how teachers use language to make sense of disparities in student outcomes by race and income level.




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Teacher-Parent Communication Needs to Improve, Studies Say

Teachers and parents need to work on communication with one another, two recent studies suggest, and that may be especially true when immigrant students or students of color are involved.