Author: Tunara Moore
Senate Panel OKs Higher Education Bills Aimed at Boosting Teacher Preparation, College Access
From: Education WeekThe Senate education committee today approved sweeping bills aimed at encouraging colleges to partner with struggling school districts to provide extensive classroom experience for prospective teachers, and boosting college access for disadvantaged students. The teacher-training provision, part of a broad, long-awaited measure reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, would combine the three current grant […]
Stakeholders say congressional funding necessary for teacher retention
From: Education DailyMath and science teachers need not only good preparation before they get in the classroom but also mentoring and support that follow them into the first few years of teaching. That was the key message of stakeholders last week at a packed briefing sponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education […]
Advocates mull future of HEA funding
From: Education DailyLobbyists are taking different points of view about the meaning of proposed cuts to the teacher programs in the Higher Education Act. Both education committees have thrown bipartisan support behind programs to recruit and retain teachers in high-needs schools in various bills, including the Senate’s HEA reauthorization and the House budget reconciliation bill. […]
Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness
From: Teacher Leaders NetworkOn June 21, two TeacherSolutions team members participated in AACTE’s Annual Day on the Hill, which as this year’s focus, considered Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educator preparation. Exemplary secondary STEM teachers, Lisa Suarez-Caraballo (OH) and Valdine McLean (NV), will share their success in the classroom and provide recommendations to policymakers […]
AACTE Holds Press Briefing to Discuss STEM Teacher Preparation
From: CCSSOThe American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) this morning hosted a briefing on “Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness” in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill. Presented in conjunction with the Senate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, the congressional briefing featured a panel of two teachers […]
AACTE Hosts Event on Preparing STEM Teachers
From: NCTMAs part of its annual Hill Day events, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), together with the Senate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, held a well-attended congressional briefing on the importance of preparing teachers to teach in the STEM disciplines in the broader effort to address the country’s […]
Improving Content Area Literacy
From: the NCTEThe American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Report “Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness” was released as part of a Congressional Briefing last week. The document highlights more than 50 programs at institutions across the country dedicated to increasing the number of effective K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics […]
Congress schooled on STEM teaching crisis: STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
From: The Silicon InvestorThe lack of a systemic approach to recruiting, preparing, and retaining teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has contributed to a shortage of highly qualified instructors in these fields–and this shortage, in turn, threatens the nation’s ability to compete in a global economy: So said speakers at a June 21 […]
Math and Science
From: Education WeekA new report highlights different strategies being taken by teacher education programs to train mathematics and science teachers, addressing a topic that has become a prime focus of elected officials and educators across the country. The document, produced by the Washington-based American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, provides descriptions of 50 teacher-education […]
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