Author: Tunara Moore
AACTE to release STEM report
From: Education DailyEducation and business leaders will convene this month to discuss the importance of providing quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs for teachers. The session will focus on Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness, a report by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, that AACTE will present in conjunction […]
Panel to act on teacher-recruiting tool
From: Education DailyIn a step that came as welcome news to stakeholders representing teachers’ colleges, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, promised to provide as much as $16,000 in tuition assistance to college students who pursue teaching careers. The committee is scheduled to mark up the proposal today as […]
Panel advances student loan reforms – Bill includes incentives to recruit and retain teachers
From: Education DailyThe student loan reform bill that the House Committee on Education and Labor cleared Wednesday evening by a 30-16 vote includes several proposals of interest to K-12 educators and to school administrators. By and large, members’ debate honed in on the hot button issue of student loan reform. H.R. 2669, the College Cost […]
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 […]
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