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Building a better pipeline by preparing educators
Educators are concerned about the quality and quantity of applicants entering the field of education. Talented adults who want to teach find there are too many barriers to entry into the field as they attempt to address the onerous licensure system. Teachers themselves have often been catalysts for innovative solutions to the many challenges facing […]
How to confront Tennessee’s teacher shortage
Research shows educator shortages disproportionately impact students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and students from rural communities. The U.S. Department of Education points out that areas like special education, bilingual education, science, technology, engineering, math, career and technical education and early childhood education positions are hard to fill. That’s hardly news […]
Teachers on the front-line
In 1987 I began my teaching career. The classroom that I taught in then is now a vestige of the past and we are continuously redefining what the modern school or classroom should look like. Student discipline is a complicated and often uneven process in our schools, with board policies and state laws often failing […]
Tennesseans must support teachers, even as leaders fail to defend them
Recently, I was shown a video by Phil Williams from NewsChannel 5 in Nashville, the city’s CBS affiliate. As I watched the recording of Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, I became infuriated. This was not about charter schools or Hillsdale College. This was an attack on public schools, teachers, […]