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More than half of U.S. public school students are children of color, while most of their teachers are white. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

4 ways to get more Black and Latino teachers in K-12 public schools

Travis Bristol, University of California, Berkeley

Teacher turnover is higher among Black and Latino teachers than white teachers. An education policy expert explains what schools can do to reverse the trend.
A demonstrator writes a message in chalk at the corner of Florence and Normandy avenues in Los Angeles. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Teachers in South Central LA who had personal ties to the neighborhood made better connections with students

Julio Angel Alicea, University of California, Los Angeles

A sociologist asked public high school teachers to draw maps of the neighborhood where they teach. Those with more detailed maps also made stronger cultural connections with their students.
In-person learning can start as long as schools operate safely, says the CDC. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

How can all schools safely reopen?

Brandon Guthrie, University of Washington

In-person learning can safely resume as long as schools take steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
There’s strong pressure to use more technology to capture student attention, but what about inviting students to adopt a contemplative posture?

Distance learning: How to avoid falling into ‘techno traps’

Louis-Etienne Dubois, Toronto Metropolitan University

What if one of the answers to the challenges of distance learning was to go back to basics and set up less “tech” and more human contexts?
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. Patrick Semansky/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Amanda Gorman’s poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school

Kathleen M. Alley, Mississippi State University; Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Cornell University, and Wendy R. Williams, Arizona State University

The rise in the popularity of Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, represents a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry in the classroom.
There are very few qualified female teachers in schools in northern Nigeria. shutterstock

Scholarships alone are not enough to get more qualified female teachers into Nigeria’s schools

Sara Humphreys, University of Sussex; Máiréad Dunne, University of Sussex, and Naureen Durrani, Nazarbayev University

Colleges of education must have increased resources to improve training. They must also address gender-specific issues such as childcare provision, accommodation and sexual harassment.

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  1. Children
  2. COVID-19
  3. Education
  4. K-12 education
  5. Learning
  6. School
  7. Schools
  8. Students
  9. Teacher training
  10. Teaching

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