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Ensuring the success of future teachers to enact foundational skills literacy instruction

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction. This teacher’s instruction is an example of strong, research-based practice in early literacy.

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Nurturing student learning and motivation through the application of cognitive science

Deans for Impact

Nicole McNeil remembers the moment well: she had just begun a tutoring relationship with a student in a local elementary school, when a teacher mistook McNeil for a social worker. The teacher informed me that this student was facing behavioral challenges in the classroom and assumed I had arrived to address those issues,” she recalls.

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Politicians, Advocates Gather for Dyslexia Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On Tuesday, a panel of New York politicians, non-profit leaders, and advocates came together at Columbia University to discuss solutions for the problem of reading disability in American and across the world. Approximately 80% of adults in the prison system are estimated to be functionally illiterate. The goal is to start,” he said.

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Building Opportunities for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. We really have to be flexible.

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For-profit teacher-prep programs gain popularity and critics

Inside Higher Ed

Image: With public schools facing a dearth of teachers and traditional teacher-training programs struggling to reverse a long-declining enrollment trend , for-profit companies offering “alternative certification programs” are rising to fill states’ needs.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A growing body of research has shown that race-matched instruction—when teachers and learners come from the same background—is beneficial for students. Although contingent faculty may be equally good teachers as tenured faculty, their positions might limit them as mentors for students of color.

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Climbing the Ladder: Essential Steps for Teachers Interested in Becoming a School Leader

Leader of Learning

As an experienced teacher, you may find yourself seeking new challenges and opportunities to grow professionally. One way to do this is by pursuing school leadership roles, which can offer a chance to make a larger impact on your school community and the field of education as a whole.