President Trump and the Department of Education
In a significant policy shift, President Trump has initiated plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED). This plan aims to decentralize educational control to individual states. The move…
Renewing your Professional Educator Certification – Pennsylvania
What you need: You can renew in a few ways: earning six-semester credits of collegiate study, six CPE credits of PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education)-approved continuing professional education courses, or…
Incorporating Black History Month in Your Classroom: Resources Included!
Incorporating Black History Month in your classroom effectively means going beyond surface-level celebrations and weaving Black history, culture, and contributions into daily learning. Below we provide some impactful ways (and…
Renewing your Standard Teaching Certificate – New York
What you need: Renewal of your professional certificate in the classroom teaching service requires 100 CTLEs every five years. Individuals with a professional certificate in educational leadership service or a…
How to Practice Equitable Empathy: What White Faculty Should–and Shouldn’t–Do – Faculty Focus
In our combined decades of experience with equity in public schools—first as urban teachers and now as professors of early, elementary, and secondary education—we often appeal to empathy. And in…
National School Counseling Week 2025
It’s time to recognize the vital role of school counselors during National School Counseling Week 2025 (NSCW). This year, the event runs from February 3-7, 2025, with the theme “School Counseling: Helping Students Thrive.” Hosted…
Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures – Faculty Focus
Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). Attention is a so-called…
“How Are You Doing Today?” A Survey for Starting Each Class – Faculty Focus
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 22, 2024 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Mental health concerns have…
Renewing your Teacher Professional Educator License – Illinois
What you need: Teachers can renew their professional educator license by completing 120 PD hours and paying the required renewal registration fee. There may be different requirements for educators who…
Collaborate and celebrate at TCEA 2025
Key points: TCEA 2025 will inform and inspire educators of all kinds Get a TCEA refresh as you head into this year’s show 5 education innovation trends to watch in…