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EDUCATION
DOJ Says Kansas School District Routinely Engaged In Biased Enforcement Of Student Policies
From the and-the-school-cops-aren't-making-things-better dept. Students have rights. That’s something educators and (especially) administrators seem to forget. Schools also aren’t immune from the same issues that negatively affect the outside world. Adding cops to the school discipline mix definitely hasn’t helped anything. Biased policing is an everyday occurrence pretty much everywhere in the county. Just because the officer patrols halls rather than streets doesn’t mean they’ve left their preconceptions at the door.
COVID-19 devasted teacher morale − and it hasn’t recovered
Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s smallest counties combined,” the state’s teachers union says. In Vermont, there are days when whole grades of students are sent home because there’s no teacher or sub available.
Kansas high schoolers, inspired by teachers who make an impact, eager to join profession
EMPORIA — Itzia Reyes wants to be a teacher so she can comfort kids who don’t feel welcome. The Winfield High School student remembers the sting of learning English as a second language and longing for more support. At the Kansas Future Teachers Academy last week at Emporia State University, Reyes focused her attention on social-emotional learning in anticipation of attending college and becoming part of the next generation of educators.
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