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More than half of U.S. teachers are considering leaving the profession: Survey

More than half of U.S. teachers are considering leaving the profession: Survey

The U.S. teachers shortage could be getting worse. A March 2022 survey from the National Education Association (NEA) showed that more than half of teachers (55%) intend to leave the profession earlier than they planned, and that was before the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “90% of teachers are saying they’re really thinking about what happened in Uvalde and what that means for them,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said on Yahoo Finance Live… Source link

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Google Meet for teachers can automatically transcribe lessons into a Google Doc

Google Meet for teachers can automatically transcribe lessons into a Google Doc

Google Meet is getting an automatic transcription feature for educators signed up to Google’s Workspace for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade plans. The text-based documents should take up less space than a full recording for educators looking to store or share their past lessons and may also make it easier to review, search through, and send lessons to students. Google is also bringing polls and Q&A sessions to teachers who use Meet to livestream their lessons,… Source link

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‘Overwhelmed’ teachers lead Virginia Beach City to end certain school days early

‘Overwhelmed’ teachers lead Virginia Beach City to end certain school days early

One Virginia school district has made select Wednesdays shorter for students as teacher burnout through the coronavirus pandemic drags on.  The district’s superintendent said the move was to give teachers more time amid a historic shortage of educators. “Our teachers are just tired — they’re tired and they’re overwhelmed and dealing with a lot of the mental health issues that I think many folks are dealing with as a result of the pandemic,” Aaron Spence, superintendent of the Virginia… Source link

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The best and worst states for teachers: Study

The best and worst states for teachers: Study

Some states are a step ahead of others in creating a “teacher-friendly” environment, according to a new study by personal finance site WalletHub revealing the best and worst states for teachers. WalletHub used 24 metrics to determine how “teacher-friendly” states are, said WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez. They include starting salary, average salary, income growth, and potential change in wages over time. Pensions, workforce competition, class size, school spending, and school system quality… Source link

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Pandemic burnout causing teachers to rethink returning in the fall

Pandemic burnout causing teachers to rethink returning in the fall

For many teachers across the country, the stress of managing their own health concerns during the pandemic, juggling classroom and online education and trying to maintain a connection with students has brought them to a breaking point. A January survey by RAND Corporation found that because of pandemic-related anxieties, one-quarter of U.S. teachers plan to leave the profession by the end of the year. “One of the most consistent narratives you’ve probably heard over the past year is [that]… Source link

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Ohio Teachers Pension Fund Bought GM, Alibaba And Sold Tesla, Apple in Q3

Ohio Teachers Pension Fund Bought GM, Alibaba And Sold Tesla, Apple in Q3

Benzinga Benzinga’s Bulls And Bears Of Christmas Week: Airbnb, Apple, Netflix, Nike, Tesla And More * Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. * The week’s bullish calls included big tech stocks and a telecom giant. * A top electric vehicle maker and recent hot IPOs were among the bearish calls.The big U.S. indexes ended the shortened trading week leading up to Christmas with marginal gains, despite word of a new strain of COVID-19 and the… Source link

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‘Betsy DeVos made a mess’ of the U.S. student loan system, teachers’ union boss says

‘Betsy DeVos made a mess’ of the U.S. student loan system, teachers’ union boss says

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Insiders Are Snapping Up President John Kennedy famously said, once, “A rising tide lifts all boats,” and this is true in the stock markets, too. We’re in the midst, now, of just such a rising tide – at least for the short term. The main indexes, the Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ, are all up between 9% and 12.5% this month, and the trends are positive. The recent election, making clear the prospect of a divided government unlikely to pass radical… Source link

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