Like many states in the U.S., Arizona has experienced difficulty in filling teaching positions. Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is working to address the issue, among others in education, with Next Education Workforce models.
MLFTC’s Next Education Workforce Summit highlighted ways for education leaders to explore new approaches to teaching and learning that improve outcomes for teachers and students.
Imagine a future where creating knowledge is driven by collaboration not competition. Where research is shared and not selfishly coveted and where the good of the community is of equal or greater value than the accomplishments of the individual.
Staying or leaving? Teacher professional characteristics and attrition in Arizona traditional public and charter schools
By: Margarita Pivovarova and Jeanne M. Powers, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Published in: Education Policy Analysis Archives, Feb. 15, 2022
Elsie Moore, a beloved Arizona State University faculty member and pioneer in diversity, equity and inclusion, died on Feb. 21 at the age of 72.
“Elsie shared her grace, intellect and love of learning with every person she encountered,” ASU President Michael M. Crow said. “She advanced against intellectual and cultural adversaries with wisdom, understanding and love. She made a difference here at ASU and in our broader world, and will be deeply missed.”
In February, AASA, The School Superintendents Association, held its 2022 National Conference on Education in which Carole Basile, dean of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, was a guest speaker. During her thought leader panel, titled “Next Education Workforce: Increasing and Diversifying the Education Workforce,” Basile focused on how short-term solutions to the current teacher shortage are no longer sustainable. To avoid teacher burnout, Basile said, school districts must shift their focus.
“Special education directors deserve to have more of a voice and community in the education system than they typically do,” says Lauren Katzman, executive director of the Urban Collaborative. The national network of more than 100 school districts is based at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Katzman is associate research professor.
In March, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College hosted a virtual event highlighting the hardships surrounding education in Afghanistan and one woman’s courageous battle to bring this basic necessity to the children of her country.
When Gary Herberger was a high school junior, his physics teacher sat down and announced to the class that Herberger would be teaching them for the rest of the semester. The teacher told him, “I can learn more from you than I could possibly teach you.”
The memory of that incident caused the late philanthropist, businessman, architect and Arizona State University patron to set up the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy (HYSA) 10 years ago.
Christine Pitts, resident policy fellow, Center on Reinventing Public Education |