Two faculty members at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College have editorships at leading journals in their fields, while three others were selected for a list of 200 top education scholars.
In the past, efforts to combat Arizona’s teacher shortage have focused on recruitment and frankly, haven’t worked, Brent Maddin, executive director of the Next Education Workforce initiative, told KJZZ 91.5 FM, a public radio station in Phoenix, Ariz. The initiative is helping schools move away from the traditional one-teacher, one-classroom approach and adapt a team-based model.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles, conference papers and presentations by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
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Leanna Archambault, associate professor |
ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College reached a historical high this year as its online master’s degree programs climbed the rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Graduate Education Programs. Overall, MLFTC ranked No. 8, jumping four spots from last year.
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Reflecting on the words and works of Martin Luther King Jr. in the month that celebrates his life — and National Mentoring Month — members of Arizona State University’s multifaceted community continue to carry forward King’s servant-leadership legacy through service and mentorship.
Arizona State University’s online bachelor’s programs in business and online master’s in educational administration have been ranked No. 1 in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
In addition to the No. 1 rankings, ASU Online also earned top-three rankings in a total of 12 categories as part of the 2022 Best Online Programs report, including online bachelor’s programs for veterans (second), online master’s in electrical engineering programs (second) and online master’s in special education programs (third).
Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College reached a historical high this year as its online master’s degree programs climbed the rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Graduate Education Programs. Overall, the college ranked No. 8, jumping four spots from last year.
“Many masters programs position students to enter into well-defined roles,” says Steven Zuiker, associate professor. Zuiker is the program coordinator for the Master of Arts in Learning Sciences program at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and is sharing how the program provides a unique pathway to success in the education field. “But learning sciences flips the script.
America does not have a shortage of licensed teachers. It does, however, have a shortage of people who want to teach.
High pressure. Low pay. Little encouragement. More responsibilities heaped on each year. These are a few of the reasons the profession is bleeding personnel.
But that could change if educational institutions consider systemic and structural approaches that spark imagination, encourage collaboration and improve outcomes for both teachers and students.
At Karen Harris’ first teaching job, in a fourth grade class in West Virginia, the students asked her why she cared so much about them because they were “bad kids” who were unlikely to finish high school.
Fifty years later, Harris is still moved to tears when she recalls those students, the children of coal miners.