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.
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.
“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.
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.
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).
“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.
Over the last 10 years, U.S. teacher preparation programs have reported shrinking enrollment, according to CNN. The role and demands being placed on teachers have changed, in part due to the pandemic. Many educators are leaving teaching because of burnout or covid-related issues. Others are or simply not entering the profession due to all that is asked of a teacher.
Cristóbal Rodríguez, associate dean of Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement and associate professor, offered insight to moneygeek.com on the financial constraints many Latino communities experience. “My observations about financial disparities that Latino communities face are largely based around educational attainment levels related to economic opportunities, as well as access to wealth development opportunities,” Rodriguez says.
By: Linda K. Mayger, The College of New Jersey and Kathleen Provinzano, Drexel University
Published in: Education Policy Analysis Archives, Jan. 18, 2022
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.