Blog Insights

The Florida teacher shortage is getting worse and teacher testing and the teaching licensing rules are making it much worse than it should be. I worked a little with RedfinED …

Donors Choose has a site set up ready to help those teachers affected by Hurricane Florence. So much help poured into Texas – we know many will want to return …

You can always tell when a teaching shortage hits critical levels – cities like Detroit start to go really heavy on teacher recruiting incentives.  Teach 313 is the newest initiative …

Of all the 2018 education issues, Teacher Pay has to be one of the hottest of the year. We experienced this first-hand in Arizona where we just got accepted as …

Teacher shortage is getting worse, and it is easy to see why. In 1975, 22% of all students in college were majoring in Education. By 2015, it was down to …

I had an article sent to me from Politico about the Special Education teacher shortage – calling it desperate and that it would force changes in the system. It highlighted …

We are seeing a lot of new outlets pick up the Airbnb survey stating that 10% of their hosts work in education.  Now statistically this is not too surprising since …

Yes. We have seen this before with many of our Texas Teachers candidates who start as paraeducators or substitute teachers – because they know the school, know the students and …

The South Carolina Teacher shortage is critical and getting worse. The State newspaper reports that school districts are struggling to find the talent they need. Some have resorted to bringing …

There will always be a need for great teachers. Despite the many logistical struggles potential educators face, teaching is a career that grants a sense of fulfillment that can’t be …

People who don’t understand our program cannot understand how our program can create improved teacher quality.  Because we are not a teaching college, how can our teachers be good? But …

It is that time of year when I hit the road to meet with fellow education leaders to hear what is working, what is not working and how we can …