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How State Policy Can Help with Teacher Retention
December 31, 2019 · By Lars Esdal

Strategies that state policymakers use to help retain teachers fall into three main buckets: improving initial teacher preparation; supporting teachers’ on-boarding and development; and expanding opportunities for teacher professionalism and leadership. We summarize them here.

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School District Strategies for Retaining Teachers
December 5, 2019 · By Marcus Penny

We talked to district administrators to ask, “How do you foster an ecosystem where teacher talent thrives?” This is what we heard.

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Event Recap: Retaining Teachers By Honoring Their Leadership
November 14, 2019

With a teacher shortage affecting schools across the nation, the University of St. Thomas School of Education and Education Evolving teamed up to examine what can be done to increase teacher retention and what conditions enable teachers to thrive in their schools.

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Mentorship: How I Grew in My Teacher Self
October 10, 2019

A former Minneapolis teacher, Dr. Rose Chu, shares how mentorship was a necessary sustaining support throughout each stage of her teaching career.

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Hmong for Native Speakers: A course built on relevance and student agency
October 3, 2019 · By Marcus Penny

At Park Center Senior High, Pang Yang is teaching a heritage language course for native Hmong speakers. But the course is more than about language, culture, and history—it’s about the exploration of identity.

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MN’s teacher standards get a fundamental rewrite; here’s what’s in the first draft
September 26, 2019 · By Lars Esdal

On Monday, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) announced the first draft of revised rules for the standards educators learn in Minnesota teacher preparation programs. We summarize the most significant changes in the new draft teacher standards.

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A Letter to Teachers of Color
August 28, 2019

A message of support and encouragement to her colleagues from a Minneapolis teacher of color.

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Why They Stay: Conversations with Teachers of Color
August 5, 2019 · By Alex Vitrella

Policies and initiatives have neglected to address the constructs within schools that frustrate those who don’t identify as part of the dominant culture, leading many students to disengage and teachers to leave the profession. EE’s Alex Vitrella talked with some of those who have stayed—and learned what makes them stay.

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Why Do Teachers of Color Leave at Higher Rates Than White Teachers?
July 10, 2019 · By Krista Kaput

This post examines national, state, and local data, and some Minnesota policy initiatives implemented over the past three decades.

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Teacher Reflections on Being Culturally Responsive
June 28, 2019

Letitia Johnson-Davis, an elementary principal in Los Angeles, shares reflections on how their culturally responsive and autonomous school community has engaged and invigorated teachers, and in turn has kept student needs at the center of school design.

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