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[SharonT]

Teacher shot by first-grader was fired, attorney says. Email to division: ‘I wish to resign’

First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner who was shot by her 6-year-old student in January no longer works for Newport News Public Schools.

fox2now.com

Also from the article:

>>>Zwerner notified the school system in March that she would not be returning.

This sounds like a standard form letter that was sent out, and maybe the lawyer is over-reacting? We sign letters committing to return back in April or March, so that the district can begin lining up teachers for the next school year. Staff shortages and all.

 

[DaveXA]

Teacher shot by first-grader was fired, attorney says. Email to division: ‘I wish to resign’

First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner who was shot by her 6-year-old student in January no longer works for Newport News Public Schools.

fox2now.com

If I'm shot by a student and survived, I sure as heck ain't going back to work there. Fired or not.

 

[baarbogast]

I am a HUGE advocate for the "year-round" school. we have exactly ONE in my district. My kids went there until 4th grade.
Basically they go to school from Early August until mid June, so they have a 6 week summer. Much less learning loss. They still go to school for the same amount of days, but they have extra breaks built into the school year. We would do Beach trips in October, and we did Disney in February. During the intersessions they offer fun educational "camps."

Sounds like what European school do.

 

[saintmdterps]

There is no field on the face of this planet more full of snake oil than public education. Every huckster has a program, platform, curriculum, etc. to sell that is "research based" (a phrase that means nothing) and will fix all of your problems. And nothing ever changes despite all the money spent. You try it for a few years, it doesn't work, then the district/administration comes back with the latest bullshirt and says "Ok, that other stuff didn't work, but this stuff is proven. So and so district has seen it work." and then it doesn't work either and it didn't *really* work for so and so district, despite the claims. It's all so pathetic.

My first district, which was very poor, spent 50k on this DBQ initiative that was 'proven" to raise scores across the board in Social Studies, it didn't work (surprise) and it was abandoned less than two years later.

Health care and education are a lot alike. Both are administered by lobbyists, legislators, and lawyers with zero background in in either field, and whose allegiance is to profit, not people. As a result, both healthcare and education are failing badly.

Get corporate bribe money out of both. Have people administer healthcare who are clinicians. Have people administer education who are educators.

Three things that should never be operated for profit are healthcare, prisons, and education because they correspond directly with Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

 

[saintmdterps]

I am a HUGE advocate for the "year-round" school. we have exactly ONE in my district. My kids went there until 4th grade.
Basically they go to school from Early August until mid June, so they have a 6 week summer. Much less learning loss. They still go to school for the same amount of days, but they have extra breaks built into the school year. We would do Beach trips in October, and we did Disney in February. During the intersessions they offer fun educational "camps."

Educators here are resistant to year round school. This is a resort area, and many educators work as servers in the beach towns during the tourist season to make extra money to help fill the income gap created by being underpaid.

 

[bonnjer]

Louisiana teacher salaries still lag behind Southern, US average - Louisiana Illuminator

An analysis of the most recent public school teacher salary data shows Louisiana still lags behind most of its regional peers.

lailluminator.com

 

[bonnjer]

Anything to "fix" the problem, huh? I have an idea....raise the pay, stop with all the pointless testing, and actually enforce discipline. It might take a little while to start attracting people into education programs, but I can guarantee you that it would be better than what's discussed in this article.

Plagued by teacher shortages, some states turn to fast-track credentialing - Louisiana Illuminator

States with teacher shortages are turning to for-profit certification companies in an urgent effort to recruit and train more teachers.

lailluminator.com

 

[bonnjer]

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds

Updated, July 28 More than three years after the pandemic began, a crisis in teaching quality may be stalling academic recovery, new research shows. Faced with exhaustion, staffing shortages, and frequent student disruptions, many educators are using “outdated and ineffective” methods and...

www.yahoo.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Crisis in Teaching Quality May Explain Stagnant Learning Recovery, Report Finds

Updated, July 28 More than three years after the pandemic began, a crisis in teaching quality may be stalling academic recovery, new research shows. Faced with exhaustion, staffing shortages, and frequent student disruptions, many educators are using “outdated and ineffective” methods and...

www.yahoo.com

Article lost me a few times (maybe it was just poorly edited)
It feels like it wants to be the intro of a 20 page policy report but came out like a random assemblage of darkness cursing (or my it’s just too early for me yet)

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[bonnjer]

I have seen so many of these recently. Anywhere from hundreds of teachers short to a few where they are thousands of teachers short in the larger districts. In most of the articles, they mention all sorts of things done to try to attract new teachers, but not many of them include raising pay. It's hard to believe that the folks running the show are that obtuse, so it almost seems intentional.

 

[brandon8283]

Educators here are resistant to year round school. This is a resort area, and many educators work as servers in the beach towns during the tourist season to make extra money to help fill the income gap created by being underpaid.

2 things:

1 - Summer is still 6 weeks long on our current "year-round" schedule.

2 - Teachers can volunteer to work for an extra 2 weeks a year over intersession at their daily rate of pay, which would should be higher than working as a server somewhere for 2 weeks (if it's not, then they should probably just be a server full time?).

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I have seen so many of these recently. Anywhere from hundreds of teachers short to a few where they are thousands of teachers short in the larger districts. In most of the articles, they mention all sorts of things done to try to attract new teachers, but not many of them include raising pay. It's hard to believe that the folks running the show are that obtuse, so it almost seems intentional.

Well… they can (are mandated to) display ‘in god we trust’ in classrooms
Maybe god is going to kick in the extra coin

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

2 things:

1 - Summer is still 6 weeks long on our current "year-round" schedule.

2 - Teachers can volunteer to work for an extra 2 weeks a year over intersession at their daily rate of pay, which would should be higher than working as a server somewhere for 2 weeks (if it's not, then they should probably just be a server full time?).

I’m not the year round thing- it’s intriguing
Just saying that it’s not tourist season year round (the point terps was making)

 

[brandon8283]

I’m not the year round thing- it’s intriguing
Just saying that it’s not tourist season year round (the point terps was making)

In the old system, the summer is 8 weeks long.

In the new system, it's 6 weeks long.

You can still get a temp summer job for 6 weeks.

The teacher's regular rate of pay on the other two intersession weeks should still beat the tourist season server rate for the 2 weeks lost.