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February 20, 2019 News
The U.S. Teaching Population Is Getting Bigger, and More Female
Teaching in the United States was once considered a career for men. Then the profession’s gender composition shifted dramatically around the mid-19th century, when the country’s public-school system was born. As schoolhouse doors opened to children of all social classes and genders, so too did the education profession. By the late 1880s, women made up a majority—63 percent—of all the...Read MoreFebruary 20, 2019 News
Higher Pay Leads to Smarter Teachers, Global Study Says
When teachers have higher cognitive skills, their students perform better academically, according to a new study that compared data from 31 countries. And teachers’ cognitive skills differ widely across the world, with teachers in the United States performing worse than the average teacher in numeracy and slightly better than the average in literacy. Similarly, U.S. students perform...Read MoreFebruary 15, 2019 News
College readiness: How Cheatham, Robertson and Sumner Schools stack up
Large numbers of students in Tennessee are not ready for college, according to newly released state data. The data shows how prepared public high school students are for college in math and reading and how many need remedial coursework once they enter a community college or public university in Tennessee. Overall, it paints a grim picture of the state’s continued challenges in improving...Read MoreFebruary 15, 2019 News
Report: Tennessee’s teacher prep programs are doing a better job, but graduating fewer educators
Tennessee’s teacher training programs improved or maintained their scores on a report card released Friday, even as the number of would-be educators they graduated dipped for a third straight year. Eight of the state’s 40 programs received the top overall score in 2018, while seven others moved up one notch to earn the second-highest scores. None of the programs saw their overall ratings...Read MoreFebruary 13, 2019 News
Large numbers of Tennessee students not ready for college, new state data show
Newly released data detailing how ready Tennessee students are for college paint a grim picture of the state’s continued challenges in improving K-12 education. The data, released to the state Senate Education Committee at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee, tally college readiness across the state in math and reading...Read MoreFebruary 12, 2019 News