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New SREB Report Advocates for Accessible and High-Quality Pathways to Attract and Retain Teachers in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite the work of teachers laying the foundation for careers beyond secondary school, The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) says there are not enough well-prepared educators in the pipeline to teach. SREB represents and works with 16 states to improve public education at every level.

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Engineering a Path for the Forgotten: Meet the Professor Transforming Transportation Access - Dr. Kyung "Kate" Hyun

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This includes culturally responsive teaching, as Hyun understands different populations have their own needs and understanding of the world. She asks questions about who has access to transit in certain areas, what roads flood more often and create dangerous situations. Because accessibility is opportunities.

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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

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The partnership will also ensure students have access to rigorous and meaningful curricula, college and career pathways as they work on their certification. National Board Certification is recognized as the highest standard in the teaching profession. Damara Hightower Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the EPI Center at Voorhees.

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Panel Promotes Teaching

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Educators and doctoral students offered advice and shared career experiences Tuesday in an effort to guide aspiring graduate students seeking to become teachers and to promote resources that students could access along the way. When we are in the classroom, when we are teaching children who look like us, our students do better,” she said. “And

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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Aside from writing about the plight of Black men in higher education, in our scholarship, we have employed an anti-deficit approach to highlight critical factors that help to facilitate the access, retention, and persistence of Black men in college. of students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

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In my journey to seek generational wealth so did a rising devotion to teaching financial literacy to Blacks and Brown communities. Soon, I will be teaching a course on working with children and youth who live in poverty. Begin teaching financial literacy in elementary school. We were low income, free and reduced lunch status.

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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

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While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts. Its not innate for everyone, says Trent.

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