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Rebecca Porter teaches in TN. She wants to retire as a teacher and her teacher leader role lets her do that while continuing to grow. That's the story we don't hear often: a teacher who has somewhere to go without having to leave, says Teach Plus CEO Kira Orange Jones #EWA26

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Teach Plus CEO Kira Orange Jones: What if we build teacher teams led by expert teacher leaders, anchored in excellent content, with time to improve together? That’s how we modernize teaching and learning. It’s what we’re testing with CITEL across 16 districts in 8 states. #EWA26

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Teaching is one of the most important jobs in the country — and we've designed it to be nearly impossible to sustain. Half of teachers get no coaching at all. That's not a workforce problem. That's a design problem, says Teach Plus CEO Kira Orange Jones. #EWA26

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The nation’s report card is poised to expand its assessment of American students’ civics knowledge, potentially creating the nation’s first state-by-state results on a topic with strong bipartisan interest.
https://t.co/dvVnRi2WwC

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"California has laid out a vision for supporting multilingual learners, but teachers are left without enough support to turn policy into practice," @TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Anjali Sara Kumar writes.

She shares 3 changes that would support students:
https://t.co/LcGMZtz3Qf

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"Teacher certification should recognize classroom experience as an asset, not a hurdle. We must rethink how educators enter the profession, making the process rigorous, yet time- and cost-efficient," @TeachPlusPA Policy Fellow Terry Young Jr. writes.
https://t.co/Xzc1cZ7eI4

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Small rewards can go a long way for teacher morale and retention, @TeachPlusIL Policy Fellow Yameira Church explains. This can look like protecting mental health time during the day, monthly therapy sessions for staff, and more.

Read her suggestions here:
https://t.co/45nHdqbN76

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If we want Black boys like Emmanuel to see school as a doorway to opportunity, we must build stronger ecosystems that support their academic, social, and emotional development long before they reach a breaking point, @TeachPlusIL Fellow Calvin Epps writes.
https://t.co/ip3RVBdpfO

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When high school students struggle with basic parts of math, these struggles can snowball into lack of motivation when it comes to math skills, @TeachPlusIL Policy Fellow Sarah Murmann explained to @educationweek.
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This Pride Month, we celebrate LGBTQ+ teacher leaders who create opportunities for students and foster classrooms where every learner can thrive and reach their full potential.

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Indiana's literacy gains aren't an accident, @TeachPlusIN Fellow Christine Bizzell writes. "It was the result of a teacher with the tools, a coach with the strategy and a principal with the right training to empower both."

Here's how to continue it:
https://t.co/tbFVKVPrIA

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WATCH: 2026 Riverside County Teacher of the Year @TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Anthony Segura shares his approach to bringing inclusivity into the classroom - and a few of his preschoolers share just how he makes them feel.
https://t.co/D6FvLKO2DE

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“What’s neat about leadership is that anybody can be a leader.”

In this week’s Newsblast: @TeachPlusMI Policy Fellowship alumna Kelley Cusmano’s leadership class students are learning skills to strengthen their communities.

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.@TeachPlusCA Policy Fellow Frankie Avila found outside resources to fill his students' reading gaps. But to help all California students who need it, we need policy change.
https://t.co/SoWhMJ3hNj

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The Trump administration is using an obscure and typically routine federal budget procedure to withhold more than $2 billion for education that Congress approved in February.
https://t.co/83Tt1wssaT

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Caroline Rose's transformational experience in the Leading Edge Fellowship made her realize that all teachers deserve the time to think about AI and its impacts. "It is my job to prepare students for the future; to do this, I must be well-versed in AI."
https://t.co/H8Y9OO89Tq

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Watch Felicity's story here: https://t.co/6rKbRRxz5q

CEDAN is working to build the diverse, fully prepared educator workforce CA students deserve. One priority: Increase compensation to stabilize the educator workforce
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“My students deserve to see themselves everywhere they go,” says Felicity Potter, a 6th-8th grade science and robotics teacher at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences in Escondido. “They should see that they can become anything they want to be and that includes teaching.”

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“The state needs to make it possible to live on a teacher’s salary, to listen to teachers, and to acknowledge what we need in our classrooms for our students. My students need to see adults like them thriving and teaching the next generation,” says Felicity.