ARTICLES
Podcasting for Employee Engagement
by Christian Manansala, M. Ed.
School leadership, employees, and instructional staff engagement remain a challenge for many education systems across the United States. According to a recent survey from Gallup (2018), staff who are "not engaged" or are "actively disengaged" at work miss an estimated 2.3 million more work days than those who are "engaged" in their jobs...
Use and Abuse of the J-1
Exchange Visitor Teacher Program
Department For Professional Employees AFL-CIO
Many school districts in the United States use the J-1 Visa program to employ teachers from abroad. However, this type of Visa lacks certain features that could protect teachers and U.S. Educators from issues that could arise in the workplace.
Immigrant and Migrant Teachers May Be the Solution to the National Teacher Shortage
by Christian S. Manansala, M. Ed.
As part of Tagpros’s ongoing efforts to inform school district stakeholders about the contributions and roles of immigrants and migrants in various industries and educational institutions across the United States, we present a new perspective on how these foreign-born arrivals may be able to assist school systems and end the ongoing teacher shortages....
Why Do Skilled Immigrants Struggle in the Labor Market? A Field Experiment with Thirteen Thousand Resumes
by Philip Oreopoulos
This study by Philip Oreopoulos describes the underlying reasons why skilled immigrants struggle to find employment. There are many reasons why from discrimination based on foreign-sounding last names, to language fluency, and many more...
District Leaders Offer Insights: What They Want From Companies at Conferences
by Sarah Schwartz
When educators are approached by company representatives at conferences events, what kinds of strategies and pitches impress K-12 Leaders the most? And what makes them wish they skipped the conversation entirely? Edweek Market Brief's Sarah Schwartz spoke with a pair of school administrators and conference veterans for more insights...
Hoover Institution Ed Summit:
Making Change in Public Education w/ Reed Hastings & Condoleezza Rice
Hoover Institution
A conversation with Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix and Education Philanthropist, and Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice. Changing a system as extensive and entrenched as public education demands shrewd insight, commitment for the long haul, fortitude to weather the journey and gravitas to be a beacon of resolve.
A Legal Guide to Operating Schools in the Pandemic Era
National School Boards Association
Perhaps no public service shutdown has affected other enterprises more than the mass closures of K-12 public schools associated with the coronavirus pandemic. When K-12 school districts nationwide closed buildings and moved instruction online in the spring of 2020, American life changed. Teachers, students, and their families were asked to support the online learning effort, and employers were asked to adjust for employees whose children were learning from home...
Five Education Marketing Priorities for Education Companies in Turbulent Times
C. Blohm & Associates, Charlene Blohm
The COVID-19 pandemic is an event without precedent, impacting us all both personally and professionally. It’s a time when business leaders should take the initiative in supporting their employees, customers and communities.
School districts across the U.S. are being disrupted by the outbreak. As schools rapidly move to online learning, education companies, teachers and parents are all seeking the best ways to support students.
How Companies Can Address
Racial Inclusion
EdWeek, Brian Bradley
Many K-12 administrators and teachers feel that academic instructional materials don't fairly represent people of color, and want those materials to depict people of color less stereotypically. Those were some of the biggest takeaways from a new EdWeek Market Brief Survey that asked administrators and teachers how education companies can better assess issues of racial inclusion...
The Powerful But Indirect Way School Board Members Can Influence Purchasing
EdWeek, Robin L. Flanigan
Many school board members don't have a lot of face time with education. Even so, they're often the last line of defense when it comes to which products, services, and assessments a school district will invest in. In many districts, school board members have at least some role in giving approval to major district purchases - even if they're not likely to go against the recommendations put forward by their staff...