News Digest :: August 5, 2022
Legislature Hughes and El-Mekki: Building a Better Student-to-Teacher Pipeline Can Ease Staffing Crisis (broadandliberty.com) Critics call water quality bill moving through Pa. legislature a back door to privatization · Spotlight PA Gov. Tom Wolf celebrated a historic...La senadora Lindsey M. Williams, los demócratas del Senado y el SNAPA piden al gobernador Wolf que tome medidas sobre las comidas escolares gratuitas
Pittsburgh, Pa. - 4 de agosto de 2022 - La senadora Lindsey M. Williams, presidenta de la minoría del Comité de Educación del Senado, envió una carta al gobernador Tom Wolf y al secretario interino de Educación Eric Hagarty instando a la Administración a tomar todas las medidas posibles para...Comitta: Casi un millón de dólares en becas de educación medioambiental
West Chester, Pa (4 de agosto de 2022) - Las escuelas, colegios, empresas, grupos sin ánimo de lucro y organizaciones medioambientales del condado de Chester pueden solicitar recibir parte de los 900.000 dólares de subvención total del estado disponibles para proyectos de educación medioambiental, según...Building a Better Student-to-Teacher Pipeline Can Ease Staffing Crisis
Op-ed By Senator Vincent Hughes and Sharif El-Mekki
A decade ago, Pennsylvania certified 20,000 new teachers. Last year, that number was down to 6,000. Chronic understaffing, along with underfunding, is driving increased burnout and shorter teaching careers.
That loss of teachers is particularly concerning among communities of color which make up 37 percent of the student body, but only 7 percent of teachers.
Simply put, Pennsylvania’s teacher workforce is not keeping up with a rapidly diversifying student body, leading to a classroom experience that is less than ideal for both the teacher and the student.