Diversity in the Field

The U.S. Department of Education has implemented new changes to the TEACH Grant Program, the federal student aid grant program for students who study teaching and agree to spend four years working in high-need fields and underserved schools upon receiving a bachelor’s degree.

Endorsed by CEC, the newly introduced DIVERSIFY Act aims to create a more prepared and diverse educator workforce through expanding the TEACH Grant.

This week, President Biden announced the details of the American Families Plan, an important step toward reversing the educator shortage crisis.

As teachers, we are often very resistant to trouble. I mean...PBIS, right? But sometimes, you have to—as the beloved John Lewis often said and reminded us before he became ancestor—get in ‘good trouble’.

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) published a blog post in their "Learning in the Time of COVID-19" series aimed at understanding the impact of the pandemic on students’ access to both well-prepared...

On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Educator Job Fund Act, which would provide state and local school districts more than $260 billion to create a grant program focused on teacher pay, recruitment, and training.

This month, the National Center for Education Statistics released a snapshot of race and ethnicity of public school teachers in the United States, using data from the 2017–18 National Teacher and Principal Survey.

The Education Commission of the States released an August policy brief with key research detailing the importance and benefits of expanding the racial/ethnic diversity of teachers in K-12 classrooms.