A new report finds U.S. teacher shortages worsening for the second consecutive year, with states increasingly relying on emergency hires and even international recruitment.
The concept follows on the heels of a similar plan for a group of community colleges to offer a 4-year degree in nursing. Both nursing and teaching are areas where the state has a workforce shortage, at least in certain job categories, like special education, and in rural Oregon.
Recommitting to the humanities is not nostalgic: it is strategic. Students need both practical skills and deeper intellectual grounding to navigate an uncertain world.
Schools—from K12 districts to four-year colleges and universities—are upgrading their credentials to swiftly upskill the emerging and mid-career workforce.
Small, religiously affiliated colleges in rural areas are facing declining enrollment and financial challenges, forcing many to close or merge. Some schools are attempting to avoid this fate by partnering, a strategy other struggling institutions are closely watching.
Since 1998, at least 135 rural school projects have waited for state funding for five years or more, an analysis of data from Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development shows. Thirty-three of those projects have languished on the state's funding list for more than a decade.
Now is an excellent time for college campus transit to transition to zero-emission electric vehicles instead of traditional gas or diesel-powered models.
School districts in urban, suburban and rural parts of Colorado fear serious funding cuts—amounting to as much as 30% of their total budget—that could force tough decisions next year under Gov. Jared Polis’ latest budget proposal.
