Education Dept. Issues Commentary: How Mentoring is Reaching New Teachers in Rural Alaska
May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following commentary on May 8, 2024:
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How Mentoring is Reaching New Teachers in Rural Alaska
By Abigail Swisher, Rural Impact Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Spanning 37,000 miles across Alaska, the Northwest Arctic Borough School District has struggled to hire and retain enough new teachers. The eleven villages within the district - many of them above th . . .
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How Mentoring is Reaching New Teachers in Rural Alaska
By Abigail Swisher, Rural Impact Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Spanning 37,000 miles across Alaska, the Northwest Arctic Borough School District has struggled to hire and retain enough new teachers. The eleven villages within the district - many of them above th . . .