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Excellent Teachers Helping to Shape Policy and Practice
Teach Plus is dedicated to the mission of empowering excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student…
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From our Teach Plus team to yours:
Wishing you warmth, rest, and all the hope and possibility we can create together in education in 2026.
Wishing you warmth, rest, and all the hope and possibility we can create together in education in 2026.
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
From our Teach Plus team to yours:
Wishing you warmth, rest, and all the hope and possibility we can create together in education in 2026.
Wishing you warmth, rest, and all the hope and possibility we can create together in education in 2026.
"It’s time we learn from the success we’ve seen in literacy and rethink our instructional approach to mathematics."
Teach Plus Indiana Policy Fellow Casey Ward shares strategies schools can use to ensure students master foundational math skills.
Teach Plus Indiana Policy Fellow Casey Ward shares strategies schools can use to ensure students master foundational math skills.
Setting Students Up to Struggle: Why Misaligned Math Standards Hold Kids Back
In my 6th grade math class, I had a student I’ll call Jordan. He was bright, curious, and willing to learn. But when we reached dividing fractions, he froze. His
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December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"It’s time we learn from the success we’ve seen in literacy and rethink our instructional approach to mathematics."
Teach Plus Indiana Policy Fellow Casey Ward shares strategies schools can use to ensure students master foundational math skills.
Teach Plus Indiana Policy Fellow Casey Ward shares strategies schools can use to ensure students master foundational math skills.
At Teach Plus, 2025 was a year of impact.
Learn more about this year's advocacy in our latest Newsblast:
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Learn more about this year's advocacy in our latest Newsblast:
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December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
At Teach Plus, 2025 was a year of impact.
Learn more about this year's advocacy in our latest Newsblast:
cm.teachplus.org/t/r-DE9D4208...
Learn more about this year's advocacy in our latest Newsblast:
cm.teachplus.org/t/r-DE9D4208...
Here’s how one teacher is working to ensure her students learn critical thinking skills alongside their AI use.
Insights via Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow Kelly Torres:
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Insights via Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow Kelly Torres:
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December 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here’s how one teacher is working to ensure her students learn critical thinking skills alongside their AI use.
Insights via Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow Kelly Torres:
www.dailyherald.com/20251215/col...
Insights via Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow Kelly Torres:
www.dailyherald.com/20251215/col...
#ICYMI: Teach Plus New Mexico recently hosted the second of four Economic Mobility Summits with the goal of strengthening college and career readiness systems across the state.
Read more about the event here:
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Read more about the event here:
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Teach Plus New Mexico hosts summit on student economic mobility
Participants from various sectors met to promote college and career readiness in New Mexico
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#ICYMI: Teach Plus New Mexico recently hosted the second of four Economic Mobility Summits with the goal of strengthening college and career readiness systems across the state.
Read more about the event here:
www.ksfr.org/education/20...
Read more about the event here:
www.ksfr.org/education/20...
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AI is reshaping how we learn, work, and communicate—and schools are at the center of this transformation. What do #MA parents think about the use of AI in our classrooms?
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
AI is reshaping how we learn, work, and communicate—and schools are at the center of this transformation. What do #MA parents think about the use of AI in our classrooms?
At Teach Plus, 2025 was a year of impact. Teachers across our network showed up as leaders, advocates, and changemakers for students. Here are the numbers behind the work.
#Wrapped #education #recap
#Wrapped #education #recap
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At Teach Plus, 2025 was a year of impact. Teachers across our network showed up as leaders, advocates, and changemakers for students. Here are the numbers behind the work.
#Wrapped #education #recap
#Wrapped #education #recap
Many students are falling behind when it comes to reading. Evidence-based literacy teaching strategies could help, but they're not required in Massachusetts. Teach Plus MA Fellow Jennifer Amento writes about a bill in MA that could change that for students.
Guest Commentary: Time To Extinguish Our Five-Alarm Literacy Crisis
Amy’s eyes scanned the page while she chewed on her pen, looking confused as she completed a reading check. A recent district assessment told me the 6th grader was reading
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December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Many students are falling behind when it comes to reading. Evidence-based literacy teaching strategies could help, but they're not required in Massachusetts. Teach Plus MA Fellow Jennifer Amento writes about a bill in MA that could change that for students.
When students don’t meet literacy goals, struggles compound as they older, leaving them further behind with fewer supports and teachers who are less equipped to address their fundamental gaps in understanding.
State Reading Laws Focus on K-3. What About Older Students Who Struggle?
Should lawmakers push reading legislation to address the needs of students beyond elementary grades?
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When students don’t meet literacy goals, struggles compound as they older, leaving them further behind with fewer supports and teachers who are less equipped to address their fundamental gaps in understanding.
Congratulations to Teach Plus California alumnus Al Rabanera for being recognized with the 2025 Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator Award from the Orange County Department of Education!
Al was recognized for his ability to engage and inspire young learners in STEM.
Al was recognized for his ability to engage and inspire young learners in STEM.
Alumni Lauded for Their Innovation and Leadership in STEM Education
Two alumni have been recognized with 2025 Outstanding STEM Educator Awards from the Orange County Department of Education.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to Teach Plus California alumnus Al Rabanera for being recognized with the 2025 Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator Award from the Orange County Department of Education!
Al was recognized for his ability to engage and inspire young learners in STEM.
Al was recognized for his ability to engage and inspire young learners in STEM.
In Pennsylvania, because of adequacy funding gaps, poverty is a reality for 70% of enrolled students, Teach Plus Pennsylvania Fellow Heather Romberger writes. Now that the state has passed a budget, our students can access the resources they need.
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OPINION: Pennsylvania students deserve better than a delayed state budget
In Pennsylvania, districts burdened by adequacy funding gaps, poverty isn't an abstract concept—it’s the daily reality for 70% of enrolled students. In July 2024, the Pennsylvania General Assembly…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In Pennsylvania, because of adequacy funding gaps, poverty is a reality for 70% of enrolled students, Teach Plus Pennsylvania Fellow Heather Romberger writes. Now that the state has passed a budget, our students can access the resources they need.
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Ready to take your advocacy to the next level? Apply to the 2026 National Teacher Policy Cabinet!
Join us for an info session on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. ET to learn more about how members have been able to drive federal policy through teacher leadership.
Register here: teachplus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for an info session on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. ET to learn more about how members have been able to drive federal policy through teacher leadership.
Register here: teachplus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ready to take your advocacy to the next level? Apply to the 2026 National Teacher Policy Cabinet!
Join us for an info session on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. ET to learn more about how members have been able to drive federal policy through teacher leadership.
Register here: teachplus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for an info session on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. ET to learn more about how members have been able to drive federal policy through teacher leadership.
Register here: teachplus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Explore this week’s Newsblast:
+ CA: Co-creating policy agenda for a diverse profession
+ NM: Building pathways for students’ economic mobility
+ Nationwide: Teach Plus presents at CBED’s Black Men in Education Convening
... and much more
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+ CA: Co-creating policy agenda for a diverse profession
+ NM: Building pathways for students’ economic mobility
+ Nationwide: Teach Plus presents at CBED’s Black Men in Education Convening
... and much more
cm.teachplus.org/t/r-3147D8FD...
December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Explore this week’s Newsblast:
+ CA: Co-creating policy agenda for a diverse profession
+ NM: Building pathways for students’ economic mobility
+ Nationwide: Teach Plus presents at CBED’s Black Men in Education Convening
... and much more
cm.teachplus.org/t/r-3147D8FD...
+ CA: Co-creating policy agenda for a diverse profession
+ NM: Building pathways for students’ economic mobility
+ Nationwide: Teach Plus presents at CBED’s Black Men in Education Convening
... and much more
cm.teachplus.org/t/r-3147D8FD...
Transportation to school is a challenge that can’t be solved at the classroom level, says Teach Plus New Mexico Fellow Elizabeth Leung. That’s why she’s advocating for innovative solutions at the district level to ensure all students can access learning.
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(+) OPINION: Students can't learn if they can't get to school
For 36 of the first 40 days of school this year, I marked Sophia tardy. The kindergartener missed hours of critical practice in naming letters and recognizing sounds, foundational skills
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December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Transportation to school is a challenge that can’t be solved at the classroom level, says Teach Plus New Mexico Fellow Elizabeth Leung. That’s why she’s advocating for innovative solutions at the district level to ensure all students can access learning.
More:
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#ICYMI: Last week's California Educator Diversity Action Network convening was a day of advocacy & planning for California's education system.
"I want my students to see themselves as potential future educators," Attendee Gemma Jáuregui shared.
Watch a recap here:
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"I want my students to see themselves as potential future educators," Attendee Gemma Jáuregui shared.
Watch a recap here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3z...
Building Bridges II Summit developed a campaign plan for CA students
YouTube video by FOX40 News
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December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#ICYMI: Last week's California Educator Diversity Action Network convening was a day of advocacy & planning for California's education system.
"I want my students to see themselves as potential future educators," Attendee Gemma Jáuregui shared.
Watch a recap here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3z...
"I want my students to see themselves as potential future educators," Attendee Gemma Jáuregui shared.
Watch a recap here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3z...
#ICYMI: At the 4th annual PA Needs Teachers summit, educators spent time figuring out how to redesign the profession.
“How do we rethink the way we design schools in a way that is better for teachers and students?” Teach Plus PA Executive Director Laura Boyce said.
“How do we rethink the way we design schools in a way that is better for teachers and students?” Teach Plus PA Executive Director Laura Boyce said.
Conference reimagines the future of teaching in Pennsylvania
HARRSBURG, Pa (WHTM) — Forget everything you know about teaching — educators and advocates are reimagining what that profession could look like. “We are thinking about how we make the t…
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December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#ICYMI: At the 4th annual PA Needs Teachers summit, educators spent time figuring out how to redesign the profession.
“How do we rethink the way we design schools in a way that is better for teachers and students?” Teach Plus PA Executive Director Laura Boyce said.
“How do we rethink the way we design schools in a way that is better for teachers and students?” Teach Plus PA Executive Director Laura Boyce said.
"Students cannot know their rights or evaluate bias in media, especially in the age of AI, if they struggle to comprehend complex texts. It’s time we prioritize civics — and history and government classes" Teach Plus Massachusetts Fellow Elizabeth Metts writes.
OP-ED: Civics is literacy: Fund both or fail democracy
Elizabeth Metts is a 9th grade history teacher, team leader and teaching fellow mentor at Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston. She is a 2025-26 Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow.…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Students cannot know their rights or evaluate bias in media, especially in the age of AI, if they struggle to comprehend complex texts. It’s time we prioritize civics — and history and government classes" Teach Plus Massachusetts Fellow Elizabeth Metts writes.
Generative AI technology is evolving quickly, which is one of the reasons many districts have yet to create policies around using it. Experts recommend leaders create flexible guidelines that can be revised as more information about AI comes out.
How Schools Can Balance AI’s Promise and Its Pitfalls
Three educators share tips on how schools can navigate this fast-evolving technology.
www.edweek.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Generative AI technology is evolving quickly, which is one of the reasons many districts have yet to create policies around using it. Experts recommend leaders create flexible guidelines that can be revised as more information about AI comes out.
“Expanding opportunities for students like me not only economically but in education and in learning prepares us for college and makes us more ready for the future,” said Capital High School junior Raul Alvarado @TeachPlusNM summit in Santa Fe. Raul wants to be 1st in his family to attend college.
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Expanding opportunities for students like me not only economically but in education and in learning prepares us for college and makes us more ready for the future,” said Capital High School junior Raul Alvarado @TeachPlusNM summit in Santa Fe. Raul wants to be 1st in his family to attend college.
Teach Plus NM Executive Director Hope Morales: “Education was the driver that enabled me to become more than my circumstances.” She shared why we need education and business to come together during 2nd summit in Santa Fe, a cross-sector convening to advance students’ economic mobility opportunities.
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Teach Plus NM Executive Director Hope Morales: “Education was the driver that enabled me to become more than my circumstances.” She shared why we need education and business to come together during 2nd summit in Santa Fe, a cross-sector convening to advance students’ economic mobility opportunities.
Congratulations to Teach Plus Arkansas Policy Fellow Alia Pope on being nominated for a Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards in the Outstanding Children's Personality category!
Alia's webseries makes STEM education fun and accessible for students.
Alia's webseries makes STEM education fun and accessible for students.
Emmy nominee brings STEM to life
Alia Pope, Emmy-nominated host of CHIP Kids, shares how the Little Rock-based series is making STEM fun and accessible for young students.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Congratulations to Teach Plus Arkansas Policy Fellow Alia Pope on being nominated for a Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards in the Outstanding Children's Personality category!
Alia's webseries makes STEM education fun and accessible for students.
Alia's webseries makes STEM education fun and accessible for students.
Schools need more civics funding because civics and literacy go hand in hand for preparing students for life.
Insights via Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow Elizabeth Metts:
Insights via Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow Elizabeth Metts:
OP-ED: Civics is literacy: Fund both or fail democracy
Elizabeth Metts is a 9th grade history teacher, team leader and teaching fellow mentor at Excel Academy Charter High School in East Boston. She is a 2025-26 Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow.…
dailyfreepress.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Schools need more civics funding because civics and literacy go hand in hand for preparing students for life.
Insights via Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow Elizabeth Metts:
Insights via Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellow Elizabeth Metts:
"The state budget represents much more than dollars and cents; it is a foundational investment in basic needs, cultivating equitable learning environments, and setting students up for success across all of PA," Teach Plus PA Fellow Heather Romberger writes.
OPINION: Pennsylvania students deserve better than a delayed state budget
In Pennsylvania, districts burdened by adequacy funding gaps, poverty isn't an abstract concept—it’s the daily reality for 70% of enrolled students. In July 2024, the Pennsylvania General Assembly…
keystonenewsroom.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The state budget represents much more than dollars and cents; it is a foundational investment in basic needs, cultivating equitable learning environments, and setting students up for success across all of PA," Teach Plus PA Fellow Heather Romberger writes.
The U.S. Department of Education has developed six agreements to send many of its key functions to other federal agencies. A majority of the Education Department’s funding for K-12 schools will be administered instead by the U.S. Department of Labor.
See Where the Ed. Dept.'s Programs Will Move as the Trump Admin. Downsizes
Programs overseen by the Ed. Dept. will move to agencies including the Department of Labor.
www.edweek.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The U.S. Department of Education has developed six agreements to send many of its key functions to other federal agencies. A majority of the Education Department’s funding for K-12 schools will be administered instead by the U.S. Department of Labor.
“I understand the impact that an educator can have. It is one of the most vital professions in our country,” Teach Plus Pennsylvania Policy Fellowship alumnus Leon Smith said.
He shares his path to teaching and advocacy through Teach Plus with UMD College of Ed.:
He shares his path to teaching and advocacy through Teach Plus with UMD College of Ed.:
Teaching with Purpose | UMD College of Education
For Leon Smith ’01, 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, the path to education began long before he ever set foot in a classroom as a t
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December 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“I understand the impact that an educator can have. It is one of the most vital professions in our country,” Teach Plus Pennsylvania Policy Fellowship alumnus Leon Smith said.
He shares his path to teaching and advocacy through Teach Plus with UMD College of Ed.:
He shares his path to teaching and advocacy through Teach Plus with UMD College of Ed.: