lorab
-
What Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Could Mean for Schools
Education Department Chair Lora Bartlett wrote an opinion article explaining how new visa fees could affect school districts struggling with teacher shortages.
-
Cal Teach at 20: Striving to continue sending much-needed STEM educators into underserved communities
UC Santa Cruz program marks 20 years of putting service-minded STEM majors on a path to helping public schools students embrace math and science
-
Free-Speech Lines Blur for Teachers in Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Killing
The government’s move to revoke state-issued teaching licenses in response to teachers’ personal opinions posted to social media—notably not in the classroom or in public school forums—is part of a movement to curtail the free speech of Americans,” said Lora Bartlett, chair of the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
-
Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.
New research on the lingering effects of the pandemic on teachers from University of California, Santa Cruz Professor of Education Lora Bartlett and her colleagues show that the pandemic-era "hastened a downward spiral in career satisfaction and longevity for teachers. The biggest declines in satisfaction took place in places where teachers described experiencing a lack of support…
-
The teaching profession never really recovered from the pandemic. A new book explains why, and what we can do about it.
Education Professor Lora Bartlett and her collaborators collected detailed data on the pandemic and post-pandemic experiences of 75 teachers across the country, revealing how the pandemic era hastened a downward spiral in career satisfaction and longevity for teachers.
-
Combining remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds
The Hechinger Report featured new research by Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett on the challenges of different pandemic-era "hybrid" education models that blend online and in-person learning.
-
After Propping Up Schools in the Pandemic, Teachers Now Feel Ignored
Education Week published the final installment in a series of essays by Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett.
-
Will the Pandemic Drive Teachers Out of the Profession? What One Study Says
Education Week published the third essay in a series by Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett, which focuses on the pandemic's effect on teachers. This week's essay was accompanied by a shorter piece on what teachers sacrificed to stay in classrooms.
-
Teachers Were Told to ‘Give Grace’ as the Pandemic Started. They Did That and Much More
Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett's series of essays for Education Week continues with a focus on how teachers navigated lack of district guidance. The article was accompanied by a shorter piece that provides a deeper look at one teacher’s experience in spring of 2020.
-
I’ve Studied Teachers for 20 Years. The Pandemic Was Their Ultimate Challenge
Associate Professor of Education Lora Bartlett launched the first of a four-part series of essays for Education Week covering how teachers navigated remote instruction during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
-
Faculty experts share pandemic-era lessons for the future of K-12 education
UC Santa Cruz researchers who have studied the pandemic’s impact on K-12 education share lessons they hope will be remembered for the future.
-
Foreign Teachers in D.C. Exploited by Exchange Program, Lawsuit Alleges
Associate professor of education Lora Bartlett, an expert on foreign teacher exchange programs, was quoted in an Education Week story about a lawsuit filed against a recruitment firm charged with exploiting international teachers working on J1 visas in the Washington DC public schools.