Apr. 12—While she's cheering her kids on at a tennis match, Maureen Beckwith is also going back to school. She tunes into her Ivy Tech classes from her car, via Zoom. She keeps one eye on her kids, ...

Janae Montgomery has walked the halls of the same school building for much of the last 10 years — first as a high school student, then as a paraprofessional and, as of a few months ago, as a special ...

Jaimie Bartman, a special education teacher for the Canistota School District, poses for a photo in her classroom on April 4, 2025. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Jaimie Bartmann planned to ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Nearly one in ...

Paraprofessionals, also known as teacher’s aides or instructional assistants, are essential school employees who help keep the public education system afloat. Often tasked with providing one-on-one ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – In April, the Idaho State University College of Education welcomed more than 50 paraprofessionals throughout the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 (SD25) to campus to ...

As back-to-school commences this fall, in addition to the students and teachers returning to school buildings, somewhere between 160,000 and 250,000–or more–folks will be joining those students and ...

After failing to get enough substitute teachers and paraprofessionals, Norwin upped the pay for those positions beginning next month to be more competitive with neighboring districts. The higher pay ...

Bush Elementary School paraprofessional Lorri Papaserge works with third-grader Josiah Senear on two-step math word problems that involved two different operations during a small group session. Bush ...

Corrected: This story should have said that any teacher who is hired after the first day of the 2002-03 school year in a core academic subject and whose salary is supported with Title I money - ...