Essay on the mismatch between graduate programs at research universities and hiring needs at most colleges

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2014/10/15/essay-mismatch-between-graduate-programs-research-universities-and-hiring-needs

Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm always amazed at how many of my graduate school colleagues had college-educated parents and grew up in a culture of education prestige, either by attending private schools, travelling extensively for academic reasons, or even just had family and friends in higher ed. It just sounds nothing like the world I grew up in. This article expresses the concern that such people aren't well-prepared to work in community colleges or public regional 4-year schools because the cultures are so different.

Children's Mathematics: Why Every Math Teacher Should Know About Cognitively Guided Instruction

http://www.heinemann.com/blog/post/2014/09/25/Why-Every-Math-Teacher-Should-Know-About-Cognitively-Guided-Instruction.aspx

Here's Christopher Danielson's brief guide to what he wishes all secondary teachers knew about Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI).

What's a rekenrek? At Fernandez, it's building to learn

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/07/fernandez-students-build-learning-tools-district/16858431/

<blockquote>This week, Fernandez Center students are putting their talents to work to help their school district, completing an order of 500 math-number racks for Stevens Point students in kindergarten through third grade. The number racks are based on the rekenrek, a math tool developed in Holland that looks similar to an abacus and helps with addition and subtraction.</blockquote> You don't see the word "rekenrek" in news headlines, but this story from Wisconsin talks about how older kids in a school district make these math learning tools for younger students.

Teacher preparation enrollments plummet

http://edsource.org/2014/teacher-preparation-enrollments-plummet/68380#.VDrwePl4rCG

<blockquote>Enrollments in teacher preparation programs in California are continuing to decline at a precipitous rate, according to new figures from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Between the 2001-02 and 2012-13 school years, enrollments in teacher preparation programs dropped 74 percent.</blockquote> No surprise: It may be getting difficult to recruit new teachers and increase pressure/blame on the teaching profession at the same time.