Virginia scores a 0/5 on open enrollment best practices: reason.org/policy-brief/p… via Reason Foundation Jude Schwalbach

Yeesh, look at these chronic absenteeism rates in San Francisco: sfstandard.com/education/what…

🚨🚨 Education Jobs Update

The hiring rate in public education hit a 20-year high (!) in August.

Total employee separations (including quits, layoffs, and retirements) are high historically, but about the same levels as 2018 and 2019.

Source: bls.gov/news.release/p…

Happy #eduween from Creeper (Minecraft), a clown, a ghost, and a cat

Wear glasses and a green eyeshade. Carry a calculator and one of those long CVS receipts.

You are 'The Only Person in the State Who Understands the State Funding Formula.'

#eduween

Cut out the shape of your home state. Take people's temperature using a digital thermometer. Promise the results by April.

You are State Tests.

#eduween

Print out this scary graph and tape it to your chest.

You are Rising Teacher Pension Costs.

#eduween

Get the calendars for 2020, 2021, and 2022. X-out all the days kids were not in school.

You are Lost Instructional Time.

#eduween

Oldie but goodie: Wear a hat with a marshmallow attached, hanging in front of your face.

You are Grit.

#eduween

Carry a GIANT trash can full of candy. Give out one M&M per person.

You are the Pace of ESSER Spending.

#eduween

Dress up as the number 1,279. Hand out slips of paper with random numbers on them.

Why?

When people ask, just say you are 'Missing Denominators.'

#eduween

Oldie but goodie: Dress up as the letter J.

You are 'Pre-K.'

#eduween

Wear lycra and a cape. Paste the ABCs to your chest. Carry a microphone.

You are Super Emily Hanford.

Your super power is speaking truth to power.

#Eduween

Dress up as a ghost.

You are 'Teacher Shortages.'

Spooky, perhaps, but are you real?! Only some people can see you? And only under certain light?

#eduween

Group costume. Dress as the letters N, A, E, and P.

You are 'Performing At A Level Last Seen Two Decades Ago.'

#eduween

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The supply of new teachers in California increased 9.3% from 2019-20 to 2020-21: ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-s…