Lesley Lavery

Sep 20, 2024 | sfgate.com | Lesley Lavery |Macalester College

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s smallest counties combined,” the state’s teachers union says.

Aug 21, 2024 | lakeconews.com | Lesley Lavery |Macalester College |Steve Friess

The teaching profession faces a morale – and staffing – crisis. A National Education Association survey of members found that, as of late 2022, a staggering 55% of educators were thinking of calling it quits. This is a legacy of COVID-19. Teachers were already unhappy before the pandemic, but the public’s reaction to the education their kids got during that crisis continues to haunt the profession.

Jul 31, 2024 | legalnews.com | Lesley Lavery |Macalester College

By Lesley Lavery, Macalester Collegeand Steve Friess, University of Michigan(THE CONVERSATION) — Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s smallest counties combined,” the state’s teachers union says. In Vermont, there are days when whole grades of students are sent home because there’s no teacher or sub available.

Jul 30, 2024 | ctnewsonline.com | Lesley Lavery

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Jul 28, 2024 | archive.is | Liz Hamor |Lesley Lavery |Steve Friess |Eric Thomas

I hated high school. So I ditched as much class as I could and spent my time racing muscle cars on Route 66 outside of my hometown of Baxter Springs and pursuing other misadventures. I was always reading, though, and in between repairing blown head gaskets and thrown timing chains I had my nose in books, trash and treasure alike, from “The Monkey Wrench Gang” to Hemingway and Harper Lee.