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At the height of the pandemic, and ever since that time, many educators have been warning that lots of their colleagues have been leaving the classroom.

And those of us who have been issuing those warnings have often been pooh-poohed by education pundits.

Until recently.

How a years-long rise in teacher turnover reshaped American classrooms is a Chalkbeat article by Matt Barnum which details the numbers, and shares some of the reasons behind the exodus.

You can read Statistic Of The Day: Teachers’ Pay Isn’t So Great to learn more reasons.

You might also be interested in this exchange:

I remember when teachers were warning of this and pundits pooh-poohed it

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) July 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM

     

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Henrietta Lacks was born on this day 106 years ago.

You might be interested in HENRIETTA LACKS WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 YEARS OLD TODAY – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES.

     

The Pudding always produces slick and interesting interactive infographics. Most of them, however, are fairly useless.

Not this one.

Their new Essential Words interactive compares what were considered the most common English words in 1953 to the ones identified in that category now.

The infographic’s subheading is:

How the Words We Teach English Language Learners Changed, and What That Says About Us

I think every teacher of English Language Learners will want to take a look…

     

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When I first taught economics over ten years ago, pickings were pretty slim for engaging online financial literacy resources.

But the options have grown a lot since then, and now there are quite a few good online free programs, including some that are very accessible to English Language Learners (see The Best Sites For Learning Economics & Practical Money Skills).

Now there’s a new one to add to the list – Finlingo.

It seems to be story-based and pretty accessible.  It’s new, of course, so there’s no guarantee that it’s going to be around for the entire school year.  But I think it’s worth checking out.