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045 EdNews This Week: Chess Goes to Class, Grad Requirements Revamp & Teaching Credential Sans Degree

In this episode of EdNews This Week, Anne announces that she and co-host Jen will be featured guests on another podcast called Behind the Mic, out September 1st on the Education Podcast Network. This week’s three news stories from the education world share how New Hampshire teachers are getting paid to teach chess, with the state providing funding for training and equipment, how Rhode Island’s realignment of graduation requirements created with input from the community ensures all students will graduate ready for careers or college, and a third story about how Kentucky’s alternative path to a teaching credential doesn’t require a bachelor’s degree. All the links to the resources used to create this episode can be found on our website, TransparencyinTeaching.com. Please leave us your comments about this episode and what educational news you have to share.
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