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School of Education finds hope in students amid national teacher shortages, enrollment declines

School of Education finds hope in students amid national teacher shortages, enrollment declines

Augustana’s Sharon Lust School of Education has witnessed trends of lower enrollment numbers in recent years, like many universities across the country, but it has undertaken several initiatives to help more students become future teachers. Laurie Daily, the dean of the School of Education, said the education field began

Cockroaches educate in FSC

Cockroaches educate in FSC

In the basement of the Froiland Science Complex, Madagascar hissing cockroaches creep and crawl, emitting their distinct hiss. But these roaches aren’t pests — they’re pets. They live in a 10-gallon tank with wood shavings for bedding and egg cartons stacked on top of ashwood logs. FSC 119 is

The Praxis is an outdated test for future South Dakota teachers

The Praxis is an outdated test for future South Dakota teachers

As an education major, we are taught how to teach our future students to learn and retain the information they are learning. We rarely take traditional tests in education classes because tests should not be the sole focus of education. Assessments will be necessary when we are teachers, but the

Education majors don’t deserve the hate

Education majors don’t deserve the hate

When I was asked as a child what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said a teacher, but it wasn’t until I was a senior in high school that I started getting questions about it. People would say, “Is that really what you want to