Citadel CEO Focuses on Teacher Shortage | DeSantis Hints at Nixing AP | Temple at Odds With Strikers

A Newsletter for Education Business Leaders [ ] [Advertisement]( [edBiz Update | The news roundup for education business leaders] Powered by [EDWEEK Market Brief]( [EDWEEK MARKET BRIEF](  | [EDUCATION WEEK](  | [ADVERTISE](mailto:mbakley@educationweek.org?subject=Advertising%20Opportunities)  | [JOBS]( K12 [ ] [Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Backs Miami Effort to Ease Teacher Shortage]( | Bloomberg The Citadel founder is donating $3.5 million to the Teacher Accelerator Program, which offers college seniors a path to a classroom job in Miami-Dade County. [DeSantis Hints at Doing Away With Advanced Placement Courses in Florida]( | Tampa Bay Times “Nobody elected them to anything,” he said of the College Board, which administers AP courses. [New Report Offers Solutions to the ‘Dire’ Teacher Shortage Crisis in Pennsylvania]( | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania is facing a “dire and worsening teacher shortage crisis,” according to a new report that details sweeping recommendations to address the problem. [What Generative AI Will Bring to the Education Market]( | EdWeek Market Brief EdWeek Market Brief spoke to industry officials and educators about the implications of tools like ChatGPT and their potential to improve or complicate the work of schools. [ ] ADVERTISEMENT School Districts’ Efforts to Address “Learning Loss” and the Support They Need From Companies Join EdWeek Market Brief for in-depth insights on addressing unfinished learning, including approaches used by districts and original survey data on subject areas in need of support. [Available On-Demand]( [ ] Higher Education [ ] [Temple University Is Withholding Tuition Benefits for Striking Graduate Students]( | NPR Some research and teaching assistants at the Philadelphia school have been striking for better pay. The university is now revoking benefits for students who walk off the job to strike. [Coaching Program Bumps Retention Rates of Minority Male Students]( | University Business The three-year study found a 22.4% retention increase across 11 institutions in one group of minority male students. [Why Colleges May Soon Have More Midcareer Students]( | Marketplace Thus far, higher education hasn’t rolled out the welcome mat to older workers who want to extend their careers with additional schooling. But there are some experiments that suggest change is slowly coming. [Ruth Simmons Steps Down Early as Prairie View A&M President]( | Texas Tribune Simmons was expected to step down June 1. The abrupt resignation appears to be over a difference with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp over hiring during the rest of Simmons’ term as president. [ ] ADVERTISEMENT New Social-Emotional Learning Research, Effective K-12 Focus Groups, and How Sales and Implementation Teams Need to Work Together Gain critical intel on New Social-Emotional Learning Research, Effective K-12 Focus Groups, and more. Quarterly briefing for MB members only. [Access On-Demand]( [ ] Et Alia [ ] [5 Ways Teachers Can Confront Students' Exposure to Andrew Tate and Other Online Extremists]( | Education Week Young people are exposed to all sorts of online hate that, if left unchecked, can lead to radicalization. [Imagine Learning Acquires Winsor Learning to Launch New Special Needs Offerings]( | EdWeek Market Brief The digital curriculum provider Imagine Learning is acquiring a special needs-focused organization in a new effort to help struggling learners. [New Hampshire Students Protest Urinal Ban in Gender Debate]( | AP News Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity. [Key State Senators Call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to Resign]( | Honolulu Star-Advertiser University of Hawaii President David Lassner's years at the helm of the state’s 10-campus public university system have been marked by frequent frustration and a power struggle between the university and some state senators. Comings & Goings [ ] [Stuart Udell]( was named CEO of Prometric, a testing and assessment company based in Baltimore. Udell most recently served as CEO of reading and math intervention provider Achieve3000, and was previously CEO of virtual school provider K12 Inc, intervention and specialized services provider Catapult Learning, and Penn Foster, an online career education company. The Yes Foundation named [Matt Frendewey]( as vice president of strategy. Frendewey is former director of comunications at Stand Together, where he helped launch the Yes Foundation, and a former senior advisor to former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos. [Louie Rodriguez]( was appointed vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at University of California - Riverside. Rodriguez, who studies educational equity and Latino education, is currently a professor in the university's school of education, where he served as interim dean from 2019 to 2022. Heard of executives changing jobs within the education industry? Write to edbiz-transitions@educationweek.org. Jobs [ ] [Region Finance Manager]( First Student Provides financial support to operations for assigned geographic area. 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