Instructional Materials

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Teaching Video Teachers, Try This: Graphic Novels to Enhance Any Subject
By incorporating graphic novels in the classroom, students can see themselves reflected in the characters, while covering timely topics.
Jaclyn Borowski, June 5, 2025
2:06
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The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
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Curriculum Opinion Which Books Belong in Classrooms? Which Don't?
District officials, parents, and the Supreme Court are debating where to draw the line.
Rick Hess, May 27, 2025
7 min read
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Reading & Literacy Court Dismisses Reading Lawsuit Against Lucy Calkins, Other 'Balanced Literacy' Proponents
Parents alleged the reading materials had been fraudulently marketed, but a federal court declined to adjudicate the research behind the programs.
Sarah Schwartz, May 22, 2025
4 min read
Third grade teacher Ambreen Bhatti leads a lesson at Allen Jay Elementary School in High Point, N.C., on Jan. 28, 2025.
Third grade teacher Ambreen Bhatti leads a lesson at Allen Jay Elementary School in High Point, N.C., on Jan. 28, 2025.
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English Learners How Schools Build Dual-Language Programs for Less Commonly Taught Languages
Researchers highlight some of the unique solutions to challenges faced when teaching in less commonly taught languages.
Ileana Najarro, April 29, 2025
5 min read
A conceptual vector image of a person pronouncing phonemes while another person observes the soundwaves under a magnifying glass.
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Reading & Literacy What the Research Says Are Early-Reading Laws Changing Teaching Practices?
Laws mandating shifts in professional development and training don't always give teachers curriculum support.
Sarah D. Sparks, April 25, 2025
6 min read
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Curriculum How to Teach Tariffs: 8 Resources and Lessons
Wondering how to broach tariffs with your students? Check out these resources and lesson plans we've gathered.
Marina Whiteleather, April 9, 2025
2 min read
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Curriculum What Makes Curriculum 'High-Quality'?
Only 1 in 4 school and districts leaders say their administration has an official definition of "high-quality instructional materials."
Sarah Schwartz, April 2, 2025
4 min read
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Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use mirrors to see themselves sounding out words for phonemic awareness during literary instruction in Concern, N.C., on March 19, 2025.
Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use mirrors to see themselves sounding out words for phonemic awareness during literary instruction in Concern, N.C., on March 19, 2025.
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Reading & Literacy Video How Everyday Objects Can Strengthen Phonemic Awareness
Teachers can create homegrown kits to help students master phonemic awareness—how to manipulate the sounds in English.
Lauren Santucci, March 27, 2025
2:17
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, Oct. 18, 2018.
The Trump administration has filed briefs supporting conservative positions in two high-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases on religion and public education.
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Law & Courts Trump Admin. Backs Catholic Charter, LGBTQ+ Lesson Opt-Outs in Supreme Court
The Trump administration filed briefs supporting conservative positions in two big cases on religion and public education
Mark Walsh, March 13, 2025
5 min read
Riley Griffin, of Sedalia, Mo., gets help from teacher Cara Cairer as he works on a paper mâché globe at Heber Hunt Elementary School in Sedalia, Mo., on Feb. 29, 2012.
Riley Griffin, of Sedalia, Mo., gets help from teacher Cara Cairer as he works on a paper mâché globe at Heber Hunt Elementary School in Sedalia, Mo., on Feb. 29, 2012.
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Curriculum Gulf of America or Gulf of Mexico? How Teachers Are Handling Trump's Name Change
Educators share their views on the Gulf of America name change.
2 min read
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Mathematics New York City's New Curriculum Gets Caught in the 'Math Wars'
An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.
Sarah Schwartz, February 7, 2025
7 min read
A group of children walk across a book under protective hands.
Islenia Mil for Education Week
Social Studies Opinion What We Can All Learn From Black Women in Education
These eight extraordinary women in history have a lot to teach us today.
Dawnavyn M. James, January 30, 2025
5 min read