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School & District Management
10 Ways to Tackle Education's Urgent Challenges
As the school year gets underway, we ask hard questions about education’s biggest challenges and offer some solutions.
Families & the Community
Reported Essay
Pandemic Parents Are More Engaged. How Can Schools Keep It Going?
Families have a better sense of what their child is learning, but schools will have to make some structural shifts to build on what they started.
Equity & Diversity
Reported Essay
Do Students Have What They Need? One Survey Looks to Answer That Question
Even before the pandemic started, one state started thinking about how to understand student needs better. That plan accelerated with the virus.
School & District Management
From Our Research Center
Educators' Support for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Is Rising Dramatically
Nearly 60 percent of educators say students who are old enough to receive COVID vaccines should be required to get them to attend school.
School Climate & Safety
'Devious Lick' TikTok Trend Creates Chaos in Schools Nationwide
Shattered mirrors, missing soap dispensers, and broken toilets in school bathrooms have been linked to the "devious lick" challenge.
Families & the Community
'I Need You to Wear a Mask to Protect My Child.' A Mom Fights for Vulnerable Students
Some parents see a tension between their medically vulnerable children's safety and their educational needs during the pandemic.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
What 9/11 Can Teach Us Today
We can only guess at what weighs on other people. Hurts and wounds are not always visible on the outside.
Leaders To Learn From
We are excited to reveal our 2021 Leaders To Learn From honorees. These cutting-edge district leaders met their students’ and staffs’ needs during the pandemic and other challenges.
1 / 10I don’t believe any of us have true success in solitude.
I want all teachers, including teachers of color, to be authentically themselves in the classroom.
Teachers are professionals, and they’re experts in their content and their grade level. They’re going to be the ones to tell us if it works or not.
We always say that parents are partners, not the problem. We get more done and we get more right when we are working in partnership with our parents.
If I can advocate for a school system and I can advocate for opportunities and exposure for our kids to make it better, I feel compelled to do it.
Part of my passion for what I do now is, people need to know that this exists. But I also know we need to handle it delicately because you don't want people to feel bad.
All of our kids are capable. We’re planting the seed that college is a possibility, and that life can be better.
I tell everybody, we have the technology infrastructure of a Fortune 500 company, even though we are very small in comparison.
[The PD course] is a desired activity versus a required activity. That has to be the sweetest piece of the system.
We don’t make decisions for them. We make decisions with them.
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The past 18 months changed the face of education forever, leaving teachers, students, and families to adapt to unprecedented challenges in teaching and learning. As we enter the third school year affected by the pandemic—and
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As we return from an abnormal year, it’s an educator’s top priority to make sure the lessons learned under adversity positively impact students during the new school year. Digital curriculum has emerged from the pandemic
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While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reveal systemic racial disparities in educational opportunity, there are revelations to which we can and must respond. Through conscientious efforts, using an intentional focus on race, school leaders can
School & District Management Reported Essay Principals Need Social-Emotional Support, TooBy overlooking the well-being of their school leaders, districts could limit how much their schools can flourish.
Equity & Diversity Reported Essay What the Indian Caste System Taught Me About Racism in American SchoolsBorn and raised in India, reporter Eesha Pendharkar isn’t convinced that America’s anti-racist efforts are enough to make students of color feel like they belong.
Equity & Diversity Reported Essay Our Student Homeless Numbers Are Staggering. Schools Can Be a Bridge to a SolutionThe pandemic has only made the student homelessness situation more volatile. Schools don’t have to go it alone.
School & District Management From Our Research Center Educator Stress, Anti-Racism, and Pandemic Response: How You're FeelingA new nationally representative survey offers key takeaways from teachers, principals, and district leaders.
School & District Management Download 8 Tips for Building a Digital Learning Plan That Conquers ChaosCraft flexible strategies, encourage experimentation with new instructional models, and regularly solicit feedback.
Student Achievement What the Research Says Here's One Way to Improve Students' Reading Scores: Get Them EyeglassesSchools need to do more than just vision screenings, new research says, especially after students have spent so much time learning on screen.
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Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
Spotlight on Literacy in Education
In this Spotlight, evaluate the possible gaps your current curriculum may have and gain insights from the front-lines of teaching.
English-Language Learners
Spotlight
Spotlight on Bilingual Instruction
In this Spotlight, identify potential gaps in your schools, evaluate dual-language education programs, and more.
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When you know which math standards and skills are most difficult for students to master, you can better prioritize instruction at every g...
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Equity & Diversity How Have the Debates Over Critical Race Theory Affected You? Share Your StoryWe want to hear how new constraints on teaching about racism have affected your schools.
Professional Development Opinion If You’re Conducting PD, Seek Engagement With EducatorsProfessional development can seem one-sided when the facilitator has all the power. Pre-engagement surveys can effectively turn that dynamic around.
School & District Management Opinion New Polling Shows the K-12 COVID Fights Aren’t Going AnywhereTeachers, administrators, and school boards will continue to be squeezed between two angry, distrustful camps when it comes to COVID-19.
School & District Management Principals Bear the Brunt of Parental Anger, Staff Fatigue as COVID Drags OnAs the face of their schools, principals are front and center in battles over masks, quarantines, and other hot-button COVID issues.
Families & the Community Opinion How to Preserve the Good Parts of Pandemic SchoolingYes, there have been a few silver linings for student well-being in the pandemic. Let’s not lose them now, write two researchers.
Families & the Community COVID Protocols Keep Changing. Here's How Schools Can Keep Parents in the KnowParents and educators shared best practices for effective communication related to the pandemic. It all centers on transparency.
[2021-2022] STEM Learning Specialist
New York, NY, US
School President
Cleveland, Ohio
Extended Learning Academies Coordinator
Madison, Wisconsin
[2021-2022] STEM Learning Specialist
New York, NY, US