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Reading & Literacy As Revised Lucy Calkins Curriculum Launches, Educators Debate If Changes Are Sufficient
Researchers and educators who have reviewed excerpts offer mixed reviews on their potential to shift classroom instruction.
Sarah Schwartz, October 25, 2022
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Reading & Literacy New Curriculum Review Gives Failing Marks to Two Popular Reading Programs
Two of the nation's most-used literacy programs are facing new criticism.
Sarah Schwartz, November 9, 2021
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Reading & Literacy Popular Literacy Materials Get 'Science of Reading' Overhaul. But Will Teaching Change?
Lucy Calkins and Jennifer Serravallo are among those releasing updates that move away from unproven techniques like three-cueing.
Sarah Schwartz, October 13, 2021
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Aimee Rodriguez Webb works on her computer reading emails at her dinning room table that she set up as a virtual classroom for a Cobb County school, on July 28, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to broadcast school lessons.
Aimee Rodriguez Webb reads emails at her dining room table, which she set up as a virtual classroom in Marietta, Ga. After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Webb bought a dry-erase board and a special camera for displaying worksheets.
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Teaching How to Make Lessons Cohesive When Teaching Both Remote and In-Person Classes
When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?
Sarah Schwartz, August 5, 2020
9 min read
Cara Santa Maria, a national television personality who tackles science issues, delivers a short introduction before an episode of the science show Nova for a PBS remote learning program.
Cara Santa Maria, a national television personality who tackles science issues, delivers a short introduction before an episode of the science show Nova for a PBS remote learning program.
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Curriculum An Unexpected Tool for Remote-Learning During Coronavirus: Public TV Stations
The effort amounts to a low-cost alternative and readily accessible solution for schools that have been forced to develop and implement long-term online lesson plans on the fly.
David Rauf, April 6, 2020
8 min read
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Teaching Opinion Don't Blame Teachers for Selling Their Lesson Plans. Blame the System That Makes It Necessary
Schools can't even afford to hire enough teachers, so why are we surprised that teachers are turning to a website for resources? asks Kat Tipton.
Kat Tipton, February 27, 2020
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School & District Management Obituary Obituary
Gary D. Marx, the longtime director of communications at AASA, the School Superintendents Association, has died. He was 80.
June 11, 2019
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Heather Burtts, an instructional coach at Birney Elementary in Tacoma, Wash., speaks into a megaphone as striking teachers listen prior to a march and rally.
Heather Burtts, an instructional coach at Birney Elementary in Tacoma, Wash., speaks into a megaphone as striking teachers listen prior to a march and rally.
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Teaching Profession From 'Rotten Apples' to Martyrs: America Has Changed Its Tune on Teachers
After years of being blamed for the problems in schools, teachers are now being held up as victims of a broken system. How did the pendulum swing so quickly?
Madeline Will, September 28, 2018
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Ron Wolk in Providence, R.I., in 2015.
Ron Wolk in Providence, R.I., in 2015.
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Education Ronald A. Wolk, Education Week Founder Who Launched New Era for K-12 Journalism, Dies at 86
His decades of work as an editor, publisher, and thought leader helped elevate the national conversation about education.
Mark Walsh, April 29, 2018
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Classroom Technology Pearson Tested 'Social-Psychological' Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results
An experiment with embedding "growth-mindset" messaging in software appeared to help students persist when they encountered difficulty—and raised ethical concerns.
Benjamin Herold, April 17, 2018
6 min read
Curriculum Educators Carefully Watch Pearson as It Moves to Sell K-12 Curriculum Business
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. students use Pearson's curriculum products in their classrooms, but soon those print and digital resources will be owned by a different company.
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Why All the Black Kids Are Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Q&A)
How school leaders should embrace conversations about race and other insights from bestselling author Beverly Daniel Tatum.
November 1, 2017
10 min read
Curriculum Do High School Literature Series Make the Grade?
A Consumer Reports-style review dissects six major textbook series used in America's high schools. Read how they fared.
Stephen Sawchuk, September 12, 2017
4 min read
References to “copyright piracy” appear in ESSA sections focused on technology and parent outreach.
References to “copyright piracy” appear in ESSA sections focused on technology and parent outreach.
Every Student Succeeds Act An Unlikely ESSA Provision: Warning on Copyright Piracy
Language in the sweeping federal law—added at the urging of the film, music, and publishing industries—advises schools to get the message out about copyright laws.
Sean Cavanagh, August 29, 2017
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