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Emerging Strategies in Teaching and Learning
Teachers see long-term promise in pandemic-driven tools to accelerate learning, integrate technology, and support students.
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Disrupted Learning: The Hard Task of Getting Students Back on Track
A new Education Week survey suggests a somber road as teachers work to help students with unfinished learning due to COVID's disruption.
Tackling Learning Gaps This Fall: Advice for Teachers
This series of case studies examines what the slippery concept of “acceleration” really means for students in three key areas: 1st grade literacy and numeracy, Algebra 1, and English-language acquisition.
Teaching Data From 50 States: Teachers See Student Behavior as a Significant ProblemThey want smaller classes, tougher discipline consequences, and firmer parenting to counter the issue.
Teaching Opinion I’m Iranian American. Here’s What I Want Educators to Understand About the WarUnderstanding Iran requires holding multiple truths at once, writes education reformer Nina S. Rees.
Teaching Opinion How Teachers Are Solving Classroom Problems by Doing Their Own ResearchEducators share how they are using their own data and self-reflection to support their students.
Teaching Opinion Student Agency Inspires Learning. Here Are 8 Ways to Foster ItTeachers must shift their mindset from dictating rules to co-creating agreements with students.
Teaching Homework: Critical Practice or Meaningless Busywork? Teachers Weigh InDoes homework still have a purpose? The K-12 field appears deeply divided.
Teaching Homework Assignments Less Common in High-Poverty DistrictsAn EdWeek Research Center survey examines out-of-school assignments by poverty level of the school system.
Teaching Opinion Are Students Really Learning? How to Check for UnderstandingOne of the best methods is to make student thinking visible.
Teaching From Our Research Center Are Schools Assigning Less Homework? A New Survey Offers AnswersThe EdWeek Research Center looked at whether schools are giving more or fewer out-of-school assignments, and why.
Teaching What Lessons Did the Olympics Offer for Educators and Students?Educators have used the games to emphasize resilience and self-improvement, among other messages.
Teaching Opinion The World Seems Intent on Stripping Teaching of Its Sacredness. Don't Let ItChristopher Emdin explains how to make school feel like a sanctuary in troubled times.
Teaching Opinion How Can Educators Teach in These Turbulent Times?To quell the anxiety of the chaos, make your teaching more human, not more heroic.
Teaching Opinion Schools Still Miss Instructional Basics. How to Change ThatVeteran educator and author Mike Schmoker calls out what he sees as classroom "malpractice."
Teaching Letter to the Editor Learning Spaces Should Meet the Needs of All StudentsBetter classroom design can help neurodivergent learners thrive, says this letter to the editor.
Teaching What's the Ideal Classroom Seating Arrangement? Teachers Weigh InEducators employ different seating strategies to optimize student learning.
Teaching 'There's a Firehose of Information': Talking to Students About MinneapolisFind curated coverage on discussing confusing, scary, or politically charged topics in the classroom.
