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Teaching
Opinion
Are Your Students Actually Learning Anything? Ask Them
Student feedback should be at the center of our work, writes a high school teacher who regularly uses classroom surveys.
English-Language Learners
State Officials Share Advice on Supporting New Immigrant Students
Less than half of all states offer resources on how to enroll and support students new to the United States.
Special Education
A Student Wrote a Book About Her Learning Disability. Now, She Has Advice for Teachers
Zoe Kozina, 17, is the author of Your Beautiful Mind, a children’s book published this year.
Teaching
Opinion
Students Benefit Academically When They Feel Understood
Students can feel reluctant to share their personal experiences because of past experiences. Teachers can help them overcome their anxiety.
English-Language Learners
To Effectively Support English Learners, Build Teachers' Skills, Experts Say
All teachers should be responsible for English learners, but not all are prepared for the work, researchers said.
Teaching Profession
'My Dad Is Nocturnal' And 10 Other Funny Things Kids Have Said to Their Teachers
Kids say the darndest things. That’s why America’s classrooms are full of unfiltered hilarity.
Assessment
More States Could Drop Their High School Exit Exams
There's movement afoot in nearly half the states that still mandate high school exit exams to end the requirement.
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English-Language Learners How Schools Should Support Newcomers to the U.S.: A Case StudyThe number of students enrolling into high school from other countries in Massachusetts has tripled in the last 15 years.
Curriculum Opinion I Quit Teaching to Become a Climate Activist. Here's WhyHave you recently talked to a teenager about climate change? If not, you should. Here’s what we’re getting wrong about climate education.
Early Childhood What the Research Says A New Study Shows How Schools Can Maximize Full-Day Pre-K's BenefitsResearchers said principals played a key role in students' academic success through 3rd grade.
Assessment Cardona Says Standardized Tests Haven't Always Met the Mark, Offers New FlexibilityThe U.S. Department of Education is seeking to reinvigorate a little-used pilot program to create new types of assessments.
Mathematics Q&A How to Support Black and Latino Students to Tackle CalculusThe founder of the Calculus Project speaks about how high school math pathways shape students’ postsecondary options.
Reading & Literacy Morphology Instruction: 5 Resources for EducatorsMorphology instruction can help students break down complex words into meaningful parts—and make parsing them less intimidating.
Student Well-Being
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Boosting Student and Staff Mental Health: What Schools Can Do
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Teaching Profession Could Reimagining Teaching Help Teachers Love Their Jobs More? Here’s HowSome districts and schools have created new roles and opportunities for teachers.
Curriculum In Their Own Words Why I Kept Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird When Others Wouldn'tA recently retired English teacher explains why she continued to teach the classic novel after it was challenged in her district.
Reading & Literacy What Is Morphology? Should Teachers Include It in Reading Instruction?Teaching about word parts—such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots—may help students develop their academic vocabularies.
Teaching Getting an Early Start on Group Work: Tips From TeachersGroup tasks are the way to teach young children to cooperate and collaborate, say advocates of the practice.
Teaching Opinion What Students Say They Like About Their TeachersSupporting students in a way that works best for how they learn is more art than science; being understanding is a good place to start.
College & Workforce Readiness What the Research Says Beyond the Carnegie Unit: Schools Are Already Testing Ways to Measure 'Durable' SkillsIf you want students to learn to collaborate, organize, be creative, and communicate, you have to measure it.
Teaching
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Student Engagement?
Answer 7 questions about student engagement.
Classroom Technology
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy?
Answer 7 questions about AI Literacy.
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