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Curriculum Middle Schools Often Prioritize English and Math Over Other Subjects. Should They?
An Illinois district is equalizing time across the four major content areas. But the decision comes with trade-offs.
Sarah Schwartz
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Curriculum How This School Librarian Transformed the Library and Got More Kids to Read
While schools across the country have shed librarians, Leigh Knapp became the first full-time librarian at her school.
Caitlynn Peetz
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Reading & Literacy Opinion 6 Active Reading Strategies to Engage Students (DOWNLOADABLE)
How can teachers scaffold literacy instruction for developing readers? Start here.
Jennifer Throndsen
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Science Download How Teachers Are Motivating Students To Learn STEM (DOWNLOADABLE)
Teachers asked students what motivates them to work harder in STEM. Here's what they found.
Lauraine Langreo & Vanessa Solis
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Diverse school children students build robotic cars using computers and coding.
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Teaching Profession Opinion Larry Ferlazzo's 6 Reasons Why He Stayed at His School
Why leave a high school where the administrators have fostered a supportive environment and made teaching fulfilling?
Larry Ferlazzo
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Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
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Reading & Literacy California Is Poised to Pass a 'Science of Reading' Law After a Long, Tense Debate
Advocates on both sides say the compromise bill is strong, but imperfect. Will it move literacy instruction forward in the state?
Sarah Schwartz
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7 min read
Students interact in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025.
Students interact in a 4th grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. More young students could receive instruction in phonics and other evidence-based techniques, if a long-sought state proposal is approved.
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Reading & Literacy Fewer Parents Are Reading Aloud to Their Kids. Why That Matters
Pleasure reading is the best way for emerging readers to maintain their skills in the summer. Getting parents on board can be challenging.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Image of a parent and child reading together at home.
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    Teaching Profession Opinion Larry Ferlazzo: 10 Things I Will (and Won't) Miss When I Retire
    After 23 years, I am bidding farewell to my classroom. But I'm far from done with education, he explains.
    Larry Ferlazzo, June 5, 2025
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    Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a fifth grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, WV, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Howells said that she turned to the science of math after wondering why there weren't as many resources for dyscalculia as there were for dyslexia. Reading the research helped her become more explicit about things that she assumed students understood, like the fact that the horizontal line in a fraction means the same thing as a division sign. "I'm doing a lot more instruction in vocabulary and symbol explanations so that the students have that built-in understanding," said Howells.
    Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the math skills that are most crucial.
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    Mathematics What Math Learned in School Is Most Important? Adults and Their Managers Don't Agree
    Americans don’t always agree about which skills are the most crucial, according to a new survey from Gallup.
    Sarah Schwartz, June 4, 2025
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    Eleazar Sepulveda, an educator on a J-1 visa from Chile, teaches kindergarten at Veteran’s Hill Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas.
    Eleazar Sepulveda, an educator on a J-1 visa from Chile, teaches kindergarten at Veteran’s Hill Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas, on June 18, 2024. It's unclear whether a recent pause on interviews for the visa will affect districts' attempts to find teachers abroad to fill hard-to-staff positions.
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    Teaching Profession Will a J-1 Visa Freeze Disrupt Teacher Staffing?
    A federal pause on appointments for J-1 visas could affect districts, which have used international teachers to fill staffing holes.
    Evie Blad, June 4, 2025
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    Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, reacts after he sees him as the last speller as he competes in the finals the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.
    Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, reacts after he realizes he's the last speller as he competes in the finals of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on May 29, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. Schools can improve reading and writing proficiency through spelling bees.
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    Reading & Literacy How Spelling Bees Can Improve Students' Reading Skills
    Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, June 4, 2025
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    A seventh grade student writes on the whiteboard in class in M-Cubed Academy at Community Lab School in Charlottesville, Va., on June 21, 2023.
    A seventh grade student writes on the whiteboard in class in M-Cubed Academy at Community Lab School in Charlottesville, Va., on June 21, 2023. Although most scholars say learning math algorithms like regrouping in addition are essential, some worry that schools don't do enough to support the concepts undergirding these common procedures.
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    Mathematics Is It Bad to Memorize All Those Algorithms in Math?
    Algorithms are at the heart of math debates. Math experts chime in on the topic.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, June 3, 2025
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    A call for three-year degrees, micro-credentials, and closer ties between educators and employers could affect K–12 and higher education.
    Rick Hess, June 3, 2025
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