Teaching & Learning
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Curriculum
Outdoor Learning: The Ultimate Student Engagement Hack?
Outdoor learning offers a host of evidence-based benefits for students. One Virginia school serves as an example how.
Reading & Literacy
The Key Parts of a 'Science of Reading' Transformation, According to One State Chief
Under Carey Wright's leadership, Mississippi pulled off a reading "miracle." She has a similar transformation in mind for Maryland.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
What Teachers Really Want for Teacher Appreciation Week
Teachers and principals share how to turn gestures of appreciation into meaningful action to support the profession.
Teaching Profession
Explainer
What Is Doxxing, and How Can Educators Protect Their Privacy Online?
Keeping personal and professional information separate can be difficult for teachers, experts say.
English-Language Learners
The Complex Factors Affecting English-Learner Graduation Rates
A new study disaggregated New York City graduation rates to find how various factors impact English learners' graduation rates.
Teaching
Opinion
4 Instructional Strategies Teachers Can Count On
Students can understand more challenging concepts when they have multiple opportunities to see how the content relates to other standards.
Teaching Profession
Data
Average Teacher Pay Passes $70K. How Much Is It in Your State?
Teacher pay is growing faster than at any point since the Great Recession. But it's lower than a decade ago when accounting for inflation.
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- Curriculum Opinion Classical Education Is Taking Off. What’s the Appeal?Classical schooling is an apprenticeship to the great minds and creators of the past, enabling students to develop their own thinking.Teaching Profession Inside the First-Ever White House State Dinner for TeachersTeachers were feted by first lady Jill Biden and other national leaders, with a surprise appearance by a powerful dignitary.Teaching Profession The New Taylor Swift Song That's Become a 'Teacher Anthem'The lyric "I cry a lot, but I am so productive—it's an art," is resonating with teachers.Reading & Literacy Teachers Are Still Teaching Older Students Basic Reading Skills, Survey FindsWho across the K-12 spectrum engages frequently in activities that promote foundational reading skills? The answer may come as a surprise.College & Workforce Readiness The Botched FAFSA Rollout Leaves Students in LimboSome students wonder if their college dreams will survive.Teaching Opinion 4 Ways to Use Student Curiosity to Deepen LearningThese intentional shifts in the classroom can help teachers foster engagement and inquiry, writes a learning specialist.
School Climate & Safety
K-12 Essentials Forum
Strengthen Students’ Connections to School
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Join us as we break down how differentiated instruction can advance your school’s literacy and equity goals.
- Teaching Profession Will Biden’s New Loan-Forgiveness Plan Cast a Wider Net for Educators?The Biden administration is taking another tack to push through loan forgiveness, including for teachers.Reading & Literacy Explainer Make Time for the Read-Aloud. Here's HowLiteracy experts explain the benefits of making the read-aloud a daily classroom ritual.Teaching Opinion 5 Simple Tips for Making an Outsized Impact on StudentsThere are a few things you can do at the start of a lesson to build student trust.Teaching Q&A A Principal's Advice on Using Trust to Quell Unruly Student BehaviorEducators have leverage on how students behave when they build connections with them.Social Studies What the Research Says Oral History Offers a Model for How Schools Can Introduce Students to Complex TopicsCommunity history projects like a curriculum in Memphis, Tenn. can help students grapple with issues like school segregation, experts say.Teaching Profession An Unexpected Effect of Teacher Strikes on How Much Schools SpendDistricts where strikes took place saw average per-pupil funding grow. But that wasn't the only impact of educator strikes.
School & District Management
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About the School District Technology Leader?
The tech director at school districts is a key player when it comes to purchasing. Test your knowledge of this key buyer persona and see how your results stack up with your peers.
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As another testing season approaches, a familiar question weighs heavily on our minds: who are these tests serving?
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Learn how math gatherings provide a collaborative approach to math instruction.
Reading & Literacy
Spotlight
Spotlight on The Science of Reading in Practice
This Spotlight will help you analyze new curricula designed to build knowledge, review the benefits of reading aloud to students, and more.