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Teaching Profession
Massages, Mammograms, and Dental Care: How One School Saves Teachers' Time
This Atlanta school offers unique onsite benefits to teachers to help them reduce stress.
Mathematics
Q&A
Teacher Group Wants a Focus on Low Math Performance, Too
A teacher-led nonprofit releases recommendations focus on how to avoid “math aversion” in middle school.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How Two Teachers Helped Me Weave a Dream
A journalist and debut book author dedicates her novel to two of her high school English teachers.
Teaching
Opinion
Better Classroom Management Can't Wait. How to Make Changes Now
The three “truths” about managing student behavior that every teacher should unlearn today.
Special Education
The Pros and Cons of AI in Special Education
AI can make special educators' jobs easier by handling paperwork and serving as an adaptive tool. But there are privacy and other concerns.
Special Education
From Our Research Center
What Happens for High Schoolers Who Need More Than 4 Years?
Districts work to serve older students longer than four years to plan for a changing career world.
English-Language Learners
‘A Unique Challenge’: What English Learners With Disabilities Need
From language barriers to bilingual education program lockouts, dual-identified students face unique challenges researchers say.
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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 RatesA 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 OnStudents 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.
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 ChiefUnder Carey Wright's leadership, Mississippi pulled off a reading "miracle." She has a similar transformation in mind for Maryland.
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.
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Mathematics Video Make Math Instruction Better: 3 Tips on How From ResearchersEducation Week's Sarah D. Sparks shares three insights on improving math instruction from this year's AERA conference.
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.
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.