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Artificial Intelligence Opinion Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AI
The idea that AI can let teachers carve out more time for students is appealing, intuitive—and wrong.
Daniel Buck, March 18, 2026
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Teaching Opinion How Teachers Are Solving Classroom Problems by Doing Their Own Research
Educators share how they are using their own data and self-reflection to support their students.
Larry Ferlazzo, March 13, 2026
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Curriculum Download How to Teach Cursive: Six Practical Tips (Downloadable)
This printable downloadable provides actionable tips for teaching cursive handwriting.
Elizabeth Heubeck, March 10, 2026
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Equity & Diversity Opinion The Myths and Realities of Culturally Responsive Teaching
It's time to stop thinking of culturally responsive practices as one more item on the to-do list.
Larry Ferlazzo, March 9, 2026
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Teaching Opinion Student Agency Inspires Learning. Here Are 8 Ways to Foster It
Teachers must shift their mindset from dictating rules to co-creating agreements with students.
Larry Ferlazzo, March 6, 2026
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Reading & Literacy Opinion How Graphic Novels Can Bring Joy to Reading Instruction
Here's how teachers are using comic books and nonfiction graphic novels in literacy instruction.
Larry Ferlazzo, March 3, 2026
6 min read
Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026.
Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous U.S. air strikes rise over Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026. Providing age-appropriate opportunities for students to talk about war-related topics such as the current U.S.-Iran conflict can help them process those events in more meaningful ways.
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Social Studies How to Talk to Students About the U.S.-Iran Conflict
Educators need to let students' questions drive the discussions in age-appropriate ways.
Lauraine Langreo, March 2, 2026
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Teaching Opinion Are Students Really Learning? How to Check for Understanding
One of the best methods is to make student thinking visible.
Larry Ferlazzo, February 26, 2026
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Reading & Literacy Video Why One School Is Leading the Return to Cursive
Georgia has joined 20-plus states returning cursive handwriting to elementary school classrooms.
Kaylee Domzalski & Elizabeth Heubeck, February 24, 2026
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United States players celebrate after beating Canada in overtime in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
United States players celebrate after beating Canada in overtime in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. The Olympics have been used in schools as important lessons for educators and students.
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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.
Jennifer Vilcarino, February 20, 2026
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Illustrated silhouettes gathered before the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, a historic landmark, important to the Civil Rights Movement
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Social Studies Opinion 'There Are No Heroes Coming to Save Us': Black History Without the Hero Worship
We should teach the history of justice work through a community lens, explains Bettina L. Love.
Bettina L. Love, February 19, 2026
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Ballard High School students work together to solve an exercise at MisinfoDay, an event hosted by the University of Washington to help high school students identify and avoid misinformation, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Seattle. Educators around the country are pushing for greater digital media literacy education.
Students at Ballard High School in Washington state work to solve an exercise at MisinfoDay, a March 2023 event hosted by the University of Washington to help high school students identify and avoid misinformation.
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Curriculum Why Media Literacy Efforts Are Failing to Keep Up With Misinformation
Classroom educators need support from district and school leaders in addressing flashpoint topics.
Alyson Klein, February 19, 2026
5 min read