
Curriculum
Across various states in the USA, a growing concern is the handling of school discipline, which has seen notable changes in recent times. One noteworthy incident involved a ninth-grade student in Kentucky who, after being suspended for making violent threats against fellow students, returned to school as soon as the suspension period ended. This situation …
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John Huber
Fidgeting used to be a problem teachers tried to solve. These days, we recognize that students don’t need to be completely still in order to learn, and constructive fid…
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Responding to what you read is an important literacy skill. Reading about other people’s experiences and perspectives helps kids learn about the world. And although stu…
Elizabeth Mulvahill
Plans in a Florida district to reduce the works of Shakespeare to excerpts were met with derision by state education officials.
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English teachers in Hillsborough County are preparing lessons with only excerpts from Shakespeare’s works to avoid anything racy or sexual.
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Coding lessons begin as early as prekindergarten in the Mineola school district outside of New York City.
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After banning the Bible in elementary and middle schools, district officials reverse course.
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Some districts are using that law to remove certain books from schools altogether.
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The nonprofit has previously said if required topics are censored in AP courses, students could lose credit.
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School nurses, psychologists, counselors, and other health workers give low marks to their district or school's sex education curriculum.
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A former television reporter helps students learn to process news critically in both Spanish and English.
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Standards-based reform has held sway for decades. But teachers say schools continue to send mixed signals about priorities for learning.
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"The reality our children face requires of them a lot more than a mastery of academics," says this letter writer.
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Roblox counts 60 million daily users. Now it's pushing into K-12 schools—with the help of influential nonprofit partners.
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A Johns Hopkins professor discusses how to improve what he sees as a siloed, incoherent education system to best serve students.
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Physical books encourage a deeper reading of a text than digital devices do, some experts argue.
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A push is on in some states to make swim lessons part of the school curriculum.
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Listen to a conversation about how educators can approach teaching about climate change.
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If educators are focusing on priority standards, they’re missing the big picture of curriculum-based teaching.
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The expanded use of artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT is creating a critical moment for media literacy education.
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North Dakota is requiring all students to study either cybersecurity or computer science content to graduate.
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Teachers and administrators want to help prepare students for a changing world. Three important steps can get them started.
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Cybersecurity education can help kids land high-paying jobs with a public service focus, a panel convened by the Biden administration said.
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