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Yale University's popular "happiness class" is now available for high school students and educators.
Social-emotional learning is too often neglected at the middle and high school levels.
Tutoring is most effective when it's explicitly designed to help students understand new concepts in districts' scope and sequence for teaching content.
Schools are under fire from some parent groups over books they deem explicit. This is how those books end up in their library collections.
Seventy-six percent of teachers had had no formal training on the subject—even as kids clamor for more information and school days get hotter.
Training requirements vary from state to state.
School librarians will soon have to seek parent approval to order new books, and have to avoid books considered "indoctrination."
School librarians will soon have to seek parent approval to order new books, and have to avoid books considered "indoctrination."
A driving simulation created to tune up attention skills in young drivers with ADD could have wider benefits.
Crayola Creativity Week is a free program designed to celebrate the joy of creativity to kids, educators and parents everywhere!
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has far-reaching implications for constitutional interpretation, individual rights, and health care—issues that are at the core of social studies and sex education classes. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a right to abortion, will …
How the Overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Will Reverberate Through Classrooms Read More »
The perennially touchy issue of sex education has erupted again—this time in states not known for being especially prudish about the topic. Both Illinois and New Jersey rolled out changes to health and sex education standards this school year. And in both states, the revisions have sparked complaints—often specifically about what the standards say about …
Sex Education: 4 Questions and Answers About the Latest Controversy Read More »
Book challenges, restrictions, and outright bans on materials in K-12 classrooms and school libraries are popping up more and more across the country these days. Though such challenges are a perennial problem, school districts have seen an uptick in requests to ban books about LGBTQ characters, race, and racism. A PEN America report found that …
Is Your School Facing a Book Challenge? These Online Resources May Help Read More »
Children and adults alike get bombarded with questionable information every day, whether it’s fake TikTok videos on the war in Ukraine, targeted ads on Facebook, or disinformation on climate change on TV. The challenge, for schools, is to prepare students to enter adulthood prepared to detect bias and recognize when they are being manipulated. But, …
Many Adults Did Not Learn Media Literacy Skills in High School. What Schools Can Do Now Read More »
Much of the conversation around academic recovery has focused on providing additional instructional time: strategies like one-on-one tutoring, or summer learning programs. But some states have also put a special focus on curriculum—using COVID relief money to promote districts’ adoption of high-quality materials, provide aligned training, and develop plans for using the materials to accelerate …
The Case for Curriculum: Why Some States Are Prioritizing It With COVID Relief Funds Read More »
Alongside the lesson planning, grading, and behavior management that are part of teachers’ day-to-day, most also face another big responsibility: curriculum design. Over 90 percent of teachers make or seek out their own materials—a situation that’s time-consuming for educators and can be inequitable for students. Quality on the lesson-sharing websites that many teachers turn to …
Off-the-Shelf or Custom-Made? Why Some Districts Are Designing Their Own Curriculum Read More »
As Republican legislators have passed measures restricting how teachers can discuss race, gender, and sexuality in the classroom, many have repeated the same argument—that parents don’t want these topics discussed in schools. But a sweeping new survey finds that Americans’ views are actually more nuanced. Most Americans think high school students should learn about a …
Republicans and Democrats Agree: High Schools Should Teach ‘Controversial’ Issues Read More »
Over the past two years, attempts to limit the ways that teachers can discuss race, sex, and gender in the classroom have swept through state legislatures and school board meetings across the country. But a new analysis of elementary school curricula suggests that some of the most popular teaching materials often neglect those topics, and …
Are These ELA Programs Culturally Responsive? (And Who Gets to Decide, Anyway?) Read More »
2022 has been a banner year for Asian American and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, studies: New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island have all passed legislation to mandate the topic in K-12 schools—following the example of Illinois, which in 2021 became the first state to require it. Now, say educators and scholars, the real work begins: Shaping …
States Are Mandating Asian American Studies. What Should the Curriculum Look Like? Read More »