What Is Background Knowledge? (Plus 21 Ways To Build It)
Reading is easier when you know more.
Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History
The author, his father, and his brother in Morgantown, Miss. (Photo courtesy of Jesse Hagopian) Several years ago my dad, Gerald Lenoir, discovered the plantation where our family was enslaved. Through his extensive genealogical research, he determined that my great-great-grandfather Thomas H. Lenoir was born into slavery on the Lenoir Plantation in Morgantown, Miss., in …
When to Stop for School Buses: Downloadable Rules for Every State
We collected school bus-related traffic laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and developed these downloadable diagrams.
Teacher Autonomy Isn’t Dead. Here’s How to Achieve It
Award-winning teachers and other experts suggest ways to build and maintain this cherished professional freedom.
High Pace of Superintendent Turnover Continues, Data Show
About one in five large districts lost a superintendent last year, researchers found.
A State Mandated School Threat Assessment. Here’s What It Meant for Students
What researchers learned from the largest analysis of school threat assessment to date.
One Day, AI Will Make Teaching Obsolete. As Educators, We Have a Different Role to Play.
This past spring, I overheard one of my fifth graders boast that he would start using ChatGPT to do his homework. I chuckled because I knew him well …
Here’s What’s Next for Charter Schools, According to Their Chief Advocate
Nina Rees, head of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, sat down with Education Week to discuss the future of charter schools.
Behind the Podcast That’s Trying to Entice More People of Color Into Teaching
New York City uses outside-the-box strategies to recruit and retain educators of color.