Monologues can help students build presence, confidence

Learning to write and perform one-character plays can hone skills including storytelling, essay writing and public speaking.

By Lauren Barack • June 8, 2022

Q&A

Curricular Counsel: Boosting student agency with less ‘hovering’

An instructional specialist from Maryland details how educators can engage students with more voice and choice across curricula.

By Roger Riddell • June 8, 2022

States use ESSER funding to fulfill teachers’ requests for materials

Six states partnered with the crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose to use federal pandemic funding for individual teacher classroom projects.

By Kara Arundel • June 7, 2022

Opinion

We need to stop teaching high school subjects separately

A teacher writes that schedules and grading systems must be rethought to give students freedom to engage in projects that meld subject areas.

By Alyssa McKee • June 6, 2022

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Making SEL work for high school students

Making meaningful, engaging SEL content for high schoolers is hard. Over the years, we’ve learned some critical lessons to share here.

By Patrick Cook-Deegan • June 6, 2022

Opinion

Why text diversity matters

A literacy director with NWEA shares how her experiences with ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ highlight the importance of diverse literature.

By Miah Daughtery • June 1, 2022

Metacognitive skills help develop student voice

Knowledge, experience and processes are among areas of focus educators can tap to encourage and support students to develop agency in learning.

By Lauren Barack • June 1, 2022

Schools seek to strengthen work-based learning opportunities

A new report details how these programs have positive impacts on student employment and earnings, academic outcomes and more.

By Kara Arundel • June 1, 2022

Gates Foundation pushes to scale dual enrollment and early college

A dozen $175,000 grants are intended to help make low- or no-cost associate degrees available to students within a year of high school graduation.

By Rick Seltzer • May 31, 2022

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5 best practices for better classroom assessments

Here’s what you need to know about how this innovative tool can improve your classroom assessment strategy.

May 31, 2022

Experts advocate for early dyslexia screening, intervention

Invention approaches for students can include phonics, college-age peer mentoring programs, resources from dyslexia support organizations and more.

By Lauren Barack • May 25, 2022

Students lag on media literacy — but the gap isn’t unbridgeable

Research suggests high school students who receive just six 50-minute lessons in digital literacy are twice as likely to identify questionable websites.

By Anna Merod • May 25, 2022

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Put your own oxygen mask on first: How school mental health professionals can banish burnout

4 key ways school counselors and psychologists can cope with the current feelings of overwhelm in the face of these significantly increased workloads.

May 23, 2022

Lawmakers and witnesses discuss race, gender in classrooms

Where some in a Thursday congressional hearing saw curriculum limits as censorship and intimidation, others said divisive topics distract from instruction.

By Kara Arundel • May 20, 2022

Opinion

4 key factors to support district-wide math achievement

A retired superintendent writes that making math achievement a “non-negotiable” is critical to improving outcomes.

By Amy Hodgson • May 19, 2022

Q&A // LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP

Lessons In Leadership: Dallas superintendent reflects on wins, challenges ahead of second retirement

Michael Hinojosa shared how he’s navigated sometimes tense relationships with lawmakers, the importance of succession planning and more.

By Roger Riddell • May 19, 2022

High school students’ interest in humanities outpaces other subjects

Despite declining postsecondary interest, engagement is growing in K-12, according to analysis by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

By Anna Merod • May 18, 2022