Curriculum
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Amid teaching shortages, can educators in related subject areas fill gaps?
When educators in specialized subjects like physics aren't available, additional support and PD can help other math or science educators fill the roles.
By Lauren Barack • April 07, 2021 -
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Maintaining STEM engagement in hybrid, remote learning
Disruptions to in-person learning have required STEM educators to adapt and create alternatives for hands-on, interactive lessons.
By Shawna De La Rosa • April 07, 2021 -
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Social-Emotional Learning
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing social-emotional learning amid the mental and emotional health concerns of the pandemic.
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Pop culture can expand windows through which to view curricula
Using comics, film, TV or other student interests can frame topics in relatable perspectives while providing opportunities for choice in demonstrating learning.
By Lauren Barack • March 31, 2021 -
Stojkovic, Nenad. (2020). "Online teaching. Little girl working on the laptop." [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
Can UDL strategies bridge learning divides as schools move to reopen?
The Universal Design for Learning framework can help optimize lessons across in-person, online and hybrid models, an educator suggests.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 31, 2021 -
Study: Audio-based literacy expands early learners' vocabularies
Researchers found the use of interactive, pre-recorded storybooks significantly improved at-risk preschoolers' vocabularies, with gains including words such as "disappointed," "enormous," "brave" and "protect."
By Roger Riddell • March 30, 2021 -
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As support for LGBT-inclusive curricula grows, districts navigate persistent challenges
Five states have mandates for LGBT-inclusive curricula, but experts say navigating pushback and supporting educators are ongoing struggles.
By Lauren Barack • March 24, 2021 -
Using mysteries to build critical thinking into curriculum
Assignments requiring collaboration and deductive reasoning to arrive at a solution based on a series of clues can be built into a variety of subjects.
By Lauren Barack • March 24, 2021 -
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How are educators overcoming hybrid learning pain points?
Building norms and systems for participation can foster a sense of community that connects both students learning in-person and those attending virtually.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 24, 2021 -
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Review of 41 California districts finds lack of adequate EL learning continuity plans
The report's findings from a small sample of districts suggest a need to focus on culturally competent family and student outreach and engagement.
By Naaz Modan • March 19, 2021 -
Study: Michigan reading law improving student literacy
Educators still question the law's requirement to retain students in 3rd grade who aren't reading at level, but they feel its literacy supports have helped.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 17, 2021 -
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Roundup: How are schools inspiring and engaging students a year into the pandemic?
With schools nationwide transitioning from all-virtual back to in-person learning, we've gathered some of our recent coverage on best practices.
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Choice in school assessments can relieve student stress
By rethinking assessments, educators can offer students more options in how their learning is evaluated, writes a South Carolina teacher.
By Lauren Barack • March 17, 2021 -
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SXSW EDU: 4 effective ways to bring students of color back to learning
Meaningful relationships, engagement practices, mental health initiatives and policy reviews are among measures necessary to support students of color and other marginalized learners, panelists said.
By Naaz Modan • March 15, 2021 -
Breaks can boost concentration, memory for students stressed by pandemic
Recess and other regular breaks can help students recharge before getting back to learning, whether in school or learning from home, experts suggest.
By Lauren Barack • March 10, 2021 -
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Q&ACurricular Counsel: What factors are mitigating COVID-19 learning loss?
Kelly Rosario of Pennsylvania's Parkland School District said variables like parent engagement have been crucial to keeping schools on track.
By Roger Riddell • March 10, 2021 -
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Report: High-dosage tutoring in Chicago improved high school math grades
The results of a University of Chicago Education Lab tutoring program show up to a 2.5-year gain in math instruction within one academic year.
By Naaz Modan • March 10, 2021 -
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Elementary reading development stalled during pandemic
Stanford researchers found the reading fluency of 2nd- and 3rd-graders was most affected, approximately 30% behind where it would typically be.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 10, 2021 -
CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS. "covid-19 coronavirus on black background". Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/images.htm.
Deep Dive8 ways a year of dueling crises is shaping the future of K-12 schools
The impacts of a pandemic disrupting school from the ground up and the nation's reckoning with systemic racism will be felt for years to come.
By Roger Riddell , Kara Arundel , Naaz Modan • March 10, 2021 -
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SXSW EDU: 3 key areas where COVID-19 challenged special education
Online learning accessibility has been a major barrier for students with disabilities and their teachers, but some progress has been made, speakers and attendees said Tuesday.
By Kara Arundel • March 10, 2021 -
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How teachers are inspiring students to read during the pandemic
Access to textbooks is difficult, but teachers are using creative ways — even recruiting NFL stars — to find reading resources and make literacy engaging.
By Kara Arundel • March 04, 2021 -
Cory Maloy
How to develop curriculum that reflects all students
Educators can introduce young students to culturally responsive material as soon as they begin their in-school education, one curriculum specialist writes.
By Lauren Barack • March 03, 2021 -
"State Capitol Building, USA, California, Sacramento" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pixy.
$1.1M civics framework launches with support from 6 former ed secretaries
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Department of Education, the Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy aims to strengthen civics and history education to improve discourse and heal divides.
By Shawna De La Rosa • March 03, 2021 -
State assessments must go on: How will districts prepare?
States must administer tests, with flexibilities, despite COVID-19, but education leaders say there are many hurdles to overcome even with options.
By Naaz Modan • Feb. 25, 2021 -
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How to create more meaningful STEM lessons
Educators say hands-on and other projects, like coding a virtual Mars rover, can tie lessons to events in the world around students.
By Lauren Barack • Feb. 24, 2021 -
Reading Partners
Read-alouds can boost students' interest in books, strengthen literacy skills
A teacher writes that the activity gives students an opportunity to hear an adult model reading skills and can motivate them to take time to read for pleasure.
By Shawna De La Rosa • Feb. 24, 2021
