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A few years back, a groundswell of Brooklyn parents in District 13 wanted to ditch gifted and talented classes, concerned about sorting and segregating children starting in kindergarten. Then-Superintendent Kamar Samuels, now chancellor of New York City schools, wanted to find an alternative that offered rigorous acade…
We need leaders at all levels — but especially at the state level where policy is usually made — to offer districts clearer support and guidelines about appropriate and inappropriate uses.
Student interns at Chico State have created a course curriculum about regenerative farming, which incorporates the use of cover crops and rotational grazing to boost soil health. The technique helps retain moisture and reduces the need for traditional nitrogen fertilizer.
When teachers regularly pause during lectures so students can process their thinking with handwritten notes, content is more likely to stick.
Supplemental materials that offer students different ways to approach the same topic could end up confusing struggling learners more.
In 1977, Karen Hawley Miles’ family left Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for Washington, D.C. She was a junior in high school, a particularly rough time to be uprooted from her friends and neighborhood. Still, she appreciated the reason the Carter administration summoned her father to the nation’s capital. Willis Hawley,…
For the past seven years, North Davie Middle School has exceeded growth. It would have been easy to celebrate that success and keep doing what had always worked. But a closer look at the data revealed an uncomfortable truth —...
Rushing is a constant temptation when there’s so much to be done—these strategies will help even veteran teachers avoid the pitfalls.
Teachers can focus on making boring worksheets more engaging, embedding them into a rigorous, engaging lesson.