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Early Childhood Video How Play-Based Learning Helps Children Practice Math and Literacy Skills
See how elementary teachers use play-based learning to reinforce math and literacy instruction.
Marvin Joseph & Madeline Will
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Teaching Opinion How to Intertwine the Science of Teaching With the Art of It
The best teachers rely on many strategies to meet the challenges that arise in the classroom.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Early Childhood Here’s Where RFK Jr.’s Head Start Deregulation Would Hit Hardest
The Trump administration has proposed dismantling several key Head Start regulations.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Early Childhood 'Whoa Whisper' and 'Busy Hands': 7 Ways to Teach Kindergartners Impulse Control
Teachers report that young students struggle to control their impulses. Here's why, and how to help.
Elizabeth Heubeck
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At the start of her 26th year as a kindergarten teacher in Cinnaminson, Maureen Coller comforts Logan Santos on the first day of school at the New Albany School on Sept. 4, 2026. After hugging him, Coller showed him a photo on her phone of his sister, who is two years ahead of him at the school. His grandmother is also a lunchtime cafeteria worker, so he was fine. Coller graduated from the district in 1997 and was inducted into the Educator Hall of Fame this week.
Kindergarten teacher Maureen Coller comforts Logan Santos on the first day of school at the New Albany School in Cinnaminson, N.J., on Sept. 4, 2026. Early elementary teachers say their students are struggling with impulse control and other executive function skills.
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Social Studies In Social Studies, Does AI Shortcut Historical Thinking? Or Deepen It?
A national student history contest banned AI use, raising questions about its role in social studies.
Sarah Schwartz
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Caitlyn Wilder, a social studies teacher at Northern Lehigh High School, helps a student who is using artificial intelligence software and a chatbot to complete a worksheet in English and Spanish on Sept. 23, 2025 , at the Slatington school.
Caitlyn Wilder, a social studies teacher at Northern Lehigh High School, helps a student who is using artificial intelligence software and a chatbot to complete a worksheet on Sept. 23, 2025, in Slatington, Pa. A history organization's ban on AI tools to help students brainstorm or create products for their history competition entries raises new questions about whether, in social studies, the tools can help aid historical thinking—or short-circuit learning.
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Teaching Profession Q&A What Teacher Shortages Really Say About the Profession
In the new book, Ending Teacher Shortages, researcher Tuan Nguyen highlights need to move from magic bullets to a more stable workforce
Sarah D. Sparks
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The definition of teacher sits on teacher Leon Smith's desk at Haverford High School, in Haverford, PA on March 20, 2024.
A definition of the word teacher sits on Leon Smith's desk at Haverford High School, in Haverford, PA on March 20, 2024. New data suggest a long-term trend of higher vacancies and more underprepared teachers.
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Reading & Literacy Book Challenges Are Still Near All-Time Highs, New Data Show
Most efforts to remove books from school libraries are concentrated in a handful of states.
Sarah Schwartz
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Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18, 2023. Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school.
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18, 2023. Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school.
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    Reading & Literacy Opinion How a Marketplace Full of Reading Tools Only Adds to the Literacy Problem
    This is a symptom of a larger issue: the lack of coherence in K-12 education.
    Michelle Brown, October 1, 2026
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    Students break down a word using the Neuhaus method during class at Starpoint School in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 . Starpoint is a laboratory school that focuses on education for students with learning difficulties like dyslexia.
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    Early Childhood This State Has a Plan to Improve Early Childhood Special Education. Here's How
    Experts discuss the difficulties that families and educators face in supporting young students with disabilities.
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    Teachers working with English learners attend informative sessions about instruction at the WIDA national conference in St. Louis, Mo. on Sept. 17, 2026. One session addressed how all teachers can teach language through math class.
    Teachers working with English learners attend informative sessions about instruction at the WIDA national conference in St. Louis, Mo., on Sept. 17, 2026. One session addressed how all teachers can teach language through math class.
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    Mathematics Why Every Math Educator Is Also a Language Teacher
    Vocabulary instruction plays a foundational role in math class say teachers of English learners.
    Ileana Najarro, September 30, 2026
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    A Pre-K 4 SA student arrives for class, Oct. 9, 2025, in San Antonio.
    A Pre-K student arrives for class on Oct. 9, 2025, in San Antonio. As district leaders weigh integrating early learning into K-12 systems, there are logistical challenges to consider.
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    Early Childhood How Two Districts Are Shaping Pre-K Learning
    Superintendents say a strong strategic vision and high-quality PD are key.
    Olina Banerji, September 30, 2026
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    A child's hand uses a pen to write math problems in a spiral bound notebook on top of a classroom desk.
    A student works on math problems in a 4th grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. The state plans to assess the math skills of K-2 students to identify math difficulties earlier.
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    Mathematics A Big State Joined the Math Legislation Trend. How Others May Benefit
    A new California law requires schools to screen K-2 students for math difficulties, the latest state effort to improve math education.
    Evie Blad, September 30, 2026
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    College & Workforce Readiness Post-High-School Outcomes Vary Around the World. How Do U.S. Graduates Stack Up?
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