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This Initiative Seeks to Redesign How We Staff Schools
A team-based approach to school staffing gives room for educators, school leaders, and system leaders to rethink their roles.
English Learners
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Teachers Share Their Best Lessons for Intermediate English Learners
Students build confidence in their language skills when they're taught four basic sentence structures, moving from simple to more complex.
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'Magical': How One Teacher Describes a Pandemic-Recovery Moment
Not all student losses from the pandemic are headline-grabbing. Students have forgotten some basic skills.
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Media Literacy Is an Essential Skill. Schools Should Teach It That Way
From biased news coverage to generative AI, students (and adults) need help now more than ever to stay abreast of what’s real—or misleading.
Teaching
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How to Kill Student Curiosity in 5 Steps (and What to Do Instead)
In countless classrooms across the nation, I’ve observed well-intentioned teachers and administrators slowly stifle student creativity.
Teaching
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How to Ace Your First Year of Teaching
A veteran teacher offers 9 tips for how to make your classroom calm and productive right from the start.
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How to Let Your Values Guide You as a School Leader
Has your “why” become fuzzy? Here are four steps to keep principals motivated and moving forward.
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Celebrating Black History Education: A Collection
This year’s special Education Week Opinion project celebrating Black History Month focuses on what is going well in Black history education.
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'I Used to Think School Systems Were Broken': Educators Reflect
Changing your mind or evolving your thinking is not easy. Hear how these education leaders did just that.
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The Principal Is In: Advice for Principals
In a biweekly Education Week column, experienced principals and other school leadership experts offer advice for their peers.
Student Well-Being
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How to Support Your Students Following a Traumatic News Day
Educators and researchers share their advice and reflections on how to respond to tragic events at home and abroad.
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English Learners Opinion Short and Sweet Tips for Supporting English LearnersMore English learners than ever are enrolling in the nation's schools. Here's how every teacher can support them.
Classroom Technology Opinion The Promise and Peril of AI for EducationAs GPS did for our sense of direction, AI could erode students’ connection to knowledge.
Teaching Opinion Teacher Strategies for Making Learning More Relevant to StudentsOnce you understand what makes your students tick, you are better equipped to develop meaningful lessons.
Teaching Opinion Tips for Making Differentiated Instruction Manageable"Planning backward" and other tips for the successful implementation of this teaching technique.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Are Your Students the Protagonists of Their Own Educations?A veteran educator spells out three ways student agency can deepen learning and increase equity.
Reading & Literacy Opinion Students Are Struggling With Literacy. The Public Library Can HelpAn early-childhood educator makes the case for partnering schools with local libraries to improve students’ reading and writing skills.
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Teaching Opinion To Build Trust in the Classroom, Encourage Students to Share Their StoriesBefore asking students to open up, teachers need to build an environment where young people feel safe. Here's how to do that.
Social Studies Opinion Mister Rogers Showed Me How to Teach CivicsLearning civics can begin in kindergarten with the simple understanding that we are all part of a community. Here’s what that looks like.
Equity & Diversity Opinion Enrollment Down. Achievement Lackluster. Should This School Close?An equity researcher describes how coming district-reorganization decisions can help preserve Black communities in central cities.
Teaching Opinion 'More Inclusive Policies,' What Teachers Say They WantWhen restrictions are placed on instruction, students lose out.
English Learners Opinion When Is It OK to Use Google Translate in the English-Learner Classroom?Students need to be encouraged to believe they're smarter than the translation tool.
Student Achievement Opinion Does Getting Rid of the 'Zero' Fuel Grade Inflation?Not everyone thinks this student grading practice is a good idea, including some researchers and educators.
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Spotlight on Secondary Intervention
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