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Chronic Absenteeism Has Exploded. What Can Schools Do?
The key to addressing this issue is rebuilding the relationship between families and schools.
Student Well-Being
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There Is a Better Way for Students to Ask for Feedback
Adam Grant draws from a personal example to demonstrate how anyone can get more useful input.
Teaching
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Do I Really Have to Go to Summer School? How to Get Students to Change Their Minds
Students often view summer school as a punishment. Schools can take steps to shift that perception.
Social Studies
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Lessons From Training Teachers to Teach Black History
Here’s how I’ve tried to reclaim Black history from the margins—and how you can do the same.
Student Well-Being
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The #1 Thing My Students Want Their Parents to Know: They're Stressed
In my 27 years as an educator, here are four strategies I’ve found to help students cope with stress.
Social Studies
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What I Wish I Knew About Teaching Black History Before I Left the Classroom
An educator explains how she struggled to portray Black icons as real people in the early days of her teaching career.
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VIDEO: An Educator Answers FAQs on Teaching Black History
A Black educator answers educators' frequently asked questions around teaching Black history.
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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.
School & District Management
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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.
Leadership
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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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Teaching Profession Opinion Why Is the Nation Invested in Tearing Down Public Education?Education professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball argues that panic over test scores keeps us from building on the strengths of our children.
Reading & Literacy Opinion How to Help Students With Their Writing. 4 Educators Share Their SecretsIn many classrooms, students are handcuffed by restrictive templates for assignments instead of getting to practice how to create.
Science Opinion High-Quality Science Instruction Should Be 3-Dimensional. Here's What That Looks LikeCookie-cutter lab assignments that ask students to follow explicit instructions to reach the "right" conclusion limit learning.
Policy & Politics Opinion Scholars’ Writing Is Often Unclear. Why That Matters for the K-12 FieldAcademic writing is often incomprehensible. Public-facing writing can help scholars break bad habits.
Teaching Opinion How to Expand Teens' VocabularyStudents are unlikely to expand their vocabulary by copying definitions of words. There are other, better ways.
School & District Management Opinion Are We Thinking About Absenteeism Wrong? What It Takes to Keep Kids in SchoolFormer superintendent Joshua Starr asks his son why he bothers to go to school.
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Student Well-Being Opinion The Hidden Impact of Informal Student MentoringEven an informal mentoring relationship can help students achieve greater academic success.
Teaching Opinion Should Cellphones Be Permitted in Classrooms? Teachers Offer These StrategiesTeachers can play a role in helping students figure out appropriate times for using their phones.
English-Language Learners Opinion How to Connect With English-Language Newcomers. Teachers Share Their Favorite LessonsStock classrooms with books that reflect students’ lives, languages, and cultures and invite them into as yet unfamiliar worlds.
Teaching Opinion How to Facilitate Student-Centered Instruction: One Nonprofit Leader Shares LessonsMost educators want rigorous, differentiated, student-centered classrooms. The trick is actually creating them.
Social Studies Opinion Who’s Improving Black History Education for Everyone? Three Stand-OutsRecent highlights in Black history education, from the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education’s LaGarrett J. King.
Social Studies Opinion The Black History That Moves Us: A Resource List for EducatorsHere are some books, documentaries, websites, and social media accounts to help you teach Black history in all its complexity.
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Spotlight on Inclusion & Equity
This Spotlight will help you examine disparities in districts’ top positions, the difference between equity and equality, and more.
Reading & Literacy
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Spotlight on Early Childhood Literacy
This Spotlight will help you analyze early literacy gains from tutoring, learn how science of reading can boost achievement, and more.
Reading & Literacy
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Spotlight on The Science of Reading
This Spotlight will help you review the key components for reading comprehension, California’s approach to align teacher prep, and more.