As schools abandon textbooks for online and other alternatives, teaching and learning suffer, writes Robert C. Thornett in Education Next. He teaches humane letters and rhetoric at Chandler Prep, a Great Hearts classical school in
A growing number of programs are transitioning from short, uneven practical teacher training in classrooms to residencies, apprenticeships and mentoring, according to an article in The 74. Residents do more of the day-to-day work of
“Learned helplessness” is the belief that even with effort, a student will not progress, can resist help, quickly surrender academically and display passive behaviors, said speakers at the recent Council for Exceptional Children’s annual convention, according
School District of Philadelphia (PA) Superintendent Tony Watlington is accelerating a post-pandemic learning recovery in the nation’s 8th largest school district (200,000+ students) with curriculum rollouts, facilities improvements and more agenda action items, according to
A recent article in Forbes magazine, written by Lutz Finger, a data scientist in residence at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management with extensive experience as a technologist and product manager, lists the meaningful changes
The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork, located in Walkertown, North Carolina, serves approximately 300 K–5 students and is piloting an innovative teaching model, as described in an Appalachian Today article. Rather than a
Most states have begun to require K-12 schools to use early screening to assess students’ risk for reading problems like dyslexia, according to an article in Education Week. Many states want all students to receive
In the past decade, the U.S. Department of Justice has invested in research projects to get at the root causes of school violence and how best to make K-12 schools safer, according to the CU
More school districts are investing in the expansion and renewal of high-school shop classes — “betting on the future of manual skills overlooked in the digital age,” according to The Wall Street Journal. This growth
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