Student discipline in response to plagiarism rose from 48% to 64% over the last school year, according to the Center for Democracy & Technology, as reported in K-12 Dive. The CDT found: Nearly twice as many teachers said
For educators, specific feedback is more valuable than general compliments. Public shoutouts of good work can be polarizing. And free food ranks low on the list of meaningful acknowledgments, according to Education Week. A nationally
Education doesn’t have to be guided by rigid definitions and practices, according to eSchool News. Educators can make four simple shifts towards deeper inquiry: Curiosity: If we want to foster student curiosity, teachers first need
Incidents of student misconduct have risen in New York City since pandemic disruptions, though serious crimes in schools have decreased, according to the New York Times. New York City schools are grappling with a spike
Education Week opinion contributor Justin Minkel teaches 2nd and 3rd grades at Jones Elementary in Springdale, Ark., a high-performing, high-poverty school where 85 percent of the students are English-language learners. He is focused on bringing
By traditional measures of well-being, America’s children and teens should be doing well, according to the Hechinger Report. Consider that: Over the past two decades, high school graduation rates have gone up. Fewer teens are
A new study from the Michigan Virtual found that K-12 teachers are generally more hesitant, concerned, and feel negatively about using artificial intelligence, while administrators and curriculum designers have more positive views about the technology,
Adults and adolescents in the United States say schools are not up to the task of preparing children for a successful future, concludes a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit research and advocacy
Teachers at P.S. 84 said their own experiences with phonics training have been mixed, according to Chalkbeat Detroit. “We have been through many different [phonics] programs, so it was a little bit all over the
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