Growing evidence points to the role of critical thinking in educational achievement. Students need to activate critical thinking — higher-order thinking skills and metacognition — to effectively master and retain new content knowledge, synthesize it
Young students are struggling with fine motor skills, like using scissors and pencils, and social-emotional capabilities, such as following instructions and sharing, teachers report, according to Education Week. Strong majorities of preK-3 teachers said these
The sharp increase in chronic absenteeism over the past few years has led schools and their partners to use an abundance of strategies — including messaging, individual interventions and data analysis — to get students
From conflicts over pandemic-era masking policies to heated discussions about curriculum and library books, many of these disagreements have played out in especially public fashion, according to Education Week. Superintendents have been faced with questions
Sixth- through eighth-grade presents a challenge for science and math teachers as student motivation tends to decline during adolescence, according to Education Slice. Middle school students struggle with competence perceptions and the need for independence.
Will changing the traditional teaching model from one teacher instructing 25-30 students to five-six teachers instructing 80-100 students in a classroom meet the nationwide teacher shortage? WXYZ (Channel 7, Detroit) received responses from more than
Educators today are operating in an increasingly demanding and complex environment, according to K-12 Dive. The challenges have intensified in recent years — from shrinking budgets and expanding class sizes to adapting to new ways
“Clouds of doom continue to hover over the debate about teens’ mental health and the role of technology,” write Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Golinkoff and Lisa Guernsey in The Hechinger Report. The three are authors of
As the 2023-2024 school year comes to an end, K-12 teachers in the U.S. are widely experiencing strain at work, with 35 percent of U.S. educators reporting burnout on most days, leading to absenteeism and
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