By identifying, empowering and incentivizing the best classroom teachers, schools can revive stagnant student achievement, according to an article in Education Next by Eric Hanushek, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Months after Indiana lawmakers relaxed certain rules, two programs providing students with state funding for education outside of their schools saw enrollment spike for the 2024-25 school year, according to Chalkbeat Indiana. The Education Scholarship
“My grandmother used to say, ‘Many hands make light work.’ As I’ve navigated the waters of our education system, her words echo louder than ever,” writes Keisha Rembert, an author and doctoral student who spent
In most school districts across the nation, teachers report to work a week before students arrive for the first day of school, according to Chalkbeat New York. In New York City, teachers return just two
One in four district leaders recently surveyed say chronic absenteeism is so bad that none of their strategies are working, according to The 74. Some attribute the problem to increased parental apathy about the importance
The shortage of qualified STEM teachers is a pressing issue, as schools struggle to recruit and retain educators in high-demand fields like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, according to a news brief in Education Slice. Says
“When my Los Angeles high school banned cell phones, I brought in a boombox and my CD collection,” writes Joel Snyder, a government and economics teacher in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of Los Angeles, in a
“Educators know the value of students learning great works of poetry, but teaching poetry often lacks a key ingredient: orality,” writes Clay Greene, assistant professor of literature at the University of Austin, in an Education
More than 8 million high schoolers are active in school-sponsored sports, an all-time high, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), as reported in K-12 Dive. Sports participation grew by 210,469
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