Staff and students at Yates Elementary in Schenectady, N.Y., rarely end a conversation without uttering two words: “Choose Kind,” according to Education Week. The phrase, written on signs throughout the school and spoken at the
The subject of history can often evoke imagery of dusty tomes sitting in darkened basement stacks, according to an article in K-12 Dive. Educators can help students look at the numerous creative ways humans have
Playing video games is a huge part of daily teen life, and more schools are using gaming to reach disengaged students, according to Education Week. The vast majority (85 percent) of teens in the United
Public school teachers are stressed out by their work. They have a gloomy outlook on the problems students face and a dim view of K-12 education’s future, according to an article in Forbes. These views
“Kids in struggling communities and socially isolated neighborhoods far too often follow a predictable pattern: They miss some school, get in some trouble, and soon find themselves failing courses,” according to Robert Balfanz, a research
Like most teachers, Dani Boepple devotes a lot of mental energy to devising ways to motivate and engage her students, according to an article in Education Week. Boepple teaches science at McDonald Middle School in
Giving teachers more control over their collaboration with peers may boost the effectiveness of teacher teams and encourage educators to stay in the classroom, according to Education Week. At Westwood High School in Mesa, Ariz.,
Kids are born to play. And when Peter Gray was young, adults made sure that’s exactly what they did, according to an article in The 74. Gray grew up in the 1950s, when children were
“At districts, efforts to transform education should center on launching skunkworks programs,” according to Thomas Arnett, a senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, writing in Education Next. “These will not be shiny new
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