“We don’t have to remove all tech,” says Stephanie Malia Krauss, author of “How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World,” in an article in The 74. “We need to remove
Emphasizing play can be contrary to early learning goals, which often focuses on academic standards, according to an article in Education Week. But when learning is more playful, it becomes more effective, says Kimberly Nesbitt, an
A growing “Science of Math” movement has begun to take shape, drawing on cognitive science to reexamine how students acquire mathematical knowledge, writes Danielle Hankins, an educational psychologist and faculty member at Alliant University in
Nobody really knows how much screen time is too much for our health, according to an article in The News-Times (Danbury, Conn.) and posted by GovTech. Is there a need to worry? The American Academy
A new tool can help districts and publishers accelerate literacy in grades 9-12, writes Kristen McQuillan, executive director of Knowledge Matters, a national nonprofit that emphasizes the role of content knowledge in the sciences of
There’s an undeniable shift that leaves kids with fewer chances to practice the slow, sustained kind of reading that builds focus, imagination and emotional resilience, writes Dr. Benjamin N. Powers, executive director of The Southport School,
Some experts contend that blending algebra and geometry allows more students to learn high-level math in high school and college, according to an article in The Hechinger Report. Integrated math makes up only a fraction
About a dozen school districts have seen progress in reading and math after adopting high-quality curricula, professional learning and other systemwide changes, according to a recent report by the Center for Public Research and Leadership
One of the lifelines I’ve found for engaging students is project-based learning (PBL), writes Melanie Grosso, who teaches sixth-grade math at Riverside Presbyterian Day School in Jacksonville, Florida, in an eSchool News essay. Project-based learning is a teaching
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