4 considerations for districts weighing school name changes
Schools named for Confederate leaders and other controversial figures are facing greater scrutiny and pressure to change. Administrators shared best practices and lessons learned in...
Is Teaching Still an Appealing Profession? A Growing Teacher Shortage Worries Experts
One of the largest school districts in California, is facing a worrying but all-too-familiar problem: Finding enough qualified teachers, or even substitutes From EdSurge By...
NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning
U.S. parents are guardedly optimistic about the academic and social development of their children From NPR Ed By Anya Kamanetz March 5, 2021 Photo Credit:...
Empowering After School programs off to great start
DARKE COUNTY – Despite delayed starts due to Covid concerns, After School Programs in three Darke County school districts are helping students regain lost ground...
How teachers are inspiring students to read during the pandemic
Access to textbooks is difficult, but teachers are using creative ways — even recruiting NFL stars — to find reading resources and make literacy engaging....
Should kindergarten be mandatory in California?
Long before the first day of school in first grade, some children may be far behind their peers. That was true even before the pandemic...
Cultivating Joy in Writing in the Elementary Grades
An online writing group—which could be adapted for in person learning—builds confidence in students’ ability to express their ideas. From Edutopia By Justine Bruyère March...
Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed?
Prognosticators predicted mass shutterings. That hasn’t happened, but other enormous changes are underway. From Chronicles of Higher Education By Rebecca S. Natow Photo Credit: depositphotos...
Texas Teachers Go Door to Door as Kids Disappear From Remote Classes
At one San Antonio middle school, teachers don’t wait for students to go missing — they search for them at the first sign of trouble...
PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning
U.S. Education Department found only three technologies met stringent criteria for being effective From The Hechinger Report By Jill Barshay Photo Credit: Dreamstime March 1,...
Report: Parent school reviews correlate with test scores, not growth or effectiveness
A new report published in a journal of the American Educational Research Association shows school reviews, rather than school effectiveness, which measures student growth overtime....
What colleges should know about the coronavirus variants
Infectious disease and public health experts discuss whether institutions should step up safety measures in response to the new strains. From Higher Ed Dive Natalie...
How are districts prepping for an unprecedented assessment season?
As school leaders await word from their states following recent Department of Education guidance, their districts are preparing for multiple scenarios. From K-12 Dive By...
Covid: Catch-up narrative putting ‘huge pressure’ on children, psychologists say
Photo Credit: iStock From BBC February 22, 2021 The idea that children must "catch up" with learning lost due to the pandemic is heaping "huge"...
Feds say K-12 school tests can be delayed, not canceled
Photo: Bill Lackey/Staff From Dayton Daily News By Jeremy P. Kelley Feb 22, 2021 The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced flexibility, but not...