How ‘Spotlight Reading’ Helps Students Learn to Trust Their Literary Instincts
Spotlight reading works best when done every week and for the entire school year. “The kids get into routines and
What Did the US Surgeon General Say About Parental Stress, And What Can We Do About It?
This post was originally published by Parenting Translator. Sign up for the newsletter and follow Parenting Translator on Instagram. Last week United States Surgeon General
How Can the Community School Model Support Newcomer Education?
Students at OIHS drop out at nearly half the rate that newcomers students do at other Oakland high schools. The
Kids Who Use ChatGPT as a Study Assistant Do Worse on Tests
ChatGPT’s errors also may have been a contributing factor. The chatbot only answered the math problems correctly half of the
Is Environmental Sustainability the New Liberal Arts?
“The scale of the challenges we face demands that all people have baseline understanding” of climate, the plan says. “[H]igher
How to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class
The model involves students working in small, randomly chosen groups; solving problems standing up at whiteboards; building on small bits
Researchers Combat AI Hallucinations in Math
The Berkeley researchers took advantage of the fact that ChatGPT, like humans, is erratic. They asked ChatGPT to answer the
To Raise Empathetic Children, Parents Must Practice Empathy Themselves
How is empathy “passed down” in this way? When parents respond to children’s distress in a supportive, empathetic way, it
Debunking Myths About Graphic Novels and Comics to Unlock Learning
POW! SMACK! BAM! The sounds of a classic comic book fight scene have not always been associated with academic opportunities,
Why are kids still struggling in school four years after the pandemic?
Curriculum Associates did not detect as much deterioration as NWEA, but did find widespread stagnation in 2023-24, according to a