EDUCATION

Biden Wants To Save the Climate by Deploying Young People. He’s Not There Yet

To be fair, this really is just the beginning. Throughout the first year, there will be 20,000 total American Climate

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As Teacher Layoffs Loom, Research Evidence Mounts that Seniority Protections Hurt Kids in Poverty

Economists haven’t been able to conclusively prove that student achievement suffered more under LIFO layoffs than other ways of reducing

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Worried About Your Kid’s Screen Time? Limit Your Own

It’s very common for parents like myself to feel guilty about their own screen use, says Jenny Radesky, a developmental

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Building Parent-Teacher Relationships Can Be Hard. Positive Phone Calls Home Can Help.

Antin suggested looking for small achievements, like turning in an assignment on time or helping with classroom tasks. As teachers

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How to Build Mutually Respectful Relationships With Students From Day 1

“Nathan, I really want you to do well today. How can I help you with that?” instead of, “Nathan, you

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Writing Researcher Finds AI Feedback ‘Better Than I Thought’

The surprising “relatively high quality” of ChatGPT’s feedback is important because it means that the new artificial intelligence of large

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Pandemic Aid for Schools Is Ending Soon. Many After-school Programs May Go With It

“The unfortunate reality is that some of those programs are going to close,” says Erik Peterson, senior vice president for

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High School Math Can Be Playful, Too

To embed exploration into high school math, Sun advocated for an approach that increases cognitive demand. Rote memorization and procedural

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Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing for Thinking and Learning

“There’s actually some very important things going on during the embodied experience of writing by hand,” says Ramesh Balasubramaniam, a

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Tracing Black-White Achievement Gaps Since the Brown v. Board Decision

As students moved from elementary to middle school, the improvement in reading for Black students was dramatic in the 1970s