K-12

This Mississippi district says these four strategies are helping their struggling readers

Heightened focus on literacy instruction, teacher training is having an impact

Mississippi

by  Jackie Mader  – September 11, 2018

Damian Lopez, 4, gives Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boabserg a high-five as he arrives for the first day of school at Escalante-Biggs Academy on August 20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.

Take a closer look at those back-to-school photos: Is something missing?

School photos provide a snapshot of segregated schools from across the country

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – September 7, 2018

Jenn Zweber and a group of students in grades K through 3 discuss the impact of a Service Learning project on their community, during the first year that Impact Academy at Orchard Lake opened in Lakeville, Minnesota.

A “handmade forerunner” of personalized learning, forged by teachers

Long before the movement gathered momentum, a student-centered model arose in Minnesota

Future of Learning

by  Laura Pappano  – September 6, 2018

Future of Learning

The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today's cutting-edge schools.

The baseball bat, cement hall pass and bug spray that high school teacher Margo L. has imagined using in an active shooter scenario.

To teach, protect and serve

Nine educators on what it means to work in education in the age of mass shootings and widespread gun violence

by  Beatrix Lockwood  – September 5, 2018

Jun 22, 2009 - New York, New York, USA —- Graduates at the 81st Commencement Ceremony for the Bronx High School of Science at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.

OPINION: Asian, black and Latino solidarity should come first

There’s more to student success than hard work and merit

by  Roseann Liu  – September 5, 2018

Michelle Pfeiffer in “Dangerous Minds.”

OPINION: Confessions of a white teacher in an urban school

‘I hadn’t a clue’ — What I learned the hard way my rookie year

by  Jennifer Rich  – September 4, 2018

Freshmen at St. Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program.

A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

Using a holistic approach with students to “catch those coughs before they become pneumonia”

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – August 30, 2018

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Momentum builds for career-focused P-TECH schools

Since the first school opened in Brooklyn in 2011, more than 100 others have followed

by  Tara García Mathewson  – August 30, 2018

Students sue New York City, saying black and Latino athletes have fewer sports opportunities

Many small schools have no sports teams at all

by  Karina Hernandez  – August 28, 2018

A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

Social studies and reading scores were higher in a test of a popular education trend

Future of Learning

by  Jill Barshay  – August 27, 2018

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