Curriculum

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to then-Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault during an event in the Oval Office of the White House October 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.

COLUMN: Good teachers use the N-word

But it's how they use it that makes all the difference

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – August 21, 2018

OPINION: Is a new kind of online ‘resource room’ boosting morale for teachers?

Less time planning lessons may mean more time to recharge

K-12

by  Kelly Burnette  – July 27, 2018

CAST Tech is designed to feel like a cutting-edge corporate headquarters, the kind of environment in which students hope to eventually work.

Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

San Antonio is hoping career-themed schools can alleviate a worker shortage and lift graduates into well-paying jobs

High School Reform

by  Bekah McNeel  – July 16, 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.

How students learn from super green schools that use zero energy

Finding “vampires,” angling solar panels, tracking cafeteria waste – all become lessons

Future of Learning

by Chris Berdik  – June 6, 2018

“Since my parents didn’t get much education, it’s hard to talk to them about my schoolwork and applying to college, or how to plan my time and get everything done,” says Mariano Almanza, 18, pictured speaking with his Coronado High School guidance counselor, Colleen McElvogue.

School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

How Colorado is betting on counseling to vault low-income kids into good jobs and post-secondary education

High School Reform

by  Sarah Gonser  – May 31, 2018

A sculpture by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, part of the Nkyinkyim Installation, of enslaved people in chains is shown after entering The National Memorial for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2018 in Montgomery, Al.

COLUMN: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a lesson students sorely need

Our history books don’t do enough to teach us America's dark past of lynching at the hands of white terrorists

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – May 8, 2018

Students walk on the campus of historical Morehouse College in Atlanta Ga.

COLUMN: We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this

Colleges that allow their students to also start businesses give them a boost

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – May 1, 2018

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Wes McEntee works on one of several manufacturing machines students use at Vermont Technical College.

Colleges are adding programs in a once-decimated industry — manufacturing

But few young people are seeking out the skills to fill these jobs

Higher Education

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – April 30, 2018

Automation will boost demand for science-and-tech skills as well as soft skills such as critical thinking, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Study: The U.S. isn’t doing enough to prepare students for the automation age

The country ranks ninth when it comes to upgrading curricula and teacher training for the labor market of the future

Map to the Middle Class

by  Caroline Preston  – April 25, 2018

In an effort to get more girls at Red Bank to participate in the cybersecurity challenge, teacher Mandy Galante, center, recruited girls from nontech classes, including a dozen from a creative writing class. “We want to get the girls who never even thought of doing this,” she said.

Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding: Why are women locked out?

How high schools are trying to attract girls to this lucrative tech field

Map to the Middle Class

by  Sarah Gonser  – April 13, 2018

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