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Can Teachers and Parents Get Better at Talking to One Another?
Families are more anxious than ever to find out what happens in school. But there may be value in a measure of not-knowing and not-telling.
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Distracted students and stressed teachers: What an American school day looks like post-COVID
Pandemic in rearview, schools are full of challenges – and joy. Step inside these classrooms to see their reality.
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The Value of an Education That Never Ends
For more than 15 years I have presided over my university’s Arrival Day, the time when families drop off their sons and daughters about to start their college career.
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A New California Law Will Soon Block Schools From Banning LGBTQ+ Books
“All students deserve the freedom to read and learn about the truth, the world, and themselves," Gov. Newsom said in announcing the law.
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Private child care in San Diego feeling the brunt of California's new free TK programs
Many teachers have left the private workforce to go work for Universal TK, compounding the teacher shortage
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‘Safe and Supportive Schools Act’ heads to California governor
The bill requires the state Department of Education to develop an online training and delivery platform that promotes LGBTQ+ inclusive classrooms.
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Is a Fresno Teacher Strike Inevitable? District Outlines Preparations in Board Resolution
Fresno Unified School District is moving forward with preparations to mitigate the impacts of a potential strike by the district’s 4,473 teachers after an apparent rejection of a state mediator’s proposed agreement last week.
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OPINION: Our students need up-to-date approaches to math education for a quickly changing world
Data science and statistical reasoning must be part of what all students learn
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How Technology is Changing the World of Education
Education is one of the most important and impactful sectors in our society. It shapes the minds and skills of future generations, and it influences the development and progress of humanity.
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Sex education should be made compulsory in schools
Child sex abuse prevention in elementary schools can be effectively ensured through sex education, wherein, the children in pre-adolescent stage can be taught about children's right to control their bodies and about communication and self-protection
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The Beating Heart of Gen Ed
Critical thinking skills should be placed at the center of general education programs, Louis E. Newman writes.
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Weighing in on Reforming the Education System, Just in Time for the New School Year
School is now back in session all across the nation. As kids fill the classrooms and teachers start the curriculum, the cracks in the US education system are becoming clearer than ever. Ignoring the problems will only make things worse
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Most teachers are too busy to be culture warriors
A few days ago, I attended my last back-to-school night at our local public middle school. That real-world experience offered a dramatic contrast to the perpetual online brawling today between irate parents, irate teachers and irate politicians over education.
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Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage
Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers.
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This California school district will pay you to become a teacher. Here’s how it works
Natomas Unified School District is offering money to those willing to become teachers through its Diverse Future Teachers program.
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