2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1176+ words) It's late on a Friday afternoon, but the 4th and 5th graders chasing each other around the basketball courts at Adams Elementary School here are in no hurry to get home. They've spent the past hour playing a twist on the classic…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1454+ words) Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an "impoverished" approach to math teaching that would…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (881+ words) Parents and caregivers of children under 5including their teachersshould steer clear of popular interactive toys powered by artificial intelligence, according to a report released Jan. 22 by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies youth and technology. What's more, those who parent…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (276+ words) While most schools deem students chronically absent after they miss at least 10% of school days, poor attendance habits may affect academic achievement well before they reach that threshold, a new study finds. "We rarely stop to determine if we are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (837+ words) Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But teachers who use them regularly are more likely to boost student math scores, new research finds. The paper…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) While students largely agree that opportunities to redo assignments matter, teachers are a little more torn on the topic. When students are allowed to redo assignments the benefits can include a deeper understanding of the content, increased responsibility and accountability…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (592+ words) Districts are already making large financial investments into core programs. So why are they still buying more resources to make up for what their textbooks can't do? Let's be honest about what's happening in classrooms right now. Traditional math textbooks…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) Remember your why is patronizing for several reasons, least of which is that it usually comes from someone in an expensive suit outearning everyone in the room for two hours of quotable nothingness. The speakers (and the people hiring them)…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (644+ words) Newly announced guidance from the federal government that removes a half-dozen long-standing and common vaccines from the list of recommended immunizations for children could sow further mistrust in the shots among families and lead to unnecessary confusion and challenges for…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (699+ words) New York has joined California and Minnesota in passing a law requiring warning labels on social media platforms deemed to have addictive features. Platforms that offer feeds that the state considers addictive, and those with auto-play, or infinite scroll, will…...