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What SEL Can Do to Help Kids Manage Their Online Lives
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (267+ words) It's important to show students how social media can be helpful and harmful....
Teachers Blame Parents for Young Learners' Deficits. But There's a Bigger Story
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (737+ words) Early education teachers say their young students are arriving at school less prepared than expected for their age. And many of them are blaming parents. In a 2026 national online survey of more than 1, 100 early educators who work with pre-K through…...
The Most Exhausting Part of Teaching Isn't the Students (Opinion)
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (871+ words) What can drain teachers" energy? It"s seldom'if ever'the students. Let"s see what teachers point to and how it can be fixed. Angel Martinez Sanchez is a teacher at the Norwich public schools in Connecticut: Personally, I ground myself…...
What Educators Really Think About the Benefits of Tech Use in Schools
1+ week, 5+ day ago (986+ words) Technology offers too many distractions from learning. It gives kids easy-to-access, sophisticated tools to cheat. And it prevents students from engaging in the cognitive struggles that are the foundation of meaningful learning. The list of criticisms about the use of…...
What Are the Ingredients of a Good Preschool Curriculum?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (1178+ words) Two new initiatives are evaluating preschool curricula, making the case that programs designed to teach the youngest learners deserve the careful scrutiny that materials aimed at older students regularly undergo. Ed Reports, the most well-known and prolific provider of curriculum…...
We Studied How AI Shapes Teachers" Well-Being. Here"s What We Found (Opinion)
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (532+ words) A lot of teachers first met artificial intelligence the same way they met previous initiatives'in a staff meeting, on a slide deck, and with a promise that it would make life easier. They heard promises of easy lesson planning, automated…...
How Schools Serve English Learners Today, in Charts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (845+ words) Getting a national snapshot of the quality of English-learner education is complex, given the differences in instructional models, student demographics, funding models, and policy priorities across states and individual districts. Still, a new Ed Week Research Center survey of more…...
The ACLU Is Making Videos for the Classroom, Telling Students 'Know Your Rights"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (873+ words) A new series of educational videos invites kids to push back against ongoing attempts to ban or remove books in classrooms and libraries across the country. The videos, from the American Civil Liberties Union, teach kids about the landmark U. S. Supreme…...
'Easy, Positive, and Judgment Free.' How Families Can Support Their Children (Opinion)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1071+ words) Most teachers and their students" parents/guardians understand the importance of family support for student learning. This series will offer specific suggestions for how families can do just that. Karen L. Mapp, a senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate…...
A Heartbreaking Meeting With a Teacher Changed How I See Accountability (Opinion)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (925+ words) The teacher was waiting for me when I walked into my office. Her eyes were red. Her shoulders were tense. She held her data report in her hands like it weighed more than it should. Benchmark results had come in…...