If you were just tuning into the Scripps National Spelling Bee last summer, settling in to watch the competition play […]
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Want Students Who Think for Themselves? Let’s Eliminate Our Standardized School System
“Mr. Morita, you were wrong. School is not the problem. Students are the problem.” This statement was shared by a […]
What Colleges and Job-Training Programs Can Learn From Teenagers’ Hopes and Fears
1. A teenager’s education decisions are also high-stakes economic choices. Yet adults aren’t giving young people the information they need […]
Guiding Young People Not to Colleges or Careers — But to Good Lives
IV. ‘It’s on us to open that window for them’ The high school student explained her plan: Go to college, […]
To Close the Educational Equity Gap, Teachers Have to Understand Their Position of Power
They can’t read Shakespeare—a teacher told me when they found out I was starting a unit on William Shakespeare’s Romeo […]
Why This Small New York District Is Rethinking Its Approach to Edtech Procurement
On a Native American reservation in the southwest corner of New York state sits Salamanca City Central School District. Marcy […]
Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as […]
When Best Practices Fail Black and Brown Students, We Must Challenge Our Moral Contradictions
I was participating in a DEI Cohort sponsored by The Education Equity Center of St. Louis when I first heard […]
Crowdfunding Data Shows How The Pandemic Changed What Teachers Need In Their Classrooms
When students returned to the classroom after COVID-19 lockdowns, teachers found themselves in a triple role: instructor, mental health proctor […]
Educators Are Demoralized. What’s the Way Forward?
These days talk of low morale, and demoralization spans across education—in the nation’s K-12 schools and at colleges. For those […]