More than a million U.S. school children are now enrolled in districts that have rolled out or are in the process of rolling out social-emotional learning
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When Immigrant Families Are Too Afraid to Show Up to School, We Must Act
Imagine yourself at 6 years old, likely in first grade. You get on the bus or walk with your parents to school every day. When you walk into a classroom, y
Read MoreThis Rural Town Shows the Real Costs of Our Broken School Funding System
These days, the small town of Sandoval, Illinois, is mostly known for being a few miles away from Patoka, where the famed Keystone XL pipeline ends after m
Read MoreWe Stand Up for Kids Even When You Don’t Want Us To
Women education bloggers from around the country shared their thoughts on what it means to be, raise and educate women in the age of Trump. The dialogue st
Read MoreCoffee Break: Tulsa’s Talia Shaull on Peruvian Coffee, Developing Talented Teachers and Embracing Innovation
Putting the best talent in front of students in every classroom is among the toughest and most important challenges in public education. Talia Shaull tackl
Read MoreI Told My Daughter She’d Better Not Become a Teacher Like Me
“Make sure you contribute to the TDA [Tax-Deferred Annuity]!,” I hear. “Teachers retire as millionaires!,” I hear. I listen faithfully and every paycheck a
Read MoreLocal Property Taxes Will Never Be an Equitable Way to Fund Public Schools, But Here’s Something We Could Change Now That Would Help
A new report from EdBuild, Building Equity: Fairness in Property Tax Effort for Education, analyzes the way public schools are funded via property taxes an
Read MoreSuspension Is No Longer the Only Tool Educators Have to Address Discipline Problems
A student yells at a teacher, engages in an altercation with a peer or is continually late to class. For decades, under a zero-tolerance framework, the res
Read MoreAnalyzing High School Performance State-by-State Is Like Comparing Bananas to Bowling Balls
I know we’re all supposed to be on the “local control” bandwagon when it comes to setting school accountability standards, but a recent report made it crys
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