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Emotions Come and Go in Waves. We Can Teach Our Students How to Surf Them.

Imagine 9-year-old Alejandra who listens quietly for gun shots in the hall after seeing the news about the Uvalde school shooting. Her teacher notices...

Yes, Schools Need to Hire More Counselors. But They Also Need to Work on Themselves.

Since 2019, I’ve worked with students in the metro Detroit area to advocate for sanctuary schools through an organization called MIStudentsDream. If you aren’t...

What Should Colleges Do to Help Students Find Jobs?

What should the college career center look like in this moment of seismic shifts in the job market and the economy—and growing skepticism of...

One Idea to Get High-Quality Edtech Feedback From Math Teachers? Pay Them.

When educators are researching and comparing edtech tools, they’re not just looking for a solution to a problem. They’re looking for a solution to...

My Students Were Grieving. This Assignment Helped Me Understand Their Experiences.

It was spring 2022 and we were completing our first full year of in-person learning since the start of the pandemic. The kids had...

Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

A few years ago, it seemed like social-emotional learning was rocketing into the mainstream. More people were talking about why it is important and...

State Leaders Are Turning to Students to Shape Education Policy

Last year, when Micah Hill was a sophomore in high school, her guidance counselor gave her an application for Mississippi’s student representative program, which...

This Company Aims to Become the Amazon of Lifelong Learning

The Singapore-based company Genius Group has turned some of its attention to the U.S. edtech market recently.It’s making acquisitions, and even listed on the...

MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

College in the U.S. mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the...

They Say Teaching Gets Easier After the First Year. What Happens When It Doesn’t?

I’m on the brink of my third year of teaching, inching quickly towards retirement, as recent teacher attrition data suggests. Arguably, many educators, including...

How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. And she says the stakes for improving classroom teaching...

Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer...

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