August 7, 2019
By: Rann Miller
Source: Chalkbeat The tour almost didn’t happen. It was my first year as an administrator at an independent charter school in Camden, New Jersey where I had previously taught social studies. For five years, I had been the only Black teacher in the high school building. I remember sitting in a room […]
August 7, 2019
By: Jeffrey R. Young
Source: EdSurge A large nationwide study has found that teaching ninth graders to maintain a “growth mindset” toward learning—stressing that their minds are like muscles that can get stronger with use—can result in higher test scores. The study, published today in the journal Nature, is the largest and most rigorous test of […]
August 7, 2019
By: Lauren Barack
Source: Education Dive With summer break rounding the halfway mark toward a new school year, educators will find that not every pupil forgot the previous year’s lessons during the time off. Experts believe summer learning loss is a bit more nuanced and doesn’t impact every student the same way. “Some students have […]
August 6, 2019
By: Shawna De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive Naps may solve the problem of chronically sleep-deprived teenagers. A study in the journal Nature finds that naps may help students learn and retain information, according to coverage by Education Week. In the study, students who slept only five hours at night, but were given a 1 1/2-hour nap at […]
August 5, 2019
By: Kate Stringer
Source: The 74 When Nilda Irizarry was a sophomore in her Springfield, Massachusetts, high school, she didn’t raise her hand and she didn’t participate in class discussions. Although she loved learning, she was certain she didn’t fit in. But her teacher Patricia Gardner saw something very different. One day, she pulled Irizarry […]
August 5, 2019
By: Emily Tate
Source: EdSurge Some U.S. teachers have just about had enough. No, really. A new report from Phi Delta Kappa International, a professional association for educators, finds that half of teachers have “seriously considered” leaving teaching in the last few years. Their reasoning? Many say they’re working longer hours for less pay than ever before. […]
August 5, 2019
By: Linda Darling-Hammond
Source: Forbes This week, U.S. lawmakers will gather for the annual National Conference of State Legislators meeting to tackle a range of issues, including school funding, which they identified as their top priorityearlier this year. Although there has been an upsurge in school funding since 2015, it comes on the heels of years of budget […]
August 4, 2019
By: Perry Stein
Source: The Washington Post The standardized test scores at Washington Latin Public Charter School are among the best in the District. The waiting list of families clamoring to enroll in the middle and high school clocks in at more than 1,500 students. And the school, which educates about 700 children and boasts […]
August 2, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Thanks to one mom, a supermarket chain is the first to provide carts in all of its stores designed for children with special needs who are too big to sit in regular carts. Wegmans — a regional supermarket chain with 99 stores in six states — said it will […]
August 2, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop A term often used in both clinical and social settings to denote the capabilities of individuals on the autism spectrum should be consigned to the history books, researchers say. “High functioning autism” is a misnomer, according to findings published recently in the journal Autism, and creates false assumptions. While originally […]