ASHLAND, Ore. — When Ulysses McCready was in fifth grade, a group of Southern Oregon University music students hauled instruments to Orchard Hill Elementary School to help get local kids …
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Scientists rarely announce that one of their long-held ideas has failed. But that is exactly what Ron Avi Astor, one of the nation’s leading scholars of school violence and a …
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In too many classrooms in America, the scene is the same: children staring at tablets, headphones on, silent. Some are working through reading programs. Some have already finished and found …
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HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — It was the middle of a writing lesson in Gabrielle Grace’s first grade class at Sand Creek Elementary in suburban Denver, and students were furiously jotting …
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The Hechinger Report is creating a print edition, and wants young artists to contribute. Find out more here. This spring, I spoke to a mom in suburban Washington, D.C., who …
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It seemed like a win-win: a proposal to let community colleges in Illinois award bachelor’s degrees in certain subjects to rural residents and working adults who live beyond commuting distance …
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Education researchers warn political review of federal grants could reshape what gets studied
The research behind the influential “science of reading” movement was built over decades through federally supported research spanning cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics and classroom studies. Education research organizations say …
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OPINION: How a small town in rural Maine built a public school that serves a whole community, including infants and toddlers
For years, early childhood leaders have been asked to solve structural problems with predictable answers: Improve quality. Expand access. Support families. Retain educators. Strengthen transitions into kindergarten. All of it …
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LOVELAND, Colo. — Just beyond the front doors of Namaqua Elementary School, past a banner that reads “attendance matters — every school day counts,” a stuffed wildcat in sunglasses sits …
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Artificial intelligence is often promoted as a way to make teachers more effective by helping them write lesson plans, generate classroom materials and provide feedback to students in seconds. But …