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Teacher training programs don’t always use research-backed reading methods

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The National Assessment of Educational Progress, otherwise known as the Nation's Report Card, shows reading scores among 13-year-olds have dropped since 2012, with a sharper dip during and after the pandemic.

The music teacher who just won a Grammy says it belongs to her students

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The Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum, recognizes those who have made a "significant contribution and demonstrate a commitment to music education."

A secret shelf of banned books thrives in a Texas school, under the nose of censors

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"Some of the books that I've read are books like Hood Feminism, The Poet X, Gabi, A Girl in Pieces," says a 17-year-old senior with round glasses and long braids. The books, she says, sparked her feminist consciousness. "I just see, especially in my community, a lot of women being talked down upon and those books [were] really nice to read."

‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

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For more than a decade, school nurses, pediatricians, lawmakers, and others have warned that restraint and seclusion can cause long-lasting trauma and escalate negative behaviors. In the worst cases, children have reportedly died or suffered serious injury.

Education used to be a policy issue. Now schools are a culture war battleground

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Talking about schools is a reliable applause line for Republican candidates. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, former President Donald Trump got a roar of approval when he talked about race and sexuality in schools.

How do you discipline an in-school overdose? In some districts, you don’t

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Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles sits an unassuming high school where students are all too familiar with the sound of ambulance sirens. This fall, the principal has called an ambulance about five times because of suspected student drug use.

Let go and move on: A middle school’s new credo helps with both teaching and learning

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Middle school is often a challenging time for students. One Massachusetts school trying to put its credo into every day action. Students and teachers alike say it's helping.

California joins a growing movement to teach media literacy in schools

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A growing number of states require media literacy lessons for K-12 students. California just joined that list. At a time when online misinformation is booming, experts say these lessons are essential. NPR's Sequoia Carrillo reports.

Texas pushes some textbook publishers to remove material on fossil fuels

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The vote laid bare divisions on the Texas State Board of Education over how students learn about climate change. In recent years, the panel has faced other heated curriculum battles surrounding how evolution and U.S. history are taught to more than 5 million students.

This school board made news for banning books. Voters flipped it to majority Democrat

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Central Bucks School District is well known both statewide and nationally for heated board meetings over masks and Pride flags, policies banning certain books and directives to not use students' preferred names and pronouns.

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