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Curriculum & Instruction

5 key tips from a distance learning coach

A people-centered approach improves learning outcomes. Here are five important recommendations from an expert.

Teaching in a crisis: Finding solutions during a pandemic

Six teachers discuss how they are creatively managing different types of instruction, and how policymakers and stakeholders can help.

The importance of supporting students’ connection to curiosity

As a fourth-grade teacher, I am passionate about nurturing my students’ natural curiosity. All too often in my career, I’ve seen students’ curiosity wane in the fourth grade. Without encouragement […]

NCES announces delay of NAEP assessments until 2022

State education chiefs applauded the decision to postpone the NAEP given the disruptions caused by COVID-19.

Teaching in a crisis: Life on the front lines and on video screens

Six educators share their thoughts on the fear of COVID-19, the connections with students and parents and the staffing shortages in schools.

As COVID cases spike among children, concerns rise

Though hospitalizations and deaths are very low, the American Academy of Pediatrics notes the effects the pandemic is having on education and mental health.
Tue Nov 24th, 2020

Teaching in a crisis: Educators discuss morale amid COVID-19

Six teachers across the country reflect on instruction, time management and learning in 2020.
Tue Nov 24th, 2020

Fall testing paints fuller picture of COVID learning loss

The COVID learning loss predictions were dire, and several organizations are now releasing data tracking how students have actually performed this fall. 
Tue Nov 24th, 2020

How one state is developing its own micro-credentials for teachers

The flexibility of micro-credentials for teacher PD has inspired Delaware Department of Education officials to begin developing their own professional development badges. 
Mon Nov 23rd, 2020

Micro-credentials gain PD momentum during COVID

During the disrupted school schedules of COVID, micro-credentials are having another moment as a more flexible and personalizable form of professional development. 

Mon Nov 23rd, 2020

3 unexpected benefits of virtual learning

Two STEM-focused summer camps were reimagined this past summer and now provide strategies that schools can adapt to their own virtual learning strategies.
Fri Nov 20th, 2020