Curriculum & Instruction

3 concepts for improving school climate with data

A new tool kit offers guidance for principals in leveraging climate data to boost equity and create safer environments as schools reopen over the next several weeks.

5 insights into students’ mental states during COVID

Older students and those in the Black, Latinx and LGBTQ communities suffering higher rates of depression and anxiety during COVID and online learning, a Youth Truth survey found.

4 components to bring more equity to STEM education in distance learning

Incorporating interdisciplinary learning, design principles, real-world connections, and skill-building can address pervasive equity issues in STEM.

3 keys to big city’s plan to close digital divide

35,000 low-income, K-12 students will get free broadband internet for online learning through Philadelphia's digital equity efforts to close the digital divide.

4 steps for shifting from face-to-face learning

In shifting from hybrid learning to remote instruction, educators must support students who have been most harmed by COVID and racial injustice, a new report urges.

Harnessing ‘Hamilton’: 6 ways to use hip-hop pedagogy

Hip-hop as a teaching tool is not limited to Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Hamilton'—it works in at least one college of education. 

How free coding camps launch career paths

Building a local STEM talent pipeline was a key goal of free coding camps offered this summer in Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools.

6 ways the future of work is changing education

Students will need flexibility as they face a future of work that will operate increasingly as a gig economy and—since the COVID outbreak—a remote economy, says one K-12 expert. 

5 factors to consider when parents request grade retention for their child

Conversation topics educators can have with parents in making individualized decisions about a request to retain include pre-pandemic skill levels, remote instruction progress and alternatives to retention.

Generation Esports: Serving high schools, middle schools and more

The organization's acting president, Jason Kirby, discusses its rise, the power of the HSEL and the new MSEL, and getting a more diverse pool of young kids involved.

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