Given the data around the number of new teachers leaving the profession within their first few years, it's clear that efforts toward retaining teachers must begin as early as possible in a teacher's career.
Coding can serve as a catalyst for schools looking to integrate tech more meaningfully into required subjects, as well as the glue that binds together learning connections across them.
This roundup covers the impact of advanced academics on kindergartners, the effects of teachers' unions on student achievement, the benefits of transitional programs for special needs students, and the advantages of family-school interventions, among other topics.
Consider these ideas: Some kids are STEM kids and some aren't. Students need to master science and math basics before moving on to STEM. STEM focuses on jobs, so it should be concentrated in middle and high school. Wrong, wrong and wrong.
A school underwent a significant transformation from being the lowest performing elementary school to one of the highest performing for high growth/proficiency.
In Tempe, Arizona, the phone number for a suicide hotline is printed on every student's ID badge, teachers are trained to spot and respond to warning signs in students, and administrators don't use euphemisms when discussing the topic.
Raising awareness among teachers and administrators helps to better identify students struggling with unstable housing and then connect them with the services and supports available.
Joshua Perdomo, director of English learner services and world languages for a K12 district in Illinois, shares one important goal with his team. "We want to address the whole child," says Perdomo, who also provides professional development at Community Unit District 300, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago. With that in mind, Perdomo includes all […]
Students in a Montana middle school take advantage of 30-minute periods to make up missed art projects or to retake science tests. Others practice adding and subtracting fractions or receive homework hel p on a division assignment. These district-created, teacher-led workshops—known as the WIN (What I Need) program—take place four days per week on the master […]
