Students are most engaged in lessons that teachers say will help build creativity and allow self-expression while building strong relationships remains the top instructional practice.
Nearly 20 states earned a "red light" warning for a lack of clarity on how their COVID-relief spending plans will help students and schools most in need, according to a new analysis.
While most people say schools should teach about slavery, only a slim majority believe students should learn about its lingering impacts and contemporary racism.
But the future of testing post-COVID may be driven more by politics than by what educators most want to know about their students' progress, says one expert.
With omicron on the decline, even administrators in states where support for COVID protections have been the highest are now asking for more local control over COVID policy.
Some 55% of educators polled said that they were ready to leave "the profession they love earlier than planned," according to the latest National Education Association member survey.
Though many students are likely to spend most of this school year learning in-person, short-term shifts back to remote instruction could again chip away at the reliability of year-end assessments.
