Interactive Education Recovery Scorecard shows the difference between 2019 and 2022 test scores in some districts "was essentially zero" while students elsewhere fell much further behind. Scorecard should help superintendents recalibrate their plans to tackle learning loss, say the researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities who conducted the analysis.
"The negativity out there is around a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding," says Shelley Berman, lead superintendent for SEL at AASA, The Superintendent's Association.
Many educators have created graduate profiles of the future-ready skills their students need. The Sumner-Bonney Lake School District is expanding that concept.
There are signs that some of the fury that has boiled up around education politics is beginning to ebb as most schools leave masks and other COVID safety precautions behind.
Recent tragedies have led district leaders across the U.S. to consider better options to increase student safety in their schools. But others question if "hardening" schools will be enough to end mass shootings.
Will your students have six minutes available in their day over the summer? Research has shown that the difference between proficient and struggling readers is six extra minutes of reading a day.
One way to keep teachers enthusiastic about their jobs is to provide new ways for them to improve their craft. Better yet, pay them to engage in professional development that fits into their busy lives.
Districts can do better to ensure their students are effectively prepared for college and careers by administering readiness feedback surveys as early as middle school.
Nearly one-third of students in grades three through 12 earned at last one F in their report cards while Santa Fe Public Schools was on remote instruction.
