1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (272+ words) Jayla noted that there are “two kinds of tights": the bond you share with a close friend and the way you pull a knot tight. Sherina gestured to her navy tights, while Joseph made the class laugh referencing the “tight…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (438+ words) Catching students before their absences become chronic could be as simple as looking at past patterns, says one researcher who has developed a new tool that allows districts to analyze kids’ risk of missing too much class time—before the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (300+ words) Some school districts are reevaluating their students’ technology use because of pushback against overreliance on laptops, tablets, and other digital tools in the classroom. Los Angeles Unified, the second-largest school district in the country, will scale back classroom screen use…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (716+ words) Educators’ anxiety about teaching math could negatively affect their students’ performance, a new study finds. And students who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income families are more likely to have teachers who are uncomfortable with the subject. The findings, published…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (783+ words) Kindergartners come to school from diverse backgrounds. Some have been in group daycare since infancy. Others have never experienced a formal group setting. Others fall somewhere in between. Their preparedness for kindergarten varies accordingly. Increasingly, schools are using kindergarten readiness…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (704+ words) Historically, schools have struggled to ensure there are enough staff trained to work with the growing population of English learners. An EdWeek Research Center survey conducted in March of 1,122 educators who work directly with English learners or oversee instruction for…...

2+ day, 26+ min ago   (971+ words) Schools are the main providers of breakfast and lunch for many students across the nation. And with an outbreak of a parasite found in fresh produce causing illness in dozens of states, students’ health could be at risk eating from…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1718+ words) For more than half a century, as spelled out in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal government has funded a set of “equity assistance centers”—small nonprofit organizations initially focused on desegregating schools that now more broadly help expand…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1180+ words) The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday eliminated regulations going back more than 60 years that recognized liability for disparate impact, such as when statistics demonstrate a discriminatory effect of a school policy on discipline rates or other matters involving groups of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (362+ words) Teachers want to ward off the dreaded summer slide in reading. Without consistent practice, students can lose critical skills like fluency, comprehension, and literacy during the summer break. Teachers are often forced to reteach these skills in the new school…...