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Summer isn't just a season, it's a strategy
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (664+ words) Summer is full of learning opportunities that many children miss. When back-to-school season begins, some kids are already starting behind. That's all due to a lack of access to high-quality programs and resources. Throughout our years working with schools and…...
Demonstrating impact with data: How librarians can make the case for increased funding
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (193+ words) Telling the full story of a library's impact Justifying the request for additional financial support, whether from PTA donations, grants, or additional state funding, requires librarians to clearly demonstrate how their actions translate into meaningful outcomes for their students. Three…...
Despite concerns, Gen Z students are optimistic about AI
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (328+ words) e School Media staff cover education technology in all its aspects'from legislation and litigation, to best practices, to lessons learned and new products. First published in March of 1998 as a monthly print and digital newspaper, e School Media provides the…...
How comprehensive school safety planning protected our teachers and students
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (831+ words) When people outside of education talk about comprehensive school safety planning, it can sometimes sound theoretical: A checklist of protocols or a compliance exercise. For those of us working in schools every day, it is anything but abstract. It is…...
What U. S. and international classrooms can teach us about improving math instruction
1+ week, 4+ day ago (619+ words) Last year, one of my strongest students could solve complex equations flawlessly'but paused when I asked a simple question: Why does this method work?" Her hesitation was not unusual. Many students can perform mathematical procedures accurately, yet struggle to explain…...
Building a better bridge: Prioritizing infrastructure in a pre-K expansion
1+ week, 4+ day ago (394+ words) The power of the mixed delivery model A truly universal system cannot be built on the backs of school districts alone. To attempt to do so would ignore the reality of how New York families actually live and work. "Mixed…...
In Illinois, charting a path for responsible AI use
1+ week, 5+ day ago (170+ words) AI is a daily reality in the nation's schools, and in Illinois, it shapes how students research, problem-solve, and create. Now, Teach Plus Illinois and the Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (IDEA) are releasing'From "Rules and Tools' to Schools, a follow-up…...
We can't punish our way out of the attendance crisis
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (474+ words) In the Ithaca City School District, we have long understood that relationships are not peripheral to the work; they are the work. A culture of love is not aspirational language but a daily commitment to ensure that every student, every…...
In a new survey, AI scores high as a math learning tool
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (226+ words) e School Media staff cover education technology in all its aspects'from legislation and litigation, to best practices, to lessons learned and new products. First published in March of 1998 as a monthly print and digital newspaper, e School Media provides the…...
This elementary school banned screens in the middle of the year. Will it solve their reading crisis?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1767+ words) Chromebooks are scattered all around the classrooms of Floyd M. Jewett Elementary School in Mesick, Michigan. Towers of them are teetering atop bookshelves. They're piled up in corners of classrooms. They've even cropped up in one classroom's dish rack. But there's…...