Technology has advanced so rapidly in the last two decades that many educators may feel a disconnect between the classrooms in schools they attended as children and those they teach in now. It wasn’t so long ago that researching papers meant using card catalogs and coordinating group projects required face-to-face...
Should grades be used to punish, encourage, or reward students? In recent years, this enduring question has taken on fresh meaning thanks to various efforts to either implement or reject “no-zero” grading policies. With these policies, zeroes are off the table for students—instead, the minimum score a student could receive...
Many students in the United States come to school with a low socioeconomic status (SES), according to federal guidelines. Recent data from the National School Lunch Program suggests that nearly 100,000 schools serve lunch to 30 million students each day. (Only students who are signed up for the lunch program...
