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Educators Need and Want Better Research—and Better Research Access

Since 2015, federal education policy has been guided by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which emphasizes a necessary but often misunderstood...

Understanding the Nation’s Report Card: What the NAEP Is and Is Not

When the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores were released in late October 2019, many pundits, journalists, and...

How Can We Help Foster Greta Thunberg's Drive in All Students?

In 2019, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg captured the world’s attention with her eloquent environmental activism. But although Thunberg's fight...

Helping Native American Students Defy the Odds and Reach Their Full Potential

In August 2019, a welcome piece of news came from the University of Minnesota-Duluth: twelve Native American students were poised to begin their...

Helping Struggling Readers Fall in Love with Books and Find Joy in Reading

Can students who struggle with reading learn to love it? The short answer is yes, of course—but accomplishing such a feat is easier said than done....

Addressing Special Education: Rethinking Support for Students and Teachers

For students who have special education needs, the classroom can pose a considerable challenge, with undiagnosed or untreated learning disabilities...

Lack of Literacy Skills Can Push Students Along the School-to-Prison Pipeline

The school-to-prison pipeline was not built in a day, nor can it be traced back to a single cause. An explanatory piece on the website Thoughtco.com...

Project-Based Teaching and Learning: Designed with Students in Mind

To the ears of many, project-based learning is just another education buzzword laden with promise but unclear in definition. These days, the phrase...

Celebrating Student Writing with a Publishing Party

An understanding of the writing process is important for young writers. However, the time involved in editing and revising means that not every piece...

Tips for Establishing Collaborative Conversations on Assessment Data

Assessments give educators valuable tools for understanding each student’s learning process. However, educators also know that this data has...

Educational Organizations That Are Preparing Lower-Income Students for College

According to the 2016 High School Benchmarks Report by the National Student Clearinghouse, which surveyed more than 5 million graduates, students...

5 Technology Consideration Tips for ELL Teachers

To be sufficiently prepared for college and the workforce, all students must have strong digital literacy skills. In today’s marketplace, it's not...