EDUCATION
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Distracted Students? Understanding These 3 Myths of Attention Span Can Help
According to Mark, the first myth is assuming that when computers are used “we should strive to be focused as…
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Stanford’s Jo Boaler Discusses Her New Book ‘MATH-ish’ and Takes On Her Critics
Yet, from Boaler’s perspective, too many students feel like failures in math class and hate the subject. That leaves us…
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Kids Don’t Know Enough About Climate Solutions. Children’s Media Could Help.
But a report I co-authored with Sara Poirer in 2022 for This Is Planet Ed, an initiative at the Aspen…
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Growing Up, He Struggled to Read. Then a Young Teacher Saw His Potential
By the time he entered six grade, he could spell his name, but he still couldn’t make out words, spell,…
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Eliminating Advanced Math ‘Tracks’ Often Prompts Outrage. Some Districts Buck the Trend
While there’s been ample research on tracking’s negative effects, studies of positive effects resulting from detracking are scant. A 2009…
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Young Children Need Help Identifying Emotions. “Little Safe Place” Boxes Give Them Tools.
After that, each morning Kist guides students through using the different tools in their boxes. They take out a card…
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4 Things a Mountain of School Discipline Records Taught Us About Student Suspensions
But experts also say that terms such as disorder or defiance are so broad and subject to interpretation that they…
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How AI Could Transform the Way Schools Test Kids
PISA, the influential international test, expects to integrate AI into the design of its 2029 test. Piacentini said the Organization…
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Interested in Teaching Social Justice Art Education? Don’t Overlook the Power of Relationships.
Adapted with permission from Dewhurst, M. (2023). Social Justice Art Education: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy, 2nd Ed., (pp. 37…
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Parents Make Mistakes When Setting Screen Time Rules For Their Kids. That’s OK.
“We forget that we’re still parents and we have permission to parent,” said Pressman, and that parents can tap into…
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