EDUCATION
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The surprising effects of $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas
Surpluses of high school social studies teachers were next door to severe shortages Elementary school teacher shortages were problems in…
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Indiana Lawmakers Ban Cellphones in Class. Now It’s Up to Schools to Figure Out How
“The cellphones have to be removed from their persons, and they have to be stored somewhere away from that individual,”…
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6 Ways Educators Can Bolster Boys’ Social Skills
Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies at California State University, Fullerton, notes that the self-regulatory components of the…
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10 Hacks to Boost Teen’s Executive Function Skills and Manage Screen Time
Teens’ focus is interrupted, on average, every 90 seconds. Something as simple as an audible notification can draw focus away…
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How a Second-Grade Teacher is Using the Solar Eclipse to Inspire Her Students
It’s an experience she expects them to remember for the rest of their lives. “This is a story you’re gonna…
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What Do Truly Accessible and Inclusive Playgrounds Look Like?
To make playgrounds accessible and inclusive for children and adults with visual impairments, Unlimited Play has used high contrasting colors…
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There’s another generational divide in the U.S., and it’s happiness
People aged 60 and older in the U.S. reported high levels of well-being compared to younger people. In fact, the…
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How COVID-19 narrowed the STEM pipeline
We don’t have data for other private schools because they have refused to participate in NAEP testing, but the eighth…
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AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education
Videos, images and text created by generative artificial intelligence tools are turning up in elections, for sale on Amazon and…
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Battling student absenteeism with grandmas, vans and a lot of love
Roughly 34% of all students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools are considered chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10%…
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