3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (855+ words) Algebra 1 is considered the gateway to advanced math, leading to heated debates about course timing: Unprepared students shouldn’t take it too soon and risk failing, but higher-achieving students will miss out on high-level math courses if they delay. New research…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (889+ words) Scores from a major international test of 15-year-olds, released on Tuesday, showed a steep decline in United States’ teenagers’ reading abilities—and have already prompted education leaders to dissect potential causes and speculate on how to turn the trend around....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (523+ words) I’m tired of having to babysit you. The word “fidelity” was listed in Education Week’s top-10 abhorrent buzzwords of 2022 and 2023. Frequent fidelity-checking can leave teachers with a variety of feelings: confusion over what is being assessed, frustration that the intended…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (332+ words) Truffaut is pointedly reminding us that there’s much we don’t know about our kids and what they’re capable of doing. It’s a troubling observation that should prompt us to reflect on why this is so. But sometimes, traditional attitudes, too,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) Most district leaders believe pre-K is vital to prepare students for kindergarten, their social and emotional development, and future grades. But only about a third rank pre-K as a top district priority, according to results from a nationwide survey of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) “Science of reading.” “Science of learning.” “Science of math. There appear to be more “science ofs” than you can shake a stick at. Here’s one educator’s cautions about a “science of math.” Sara Schwartz recently summed up the current status…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (793+ words) Preschool is getting a lot of attention these days. Several states are pushing to increase access to publicly funded preschool, or already have. One city even plans to expand free, public preschool to 2-year-olds soon. Advocates tout its ability to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (229+ words) As they did with reading, states have begun to roll out a wave of policies to overhaul math education in recent years, making changes like new teacher education requirements and mandated early screenings and interventions in math. Now those changes…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (689+ words) Intensive tutoring is supposed to be one of the most effective routes to raise student achievement. But it doesn’t always work out that way. While meta-analyses of studies on high-dosage tutoring programs find big, positive impacts on learning, it’s often…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (455+ words) Two years ago, I was walking down the hallway in my district’s lower-elementary school when I saw a student with a lanyard around their neck. “Do you work here now?” I asked, playfully.The student giggled. “No,” they replied, “I…...