Education Next Read More This is the third in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post and part two on school finance . If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising,…
The 74 Read More When the Democratic “trifecta” in control of Minnesota’s House, Senate and governor’s office announced last spring’s K-12 education finance bill, there weren’t enough superlatives in the thesaurus to fuel the sound bites. The more than $2.2 billion in “new” spending on public schools was “historic.” The number of initiatives funded…
Education – The Conversation Read More John Dewey was a proponent of active learning. FatCamera via Getty Images John Dewey was one of the most important educational philosophers of the 20th century. His work has been cited in scholarly publications over 400,000 times. Dewey’s writings continue to influence discussions on a variety of subjects, including…
k-12 education – Yahoo Search Results Read More Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline is once again facing public scrutiny for her… (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
District Administration Read More Elementary and middle-school students in San Diego made greater gains in math scores than many of their peers in the state, but the area is still behind, according to a recent analysis by The New York Times. Students are still recouping essential learning lost from pandemic school closings, which worsened already-wide learning gaps between students…
Why is asking for help so hard? Identifying and helping struggling students would be easy if they came directly to teachers or talked freely with friends about their problems. Unfortunately, there are many reasons why that’s the exception rather than the rule. One critical problem is the persistence of stigma faced by those with mental,…
Let me extend a warm welcome to new education leaders stepping into the pivotal roles of principals or superintendents, or those transitioning into new districts or even different states. As an educational leader with nearly two decades of experience, it is incumbent upon us to equip all new leaders with insights gleaned from our collective…
There’s stiff competition among the winter education conferences… TCEA, TASA, and AASA are all within a couple of weeks of each other, and FETC 2024 seemed to anchor this year’s series with the energy we expected pre-COVID and we seem to be back to focusing on the voice of the educator!
K12Leaders and The Learning Accelerator Announce Free Resources to Support Data-Driven and Peer-Reviewed Advocacy for All Learners Andover, MA – January 17th, 2024 — K12Leaders introduces a significant free resource for educators today: The Learning Accelerator’s Guide for Data Advocacy, as a featured Professional Pathway on the K12Leaders Platform. Professional Pathways are the next generation of…
Now, more than ever, we invite stakeholders to actively engage with The Learning Accelerator’s guide and course on K12Leaders. By doing so, we can use data as the powerful tool it is to advocate for a brighter, more equitable educational landscape for all students.